The Lightning Thief Movie Review - The Mythology Guy (100,000 subscriber special)

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[@TheMythologyGuy1]

Sorry this video is so late. First there was an unforeseen delay, then I was sick for 2 weeks, then when I finally got it uploaded, it was copyright claimed and blocked. But at long last, it's finally public! Hope you guys like it. Also, are there any other mythology movies or shows you'd like me to review?

[@heyhowyoudoing8120]

Can you review gods of Egypt

[@roshanshivakumar8954]

I love ur channel

[@roshanshivakumar8954]

And I believe the tv series will redeem the movie franchise

[@daliag_439]

find a good reason the third Percy Jackson movie never came out

[@ratillecebrasquedubitantiu4451]

Omg yes. I love your take on mythology, specifically the hilarious way you express it. If you taught mythology like this to students, they'd ace any test or assignment.

[@Nah_id_win_883]

Chiron: "children of big three are rare" Zeus: are you sure about that?

[@oystermcnutty5081]

I know i almost died when i first saw that in the movie

[@alastor8134]

so many problems in greek mythology would be solved if Zeus didn't want to have have sex with everything that moves

[@thehighground7926]

It wouldn’t be surprised if half of New York were Zeus’ children

[@Nob911]

Rock with a crack in it Zeus: 😎 i don't believe we've met I forgot i made this comment haha

[@liamrichardson6830]

Greek myth summarized: Zeus couldn't keep it in his toga.

[@carlox3002]

Persephone: "why? Because he's cruel and abusive!" Are we talking about Hades or Zeus?

[@adritamukherjee9858]

Probably Zeus

[@Eric-py8yy]

Yeah Zeus completely

[@Eric-py8yy]

@Josh Bennett Firdaus the movie logic is Soo bad

[@adritamukherjee9858]

@Josh Bennett Firdaus Yeahhhhh no.

[@adritamukherjee9858]

@Josh Bennett Firdaus u should really read the books. I just finished reading the battle of the labyrinth

[@TreyC68]

“What the heck has Poseidon been doing for 5 days?!” Poseidon:Finally I finished Breaking Bad, I guess I’ll go check on Percy now

[@jojogacha974]

Then after checking up on Percy he proceeded to watch season 2 and season 3 in the second movie

[@balsasjekloca9308]

​@@jojogacha974no he was watching Better Call Saul by then

[@TheLeviathanYT]

Nah he was binging One Peice, still is. He hasn't finished it yet.

[@MellonFelon]

@@TheLeviathanYTI fully imagine him sitting on the edge of his seat hoping big mom drowns lmao

[@TheThompsonLads]

Nah he was binging on all off them then binges the entire Ninjago series

[@RatLady-mv3lx]

Once in school we had to write a report on this book and one kid got lazy, just watched this movie, and wrote is report in that. He failed so hard, it was hilarious.

[@samrtherat]

Honestly thats just a smart move from the teacher lol

[@Ajee02]

Same shit happened to me except I had watched the movie years before, I got a passin grade though

[@tomlinson1710]

That’s what he gets

[@Synthesyn342]

The last actual fantasy book I read in school was in 5th grade, and it was the Narnia books. I wish I was able to read anything fantasy again, since that is my favorite genre.

[@kaleemarie13]

I did the same with The Outsiders in middle school XD I couldn't be bothered with the book so did my best to just watch and remember the movie XD In my high school class, we had the complete opposite XD It was an English class and had to be the start of the year because it was very early on; I'm talking first weeks of September early. We were doing a whole like- week or two on Greek mythology. Making posters of certain Gods/Goddesses, reading excerpts from the myths and stories, so on; and the last day(s) of it, we were watching this movie. Now, I haven't read the books prior to seeing the movie so I absolutely do not mind this movie and it's a guilty pleasure of mine (Can't stand the second one). But we were given a 100-or-so-question packet to answer along with watching the movie. Teachers wanted to make sure students were paying attention because it wasn't a free period. I HAVE this movie on DVD and had seen it *so* many times before watching it in this class... I had the packet done within the first damn opening credits. I got to kick back and just *enjoy* a movie in class XD

[@DrelvanianGuardOffic]

Grover: "Your mom is dead." Percy: *reacts as if he got a low score on a math test* Grover: "Your father is a god." Percy: *reacts as if his favourite resturaunt changed their menu*

[@sakamanabastala]

Asian kid with straight parent: i wish i have the luxury to react like that when i got B+ on math test

[@helpmegetto1k4channelnotab78]

Dont get it,both can be depicted as stressful but the thing is he didnt have a reaction to his mom dying.

[@capperbuns]

@@helpmegetto1k4channelnotab78 looks like me. But i have an excuse, i'm autistic. And one of the effects if that i don't feel bad when someone close to me dies. Weird thing is. If i don't know the person i am more compelled than if i knew them. 🤡

[@VERGILGASM]

Ngl, I literally get a breakdown when I get a low score on a math test

[@poseidons_child.]

Oop

[@gradygorham9520]

I will say this, one of the few best things in the movies was the comedy, the sequel had Dionysus stating to Zeus, "The christians have a god who can do the opposite (turn water into wine) now that's a god"

[@criticalroleace2846]

I think that’s about the only good part. The only reason it’s good is because it’s something I could see him saying.

[@NayrAnur]

Mr. D said that to Chiron.

[@pastlife960]

Nah Jesus is so boring. I’d rather worship a pantheon of 12 super-horny super beings over a hippie carpenter.

[@aratay3117]

@@pastlife960 *pulls a whip out and chases shop keepers out a temple*

[@Codarius]

Literally the only positive thing I remember about the movie.

[@livelaughleavemealone12]

I hated how in the movie they said Hades wanted a war. In the books, Hades DIDN'T want a war because the underworld was getting extremely full. He didn’t want any more dead people. And he complained about how he used to be a rich god, but then he had to spend all his money on things like paying people and upgrading the underworld. It completely took away from Hades' backstory and I really disliked that. They made him evil in the movie, but in the book he was really just misunderstood.

[@michelleobama3362]

Hollywood has an agenda against Hades

[@omegon2540]

As usual, taking care of things better than his brothers

[@calebsp1335]

What movie?

[@abiean222]

hollywood is obsessed with making hades the devil.

[@singulariteas]

@@abiean222it’s because they always feel the need to bring christianity into everything and draw parallels between greek mythology and christianity where none exist. that’s why they keep referring to the underworld as hell in the movie and clearly wanted hades (in his first appearance at least) to resemble satan lol

[@robertgronewold3326]

Chris Columbus was a dangerous choice as director for this, because he was actually for aging up the Harry Potter characters as well. When they were first making that movie, he wanted them to all be 16 so they would be 'easier to direct'. It was only when JKR and the studio people put their foot down, and rightly so, that they gave up on that and just dealt with the children's acting by editing the heck out of the films to get what good bits of acting he could. Clearly he got his way with Percy Jackson, and it suffered so heavily for it.

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@katieburnswater7251 Yeah, the actor they picked for Percy, though not really suitable in looks, definitely has a lot of good acting skills.

[@bluejay9638]

​​@@robertgronewold3326what are you talking about? The actor they chose for Percy is very conveniently attractive. Dirty blond, nice smile, blah blah blah

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@bluejay9638 What has that got to do with the age of the actors?

[@bluejay9638]

@@robertgronewold3326 nothing, I'm talking about how you tried to claim looks didn't play a role when they definitely did in everyone's casting

[@SirsasthNigam.]

