Oh yeah I so knew that I would be better off reading the books before the movie and from the sound of things my intuition paid off. From the moment I heard about this film I figured it was only made because of the success of Harry Potter which means instead of the attitude being, “Hey we need to make this movie faithful to the book.” it was “Hey we have to make the next blockbuster hit based on a novel series targetted at a young audience.” (which is sad because if they had the first attitude the second would have fallen into place, like it has with HP and Twilight).

With the way this first movie seems to be on one’s radar I would not be surprised if the remaining four books never make it to the big screen.

No Mr. D = No deal.

Whoops… Meant to say Ares is not in the movie.
But that is just one of the many many many pieces that are missing or just plain screwed up in this movie.

Ah but that is how Hollywood goes! All action no story.

Ok, mister. First of all give me a break. This is a review of a movie not of the book (which I agree, it jumped in logic, cut out all training and explanations of why they are doing things, disappointed me a little, and fyi nobody finds out that Percy is the son of Poseidon until like a third of the way through the book because none of the big 3 are supposed to have kids) but since you brought it up, the books are fantastic and I have seen kids read these that I would never suspect to do so. There is a reason that schools (our middle school grade 8 read them and then went to the theater)are reading them. Flipping through a book does not count for reading it and I encourage you do so because the final book is incredible with its battle scenes through New York. I’m a librarian and a certified teacher, this is what I do and I know what the kids read. I love high fantasy but I can read a good and enjoy it without being prejudiced. Just because it doesn’t use words that you need to look up does not mean its not worth while. By the way, the fact that 15-18 year olds are reading these shows just how good it is. Rodney, good job on the post, I think 4 was low, but fair as it entertained most of the crowd.

I liked the movie a lot – but “stuck to the main story really, really well….”

Are you kidding me? I don’t think the writers of the screenplay even read the book.

A lot of the plot holes are explained in the book – but they didn’t take time to cover it in the movie – as is expected.

I enjoyed the flick from a true pop corn flick standard – but not as a great cinematic event.

Actually the books have already been made. Not making.

And its not the best movie ever made. I imagine even people who enjoyed this film would not give it that praise.

no it is the best movie ever made and it is a good book in the making