Several years ago, I went to see Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. While it wasn't a great movie, it was fun and I enjoyed it enough to start reading the book series from which it was based. The first book was different than the movie, but I was willing to forgive the movie because movies are rarely like the books. If you are interested in the books, they are like Harry Potter based on Greek & Roman mythology. I love mythology.
I thought, due to the differences between book and movie, it would be hard to continue the series based on the books. Then, they announced a sequel. I even heard that it stayed true to the books. It did right the course of where the first movie strayed from the books. Unfortunately, it just wasn't fun.
About halfway through the movie, I wondered how much of the movie was left. That's a bad sign. Luckily and unluckily, they left out some of my favorite parts of the book. Luckily because it made the movie shorter. Unluckily, it may have made the movie more enjoyable.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoyed some parts of the movie. Nathan Fillion's role as Hermes was enjoyable, but not enough to save the movie.
I would recommend this more for children, but it's one you may want to wait until DVD to rent. Don't worry about waiting through the credits; there isn't anything at the end.
+ Nathan Fillion
- Lack of the star power from the first movie (Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman and more)
- Lack of the fun from the first movie
- I got a little bored.
Grade: 52 (Not terrible, but I'm not interested in seeing it again)
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