@@bluejay9638 Riordan is one of the main producers and writers for the show. He was present during the casting process and picked young actors/actresses that best represented the personalities of his characters. Riordan was quick to defend the upcoming show's diverse casting. He wanted to make sure that he was looking at his story with a fresh set of eyes with the emphasis of wanting it to speak to everyone. Not just a select group of people. So the tv show would be inevitably >>>the films

[@kittenvibe7599]

“My mother is the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy you know what that means I always win” Yeah sure taking off your helmet during the battle is an excellent battle strategy

[@thegreendragoninn8730]

To paraphrase The Act Man, she needs to establish herself as a *STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST*

[@genericweeb3816]

I cringe at almost ever line she says. She was so cool yet sweet in the books, what happened...

[@kittenvibe7599]

@@genericweeb3816 Disney and money unless this wasn’t made by Disney in which case it was just money

[@nataliawashington872]

Agree that means she knows how to fight, you’re not the daughter of Nike, who is the Goddess of Victory. Now if she was daughter of the goddess of victory then that would make much more sense, but she just the daughter of Athena

[@Grigio-KenCarsonsVer.]

Yeah that always makes me laugh

[@craniumssuperburger7749]

"Children of the big 3 are rare" so did Zues just burn all the paternity tests in this universe?

[@maymay5600]

My question is that why did the write make Percy piesdon's son thou? Seeing get has all the attributes of percus

[@BobBob-pj3qo]

@@maymay5600 i had a stroke reading that

[@maymay5600]

@@BobBob-pj3qo hush, I was in a moment

[@Nyrufa]

As rare as people who are related to Genghis Khan!

[@cinderleaves3949]

@@maymay5600 idk man but I'd much rather read a book about some kid who is related to Poseidon then another young hero with attention problems that is also coincidentally Zeus' son.

[@that_one_athena_cabin_girl]

"There are more ways to make a female character compelling than 'she can kick everybody's @ss.'" I agree, the reason that i find Athena an interesting god in greek mythology and the reason i live Annabeth's character in the Percy Jackson books is because even though those two could both kick your @ss they are also extremely smart and can solve problems in multiple ways.

[@TheAxolotls123]

REPLY!!!

[@rosswiseman5991]

43:41 If it makes you feel better, Grover is actually 28 in the first book. It's explained as satyrs age slower than humans, so he still looks like a kid.

[@applejayz1987]

Hades being a disgruntled, overworked manager of the underworld with "inlaw" problems instead of the devil was one of my favorite parts... but hey, we couldn't even have a wise Wise Girl

[@squirrel8185]

And it's also specifically said that Persephone is extremely loyal to Hades in the book series she does actually enjoy her time and hell that in Hades with him and the reason the thing that gets him out of the underworld is a pearl specifically a pearl is because it was given to him by his father Poseidon.

[@CloseingStraw97]

@@squirrel8185 plus goes behind his back to make sure he had more power within a spin off short story book

[@brendonrookes1151]

i mean hades isnt really a devil the concept of the devil being evil asshat is very english

[@balladsnowfox7714]

@@squirrel8185 Persephone and Hades is like the one healthy relationship in Greek mythology tbqh Despite the forced kidnapping/arraigned marriage but that was ordered by Zeus so it's that skyfuckers fault

[@squirrel8185]

@@CloseingStraw97 yes she dose! i see we have a real fane here, it you read that one. it was a good story to. and i loved her caricter in it.

[@ranttime8830]

"does anybody realize that there are ways to make a female character really compelling without just ... she can kick everybody's butt?" THANK YOU for pointing this out

[@nolanlong1979]

Its only worse if they do it yo a side character female character cuz most of the time they just relegate them to back up fighter and do to there own flawed power scaling it never comes up again as in the ladder of power scaling sych a character cant out shadow the MC, BBG, most other side characters and mentors, however they do get to beat grunts and bullies and problematic ass holes.... However so does the MC mentor side character's and BBG which then lowers them to not being that strong in actuality and just makes there scene of beating uo guys useless as do to power scaling so does everyone else

[@squirrel8185]

And Annabelle was that in the books she was very compelling and she even was a bit butt-kicky one of the things I really hated is they had her using a sword which she specifically doesn't ever use a sword it's a big character point and they completely removed her obsession with architecture.

[@alexwolfeboy]

Yet movies still haven't learned that lesson, and if you don't cheer for that all-powerful zero real struggle female character, you're sexist, because she's showing girl power ..... by having everything handed to her and removing any real struggles they may have.

[@melbapeach162]

@@alexwolfeboy showing girls they achieve anything!… ..so long as they are born naturally beautiful and athletic and also insanely smart and maybe have superpowers or something. ..giRLboSs!!?

[@cartoonhistory353]

@@KimKim-mt2bb and that’s why no one liked your comment

[@jimmypullinger7772]

another funny little thing about a basic rule of thumb when it comes to capture the flag is that, to win, one usually has to bring the opposing team's flag back to their own. interesting to see that, not only did they not brush up on the basics of greek mythology, they also failed to look into the general rules of a beloved childhood game. great job, movie!

[@noabinnendijk361]

19:00 I mean in the books Sally also knew about the camp (I'm 90% sure), she just didn't want to let go of Percy just yet because he was her kid, so she took other measures. Which makes sense because at the point he finds out about monsters he's 12. Makes less sense to keep it from him if he's fucking 17

[@object-official]

she did know about it. that's where she was driving to

[@dr.bright6272]

Someone at the camp warned her about keeping Percy so close to her.

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

TMG: I *love* the Percy Jackson series. Me: How could anyone love those piece of-! TMG: The books. Me: Well played.

[@nenmaster5218]

Those Percy Jackson Reviews are like a Puzzle if you ask me. So i recommend 'more'. Yes, just in general: 'more'. Have Fun!

[@spino-ace]

pieces*

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

@@spino-ace the sentence ended with "piece of cr@p movies"

[@spino-ace]

@@GoodNeutralEvilChaos ok then

[@mellineellis1174]

Well played.. Well played....

[@TonyStark-me5kv]

How did he find a Percy Jackson movie, there isn’t one.

[@prohikikomo]

In before people don't get the joke

[@gwynzynoodles2553]

Same

[@ValhallaAMV]

There is no Percy Jackson movie in Ba Sing Se

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

@@ValhallaAMV ah so ba sing se really IS a utopia! All hail Long Feng...i mean the Earth king of course....

[@thehistoricalgamer1960]

Oh thank god they didn’t make them in your universe, I come from a time line where there’s a movie for every book including hero’s of Olympus and because of this ww7 has just started

[@Serf_28]

12:28 It does seem better that you can click the pen instead of it being a pen you can cap. But in The House of Hades while Percy and Annabeth are in Tartarus, Annabeth uncaps Riptide and puts the cap on the other side of the pen, making it a normal ballpoint pen , which Percy didn't know it could do.

[@joziahestopinan]

And I also read that Percy throws the cap when he’s using riptide and it reappears in his pocket like riptide does

[@mikeyassbutcg]

Also if the clicky button disappears when it becomes a sword, how does he click it again?

[@ianbrudnakvoss3126]

I actually think a cap makes more sense cuz it's like a sheath

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@mikeyassbutcg Press the pommel?

[@mikeyassbutcg]

@@jeffreygao3956 that's just so inconvenient. like depending on what counts as pressing, one wrong move and your sword goes back to a pen. i prefer the cap

[@Abalabexabandraba]

He went on a rant about how Sally could have sent him to camp since she apparently knew about it at 19:13 , but Sally actually knew about it in the books too. I don’t have the text in front of me, but I’m pretty sure she said something about not wanting to send him to camp because she was afraid they’d keep him year round and she wanted to keep him with her.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Indeed so; She loved Percy fiercely and even kept the name Jackson out of spite towards Gabe. She even managed to kill a Laistrygonian and assured Percy she'd be fine and it was up to him to stop Kronos.

