Predictable Plot.. But Okay? | Percy Jackson And The Lightening Thief Reaction | FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@kels_is_learning]

I watched the first movie before reading the book, and I really enjoyed it! Then I read the whole series before the second movie came out and understood why so many people disliked it. It was just waaaayyy too different from the book series.

[@latch9781]

Wasn't even different in a good way

[@ericstorm6582]

@@latch9781 Who gives a shit, it was great if you ignore the books' existence Edit: After even doing a re-reading and then watching the movie again...I've never been more wrong in my life, the writing is even abhorrent by film standards Luke saying his dad's a jerk but then adding that he's never met him, and then saying he broke into his dad's house and stole shoes, like wtf?

[@luanaastralis9991]

@@ericstorm6582 Exactly, people need to realise its only bad in comparison to the books. As a movie itself its perfectly fine.

[@19Rena96]

It was the same for me. Watched the movies before reading the books and i love both.

[@luisafernandes8929]

The book series helped me get away from all of the drama and expectation in the world and in society. I hope that the TV series does the same for me.

[@haira-hcomsomderobg4773]

Film Annabeth: "I have strong feelings for you" Book Annabeth: "You droll in your sleep"

[@ScourgeIsBestVillain]

Hmmm....Which one is better and NOT generic? (Book, obviously)

[@luisafernandes8929]

The book series helped me get away from all of the drama and expectation in the world and in society. I hope that the TV series does the same for me.

[@JonathanMandrake]

It is very important to note that the books are way better and the films are despised for being pretty bad comparably, especially the second movie

[@Cr1ticA]

Yeah. I mean, it goes off in a completely wrong and different direction than the book. Like, what went wrong here?! Crossing my fingers that the Disney+ series brings justice back.

[@ElBarani13]

@@thekaizobro9971 and Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase series.

[@entertainmentlife430]

I loved the books but after this movie I refused to see a second movie or the musical. I just don't think anyone could do the books justice after this.

[@jeremysanchez5227]

@@thekaizobro9971 They did. Disney+ casted young actors for their roles.

[@entertainmentlife430]

@@jeremysanchez5227 I didn't know there was gonna be a Disney plus show. Maybe I'll check it out

[@Casterspellproductions]

Ok, where to begin? Percy is not an asshole in the books. At the museum he is listening to Chiron as he speaks and even scolds two other kids for talking over him. Chiron does not scare the fury off he throws Percy the sword and he kills it himself. Percy is sent on the quest with Annabeth and Grover because he wants to help the campers and prevent a civil war between the gods. That's who Percy is, he's selfless, he's brave, willing to risk his life for his friends. Grover in the books is shy, reserved, insecure and humble. His goal is not to get horns seeing as satyrs are born with horns but to earn his searchers license to go looking for the god Pan (it's a whole thing no time to go into it now). He is most certainly not a sex pest. And Annabeth, ohhoho wise girl what did they do to you. Annabeth is not a conceited bitch in the books, a bit full of herself but not that much. The first time we see her in the books she is caring for Percy after his scuffle with the minotaur, she is kind, she's the smartest person at camp, daughter of the goddess of wisdom. Luke is supposed to be a cool older guy who Percy sees as a romantic rival for Annabeth even though he isn't interested. Also side note if Luke had that many gadgets he'd be dead by now, broadcasting your voice on a phone or other such device is like sending up a flare to all monsters in the surrounding area. He has a scar in the books from a quest his father once sent him on (again, whole thing, read the book) that's Luke's character, he HATES his father, he hates the gods. Many demigods hate the gods, why, because they don't talk to them. Why is that, we don't know. Maybe they're too busy, maybe they have other agendas, or maybe they just don't care. We don't know, every conflict, every battle and war in the original series occurs because the gods refuse to acknowledge their children and we don't know why. That Zeus forbidding them thing is made up because this movie doesn't want to tackle anything complicated. On top of that Hades is not the villain in the book, we start out thinking he is because he sends monsters after the trio but we later find out that he's doing that because whoever stole the master bolt also stole his helmet of invisibility. The actual villain is later revealed to be Ares, the god of war. He's working with Luke because he wants there to be a civil war among the gods, you know, god of war. The end fight is between Percy and Ares and it's fricken EPIC. Percy and Luke do not fight in the book, Luke is smart, he can't be baited like that. He instead tries to assassinate Percy with a pit scorpion, he's conniving and he's dangerous. The pearls are given to Percy in a single scene in the book, they did not drive the plot. All those monsters just sprung up as they traveled to San Francisco which is how it worked in Greek mythology and it's how it works here. Percy's mum stays behind in the underworld in the books and is later released by Hades. And there was not that much foul language and sexual content in the book, as a matter of fact the author, Rick Riordan read it to his class of 5th graders. There's much more than that but for a full breakdown I recommend movieflames video review of the movie because I've been typing for 30 minutes and I'm low on battery

