Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

It was boring from start to finish. I hate a movie that after your done watching you feel like you wasted time of your life. I was planning on doing marathon and watch all the movies. Now I am just gonna go ahead and delete the second one from now.DONT WATCH THIS movie if you value your life!

I've watched tons of movies, and have never gave a movie 1 out of ten. This is by far the worst movie I've ever watched. The story is hideously plotted. These are just some illogical and weird highlights Firstly, where is the emotions when the hero's mother "died"? He went to the camp and meh I got a lakeside fancy hut and meh meh. He lacks the emotion of a teenager just losing his mother. Secondly, the fact that he "suddenly" all mighty and self healing when he knows he is son of the sea. Like whuttt?! So if he doesn't know he is Poisedon's son, he wont have any power? Cant brain the logic here. Thirdly, his stepdad went on a TV saying his wife was abducted by his "alcoholic" stepson and he has no power over it? He even look like an abusive drunkard. Why would anyone even believe him?And there a tons of things that make no sense and doesn't match up with the rest of the story. Some lines contradict another part. And oh my god why does this movie even exist?!

I am a little at a loss as to the IMDb review and ratings on this movie. I found it engrossing, fast moving and a ton of fun. Percy is the son of Olympian god Poseidon, along with his satyr protector he meets up and teams with Athena's daughter Annabeth to try to stop Olympus from tearing itself apart in civil war. Lerman as Percy and Daddario as Annabeth are attractive and very able stars, they are placed in a number of precarious situations along with satyr Grover, also well-played by Jackson. Although the gods have now been ordered to not have contact with their kids I don't think it's a spoiler to say some sort of contact occurs during the movie. I thought the idea of modern American kids being demigods was different and exciting, also seeing the machinations of the gods that affect them. The story made sense and ran well, this was followed by a sequel that looked as good but didn't play nearly as well, not that unusual for sequels. But sit back and enjoy this one.

I am a huge Rick Riordan fan and have read every single percy Jackson book I could get my hands on. When I first watched this movie it was before I had read the books, I decided to read the book and was surprised to find that the movie and the book are not at all similar. Because I like Percy Jackson so much I tried so hard to enjoy the movie but I just couldn't. The movie, directed by Chris Colombus (who I had high hopes for after Harry Potter) lost the entire plot from the beginning. I mean how hard is it to find twelve year old actors? Logan Lerman in my opinion had the potential to be a great Percy had they made the movie when he was twelve or thirteen years old. Annabeth had brown hair which was confusing and I didn't like how she pretended to kiss him at the end of the movie. It just doesn't seem right. They made the movie a lot more mature then it should have been despite the fact that it was a book aimed at ten year olds. Overall I think that this is a poor attempt at trying to adapt a book to a movie and the same for the second movie if not worse.