[@dominiklehn2866]

Which makes sense in the books since anyone would be protective of their 12 year old child. A mother is still protective of a 17 year old but not in the sane ways. Not like in the movie

[@devin6079]

Luke’s betrayal in the book: Tricks Percy into coming into the woods with him, expresses disillusionment with Camp Half-Blood and the gods themselves, puts a scorpion on Percy, monologues pretty realistically about how he’s been let down time after time, then disappears like a badass and leaves Percy to die. Luke’s betrayal in the movie: HAHA TWAS ME ALL ALONG *shoots lightning and makes big kaboom*

[@acolyte06312]

The book scene also came with such a badass line: "There's a new Golden Age coming. It's too bad you won't be here to see it, Percy." THEY DIDNT EVENT MENTION THAT IN THE MOVIE

[@Megalomaniac_Trans_Lesbian]

I remember the first time I read that chapter when I was 12, I was absolutely shocked and felt personally betrayed. The books are great, even if they're hella inaccurate to the original myths

[@lorenzoromito7735]

@@Megalomaniac_Trans_Lesbian the books aren't even that inaccurate, asides from giving demigods their parent's powers.

[@Megalomaniac_Trans_Lesbian]

@@lorenzoromito7735 Uhhh, Poseidon being a good father and a good person all around ? Aphrodite being mild-mannered ? Artemis being nice and friendly ? The Olympians in general being either good people or morally neutralc? None of these things are even close to mythologically accurate. The gods of Olympus were either neutral but quick to curse or kill you for something silly (that'd be Dyonisus, Artemis, and even Athena who is not without blame), or downright full on evil by today's standards (Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo...). Basically, excluding a few titans such as Prometheus, Hades was the only divine being who was genuinely kind-hearted and helpful to mortals, as even his wife Persephone was more scary and violent than him Cx

[@lorenzoromito7735]

@@Megalomaniac_Trans_Lesbian if the gods were good people I'm pretty sure the whole books' premise would be missing. The demigods like Luke had every reason in the world to be angry at them, so much that Percy had to make the gods swear on the Styx before expressing his wish, that basically was "yo, people you should improve your behaviour"

[@MysteriousStranger2214]

I’m convinced that the movie writers looked at the book, complained that there were no pictures, and then decided to do whatever they want. Also looking forwarded how you tear apart the second dumpster fire that is Sea of Monsters.

[@Eric-py8yy]

Exist a comic book about Percy Jackson if they didn't liked a book without pictures they could read that book but they thought "Who is Rick Riordan? My intelect surpasses him!"

[@patrickboian8545]

Sea of Monsters was even worse because Grover never got kidnapped.

[@klaramonae748]

I literally quit that movie after like 10 min. Just alone for how they butchered poor Tyson.

[@Eric-py8yy]

@@klaramonae748 they destroyed one of my favorite characters

[@MysteriousStranger2214]

@@Eric-py8yy they destroyed everyone’s favorite characters. Only those that came after were safe.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Having recently listened to the Lighting Thief musical it's remarkable how much more loyal to book it is to the book despite having a similar runtime. It's not a one to one adaptation by any means, it's very condensed. But it understands that for all the talk of gods and monsters, it's a story about kids with a lot of real life issues exploring the drawbacks and benefits of them in a fantastical setting. You get cool powers because your parent is a god, but because of that your parent can't be a parent because they're off busy controlling the weather, like a real life parent busy with their job. This movie keeps the power fantasy without adding the nuances that make it relatable.

[@dacodahoward1040]

One thing i noticed, when persephone says "I've never had a satyr" that means that she sleeps around on hades but im 95% sure shes always been faithful even after hades slept with minthe

[@Emisop]

Yes she's not really a cheater, except one time. Just one affair

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@Emisop Adonis?! He’s a big fat jerk!

[@Bigguyherodude]

Percys reaction to his moms death in this movie is literally just the embodiment of, “it is what it is.”

[@geomania8533]

Speaking of death. I always wondered why Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades even made the Pact of 3. I mean yea it was to prevent any powerful children from being used by the enemy, BUT it’s not like they even kept their promise anyhow.

[@seraphywang4638]

@@geomania8533 I mean, Poseidon and Zeus in Greek Myth often made pacts like that and broke it. And Hades technically never broke the pact at all

[@godzillakingofthemonsters54]

I think he was trying to keep it together for Grover's sake.

[@FSchardosin]

Percys is a big fan of Ivan Drago. "If he dies, he dies"

[@zeenoash.8805]

​@@geomania8533 Reading the books to the very end (book 5. Last Olympian) would tell you why. There was a prophecy saying- fuck this. I'll just tell you the prophecy, memorized most of them anyways. *"A halfblood of the eldest gods, will reach sixteen against all odds. And see the world in endless sleep. The heroes soul, curse blade shall reap. A single choice shall end his days, Olympus to preserve or raze"* Yeah.... It's pretty self explanatory.

[@Lupinemancer87]

Luke: "My dad is a jerk, I never met him." Also Luke: "I broke into my father's house."

[@thebeavpercabethftw9604]

In the books: Percy: "Have you ever met your dad?" Luke: "Yeah, once." It really makes a world of difference.

[@superchinmayplays]

kik

[@RandomPerson0646]

You can break into someone's house without meeting someone, but it still is a bad change

[@Adam-wy7mj]

@@RandomPerson0646 yeah but how would he know where his house is

[@acrow5]

@@Adam-wy7mjProbably because it is the big temple with all the Hermes symbols on it.

[@ThatBookGirl123]

You are the reason I read the books I am now obsessed You changed my life I have an entirely new personality You did this Thank you

[@bobnavonvictorsteyn9017]

read kane chronicles and magnus chase too, youll like them i guarantee

[@ThatBookGirl123]

@@bobnavonvictorsteyn9017 I’ve read every Rick riordan book there is already so….. Way ahead of ya 😂

[@Flamingghost1025]

​@@ThatBookGirl12339 clues? The new 2023 ones?

[@maddieandjade8643]

I always love the suspense in Rick Riordan's books. They took that away along with my happiness.

[@willsolacemahsaamini8681]

Fun fact: Even though Peter of the movie didn’t give a crap, Percy actually says in the first book that Chiron was the only teacher whose class he payed attention to because he liked Chiron’s way of teaching. _“You wouldn’t think he’d be cool, but he told stories and jokes and let us play games in class. He also had this awesome collection of Roman armour and weapons, so he was the only teacher whose class didn’t put me to sleep.”_

[@lexhdz5803]

bc chiron was used to teaching the adhd fueled demigod teenagers in camp half blood lol

[@emmalooman]

Gee it’s as if the writers only read the Wikipedia synopsis and not the book

[@lavinialadlass9432]

I can't blame him for liking him.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Which is ironic since he doesn’t seem impressed in the film.

[@LordyT34]

The minute I saw percy with his freaking headphones in, I knew we had a big ol problem.

[@1Katakana]

Annabeth: "I'm the daughter of the goddess of wisdom and battle strategies". Proceeds to take off her helmet, a armour piece guardian one of the most vital areas of the body, right before she starts fighting. Also, if Percy had been the one to fly up to get the pearl, and around during the hydra fight, in the book, Zeus would have sent him smacking down towards the earth/ground again within seconds. And I really liked that Riordan didn't just jump to making Hades the bad guy, based on the one fact that he's the god of the underworld. That doesn't automatically make him evil, and it was so refreshing to see, expecially since Hades is actually easily one of the most liked characters in the panteon (expecially between him and his brothers).

[@alpha_wolf220]

an anime character once said "just because your the devil doesn't automatically make you a bad guy"

[@Eric-py8yy]

She learned with Shiryu how to not use her armor

[@patrickboian8545]

Riordan wrote Hades and Anubis really cool in his books. I can tell he likes the Underworld and moon gods a lot.

