Your Reminder That The Percy Jackson Movies Are DREADFUL

[@Eliwoodfan10]

Bold of you to assume I needed a reminder.

[@WillieManga]

I only forgot the movies existed but they didn't make sense.

[@nicolassalamanca8051]

I've never had a more painful experience than watching sea of monsters That's my hell

[@lefteron6804]

To be fair, I haven't watched the second one, so the info is useful.

[@dillondoherty4307]

Same here I doubt that I need a reminder either

[@lucasbelmont3191]

Fire emblem🍇

[@RunePonyRamblings]

We took my brother to see the first movie in theaters, cause he was reading the series at the time. We didn't hear the end of it for _months._

[@Majin_Koolaid]

The first movie was so bad 😭 Edit: we pretend the 2nd one doesn't exist.

[@alluriusmusic]

@@Majin_Koolaid Yeah, I get that tbh... I own all the books personally (Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, Kane, Magus, and even the one with Apollo), and read them many times... (Aside the Apollo one [Completely])... Yet watching those movies annoyed me greatly

[@zionnewkirk4838]

Now I think about it, I don't remember ANYTHING about these movies!! Probably a good thing!😂😂

[@four1ne]

Right? Before this I had always seen the series through rose tinted glasses bc this was the v first book series that I ever completed in jr high and even again in highschool but watching this shit back im like “no way this shit was this terrible” 😂

[@TaskForceHorse]

They are soo good. the last good thing in to be seen in theaters. unlike the #MCU and #WOKE #star-wars #suck

[@michaelfjmusic]

One thing you have to consider when critiquing the books is that Riordan wrote The Lightning Theif as a bedtime story, to help teach Greek mythology to his son who had dyslexia and ADHD. He was never considering becomjng a novelist until his friend read the story and recommended publication. So you have to excuse a lot of the silliness that you find in the books. And besides, I find a lot of it funny and entertaining.

[@kindatoxiic2873]

Yeah I don’t know why he complains about it, it’s about kids.. for kids. Though it’s still very entertaining to anyone. He’s just nitpicking for no reason lol

[@evmtuck]

@@kindatoxiic2873Well, he kinda says that 😭 he’s just saying it became a little more difficult to read because he’s not the target audience anymore

[@costelinha1867]

Yeah, it's silly, goofy and over the top. But it's also part of it's charm, part of the book's identity like it or not.

[@peppysemergencycontact]

He was actually writing adult thriller novels while juggling his teaching career ,, it was mostly with the insistence of his students n his kid at the time that convinced him to show the story to that friend !

[@edb2863]

I've never agreed with you more, all spot on My biggest disappointment is that these were so bad that we never got the adaptations of the latter books of the initial series. The last book was so satisfying as a kid and I'm certain it would translate well to film

[@shibadawn]

hopefully the series is good enough (and makes enough money cause capitalism) for more seasons!

[@theshowershow]

I remember being a huge Greek mythos nerd as a Lil kid so when I saw the concept of the PJ world on a movie trailer I was super hyped, needless to say the movies kicked me out of Greek mythology as much as *I, Frankenstein* kicked me out of Christianity

[@audiobooksforfree7857]

At least the original books were accurate.

[@ToxicHAL]

I remember as a kid watching the trailer being so hyped that I found the audiobooks on KZbin and listened to them before bed, in anticipation for the movie. I got to the beginning of the fourth book, when the movie came out and gave up on the series. An amazing book series that was killed by the movie for me.

[@leilanyx]

@@ToxicHAL if you haven't already, i strongly recommend picking the books back up. don't let a terrible adaptation ruin the books for you.

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

@@ToxicHALjust re read them now they hold up well, very well

[@TheMasondwich]

Honestly, the only thing I want from the movies in the new Disney+ Show is for Percy’s Movie Actor, Logan Lerman, to appear as a cameo (like a teacher at Yancy Academy, or a sailor Percy meets)

[@kila_369]

it would be so fun if he appears at the most random moment, tells something and goes away

[@KTKLW]

I would love this, I watched these movies as a kid and always loved Logan as Percy even if the movies were bad lol

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Ojalá también aparezca daddario solo porque es ella

[@Rednos444]

He’s listed as a cast member:) as is Brandon T Jackson(Grover)

[@GeekZone210]

Triton

[@WillieManga]

Speaking of movies radically different from the books, perhaps the Cirque du Freak and Artemis Fowl movies are also in order on this channel.