[@MysticMyths]

Also, they aged the characters up in this movie. They're like 12 at the beginning of the books!

[@GoesHamo]

Holy cow that’s long

[@Crying_l1ke_cassandrea]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@gabrielintano2202]

THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS! Not enough people understand that the characters act so much better in the book they aren't A**holes in the books they are amazing characters that you get to like and enjoy

[@lotemylife3006]

Didn't even have the energy to read that, but as a huge fan of the books, I'm just gonna guess that I agree xD

[@thecatmangaming5503]

Whats crazy is Logan Lerman (Percy) is actually an insanely good actor, when I saw him in the Perks of Being a Wallflower it was like night and day A fantastic example of how vital a script is to an actor

[@MisterMuffinut]

Basically like Andrew Garfield

[@thecatmangaming5503]

@@MisterMuffinut Yes exactly!

[@aaronalkor]

10:40 No, Faun is the accurate name when talking about Roman Mythology. Satyr is the Greek name. Narnia hasn’t ruined your mind, don’t worry

[@AJeazy]

Lol "This guy definitely stole the bolt."

[@obsidianwolf1999]

The plot that they took Medusa's head & kept it with their journey made Rick Riordan admit that he chukkled. The way Gabe got turnded to stone was one of the few, if not the only thing that Rick liked about the movie

[@Jessica-xo8kx]

I will forever love logan lerman as percy like he acts like percy really well and looks like him too

[@bengilhooly3616]

At least Gabe got what he deserved at the end. I’d say many people have wanted to hit or just harm a person that abuses them a lot but being able to turn them to stone would probably be everything

[@ot7biasedmashups]

I don't know if you've watched the second movie yet but it's NOT worth it. The movies 100% butchered the books and are even despised by the author (because there's 5 books and they actually managed to mess up the ending of the second movie so the story actually can't continue). We'll get a Disney+ series next year so please look forward to that! If you like reading I also HIGHLY recommend the books. They're actually amazing.

[@2665naruto]

What really are we getting a series hell yeah. I hope they do it justice this time !

[@StRiKeR-61]

@@2665naruto the kid who's going to play percy is the kid from the movie The Adam Project !!

[@macarenasebastiangaete]

@@2665naruto And uncle Rick is very invested in the project... so I'm hoping for good quality

[@ot7biasedmashups]

@@2665naruto Rick and his wife are 100% involved this time! It’s gonna be awesome

[@footloosebacon6329]

was always my issue with the movies they literally were like no shut up rick were doing what we want. were not following the books. and the casting was awful other then percy, luke, and zeus they were pretty good choices.

[@BityBat]

Honestly I watched the movie before I read the books and it was one of the best movies I ever watched, I might just have low standards but I re-watched recently and I thought it was good. My movie standards might change because I am getting older, but still it will be one of my best memories

[@LordCommander-ui2fw]

Read the books. That's my advice. Or wait until the series on Disney Plus comes out. Rick Riordan, the author of the Percy Jackson series, is supervising that one, so it should be much more in line with things.

[@GreatOldOne9866]

I heard he was pretty mad about these movies. Can’t say I blame him.

[@luisafernandes8929]

The book series helped me get away from all of the drama and expectation in the world and in society. I hope that the TV series does the same for me.