[@1Katakana]

@Shavar Campbell783 True, but in his defense I'd say that that matches more with his personality already (based on the stories we have), ulike the personality Hades has in the stories, which gets turned 160 degreees around for the sake of some of the stories people make.

[@1Katakana]

@Shavar Campbell783 I didn't know he was the father of the amazon's, so if that comes up it's in one of the chapters/books I haven't gotten too yet. I also don't remember much about Clarisse (bits and pieces from random scenes), so I don't know what her and Ares relationship was like.

[@jerryzhu2614]

Imagine the only reason percy was this old is the director got fed up with working with children in Harry Potter.

[@lilliepad_froh]

He actually wanted the cast of harry potter to be 16, but JKR didn’t let him.

[@hernehaugen6878]

Imagine that, children are a nightmare to work with and a director didn't want to deal with the headaches.

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@hernehaugen6878 I know but maybe pick a director who's a friend to children to direct a film with kid heroes?

[@hernehaugen6878]

@@jeffreygao3956 Yeah, except in Hollywood, "friend to children" is a suspicious phrase. Reeks of Epstein.

[@Maximus-ed6ij]

@@jeffreygao3956exactly!!! Don’t hire a director who doesn’t like kids to work on a movie where the main characters are kids

[@Reptego]

"How does one half blood plan to take down all of Olympus?" *God of War theme starts*

[@lenlygelbolingo6429]

💀💀💀

[@Obstreperous_Octopus]

Grover: "You're gonna kill the janitors? Those are working class Americans!" Me, a janitor: "THANK YOU! Glad to see SOMEONE around here appreciates what we do."

[@poseidons_child.]

Yes

[@RajuMoorpani]

I appreciate you

[@bloodybee3553]

We appreciate you

[@canned_crickets]

I appreciate you ☺️

[@shineinstars]

i appreciate u 🤍🤍

[@darrenalmgren634]

The fact that the kid playing Percy went on to play the extremely emotional scenes in Perks of Being a Wallflower shows the lack of direction and poor writing, not the lack of acting skills

[@calypso5316]

Ik it's sad

[@drew5121]

You are 100% right about that. I totally forgot that was the same kid til I saw your comment

[@goodgirlgonebadfortxt2976]

Yes frrrr He’s such a good actor and this movie really didn’t allow him to showcase his skill :/

[@jdslays4901]

Plus it’s the directed of Harry Potter

[@jdslays4901]

I think he likes Harry Potter better

[@eloise.s.78]

I'm just starting reading the books (I'm reading Titan's curse now) and I grew up with the movies, so they were very good to me at that time. But now, I'm seeing why everybody hates it lol it's still somewhat appealing for me cause was my first contact with the story but the more I read the more I prefer the books. PS: the pearls really exist but is POSEIDON'S pearls, not Persephone's, that's a thing I was wondering for a long time in the movie "why Persephone would have pearls? Wtf? Why not flowers or else?"

[@handsomhans343]

You say you grew up with the movies, but there are none. I think you were just daydreaming.

[@jeffreygao3956]

@@handsomhans343 They are; They're properly called Petrova Johanssen. PS I feel the Petrova Johanssen films are different enough from Percy Jackson that they can be enjoyed in their own right(something easier with the first film.)

[@wildwesley9328]

My biggest problem with Grover in the movies (that very much don’t exist) is that they made the character black so they could say, “look, diversity!” while relegating him to the stereotypical black sidekick trope of “funny black guy who quips and says one liners and not much else.”Essentially they tried to “improve the story by adding diversity and instead ruined it with their own biases cause gods forbid a black character have their own plot development! Black Grover would have been such a cool thing and made sense since Grover’s defining feature is curly hair. Annabeth is ruined by trying to combine her into two characters, herself and Clarrise.

[@miyannapittman5580]

Can we just appreciate how 12-YEAR-OLD Percy gets through the first book successfully, being smart, sassy, heroic, and not being told, like, anything and figuring stuff out. While a 17-YEAR-OLD Percy had all his victories handed to him, no sense of humor, and had to get the major plot points TOLD to him by Daddy. Love how a middle-schooler is better suited for questing than the almost colleg-age kid. Edit: Wow, I've never gotten so many likes before! Thanks for 101 😊

[@hurricaneofcats]

They also sucked all of the awkwardness and sincerity out of Percy. That was what made him a hero. He accomplished incredible things but at the end of the day he felt like an actual 12-year old with a good heart, and a lot of courage. Movie Percy's eyerolling and cynicism hurts me on a physical level.

[@davadow8558]

294 now lol

[@lazydesk8313]

You mean 17 year old from the books? All the versions of him that are featured while he’s in college aren’t centered around him, so of course it seems a little easy

[@miyannapittman5580]

@@lazydesk8313 In the movie, Percy is 17. And much less capable than 12-year-old book Percy.

[@lazydesk8313]

@@miyannapittman5580 yeah but it’s not like this movie existed anyway…..

[@Personguymanyes]

I like how in the books Percy’s mom is like a goddes to him,and was one of the only things that made him happy,his reaction to her being dead in the movie is “dang that’s a unfortunate”

[@justanother_witheredrose894]

Percy in the books: crying and trying to reunite with his mother in the underworld Percy in the movie: Damn, that’s sad. anyways back to talking about me

[@irgendeineperson5350]

It's like something trying to mimic human emotions.

[@TheLemonsAreComing]

What movie? *shut up*

[@jackwriter1908]

Yeah, the fact that he tries to use the Quest -to get back the Lightning Bolt- to get his mother back, is in my opinion really important. While he wants to help, it is far more important for him to get his mother back. And by the time they are at the underworld and Percy has the chance, he instead does the right thing and can do nothing but hope that Hades brings his mother back after everything is resolved.

[@gunsandroses896]

*finger snap* oh nards. That's- that's really annoying. You darn Hades

[@littlep33p]

I actually think Percy didn’t get powered up from running through the water because it didn’t directly touch his skin. If you see, he only gets healed starting from his hand, not his covered up forearm, which is slightly in the water.

[@Drakon-gaming1111]

Good theory but at the end of the day let’s not try and think this movie did something for a reason

[@GuardianSpirits13]

The only reason I prefer the pen cap to clicking the pen is because of how it pays off in the House of Hades XD

[@lordunlucky2596]

Anabeth: My mother is the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy so I'll win. Also Anabeth: Reveals her location, takes off her helmet and spends the moment of surprise to flaunt

[@tariquesmith8369]

As the guru said “your one to talk”

[@angelad230]

Movie Annabeth was weird. Book Annabeth was all about proving herself worthy of being a child of Athena. She doesn't take it for granted, at all.

[@skykittyyyyyy9033]

And she isn’t even blonde!

[@Doomzdeh]

That’s because this Annabeth is literally Clarisse. Literally. And when people didn’t like that and the actors’ chemistry together, the filmmakers said, “let’s find another actress, separate the Annabeth and Clarisse fusion that we made, and make Percy and Clarisse flirt the entire second movie”. It’s because they wanted the rivals dynamic, but didn’t know how to get it done with Annabeth’s legit character.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Also, she put the flag like *one meter from the water.* You know, the boundary that the flag has to cross to win? Daughter of Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy, ladies and gentlemen.

[@wildste]

One obvious sign we should have all seen that they didn't read the book, they changed Mrs Dodds from a maths teacher to an English teacher. Those of you who haven't read the books might be wondering why this is important. The title of the very first chapter is "I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher"

[@thatonepercyjacksonfan4786]

*pre algebra Just clarify

[@wildste]

@@thatonepercyjacksonfan4786I'm English mate, and as a result, I have a European copy of the book. And my copy says the title I listed above. I actually went and checked before writing the comment to be sure I wrote the exact title.