[@calemr]

Artemis Fowl's "adaptation" is an act of blasphemy.

[@WINX2221]

There's no Artemis Fowl movie in ba sing se

[@WillieManga]

Goddamn, are you trying to make me mention THAT movie too? The Shamylan one that dropped part of its title to avoid confusion with a James Cameron movie? How shameful of you. XD@@WINX2221

[@masterseal0418]

Artemis Fowl is just plain abominable and I vaguely remember reading the manga adaptions of the Cirque Du Freak books, until I noticed there was a movie based on them that no one reviewed that much compared to the Percy Jackson duology and Artemis Fowl.

[@wesleyprince3465]

Oooooo cirque du freak pissed me off like no other adaption ever has

[@nickit7655]

I remember reading the question and answer section on Rick Riordan’s website years ago. One question asked if there would ever be a movie. His answer was along the lines of, “I sold the movie rights when I published the book because it helped the book get advertise. I’m told they’re making a movie of it now.” 😂

[@TheYodelingViking]

What's funny is that if they wanted to make a new Harry Potter then how could they fail to notice the ages Harry Potter fans were? They were kids and were drawn by the MC being a kid and growing up alongside him. Aging them up like they did just automatically removed drawing in the same kind of audience from the get go. Just that fact alone is what gives the Disney+ show a much higher chance of success.

[@DarkOverlord96]

It is pretty funny in hindsight how you had all these adaptations of book series aimed at a younger audience made in order to cash-in with the success of Harry Potter and most of them clearly wanted to make a whole series out of it but mixed to poor criticial and financial success put the kibosh on that... and then you have The Spiderwick Chronicles which instead opted to adapt the whole 5-book series into one movie just to make sure they could make one movie and nothing more just in case it wasn't a success.

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

A esas películas les paso lo mismo que al ucm fueron tan exitosas que todos trataron copiarse pero no sabían como

[@devin6079]

Really? I didn’t know the spiderwick chronicles were a series of books. I loved the movie when I was a kid tho lol

[@DarkOverlord96]

@@devin6079 Yeah, I actually owned the first 2 books as a kid but I did know what happened in the later books. I remember liking the movie and really noticing how faithful it was to the books but yeah it was pretty weird seeing it so condensed like that, even if they did a pretty good job abridging it.

[@devin6079]

@@DarkOverlord96 I think a series adapting all the books would be interesting

[@HiddenVivian]

​@@devin6079there's a movie? I only had the books as a kid

[@skibot9974]

2:30 as far as I’m concerned Jessie McCartney’s roles as Roxas and Ventus in the Kingdom Hearts series makes him always relevant

[@shawnamiller191]

Eh, Roxas is nobody 😏

[@dekuisagreatmaincharacter]

⁠@@shawnamiller191”Well that’s not very nice.” - Roxas to Zexion about being called nobody, day 10

[@shawnamiller191]

@@dekuisagreatmaincharacter 🤣

[@missnanunana01]

Ahh, I love good KH references 😁👍🏼

[@Ahmenthi]

I didn't read Percy Jackson or watch the movies, but the set-up has potential and I'd love it if fans could get worthwhile adaptations. And I'm assuming a lot of questionable low-quality elements are due to the uncertainty of this franchise taking off as a movie series, and would improve with each sequel. Maybe the new series will be an improvement and include the missing set pieces. I hope it is, because fans deserve it. But I don't think Hollywood is in proper shape to do that for anything. Not until they prioritize the writing, acting, and direction over fishing for ESG points, and that's more of an issue that's studio-by-studio because some are so much worse than others.