[@luisafernandes8929]

@@GreatOldOne9866 The book series helped me get away from all of the drama and expectation in the world and in society. I hope that the TV series does the same for me.

[@GreatOldOne9866]

@@luisafernandes8929 show doesn’t look very promising to me. But I hope you enjoy it.

[@manon_0411]

In the book, his father does not talk to him through telepathy like in the movie. Percy doesn't know he's Poseidon's son until after Annabeth slightly injures him during the flag game. He crawls to the water to help ease the pain or clean the cut or something and suddenly the water heals him, and that's when everyone, including Percy, realizes that he's Poseidon's son.

[@Loptr177]

It's Clarisse that injures Percy, not Annabeth

[@Starscreamxx]

At the end of the day, everyone will have their opinions as for this movie and the second one as well. For me, I personally liked it and enjoyed the film. Again, each their own when it comes to these films if people like them or not. One movie might be bad to one person but loved by another. All that matters is what the individual thinks when it comes to movies :). I really enjoyed this reaction and keep up the great work :).

[@pixieangel4261]

Rick Riordan, the author of the series, has been on record since the movie came out that it's horrible as an adaptation. Chris Columbus refused to read the books because they would "tamper with his vision", the writers didn't take any suggestions that could help the plot...it's a mess. I'm one that watched this movie first. I liked it for about a day--long enough to read the series. They are now some of my favorite books, especially as comfort reads. Given that Rick is heavily involved with the Disney + series, I'm cautiously hopeful. We'll see once it comes out

[@chase_j8750]

There are parts in the second one where they incorporated some details from the book like the oracle, explanation of the mist(bit bland actually), and also Dionysus and of course Clarisse, but still, it was super messy where even Kronos got somewhat resurrected which he was not in book 2. Overall, I highly recommend to give a go at reading the books. Super easy and fast read and I've been re-reading it tons of times and wouldn't get tired of it

[@NMBrayanAmaya]

this movie takes me back home, remember seeing the sequel in theatres and this movie on cartoon network, it was so cool

[@stevongibbons812]

I watch Percy Jackson during middle school. It was a good movie and I love all the characters.

[@lotemylife3006]

Ooouuuuuuuuffff The first interaction I had with Percy Jackson, was the second movie (don#t blame me, it was Latin class) and I probably watched this one after. And I've always held the opinion, that the movies are perfectly fine, as long as you don't know the books, 'cause then they suck. and I have to say.... having really JUST (like two weeks ago) having (re)read the Percy Jackson Books.... Oh. My. Gods. Are these Movies bad. Wow. I kept laughing and giggling. I'm a daughter of Athena myself, but Poseidon, Hades, Apollo and Hecate are really cool

[@shainewhite2781]

They are rebooting the entire film series into a Disney+ series called Percy Jackson: Camp Half Blood. Production began in 2020, filming didn't start till 2021, and now Disney is hoping it gets a November/December 2022 release.

[@Maria-jq3mb]

The series called Percy Jackson and Olympians. They have started filming since june(this year). The author said it might even be out early 2024 'cuz lots of work needs to be done and all other things which comes with it so it's definitely won't come out in 2022 no matter how much we would've wished it was

[@gretab96]

@@Maria-jq3mb exactly! They are filming it right now so it def won’t be out in 2022 🤣

[@gloriebluestein9721]

As someone who hasn't read the books------having a predictable movie isn't necessarily a bad thing, sometimes those become comfort movies. As long as it's something that is still enjoyable in the end

[@minaminasstudios8492]

Look, I understand why so many people hate this movie, it’s way different than the book and I completely emphasize with the fans of the book who truly felt betrayed, heck, even the author himself hates it! But I think it this way, if you see this movie as an adaptation of the book, um yeah, it’s bad, but if you see it as a stand-alone movie, then it’s pretty decent.

[@sheevpalpatine6139]

Yeah go tell ATLA fans the same thing about the movie they got and see how it goes

[@SusanaCanales1]

@@sheevpalpatine6139 lol what movie are you talking about? There was no ATLA movie.

[@sheevpalpatine6139]

@@SusanaCanales1 haha funny. But seriously.

