User blog comment:Soccergirl14/THE ACTORS AGES IS TERRIBLE/@comment-71.84.214.244-20100127035607

Actually, the actress playing Annabeth is 23, not 27! Also, I'm not too concerned about appearances so long as they get the characters right. And while we're on the subject of appearances, what about how Logan Lerman looks? He looks perfect for the part, and I believe he his acting will be perfect! And EVERYONE is complaining about Annabeth being brunette, as if it will automatically doom the entire movie to being a complete disaster! What about her eyes? They got that right, didn't they? And considering how hard it must be to come across someone with grayish eyes who can act, i think we should consider ourselves lucky! The age change was the only major change i can think of. Everything else just seems irrelevant. But they did this for several reasons: 1. Older actors tend to be better ones 2. We won't have to worry about their aging like we would if they were 12. 3. Chris Columbus said older actors are easier to work with.So, if that's it, why are people saying the people making it didn't read the book? They got the plot right, didn't they? Man, people just LOVE to nitpick things to death!