[@pharmcat8484]

Love this take

[@Comicbroe405]

Overall good take but you really should read the books cuz the series is full of diverse characters that y'all would think are "for ESG points" or smtg like that.

[@kila_369]

the fun thing is that the author read the script and was SO MAD about it, warned them in all ways that it was gonna be a disaster and offered his help but they said no

[@amarithompson4196]

This crazy thing is that of these were just standalone movies they wouldn’t be that bad. But once u realize it’s supposed to be an addiction, they instantly become terrible

[@personamithulu]

Let it be known the 'YA novel adaptation' phase of Hollywood was a dark time.

[@theboy1625]

Maybe it needs to come back cause superhero movies aren’t hitting anymore

[@jessy1982]

@@theboy1625We got a new hunger games movie so who knows

[@theboy1625]

@@jessy1982 yea it’s slowly happening

[@personamithulu]

​@@theboy1625oh god I have the sudden dreading feeling some mother fucker in Hollywood is going to try and adapt Shades of Magic by craming the plot into a 1 hour film and not give it the justice it deserves.

[@Jaytwos]

I can never get over the fact in the first movie they pronounce it Hercules when that's the Roman name, and the Greek name is Heracles. Yes I know almost all media gets it wrong but they were literally in a museum learning about Greek mythology in the scene.

[@seanfraser3125]

To be fair, that’s how the character is referred to in the books as well. It’s something that always bugged me about them

[@oreohunter7798]

@@seanfraser3125He used the name Hercules because he resented Hera and associating with someone who attempted to kill him multiple times.

[@hermonymusofsparta]

Hercules and Heracles were historically considered the same person by Greeks and Romans. Greeks identified themselves as Romans up until the present day in some places. Hercules and Heracles are both Anglicized names, it's just that one has Latin origin and the other is Greek. Neither one is "wrong".

[@Jaytwos]

Thanks for clarifying@@hermonymusofsparta

[@dragon22214]

What retcons with the burning maze I don't remember any

[@christophhanke6627]

Oh man what a let-down.... I love this entire universe. Read the first series in school from like 12-16 and then the Heroes of Olympus at 18 and during my bachelor the Trials of Apollo, Magnus Chase and Kane Chronicles. There is so much love to those 3 mythologies and an author who actually fleshes Out a decent Nummer of side characters to really built an immersive universe. These movies truly managed to not get anything right about what made These books fun and coherent. It is actually impressive to fail this universally xD

[@koil475]

I still remember when the second movie came out, a friend of my mom's at the time, took me to see it and I mentioned a few times what scenes weren't in the book and then a while later I realized there were many more changes.

[@shapesnatch1341]

After reading the first book, I just cannot get over the fact that they decided to merge Annabeth and Clarisse of all characters in the first movie. She basically just acts like Clarisse and takes her role for the first 1/3 of the movie, then shifts to Annabeth for the last 2/3 but way less likeable. It only gets worse in Sea of Monsters when they actually introduce Clarisse who is, again, nothing like her book counterpart.

[@fluffyfishcool226]

Percy Jackson was the first book that got me into reading so even if I didnt read the rest of the series, the first book is still special to me. And even as an eight year old- when that movie came out I remember thinking Something isnt right here. This feels all wrong.

[@megankarow2328]

watching this video after the first few episodes of the disney+ show released is so healing because i get to sit back and laugh at this knowing it's not the only pjo adaptation

[@PetroRabs]

Now that I've finished this video, I will be making tactical Bacon in honour of your channel. I will be rewatching this review many many times. I'm happy I found your channel dude

[@nicolassalamanca8051]

When I finished the fifth book I had my first existential crisis at 12 years old Suddenly I'd lost all purpose That doesn't happen without the movie

[@jordinagel1184]

Honestly, I don’t mind the pop culture references. Sure, they date the books, and someone who first reads them 10 years later may not get them, but teenagers do use them when they talk, quite a bit even (memes certainly helped with that, and let’s be honest, in ten years, who’s gonna get memes about Will Smith’s slapping performance at the Oscars or Nickelback jokes?). It helps to make them feel a bit more like their age, even if it may not be reflective of a teenager of today.