[@SusanaCanales1]

@@sheevpalpatine6139 lol hey, I’m just demonstrating the ATLA fandom’s approach to this ATLA movie 😂

[@MisterMuffinut]

Agree to disagree. Still a lot of plot holes like "Why did Poseidon tell Percy to leave the Lotus Casino after five days?" or "Why would Luke tell the trio how to escape the Underworld?", the list goes on and on

[@a.g.demada5263]

A satyre and a faun are the same créature, but the faun is its name in the Roman mythology. When I saw this movie for the first time, it wasn't a good day for me because I learnt the death of my maternal grandmother. One of my friends invited me at her home for conforting me and we watched it (and three years later, this girl betrayed me) I was happy to see the références of Greek mythology because it was one of my specific interests when I was younger (I'm a girl with ASD). If you didn't get it, the lotus flower is a part of " The Odyssey " where Ulysse stepped on an island but some of his men ate a lotus flower gave by the population and they didn't want to leave the island after that. I was a little upset they made of Annabeth, the daughter of Athena, because according to the mythology, Athena is one of the three virgin goddess (the two others are Artemis and Hestia) so it's impossible she had a daughter.

[@RonHeartsMe]

Don’t like the movies but LOVE the musical! The music was so fun and the actors did a great job. Can’t wait for the new series on Disney+!

[@Shano2037]

I just wanna say man has foreshadowed so much in this movie it’s insane 😂

[@ItsTotallyCody]

I’m pretty good with story structure lol

[@yolkyegg]

If Percy Jackson was just treated the same as Harry Potter in direction, maybe it would have been bigger in the media today. I still thank my friend for letting me borrow the entire series, plus the heroes of olympus books. They were an absolute treat!

[@Zombiesnyder13]

They wanted to make this movie the next Harry Potter They even hired Chris Columbus to direct it

[@hlubkoj8541]

You always make movie fun it's like I'm watching next to u irl so yeah deserve a sub

[@jacobninness3547]

I read the books and I found it kinda cool how the author took some historical figures from history and turned them into Demigods. Here are some examples: Edward Teach (Blackbeard), son of Ares Harriet Tubman, daughter of Hermes Frederic Bartholdi, son of Athena George Washington, son of Athena Harry Houdini (god parent unknown) William Shakespeare, son of Apollo Amelia Earhart, daughter of Zeus Thomas Faynor, son of Hephaestus William H. Seward, son of Hebe William Sherman, son of Ares Wilt Chamberlain, son of Hermes Archimedes, son of Hephaestus Fun fact about Frederic Bartholdi, he was the creator of the Statue of Liberty and he based the statue's appearance off his mother. So basically, in the world of Percy Jackson, the statue looks like Athena.

[@echowall5967]

That scene when Persephone says “I’m already in Hell” has become a TikTok trend to use the sound under the idea of “When your boyfriend rushes you for date night” it’s hilarious

[@alexsaturn2745]

among many things in this movie I took issue with, one of the biggest was hades turning into his divine form in front of percy, annabeth, and grover, and them being completely fine. In the books, if a god turns into their true divine form, any mortal watching will be incinerated and destroyed

[@JayStephens8]

I like this movie, the second not so much it’s still cool but Disney is currently in development for a Percy Jackson tv series they just announced the cast for the main characters not to long ago also there was supposed to be 5 movies but due to the poor reception the other 3 where cancelled I think the creators of Percy Jackson wrote 2 more sequel books the first series was heroes of Olympus and the other was trials of Apollo

[@LexVanguard2004]

The movies are admittedly terrible adaptations but on their own they're fairly enjoyable, I watched them before I read the books and I really liked them! Looking forward to the Sea of Monsters reaction. :)

[@Blossom_Screen]

I know everyone says “THE BOOK IS BETTER” but in this case it’s legit a completely different story, different characters, different stakes. Basically all the similarities are in name only

[@TheBlackLakeSiren]

Fyn fact: Professional divers and Mermaid performers have been known to hold their breath for over 5 min! It's amazing. And it's not even the world record.

