Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5907682-20140524004743

There were so many things left out and/or changed in the past two movies (even though I own and kinda like the first one). Though I hate the second one, I like that these movies change the ages of Percy, Annabeth etc, makes the characters older. "Camp" Half Blood has been criticized for ripping off Harry Potter. So one question is:

What if Camp Half Blood was changed from a camp into some kind of rural town area?

We could have the Apollo house, not cabin. If these movies were remade, I don't think the characters would be 12 year old kids.

Also, I heard one reviewer of these movies say the Sea of Monsters had no real suspense or feeling of danger, and at no point did we feel like these characters "could" die. So I think these movies need to show that the monsters shown could be deadly (maybe show a few scenes where the characters are wounded badly, immobilised), the books had at least a few times where we felt Percy or Annabeth were seconds from death.

How do you think these books could work perfectly on the big screen? 