[@xChaosFlower]

Never read the books, but I saw the first movie blind in theaters. It came off as a generic action flick and was forgettable. I didn't know it was a book at the time. Hearing about it now, I realized why fans of the book say it's hot garbage

[@The_Kronicus]

The movie came out. So I read the books before I watched it. When I saw the first movie I thought it was so bad, and different, that I never even bothered to watch the second movie.

[@arnold20139]

I never read a single Percy Jackson book in my life and I saw both movies in a waiting room of my local hospital, and even I felt disappointment. I felt really sorry for Percy Jackson fans. I hope the new TV show makes up for it.

[@roughrambo1000000]

I loved these books when I was a kid. I read them when I was in Middle school and read Last Olympian when it came out. I didnt read Heros because that was when I started to move on to dark fantasy at the time. I remember Lightning Thief being bad so I never watched Sea of Monsters but this was fun to listen to.

[@mrkaji8913]

4:51 same goes for a lot of DC shows and the live actions, I love the animated movies are straightforward adaptations as they should be.

[@Comicbroe405]

Other than some of the banger casting choices the films really did not want to adapt the books well. Everything in the two films has elements of the other books which is just wild considering they wanted to make it a series.

[@PetroRabs]

This is a really really good review. Thankyou tactical bacon ☺️

[@DamselReviews]

im not gonna lie when i say that that reading the PJO books made my greek mythos brain stem light up like a rave with every cool location that was connected to the mythos or a cool monster, or person that was part of it. i read the ever loving hell out of those books, and when i saw the movie (i saw it b4 reading and after the reading the books) i was so disappointed that we didnt see some of my favourite parts of the books.

[@raviolimasteroli2341]

Lol that’s crazy, I found you on KZbin shorts for your preview of this video and I ended up watching the GTA San Andreas missions ranking video and now I get this one? Hell yeah

[@TuskyBaby]

23:45 Goddamnit you unlocked an ancient memory 😂 Haven't thought about that song in years

[@DauntedJester]

This was great. I wouldnt mind seeing more reviews like this.

[@Scorpionspear77]

I read up through Last Olympian as the original series was coming out and remembered being hyped as hell for the movie when I saw the poster. Then we actually saw it. It had a few fleeting moments I thought was cool (I was a grade schooler, mind you) and that was enough for me to ask my mom for the tie-in DS game (a not very great RPG that I still bothered beating for some reason) My mom was honestly more offended by the changes at first, particularly the fact that they completely omitted Clarisse from the first movie. I didn’t find out they made a Sea of Monsters movie until I was in college.

[@mushmello526]

I've seen the movies first, so I did like them. Later I've read the books and I know why people hate everything on them. But I still somewhat like them

[@erikbihari3625]

It's nice to see some more information from the books beyond piranha sheep and robot zombie pidgeons! Also, are those actually"things"in the books? Because then, maybe i'll check them out.

[@mattc2306]

I'm surprised people even remember the Percy Jackson movies. I thought everyone forgot about them after the second one.

[@BrandonDenny-we1rw]

17:30 i will disagree here myself but only because for a thematic reason its more impactful that its genuinely that easy to leave the hotel the entire time, in the books anyways, but they still spent weeks there. I think it was week

[@blinkachu5275]

I liked the first movie originally when I was younger but I recently rewatched it and man... Percy going from "NO MY MOM'S DEAD" to literally just being fine in the span of 1 minute was the point where I was like "yeah... this movie's just not really good is it"

[@WillieManga]

In fairness he probably would calm down a bit after Hades revealed she was alive. But still, you'd think he would be more frantic about getting her back.

[@coolcat7011]

And I feel the need to personlly apologize once more for these films' existance because my mom worked on these films. Just on some of the practical and make-up effects, but still.

[@Weirdmann]

Fantastic video! Only one thing: "delfi" pronounced as "delfe" is the correct greek pronunciation of the word, so that's at least something the movie got right

[@TheLittleNoobThatCould]

Any opinions on James Patterson's Daniel X series? I don't see a lot of people talking about that. As a kid who spent a lot of time in his own head, I found them entertaining and would like to see an adaptation.