[@izzisart]

The only reason I can think that they changed it is so that they could establish Percy's dyslexia, but it's not like they couldn't have done that a different way with a little thought. Also, it denys the fact that math's teachers are universally evil. 😂

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

Okay. But that's still largely unimportant to the point that there's no reason to care.

[@wildste]

@@jonathangoodwin5609 Of course it is, it's a really minor detail in the grand scheme of things. But it just showed how little they cared about the book as that's a pretty memorable title for a first chapter

[@thetealturtwig5667]

Hades and Persephone are my favorite figures in Greek Mythology. But while I watched these movies as a kid and like them, infact they were my intro into Greek Mythology. Now I don't really care for them to much. And it really grinds my gears to see Hades portrayed as nothing more than a Satan type character. Some note while Hade's reaction to finding the lightning bolt was under done. I actully found Persephone's reaction to be kinda funny simply due to how obserdly cartoonishly evil it was.

[@hadleyknox9416]

Demigod rule number one: no using electronics because they attract monsters. *Calls luke to figure out some shoes* "oh no a hydra I totally didn't think that was going to happen"

[@Lyke-rh5gt]

He has a whole video game setup

[@Lyke-rh5gt]

It is horrible

[@The_Phantom_Eyes]

Actually, there is a reason Riptide is a capped pen! In House of Hades, Annabeth figures out how if you cap it a certain way, you can write with Riptide, which was really important since she and Percy needed to get a message to camp

[@ognicho2333]

Good to know I'm not the only one who noticed it

[@naomilanders9381]

It also works as Percy taking the blade out of it's sheath, a thing meant to protect the blade, like the illusion protects Riptide by hiding it's presence.

[@The_Phantom_Eyes]

@@naomilanders9381 I never thought of it like that ovo

[@zach415]

I was gonna say that but I’m not too sure if Riordan thought that far ahead

[@ilopominecrafter]

@@naomilanders9381 not just that, but also as a way to sheath it back into its mist form disguise. In the movie, its as krimson put it “a clicky top of doom”. Sure, you can click it and somehow not lose your finger to it growing apparently, but in neither movie does there ever show a scene of how he shrinks it. It just does it on its own. And on top of that, the pen is supposed to be linked to him and return to him after a certain time no matter how far unless magic. None of that is in the movies

[@hobbitjedi]

"The source material is successful because it's good. So why don't you take what's good and put it on the screen." FOR REAL MAN. So many adaptations failed because they can't get this into their heads.

[@Biggordon200]

Accuracy isnt the only problem. The last airbender was basically 1to1 accurate but they completely missed the emotional beats and character development. I feel because of the way this was directed it coulda been one to one and still horrible bc it jus misses the beats in some places

[@jmurray1110]

Still applies as personality is part of the good things

[@acrow5]

@@Biggordon200 Apparently there was supposed to be more scenes according to M. Night, but the studio demanded the film be in 3D, riding off the monetary success of Avatar, and he had to shrink the movie down by half an hour due to budget cuts for the 3D filming.

[@user-in1gv1uh2v]

@@Biggordon200 considering how one was a 3 season tv show and the other was a hour and a half movie, I fail to see how thay would be considered 1to1.

[@ZeroKitsune]

@@acrow5 I don't think another 30 minutes would have saved that movie considering what we actually got on screen. I don't think another 3 hours could have saved that movie, it was just so BLAND. You'd have to also throw out everything they actually did and at that point you'd just be making an entirely different movie.

[@bisexualTaylorsVersion]

This movie has such an incredible cast it’s sad to see the waste. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Logan Lerman. They’re all amazing

[@DangerTruffle]

when a review of a movie is funnier, and genuinely better made than the actual movie…

[@internetperson573]

I love how in Rick Riordan’s later books he takes so many shits on movie adaptations it’s super hilarious probably my favorite was when he revealed the myth accurate Thor and he was like “fuckin Hollywood makes everyone think I look like Chris Hemsworth”

[@Cast-Carnival]

hehehehe.... that's cool.

[@Lupinemancer87]

I liked it too, my only problem was, despite that, he still inaccurately portrayed the Jotnar as giants.

[@eliaelirko9849]

same with when he revealed heracles, he had a similar reaction

[@FlyingPenguin196]

@@Lupinemancer87 When did he show jotun as giants? From my memory they were just able to mess with reality pretty well, meaning they can appear giant but only if they want to.

[@Lupinemancer87]

@@FlyingPenguin196 They are being mentioned as giants, even the last pages which has some info about the myths, mentions them as such.

[@hiroshock]

Chiron "Children of big three are rare" Me: Do you mean Hades children are very rare? Since Zeus and Poseidon had so many kids it was difficult beside a few kids to know which one they belong to.

[@DC.TheAtom_Edits]

But in the story line of this stuff the made a deal to have no kids

[@hiroshock]

@@DC.TheAtom_Edits I know I read the books but I meant that overall in myths and legends

[@DC.TheAtom_Edits]

@@hiroshock smh 🤦‍♀️

[@ryuudraco592]

Also why the HADES did they make Persephone hate her husband!? They're literally one of the if not only healthy relationship in mythology. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually made Hera love Zeus and vise versa if they continued

[@hiroshock]

@Ryuu Draco They probably wanted to keep Hades is evil trope alive.

[@gyarmatidavid9760]

"how does one half blood plan to take down all of olympus?" *Kratos*

[@grandmasterscott]

Daughter of the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy Procedes to take off helmet before fight

[@user-biscut]

There are exactly two good things this movie did: 1. Introduce the name of a great book series to people who didn't know that they existed. 2. Show future adaptors of this series what not to do.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Honestly, Logan Lerman would've been a good Percy Jackson had he been cast for The Titan's Curse onwards.

[@gacha_xxtuber2218]

@@jeffreygao3956r potentially playing Percy in a Heroes of Olympus series? That’d be cool.

[@bruhtnt4258]

Second Percy Jackson movie: ima ignore the second part.

[@gandalfthewhite.5245]

@@jeffreygao3956true. He’s definitely a good casting choice at least looks wise.

[@SirsasthNigam.]

@@jeffreygao3956 With the new cast, Riordan feels that everyone involved is "perfect," even if they don't look exactly like how they might have been written in the original books. With Scobell, Riordan noted, "Did I care that his hair is a different color than what is described in the book? Not at all. He just felt like Percy.” With Simhadri's Grover, Riordan similarly added, "Does he look exactly like I describe him in the book? No. That doesn’t matter." "Leah impressed me from the moment I met her. She has that sort of steel that makes her a leader, but there’s a bit of vulnerability to her," the author went on to say about Jeffries. “Now, again, does she look like Annabeth looks in the books? No. Was that important to me? No. If anything, it was a massive benefit to broaden the cast in terms of representation.”

[@Eric-py8yy]

Some gods doesn't talk to their children because they generally don't care, Ares for example he mostly talks to clarisse down and just speak to her to get her down, Poseidon can't because it's implied he actually is mostly busy with it's kingdom and you know it's second family stuff and most of them doesn't know because for them is like "ohh you are my son... hehehe crap"

[@TheFossilFightersGuy]

maybe Zues doesn't hang out with his kids cuz, y'know. He has SO many kids

[@Eric-py8yy]

@@TheFossilFightersGuy that's another factor

[@omalleycaboose5937]

@@TheFossilFightersGuy not in percy jackson. He also made the oath so he only had... 2. Hades is the only one who kept the oath tho he did refuse to murder his 2 children that already existed... he just made sure they didn't age.

[@charcharrockzxboxpc3164]

At least Poseidon cares about Percy. Zeus only cares about himself, not Thalia or Jason. (RIP Blonde superman)

[@Eric-py8yy]

@@omalleycaboose5937 ok but the children before the oath are negligenciated

[@who-ny5oe]

28:15 Why would the Gods obey this law? When did they EVER obey a law? Poseidon even breaks this law multiple times.