[@Hastalavistababy08]

I’m glad you liked it Cody, but as a book reader this movie just personally pissed me off really hard😅😅🥲

[@ItsTotallyCody]

Did you watch the ending where I actually gave my thoughts on the movie? Cuz if not you need to lol cuz I didn’t like it as much as it seens

[@Hastalavistababy08]

@@ItsTotallyCody sorry I had to go out at that point, but at least you see where I’m coming from😅😅

[@gregorymack345]

@@ItsTotallyCody Will you react Hilda?

[@MysticMyths]

When the Disney + show for this comes out you should watch it. The writer of the series is involved with the making of it and I am expecting it to be exactly like the books.

[@ines0499]

Fun fact: in the book the rule "the gods can't see their half-blood children" doesn't exist, the gods CHOOSE to not see them, because they are ashamed by them, since they are the proof that they cheated on their partners, so many demi-gods have to do deadly trials to be recognize by their divine parents

[@ethansolorzano5989]

and thats precisely why Luke hates them, and wants to over throw them. He has nothing but disdain towards them and still has to protect their butts while they get the credit.

[@ines0499]

@@ethansolorzano5989 i wanted to write it when he will watch the secondo movie (to tell how the rule they invented create plot holes), but yes, that's also how Chronos convinces the demi-gods to follow him

[@SpacialRend7]

I know that the books are typically better than the films, but this film was still interesting enough for me to watch.

[@ben0789]

Same. I've read the books and I still like them

[@matveynoname7083]

I remember watching the sequel

[@Shiby23]

Lmao your myth knowledge made all them guesses on point like 99% Cool you knew a lot about the story / lore

[@izzyprintz]

If your interested the writer of the book is working with Disney to make a true adaptation in the form of a TV series

[@propypper16]

this movie was the reason i got into greek methology and i still love it to this day

[@michelleboosinger5251]

If you haven't yet I highly recommend the books a lot of the mythology in the movies is wrong and the books do a much much better job

[@cassecorrea]

The mythology in this movie isn’t even accurate to Greek mythology

[@gabrielintano2202]

.... I watched the movie before I read the book and only remembered two scenes haha... then I read the books and screamed at the movie

[@SebasTian58323]

You should read the emails the author of the books put out about the first movie which i call "Perry Johnson and the Unlimpins: The Electricity Borrower". The faun you're thinking of is from the Roman myths. Practically the same creatures, just given new names and slightly different rolls

[@footloosebacon6329]

the guy who plays luke i swear hes the bad guy or betrayer in every show or movie hes in XD

[@gamecrafter4047]

The world record for longest time holding breath underwater was 22 minutes and 22 seconds.

[@EmmaVolturi]

i watched the first Percy Jackson and mom or dad toke a picture of me Percy Jackson movie board.

[@jarekvelchek802]

I never read the books but when I first saw this movie I really liked the action with this movie. It was one of my favorites when I was 8 years old and I still like it.

[@KERRYPIKE]

I love this movie, and my favorite character is medusa she really is amazing and beautifull. And her organ story really is a very sad story.

[@akirahatson2593]

I never read the books and found the movies ok, i even made fun of my friend hating the movie that is until Disney made my favorite book,Artemis Fowl and i saw her point🤦🏻‍♀️ It was Karma alright

[@lmlmtmtm3641]

I remember this movie! I think the first one is still my favourite

[@brittniegilmore6499]

20:41 To put it simply, there's 2 versions of her past 1: she was a beautiful but vain mortal woman, believing that she was more beautiful than any woman, 1 day she visited Athena's temple, medusa claimed herself more beautiful than Athena & a statue should be made after her, everyone fled in panic as soon as she said it while she was busy looking in the mirror, than Athena came & said " you think you are more beautiful than me?! Preposterous! Even if it were true, beauty cannot help the sick" so she turned her into a gorgon as punishment 2: she was a mortal woman who was the most loyal priest of athena, 1 day, posidon wanted to claim athens as his own so to give Athena some pain, he chased down medusa into athena's temple & sedused her, because sex was illegal in Athena's temple, Athena turned medusa into a gorgon as punishment, medusa came to another Athena temple & remained loyal to her

[@sudsysoap]

these are modern interpretations of the ROMAN myth of medusa. In GREEK mythology she was BORN a gorgon she was never human or anything like that and Athena had NOTHING to do with her.

