User blog comment:SWZala/PJ Movie/@comment-76.17.139.106-20100216230338

I HATED THIS MOVIE!

MAJOR COMPLAINTS:

1: It appears that the Characters of Clarisse and Annabeth have been merged into one 2: Procrustes, Echidna, Chimaera, and CERBERUS (4 good monster encounters) were completely removed! 3: Colombus switched the plot to center on the pearls 4: Grover does not fit his appearance in the book and his personality is much more...um...'mature'. 5: Ares is not the villain! They totally blew the whole suspense of realizing that Luke is a betrayer as well! STUPID STUPID STUPID!!! 6: KRONOS ISN'T EVEN MENTIONED!!! HOW ARE THEY GOING TO CONTINUE THE PLOT WITHOUT EVER INTRODUCING THE MAIN VILLAIN? 7: LOGAN LERMAN CAN BARELY ACT! The scenes where he is supposed to be looking shocked and in awe he completely blows and is virtually EXPRESSIONLESS! 8: All of the scenes that you wanted to see appeared to be quick and short, while all of the boring scenes were well drawn out. 9: THE MINOTAUR FIGHT IS BOGUS! At the end Percy goes for a HORN STUCK IN A TREE as opposed to his sword much nearer. THE FIGHT ENDED TOO QUICK! IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MUCH MORE SUSPENSEFUL! 10: What happened to MRS. DODDS? You see her once at the start of the movie and then the idiot director and scriptwriter never put her back into the plot! Why include her at all if that's what you are going to do? 11: THE MONSTER'S DON'T DISINTEGRATE! THEIR BODIES REMAIN! MRS. DODDS ISN'T EVEN KILLED THE FIRST TIME! 12: MR. D ONE OF THE MAIN COMEDY RELIEF CHARACTERS THAT FANS ADORED HAS BEEN TOTALLY FORGOTTEN!

THE FEW THINGS I LIKED:

1: While being a fan of the details makes me want to scream bloody murder over the Hydra being in the first book, I must admit that the fight in the movie is much better than the battle from the second book. 2: The battle scenes appeared nicely organized and were well acted out. The Soundtrack was repetitive with about only ONE good theme, but enjoyable. 3: The visual effects were fantastic except for the final battle with Luke when they crash through the building and the lightning is flaring. COMPLETELY EVIDENT THAT IT IS GREEN SCREEN! HELLOOOO?!!!

Colombus I think your 'adaptation' was crap. You should've done this FOR THE FANS instead of just to make ANOTHER EPIC MOVIE for a few bucks. Changing the plot is one thing, but changing the characters like Annabeth (giving her Clarisse's dark side) and Grover (Making him of a different ethnicity and maturity level) is pathetic. Sorry if I'm harsh man, but you blew it totally. It might impress people that've never read the books, but overall...WHAT'S THE REASON IT WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE ANYWAY? Because the BOOKS WERE GOOD and you CHANGED THE PLOT! I hope that should Sea of Monsters come to your 'to do' table that you consider the mistakes of the first one. If Sea of Monsters DOES NOT go into production than you may consider it and the death of nearly any visual representation of this story for the future ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT for giving it such a poor start. I hate to admit it but I would've preferred you to attempt what you did with the Harry Potter movies as opposed to this!