[@Anonymous_Individual]

14:57 my brain has been programmed to instantly lose it at this noise it’s so beautiful and I can’t hear it without bursting into laughter.

[@frrak5564]

Same

[@Thunor93]

The whole "cruel and abusive" part in the movie with Hades pissed me off, even in the books Hades loved and adored his wife.

[@DC.TheAtom_Edits]

She was talking about Zeus

[@Thunor93]

@@DC.TheAtom_Edits no she wasn't. Apparently you have to rewatch the movie, she even struck Jade's with the masterbolt, Zeus is her father. She wasn't talking about Hades.

[@DC.TheAtom_Edits]

@@Thunor93 did you watch the vid I was talking about a joke he made 🤦‍♀️

[@Thunor93]

@@DC.TheAtom_Edits I watched the video 4 months ago -_-

[@bluestar2059]

21:38 TMG: "So Percy's a dick, Grover's annoying, and Annabeth is-" Me: "Doing her best Clarisse impression?"

[@taisdoubt3045]

It really felt like her character was something like a cheap mix of both

[@farin9695]

.. I hate how right you are, but I hate the movie in general so ig yeah you are right

[@YuriPlisetskyKinnie]

And it’s somehow more accurate than the actual Clarisse in the second movie

[@johanfriberg4705]

@@YuriPlisetskyKinnie whyjustwhy

[@jungtothehuimang]

His reaction to his mom getting vaporized still cracks me up so bad, I cannot believe that was the take they went with

[@lidge1994]

"The source material is successful because it's good! Why don't you take what's good and put it on the screen, instead of replacing it with stuff we are tired off?" That is such an accurate take on modern films (2010 onward). These films and lately TV shows almost all start with a very successful series of books, comics or video games, which are famous because they're unique, different, risky...then studios decide "Too unique, more conformity", "Too different, people will be confused", "Too risky, we won't make a 20x profit"...which is funny because they replace everything unique with every cliche people outside the US like myself get a laugh out of guessing in mediocre films. It's also hilarious that in making the film safer, more broadly appealing, it loses 90% of the profits it would've had because...well, we saw this film 5, 10, 20, 40 years ago, nothing's changed except the effects when you rely on cliches. Serious, tell me a major difference between Percy and Perseus besides one being older, one having winged shoes instead of pegasus, the different fathers and being a stubborn dick at times? (Percy Jackson and Clash of the Titans). They also both get a mystical sword that folds neatly into just a handle/a pen, a badass shield of some sort, a means of flight, their parents get attacked (Percy's mom and Perseus' adopted family).

[@jeffreygao3956]

Yet where was that issue with Superman: Red Son? It’s not the most accurate adaptation or the most expensive adaptation of Superman: Red Son but it’s still good.

[@miloskaluznik48]

"My mother is the goddess of wisdom and strategy" Takes off the most fucking important piece of her equipment.

[@NkemUtomi]

Guess she didn't get the wisdom gene

[@Demi_Purple]

Recessive genes?? Dumb is dominant after all …in the movie I mean. 👀

[@KingOfMumbles485...]

Helmets are important in a battle.

[@laysmaxx5789]

And just a few minutes before Luke even demands where Percy's helmet was.

[@KingOfMumbles485...]

Acts more like Ares kid than the other one.

[@frodobaggins75]

I find it hilarious that hermes has a son named Luke. With his winged shoes he is a real sky walker

[@GrandAdmiralGonk]

THis is underrated

[@squidsurge71]

Comedy

[@mayfightu]

Thalia (the muse of comedy) approves this

[@healingalternatives3254]

I never thought of that

[@mythologyfan3696]

😂😂

[@YourFavoriteFakeComedian]

“My mother is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy” Proceeds to take off helmet

[@lidge1994]

You're about to hit 1,000,000. I suggest Immortals and maybe The Odyssey, a 1997 mini-series about Odysseus' journey home.

[@alexw5367]

The one thing that irritated me was the fact that they act like the Mist doesn't even exist. Like that fisherman should not see Poseidon and the cleaning lady should not have seen Medusa's head

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Well to be fair it just makes it look like something else that does not mean that the thing that makes it look like I won’t be scary

[@alexjewett7455]

They fuck up the mist even worse in the next movie. Honestly, it probably would have been better if they just ignored it like they did in the first movie. Not a whole lot better, but maybe, like, 1% better.

[@alpborakirte801]

@@alexjewett7455 They made the mist just a parfume

[@alexjewett7455]

@@alpborakirte801 and in a later scene they showed the mist working like it does in the book. Which opens up a plot hole the size of Alaska.

[@thetraitor9890]

eXACTLY

[@teslaromans1023]

40:00 I also loved how in the books they say they thought Hades would want a war to expand his domain and then he immediately replies it’s already a nightmare to manage and calls out the cliche. Perfect subversion of the expectations.

[@musicalartist2584]

Yeah exactly! Hades is literally just minding his own business and doing the job that he literally got saddled with. He might not like it but he cares about his job and wants to do it the right way. He doesn't want chaos and disorder even more than they're already is. Hades is literally just over here doing his own thing and minding his own business and not causing problems and he doesn't WANT problems either! Hades is literally the most normal out of all of his brothers and sisters

[@spudnik4305]

​@@musicalartist2584and considering that this is Greek Mythology we're talking about, that says a LOT.

[@isaiaholaru5013]

​@@musicalartist2584He is though. In the underworld, he couldn't f**I everything female he saw (unlike someone with lightning I could mention), and so was pretty normal. He then got lonely and tried to make Persophone love him. He may have kidnapped her, but she still sort of enjoyed her time in the underworld, even after she was required to go there. Hades is just very misunderstood, and probably a just nice guy with a crappy job

[@thatwaffleguy4958]

@@isaiaholaru5013 The goofygods comics make Hades very relatable, if a bit cartoonishly so.

[@filiptrajkovski2198]

I mean imagine you having to govern and manage a good few billion spuls a day Like not even like a king where you delegate that shit away but actually govern them like say a manager of a hotel It's pure hell, like i imagine if given the option Hades woukd jump into tartsrus if ut ment a vacation from it for a week

[@gacha_xxtuber2218]

13:12 “my mom’s gone?” Me:.. FROM THIS WORLD, BUT IF SHE’S ANYWHERE, SHE’S IN THE UNDERWORLD I’LL DO IT. YOU WILL? YEAH I’LL DO IT! NOT ‘CAUSE MY DAD NEEDS ME HE’S BEEN LESS A DAD AND MORE AN ABSENTEE BUT IF MY MOM’S ALIIIIVEEEE THATS WHERE SHE’S BOUND TO BEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I’M LEAVIN’ NOW I’D BETTER PACK HADES TOOK MY MOM I’M TAKIN’ HER BACK SO WHAT IF NO ONE’S COME BACK FROM THE UNDERWORLD? I’LL BE THE FIRST. AND I’LL BE THE SECOND-FIRST!- Edit: “all comedy must DIE AT THE DOOR!” ohhh, so that’s why Leo died in Heroes of Olympus!! He walked up to the pjo movie studio!

[@maddisonhavens8532]

20:00 Helping people is also literally Percy's fatal flaw. Having him act like he doesn't care makes him not Percy

[@squirrel8185]

I completely agree in fact it gets him and his friends in the trouble throughout the series it's not until camp Half-Blood meets the other camp I can't remember the name of right now and they go in their epic adventure that he finally learns to start letting other people help him.

[@LycanLucian]

@@squirrel8185 Camp Jupiter.

[@eveakane6563]

Wasn't his fatal flaw his loyalty to friends? Or maybe I just read too much fanfic.