[@ibrahimanjum6575]

Maybe apart from losing his daughter, the reason why Zeus pass that law is because he doesn't want his Siblings and full godly kids to lose their powers.

[@ethansolorzano5989]

After reading all the books 5 years after this movie came out, i cannot believe how inaccurate the books and movies were. It's completely a different story. Thank goodness the author came back and is watching over the new adaptation for disney plus.

[@PhoenixReaper04]

Definitely check out the percy jackson novels they are so good and very relatable

[@ElBarani13]

Die hard Percy Jackson fan here: I watch the movie first, it was fun. but after reading the books (which they are masterpieces) movie is just...bad. like really bad. But I have very high hopes for Disney+ series. The author Rick Riordan is directly involved with it. Can't wait.

[@brodycharper]

Hey I Was Born in 2010

[@themccallpack1089]

This is a very good movie I always loved it the 2nd one is pretty good

[@jacobninness3547]

About that whole thing with Athena and Medusa. In some versions of the myth, Medusa was a priestess of Athena and, as she said in the movies, was desired by many suitors but since she served Athena, Medusa took a vow to remain a virgin. But her beauty caught the attention of Poseidon and he raped her in one of Athena's temples to get pack at the goddess for the whole Athens thing. This act angered Athena so much and seeing Medusa as the cause of this, she turned her priestess into a Gorgon. Mythology fact: Medusa was the daughter of two sea deities and had two sisters, Stheno and Euryale, who were born as Gorgons and were the only ones who didn't have the power to turn people to stone while Medusa was born with a human form.

[@BillCipher200]

well it's a good thing Percy Jackson is getting a Disney Plus adaptation.

[@LoganP910]

Yea I know the movies are a lot different than the books (I've read them), but i still love the movies.

[@draco7151]

BRO WAS GUESSING THE MOVIE

[@CoffeeTastic1]

There’s now a tv show coming to Disney+

[@ForgedInFire6469]

A point from the book that didnt Made it into the movies: the house of Hermes is actually overcrowded with Half-Bloods which god parent isnt clear. This "unclear parent" Problem is a big Problem in the series. And, as I dont believe there will be any more movies, at the end of the PJ Series Percy convinces the gods of openly telling which Half-Bloods are theirs, which leads to way more houses in the Camp, as there are many more gods than just the big twelve.

[@cjs_bomb]

If u enjoyed this try out the 2nd one. Again totally different than books but still decent on its own

[@brittniegilmore6499]

Funfact about persephone Her mother Demeter ( goddess of harvest) was extremely overprotective of Persephone, 1 day, persephone's uncle hades fell in love with her & kidnaped her to the underworld to be the realm's queen, during her absence, demeter refused to continue her duty as she was mourning about her missing daughter, because of that, the world fell into a blanket of ice & snow, zeus ( persephone's father & demeter's brother) was concern of the earth's health being cold so he sent hermes to convince hades to let persephone go, hades agreed but under the condition that every year persephone would be in the underworld for 3 months & she would be able to spend the other 9 months ( during spring, summer & autumn) with Demeter in the land of the living, that's how the 4 seasons started

[@sudsysoap]

first of all the Gods do not have DNA and have a different view on family so although in our eyes hades is her uncle to them he isn't. secondly that is not how winter was born or how the four seasons started (that is misinformation). Demeter did not make it snow or anything like that, there already is a Goddess of snow (khione) all Demeter did was refuse to let plants and crops grow during winter (and that is why crops don't really survive in winter) they weren't concerned that the earth was cold they were concerned that no crops would grow and people are starving

[@HuskerNinja]

The thing about these movies are that they’re mediocre but relatively harmless as standalone movies, but they’re AWFUL adaptations. The characters are nothing like their book counterparts aside from sharing the same name and basically the only real similarity in the plots is the general storyline that he’s the son of Poseidon and Zeus’ master bolt goes missing. The individual plot points are pretty much all completely different

[@landonarntz8464]

I haven't seen this since i was 11

[@Cat-vr5ss]

Disney+ is actually making a series based on the books now and the author is actually involved this time unlike with the movies. The first season will be based on the first book The Lightning Thief and I'm quite excited for it. For one, the actors are pretty much the right age which is supposed to be 12 so you can see them grow up as they do in the books, like Harry Potter. The first movie isn't sooo bad compared to the book but the second one is a disaster 😂 overall if you watch it as a stand alone it's a pretty cool movie, I watched it before reading the books and I kinda see them as 2 seperate entities.

