User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/Camp Half-Blood Series General Discussion/@comment-5019333-20140401213209/@comment-16059609-20140401222409

The first movie is garbage, don't even bother. The second movie– Sea of Monsters– was actually decent until the climax, which was unnecessary and not believable. I have a personal distaste for Logan Lerman's acting, but that's just me. He plays Percy like emo Harry Potter. Annabeth's actress is okay, Grover's is okay, Tyson's is okay, Thalia I don't know yet, we'll have to wait for Titan's Curse. Clarisse is played by Leven Rambin, and she is amazing; it's really sad for Lerman when the two-dememsional camp bully is a better actor than our lead.

If you want to watch the movies, skip the first one, it's pitiful, and go right to the second one. Don't question why Grover is African-American. Don't question the age difference from movie to book– they're trying to make up for the first movie. Clarisse is the best part of those movies. The score to Sea of Monsters is decent if you care about that. Percy mopes a lot, but that's just because it's Logan Lerman. The climax of Sea of Monsters was garbage, so I would suggest skipping the scene with burning Chernabog *cough* I mean Kronos, and just going to the end when they're back at Camp Half-Blood.

First movie, crap. Second movie, they did a good job with what they had to work with, so good.