[@alegg7091]

@@eveakane6563 yeah athena tells him he would sacrifice the world for a friend

[@fenrir6470]

@@LycanLucian Wasn’t it Camp New Rome?

[@tracycarter7735]

Hades?! Abusive!? Hades loved Persephone, he literally said in the myth “I will raise all the gold and gems under the earth for you, if Demeter tries to get you back I will break the ancient laws and reanimate all the old soldiers of Greece and Rome to fight for you!” YOUR TELLING ME THAT MAN WAS ABUSIVE!?!?!!

[@theleviathan3902]

Maybe a little possessive

[@bthsr7113]

@@theleviathan3902 THAT I can believe, but there is more than just the usual toxic masculinity. They are Gods. To disrespect them is literally blasphemy. If you don't respect the Dread Persephone, you are not only disrespecting her as her own woman and his wife, but also as a Goddess.

[@Canada_Goose]

That army would win against any modern army as technically hades can raise all the dead soldiers for his army and train everybody else to fight in the army, when one of his soldiers die he resseruct that soldier and when an enemy soldier dies(aka basically immortal), boom new soldier for his army. There is no way to defeat that without the help of some powerful magic that I bet only the primordial Greek God Chaos(or if other extremely powerful gods from different religions exist in that universe like the Christian/Jewish/Muslim God(who BTW are the same person)) has can defeat that.

[@fg2997]

Well he did abduct her

[@torrashinjiro4196]

@@theleviathan3902 That is true but tbf so was Demeter. She wouldn't let anyone marry her daughter and practually sheltered her And in some versions she made Persephone dress as a little girl and hid her away on the island.

[@elysedurham5050]

I love the "Trials of Apollo" book you are holding in the end! :)

[@obrew1430]

Annabeth was by Percy's side while he was healing because she would only get a quest by a new half-blood, and she was hoping percy would be the one to bring her on a quest.

[@leviuzumaki3903]

The thing I hated most about this movie is definitely the misunderstanding of hades. Especially how they made him abusive to Persephone which is completely inaccurate to the book and mythology. Hades actually loved Persephone and Persephone grew to love hades. Because he proved to her he was a good kind, loving man. She actually loved her time spent in hades and never wanted to leave but knew she had to. So definitely some major inaccuracies

[@Blitzvonic]

It's not even that I hate about this movie, it's the way they made him look. In the movie, they just made him look so weirdly casual, ungodly. In comparison, in the book, one of Percy's first thoughts is that Hades is the first god he's met that actually looks godly.

[@marierolfson1812]

it will be amazing because the author is helping

[@leviuzumaki3903]

@@marierolfson1812 I think you got the wrong comment, but I heard about the new Disney plus movie, and heard that he’s actually directing so I hope that it turns out amazing!!

[@kayladavis4794]

@@leviuzumaki3903 I think I heard it's actually going to be a TV series! Fingers crossed!

[@mrperson9838]

Also the part when she mentioned she wanted to get out in the middle of June

[@462n]

I've always felt that the reason Annabeth is the way she is in this movie is because the writers decided to effectively fuse her with Clarise (and then they apparently defuse in the second movie and they act like Clarise was there the whole time, which I feel even more conflicted about)

[@EvanjPrice]

I thought she was Claire’s the first time I watched it💀

[@jelly_randomstuff9614]

I thought she was Clarisse for a little the first time I watched it lol

[@RottenCandy.]

I’ve only watched the movies (but I’m planning to read it) and watching the second movie was extremely confusing because of that

[@kingofpenguins4157]

Yeah and Clarisse was one of my fav characters :,)

[@a_little_flame589]

yeah clarisse is there but so is character assanination

[@blakemamba2067]

21:26. My moms the goddess of wisdom, it gives me the power to announce my presence without disarming or detaining my opponent and then IMMEDIATELY take off my helmet before fighting him . Seriously why did she take off the helmet??? It hurts so much to see .

[@kebalove]

45:50 “Oh look Like has his scar now” I thought that he said sword for a minute, which is also a part of the books the movie cuts out. In the books Luke has a sword made of steel and the fantasy metal Celestial bronze so it can hurt both humans and monsters, whereas the other sword are only made of celestial bronze to only hurt monsters

[@666Vampirefromhell]

"Ha ha, beastiality is funny. Oh who am I kidding, it's probably the most mythologically accurate thing in this movie." I couldn't suppress a laugh there.

[@tylerboyce4081]

8:59 I feel like they added Percy not paying attention in the movie to emphasize his ADHD. But even that doesn't justify the change because hyperfixation (also known as "extreme productivity") is a legitimate symptom of ADHD. There can be one or more things that someone with ADHD can focus on and absorb if it interests them. And I'm sure Rick Riordan knew that, because Percy in the books is constantly shown to lack interest/focus in many subjects except for the one he hyperfixates on: Greek mythology.

[@person3562]

Yea I am pretty sure his son had ADHD and dyslexia and that was why he created the story cause he would readthe books to him but I may be completely wrong

[@unknownwarriorprescoknight8586]

He also has dislexia

[@SEReina-gk1kx]

@@person3562 you’re right actually. That was Riordan’s inspiration for making the character with ADHD and dyslexia. His son had the same thing and he wanted to show his son that he could still be important and special despite those diagnoses.

[@ginathecookie]

@@person3562 You're not wrong, he has said it a few times in the books themselves :) Edit: i mean in the before and/or after parts of the story

[@sumrandomguy6750]

@@unknownwarriorprescoknight8586 not him his son

[@DarkSpino306]

So Percy went through this entire this to save his mom only to leave her behind at the end. Sounds legit.

[@joanaestrela7146]

13:10 Percy acted like losing his mother was a inconvinience 😭😭😭

[@doodleguy5936]

"Anabeth then closes her eyes because she didn't wanna see any more of this movie" Somebody call the fire department!

[@dabe204]

In the books: Percy Jackson In the movies: Percy Jackass

[@Bahr-im7pn]

You mean Peter Johnson? No, Peter Jack***!

[@prasatorr2301]

What movies?

[@sergiomercado8991]

Hello my name is percy Knoxville!

[@eangrs10]

I think that poseidon didn't change into human form immediately was to keep the belief of the Greek God's alive by showing the fresherman his big boi form

[@PeanutWithWiFiAccess]

31:50 If you're gonna make the Hydra draconic, do not give it legs. Or wings, for that matter, but at the very least do not give it legs. Winged legless dragons exist, they're called amphitheres, and they are very cool. Edit: I don't know I forgot about Wyrms. Wingless, legless dragons which actually make more sense than amphitheres, since amphitheres usually have feathers, while wyrms are scaled.

[@Obstreperous_Octopus]

12:58 Percy Jackson reacted to his mother's murder like he just found out that the test he hasn't studied for is due tomorrow

[@hyperkiller4583]

More like if it was due yesterday

[@adcoxfamily9656]

Nah he reacted like the test was due today

[@jeffreygao3956]

But she's been raising, teaching, and defending him his whole life! Mrs. Jackson even gives him a new NICE stepfather called Mr. Blowfish! Darn! I meant Blofis!

[@Couch_Banana]

@@jeffreygao3956 The new stepfather came three books later.

[@user-yv6dx2oi2r]

"It's exceedingly rare for a child to be born of the big three". Clearly who ever wrote this line has never heard of Zeus

[@CreativeWitchArt]

I think people who aren't a child of zues IS MORE RARE!

[@sarateed1910]

Zeus has cheated on Hera so many times I don’t think Zeus can keep track

[@marijavicic3010]

Poseidon's no slouch, either.

[@theendersmirk5851]

@@sarateed1910 wait, he kept track at one point?

[@gabrielsanandres537]

To be fair, he must've meant AFTER the whole oath thing. If not, yeah Zeus has a...reputation so to speak.