[@MsNationaltreasure]

They are so good I really would also enjoy a show or movie

[@Jasmin-rb2ob]

Where do all these people come from that suddenly claim that the movies were good? 🤡 They were horrible when they came out and they are horrible now!

[@brodyot94]

I would love to have you on my podcast Fandoms and talk Percy Jackson and your experiences with the series.

[@artemisfowldragon]

I had a period where I wanted to crucify Chris Columbus for making the lightning thief movie - but I know now that there was a non zero chance it was studio meddling

[@cui8789]

The first movie was my introduction to Percy Jackson. Reading the books after seeing the movie was quite the experience.

[@richborn6700]

You mean Neds Declassified Greek pantheon survival guide?

[@carmcakes1687]

I liked how you voiced your opinion on what you didn't like about the books.

[@natwone]

just one quick note: the pronouncation of delphi is actually spot on.

[@costelinha1867]

These movies are so bad, that they singlehandedly made me avoid picking up the book like a plague, even though we do have a physical copy of The Lightening Thief around. Honestly, these movies are basically the Percy Jackson equivalent to the Avatar: The Last Airbender live action movie.

[@blitz0590]

I really didn’t need this reminder. I was so close to forgetting but you just had to go and remind me.

[@kila_369]

actually the right pronunciation for Delphi is the one at minute 34:10, it's a greek word, but every language translates and/or pronunce words in their way (like the right pronunciation for Zeus is not the english one but it's right in english) so who am I to be the boring know-it-all of the situation

[@jakefisher3328]

I can not agree with you on your Grover take. He's shy and unsure of himself because of past failures(which they didn't even mention in the first movie) and learns to be more confident through the books. They might as well have given him a different name, that was not Grover.

[@TBP]

I don't think my complaints with his character and the points you brought up are mutually exclusive.

[@jakefisher3328]

@TBP sure that's fair, they aren't. But they didn't even attempt to show any of that in his motivations.

[@jakeson6824]

bro I'm so confused, when does kratos come in?

[@thewriter8762]

Honestly I never read anything about the movie or the books so I never watched it (while I unfortunately watched a worse adaptation in avatar) and I watched it on dvd up to Luke’s gifts as a 10 year old. I then watched it later as I am 23 now. My first reaction as a kid was “wow, I’m pretty sure he did it” to now me saying “yeah dude acts sus, has means to steal the bolt, even snuck into his dad’s house and stole things already without him knowing, and has a grudge against his dad.” Yeah that was really telegraphed and I wish they came up with something better

[@CaseyFlowers-ec9ww]

I could never get over the fact Persephone was there. It’s summer!!!!

[@disgust_jpeg1871]

As someone from the Cleveland area that line absolutely slayed in theaters when I saw this.

[@yourgoodfriend276]

Great vid, small nitpick: Delphi historically WAS pronounced that way by English speakers, and the proper Greek pronunciation is very similar to that. Delphi being pronounced the way YOU did, while common, is not by any metric "more correct" and I think that's a silly thing to criticize the film for, even if hypothetically it was an accurate critique. Unless that was the joke, in which case feel free to put me in your cringe comp

[@devilshila5588]

I was about to comment this but I though someone should have done it already XD I couldn't belive that comment, because the rest of the video is so well done and I was agreeing in pretty much everything

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

How do you mess up a three headed dog and make it separate dogs for some reason Surely that’s the first thing you put into hades correctly

[@zackshick9310]

Percy Jackson isn’t YA. It’s directed at middle schoolers originally, not high schoolers so the dialogue seems fine to me personally

[@mrkaji8913]

33:21 I think he did spray, the camera temporary shot through the mist

[@TevyaSmolka]

Well speaking of Percy Jackson I am just wondering are you excited for the upcoming Disney plus show because personally for me I am 50/50 on that new series but we shall see if they pull this off to be great.