[@Itachi-Uchiha]

satyr are from greek mythology the roman counterpart is called a faun... so your basically right :)

[@MaximeLafreniere433]

I watched the movies first, so I do like them a lot, but I can see why anyone would despise them. (Side note and personnal opinion: the actors are better in french than in english) They tried, it was ok for Lightening Thief but didn't go so well with Sea of Monsters. Take it from someone who read the 5 books 10 times: Sea of Monsters is so different from the book that they cannot do a third movie without completely changing it, and I mean more than the second one. Important characters missing, important events missing, impossible twists, too much. "My life's work going through a meat grinder" Rick Riordan about Sea of Monsters I can't even imagine what the others ones would have looked like if they continued...

[@thehollywoodpessimist]

Nice to see a video on this movie that ISN’T bitching and whining about the changes to the book

[@ItsTotallyCody]

Probs cuz I didn’t read the book..

[@luciaortiz3933]

I'm probably the only one here that love this movie and the next one too....but I don't care what people say to me!! I like this movies a lot!! I just read one of the books at school....and did like it....but cos I watched the films first....I liked them mote than the book....but I actually like the 2nd one a bit more!! Still great reaction Cody!!! I do respect opinions obviously though!!!

[@redwarriorstudios6077]

I watched this movie before I read the books and I liked it. Then I read the books and I immediately despised it. I do like the change of having the lotus eaters having the actual lotus flowers instead of a really cool credit cards. But in the books the characters are way more interesting and had a way better story. And the worst part is they cut Ares the god of war out of this movie.

[@nikecoro2606]

I was really looking forward to seeing the Ares vs Percy battle and then it didn't Hakeem so I was very sad by that.

[@ethansolorzano5989]

not to mention you know Ares, was also the reason the gods were about to go to war, since he was the one who stole it and tried to pin the blame on percy and hades

[@nathancruz9172]

You should also watch the sequel.

[@klaravronkova5037]

This movie is Voldemort to all of us who love the books.

[@dcemerald70]

I actually watched the movies before I read the books. I do agree that the books are a whole lot better and more detailed than these movies were. The movies they were more of a guilty pleasure so they’re OK when you’re not comparing them to the books. However the stage musical The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is on par with the books. I highly recommend you check it out there is a video of it on KZbin at the full production. And I cannot wait for the Disney+ series of this phenomenal story. 💙🔱🐚🌊

[@salamanderoffire7770]

Oh gods, I had forgotten how bad this movie was. "Oh-yeah-mom-is-dead-i'm-a-demigod-oh-well-let's-play-capture-of-the-flag 🤦🏼‍♀️ I can swear the director and writers just read the back cover of the book and went "got it". It’s actually cringing just to think about it

[@MasonJWMyers]

Cody you are so close to 50k my dude.

[@ItsTotallyCody]

I know it’s crazy!!

[@MasonJWMyers]

@@ItsTotallyCody Got something planned to celebrate such an occasion?

[@tattedgymrat2730]

I will give it that the books are much better I grew up reading them and they are what got me into Greek mythology and I personally don't understand all the hate on the movies I honestly enjoyed them but I really don't Hate to many movies I just enjoy any movie for what it is

[@mahega128]

Well now you need to react to “Troy” (2004). It’s got Brad Pitt and focuses on the Fall of Troy from Greek mythology. It leans more towards the realistic all-out war aspect rather than the mystical nature of the mythology, and it’s not 100% accurate to the mythology but it’s a good retelling and an amazing war movie in itself. Just a suggestion :)

[@shelbywillis1993]