[@loxx2536]

14:20 i mean if i knew my mother or dad was a God a very POWERFUL God i’d either pass out or take a quick 1 min to process everything

[@Random-reviewer]

I read the lightning thief when I was in 6th grade and I liked how hades wanted the lightning bolt as a way of negotiating with the other gods into not causing a war while in the movie he just wants it so he can be king of mount olympus

[@jeffreyfiegen1538]

Annabeth in the book: Kind, helpful, brilliant, slightly smarmy at times Annabeth in the movie: arrogant, egotistical, finds the answers because yes (also seems to have the combative elements of Clarrise's personality until after losing to Percy) Percy in the book: slightly nervous but willing hero, has to deal with the overwhelming majority of the book's cast getting on his case and in his way for being both the new kid and getting the trident symbol over his head revealing his parenthood Percy in the movie: smarmy dick who was the only one that didn't know who his dad was yet, gets the solutions to everything handed to him on a silver platter, and cares about nothing Grover in the book: Percy's only friend who is revealed to be more like a guardian, has ptsd, and fights his own worries and insecurities to help his friends Grover in the movie: comic relief, constantly horny (despite only getting his horns at the end), extremely self-assured

[@Randomguy-sn1yz]

Horny despite only getting his horns at the end. 🤣

[@Cloverisalittleslilly8264]

This is actually really accurate to ye books way of the kids and the adults in The movies I like this.

[@Subarashi74]

@@Cloverisalittleslilly8264 "it is exceedingly rare for the big three to have child" Pfft *cough* cough *zeus* *cough* *cough*

[@Miki-cx6gs]

Also Annabeth is blonde too -_-

[@yaemikosfavoritekazoo8558]

Yeah, let’s not even talk about their looks.

[@KingOfMumbles485...]

Also, Hades and Persephone had the healthiest relationship out of all the Greek gods, he treated Persephone with kindness, she was only allowed to visit him in winter.

[@sevenrings9450]

Aside from Eros and Psyche.

[@solo-mons]

@@sevenrings9450 yeah those guys had a great relationship. Couldn't even be ruined by Aphrodite's antics.

[@lisagaughan7154]

@@sevenrings9450 I remember reading the Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes book, and it was like ' two happy endings in a row, move on to Phaethon '.

[@Xylax.]

Also, it's kinda funny in the Capture the flag game Annabeth says her mother is the god of wisdom and while she is saying that she takes off her helmet. Yes very smart. Btw what is head trauma or cuts or brain damage.

[@kat543]

I'll give this movie one point. I stumbled onto this series and the author by default though this movie. I enjoy the movie because I like ancient myths so I was curious how good the book was. So between this movie and its sequel I went and brought the entire series and I fell in love instantly. The only downside is now I hate the movie lol

[@jerekheadrick3379]

When I first saw Annabeth in the movie I thought she was supposed to be Clarisse except she didn't look anything like Clarisse was described either. So I was like, that's an underwhelming Clarisse and then it was Annabeth and it was somehow worse. Then later on when they introduce Clarrise they fuck up her character design too.

[@ognicho2333]

I thought she was clarisse too! And I wached the second movie first (Annabeth had blond hair there) so I was even more sure. I was even sure they made her daughter of Athena. I just couldn't accept it was Annabeth

[@mephisto........7746]

Can anyone pls tell me is percy Jackson comic is different than percy Jackson book or they have the same stories and which one should I read or they are only books no comic

[@ognicho2333]

@@mephisto........7746 Well they're not the same but it's still the same story. There is some stuff that isn't in comic but is in book. I would say that you should read both. Also from my personal experience the book was a lot better

[@mephisto........7746]

@@ognicho2333 thanks a lot 😊

[@TheMythologyGuy1]

Yeah it seems like they were trying to merge Annabeth and Clarisse’s characters in the first movie. Which is lame

[@NidotheKing]

Ah, the Perry Jefferson films! If you squint really hard, they almost resemble a famous book series!

[@tomwu5167]

No, it's Peter Johnson

[@skibloo1722]

No, it’s Parker Jamieson!

[@SlayingSuperNerdX]

_insert name here_ and the thunder taker

[@santawithaflamethrower2758]

only if you also look through the worst quality camera while crying and right after looking into a very bright light

[@beardedragonboi3881]

Perry Jonas and the electricity nabber

[@TheLeviathanYT]

Womun: "We would really love it if you came." Percy: "I believe i just did." Me: "Bro what 💀"

[@steviejv4559]

Just stumbled upon your channel and man thank you for all the effort put. A vid on Wrath of the Titans perhaps?

[@Len_ika]

Did anybody else notice that in the second book, when Tyson couldn’t enter Camp, Annabeth goes “I, Annabeth Chase, let Tyson into Camp” or something similar. I think Uncle Rick made sure Grover was unconscious when he, Percy and Sally tried to get into camp in the first book, otherwise Grover could have said the line, Sally wouldn’t have been taken, and thus removing half the plot. (Percy obviously didn’t know he could do this, naturally.) It annoys me so much that in the movie, Grover was perfectly fine but didn’t do ANYTHING to save Sally or help Percy fight the Minotaur, he just stood inside the borderline looking panicked. But no, it’s all “I’m sorry, Perc. I did everything I could.” ARGH. Also, in the movies, why on earth is Grover always so shocked about Greek mythology stuff??? Mate, YOU’RE PART OF IT.

[@iamabread9614]

Grover: Jesus Christ what is that!? Me: That's a Cyclop. You know the thing that almost killed you when you are little. Grover: Oh right. Sorry so much of my backstory is getting re-written that I don't even know what I am.

[@theratking9057]

Grover being all dumb about mythology pissed me off so much bc BRO U ARE MYTHOLOGY

[@izzisart]

Funnily enough, the only reason I began reading the Percy Jackson books was because my mum wouldn't let me watch the movie until I did- she's really big on reading the books before watching any adaptations, with all series'. It was kinda funny how disappointed I was watching this film afterwards, as by that point I was in love with the series. 😂

[@eternallucifer7709]

"she's really big on reading the books before watching any adaptations, with all series'" that's a terrible idea

[@izzisart]

@@eternallucifer7709 Why so? I personally think it's a good idea. You get to experience the story with your own imagination first, before getting someone else's take on it.

[@eternallucifer7709]

@@izzisart because the movies are always going to be worst and you will never be capable of truly enjoying them, because your expectations are already way to high. Basically, you won't be able to appreciate adaptations altogether

[@fandemusique4693]

To me, it was the opposate. When i was 11 i think, watched the movies with my older brother, then a few months later when i had found the book "the Lightning thief" and seen on the cover the same as the movie which i liked, i tried. And now i have been a fan for 8 years.

[@izzisart]

@@eternallucifer7709 I won't be able to appreciate adaptations because I read the source material first? I don't quite follow- often it gives me greater appreciation for the adaptation if it's done well, and if it's not, then I'm glad I experienced the better version. But it's just my opinion, you do what works for you.

[@aaaaanh]

Watching your review now, it’s like an old wound being opened and stabbed again. Twice. I remember I first read the series when I was 10yo (around when I was comfortable reading English novels) and I was in awe of the world building and the seamless integration of mythological stuff, for the lack of a better word. Then I was so excited when the movie was first announced, thinking all of my imaginations in my head reading the books finally come into live action. I was devastated when I actually saw it. Everything was nothing remotely within this galaxy close to what the book(s) has. It completely threw me off of teenage-protagonist movies forever. I also tried to erase the movie from memory. So there’s no movie, I don’t know what this thing you’re reviewing.

[@Lyke-rh5gt]

I started out with the movie and I thought it was good at the time then I read the books and found that piece of crap.

[@blaze048]

‏‪43:18‬‏ daughter of the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy: can't count to 4