[@Markus2E5I6]

I was excited thinking its going to be faithful, then they revealed the casting which is clearly not faithful. For instance look at Clarisse's actor she's 5'5 when Clarisse is supposed to be a big, muscular girl who is scary. Like surely there were other actors who were over 5'5. Or Annabeth who is clearly a blonde, descended from Swedish kings and her having blonde hair was an insecurity later on. She also helped subvert the dumb blonde trope. I know they can't get perfect actors such as Daniel Radcliffe not having green eyes but they at least tried to make him book accurate with contact lenses but he was allergic. None of these actors are even trying to remotely look like the books, they could have dyed Percy's actors hair or at least put a realistic wig on.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@Markus2E5I6 fair enough

[@jessy1982]

@@Markus2E5I6 The fact they couldn't find a blonde actress for Annabeth in two adaptation attempts is as funny as it is disappointing. Subverting the dumb blonde trope is such an important part of her as a person, but keeps being brushed aside.

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

​@@jessy1982Yeah, but the current kid playing Annabeth has done a great job so far. Plus once I heard Riordan chose the cast himself I knew we'd be in good hands.

[@jessy1982]

@@Drums_of_LiberationGlad to hear. It's just strange we couldn't find a good enough blonde actress twice.

[@f.d.5173]

um hi I'm gonna n need your thoughts on the (superior) Disney adaptation

[@abc.animal5143]

Yeah the movies were terrible. The first one was bad but still watchable, but the second was just awful.

[@catsundre2904]

This was the first movie I genuinely hated as a kid. I watched The Lightning Thief and was thoroughly disappointed, but I was willing to give the series a second chance. "Maybe they would fix it," I thought. I walked out of that theater with my mom and my bros, Mom asked if I liked the movie, and 11-year-old me said "No. That was terrible."

[@PolinaLee94]

First time watching tge 1st movie felt like i was foolled and someone switched "the tape" in the cinema and i was watching some cheap fan video, not an actuall movie from a poster that hanged over the theater's entrance. It felt like it was a joke or something, like it was a fever dream of me sitting in a cinema. I thought that no way a real Percy movie can be THAT.

[@WillieManga]

I think a visual adaptation of Percy Jackson would work better if they got people like, say, Michael Dante DiMartino and/or Bryan Konietzko. In other words, it should have been animated. It would have let the kids be kids, Clarice be strong, and the action be believable.

[@mrmadphilosopher2043]

They are definitely terrible only good things in these movies were Alexandria deddario and Logan Lerman and unfortunately even they couldn’t save these movies from being so terrible

[@suzygirl1843]

They shouldn't have been cast in the first place. I love how everyone loses their minds about raceswapping or gender swapping characters but these characters are 12 years old in the books and they cast wrong from the start with teenagers and young adults

[@MsNationaltreasure]

I started with the movie and decided to read the books after and was horrified by all the changes. I refused to watch sea of monsters and will never watch Percy Jackson movie again.

[@skyraider87]

I'm disappointed they didnt include Dionysus in the movies too. He was a funny character, anyone who's read the books will tell you that. The god of wine who is forbidden from drinking wine because he got way too drunk, and is now only allowed to drink Diet Coke, which he is very unhappy about? Absolutely hilarious premise for a character

[@GeekZone210]

He was in the 2nd movie.

[@platinumspike9578]

Percy Jackson and Ready Player One are, in my eyes, the single worst adaptations put to screen.

[@GeekZone210]

Ready Player is fine at best and forgettable at worst. Percy Jackson is at first mid to *vomits*.

[@dal1947]

Wow, my memory is so awful, I thought it was Angelina Jolie that played medusa. I literally remember it being her face lmao

[@twistedvtuber9894]

Seeing you specifically review this movie makes me imagine Young Kratos pulling an Anakin to prevent future hims

[@vengefuljester2090]

Thank you for pronouncing the "Th" in Thalia correctly

[@alexrobi1176]

This is exactly my opinion. People try to tell me that Sea of Monsters is a worst adaptation, but I think it was slightly better in that regard but a worse film.

[@nafisishtiaque]

The way Percy was claimed they fucked it up

[@zeeses]

How?