It's a good film by itsself but I wouldn't recommend watching it if you've read the books but still independently it's a good movie

[@TeeWilly123]

Yes I was wondering you were going to watch this movie

[@pyronuke4768]

I think the biggest way this movie fails is due to its characters. Here they are rather reactive, compared to the very proactive versions in the book. You hear a lot of "you need to __" or "we gotta __", and rarely hear them say "I want __" or "I feel __", and when they do it's usually stock answers. Now It's not a sin to write reactive characters, but if you're going to make them the lead they need to have characterizations and nuances so when they react the way they do it makes sense to the audience. Otherwise they'll just come across as watered down objects that progress the plot.

[@ben0789]

Personally I like the movies. Books are better obviously. I think of the movies as a different timeline.

[@devika2545]

Yeah the first one was decent. It would have been better if it didn't follow the trope of making hades evil. The second movie however is absolute garbage. It is filled with contradictions and does not make sense on many points. Like seriously. Since when was Luke able to control water?

[@ben0789]

@@devika2545 yea the second movie was worse. Luke water bending didn't make any sense.

[@razependragon7472]

thx for the reaction

[@matthewladd5971]

I had already read the book LONG before the movie. When I watched it, it was a disappointment compared to the book. Book was a 5 stars while the movie was a 2. Supposedly, they are working on a series. If and/or when it comes out, I hope they do better with it then this disaster.

[@r-giireactions2235]

A faun is the Roman name I believe while a satyr is the Greek name.

[@sheevpalpatine6139]

Yes

[@AutumnWoodham]

Athena turned Medusa into a gorgon, but what Poseidon did was indisputably worse.

[@sudsysoap]

In GREEK mythology she was BORN a gorgon she was never human or anything like that and Athena had NOTHING to do with her. the version you are talking bout is from roman mythology.

[@williamstaley2880]

I have some questions about your deleted toy story 4 video-why do you hate toy story 4? What exactly did you say in the video right before, and right after watching it? What exactly did your facial expression look like in the thumbnail, and can you undelete the video, so that I can watch it? I really want to watch that video, because, I never saw it.

[@ItsTotallyCody]

I am sorry but I won't discuss that video ever again. As far as I am concerned that video never existed.

[@stevenriggins8260]

The book is SOOOOO MUCH BETTER ! Same for sea of monsters and im not saying lightining thief is bad its actually okay i commend the writers for changing the plot its the sequel i take the most issue with as they changed the entire plot for the most part

[@spangelicious837]

I saw this in the theater and thought it was a fun kids movie but nothing memorable. Hadn't read the books and didn't know how much had been changed until some years later. Then a few years ago, I finally read the books and really enjoyed them. I'm not a diehard fan of the books, and I DNF another series I tried to read by the author, but the treatment this series got by the movie studio is atrocious. Imagine if the first HP movie didn't even mention Voldemort. Or if the first LOTR movie didn't mention Sauron. That's essentially what they did here by leaving out the main series villain. It's a terrible way to establish faith with the book fans and destined the movie franchise to fail. Glad to hear Disney+ is doing a new adaptation.

[@steven8475]

I may not have patreon But I must so recommend The Adventures of Mickey Masion and The Copper Head Treasure.

[@Gabriel-r3d6k]

Will you ever watch Clash of the Titans?

[@itslilyquinn]

Logan Lerman is a great Percy but most of the fandom does not follow the Peter Johnson movies. This new series on Disney+ is just what the book lovers are waiting for

[@juliab.6592]

I read the PJ-series and absolutely love them and admittedly kind of like the first film , but there are huge gaps between the books and the films to make me cringe a bit. Even without having read the first one the film leaves plenty of open-ended questions and confusion. Don’t even bother with the second film. Completely strayed away from the source material.

[@GamingVeo]

Please read the books- they are SO much better than the movies. Rick Riordan- the author of the series- actually hates to movies too, saying he wouldn't have given the rights to make em if he knew what they were gonna do at least he gets to try again with the tv show they're filming right now-

[@emilyustick3738]

It’s a bad movie. But I still enjoyed it. A guilty pleasure movie of mine