[@justinebidulopoutchini9774]

I discovered Percy Jackson from the first movie too, it was shown in school

[@Teh69thSpartan]

I completely forgot these movies even existed...

[@kobeslaughter4671]

My dad enjoyed these movies. I hsd him read the books and then rewatch. He realized why i hated these movies 😂

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

Who is your favorite character in these films?

[@leviticusprime4904]

I would like to thank the mythology guy fro introducing me to the books as well has showing me how bad the films are

[@f1nn110]

Didn't Rick Riordan say he blocked anyone who asked him about the movies on twitter.

[@so0meone]

There is no Percy Jackson movie, I've got no idea what you're talking about

[@leonamvinoy3008]

My heart broke with what you said about bianca 😭

[@RegretfulDeadMan]

Why?

[@leonamvinoy3008]

​@@RegretfulDeadManhe said Bianca was unlikeable. Personally I thought she was great and really liked her.

[@skibot9974]

I sadly made the mistake of watching the movie first and regret that decision as it turned me off the franchise for years

[@nerdstormer3544]

I started watching this to prove you wrong but they genuinely forget half of the books in the movies

[@Robotic00]

i feel like someone working on the set design really loved god of war. that shot of olympus is bassically ripped straight from the game.

[@sinnergrimoire7882]

Imma get hanged for this, but I really liked the movies😭

[@bensantos7361]

They were made to entertain so it makes sense. I liked them too. I don't really care that they were cash grabs because I still enjoyed them.

[@kae.lynangel]

same, i haven’t read the books which is probably why i don’t get the hate, but i loved the movies

[@meatballsportstalk6297]

I didn’t even know a second Percy Jackson movie came out

[@breezle7296]

Listen to ‘The tree on the hill’ from The Lightning Thief, The Percy Jackson Musical - you’ll learn more about Thalia and Grover than you will in the movie Actually, listen to the album - if you like Peter Johnson, you’ll get a kick out of it (and a bootleg of the off broadway performance on KZbin)

[@ImIndavyjoneslocker]

there’s a large amount of people that like & defend these movies, it’s insanity. the percy jackson movies are quite literally the worst adaptations of all time, for reference it would be like if in the first harry potter movie snape was actually the villain & in the 2nd movie they killed voldemort, & even just from a movie standpoint they’re terrible. bad writing all around

[@LastLighthouse]

I can see how non book readers could enjoy the movies but Yeesh it’s different if you have read them

[@Raiders1917]

The second one, I don't mind people trashing because I was as confused as you. But the first one is good. Its funny that in order for a product based on a book it has to be 1-1 just on screen. When I'll just point you to Invincible, that is actively changing what happened in the comics.

[@lukeamoakoh5333]

I agree with you that an on-screen adaptation doesn't have to be 1:1 to be a good product. But while TV Invincible does have differences from the source material, the changes are meant to improve upon the story and the show is still very faithful to the comic. The Lightning Thief movie leaves out so much and there are so many changes that the plot is effectively made worse. It just comes across as Fox not actually respecting the source material when they actively didn't listen to the suggestions that Rick Riordan made for the script to be better.

[@Ch4osKing66]

I remember really liking the Movies, but then I read the books and god damn I really REALLY felt stupid for liking the movies.

[@mikehawk7804]

Man I really hope the show is at least accurate to the books.....I remember reading lightning theif in elementary the books were so good

[@pharmcat8484]

It’s late, and I’m headed to bed. I’ll finish the video in the morning.

[@Ty2595]

Loved the books (first 2 series at least) and started the asgardians but just got to old and busy with life maybe I'll go back

[@shaekelley6500]

I can't necessarily say where I heard this statement. But I don't know what people are talking about these aren't Percy Jackson films. Their Peter Johnson films. I'm pretty sure if we got a Percy Jackson movie with the supportive Rick/uncle Rick I think we'd all know about it

[@jasoncoetzee879]

I didn't Finnish the second movie because I shut the laptop because I was horrifyed and I cryed on the inside😅