Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

yektakhalili I am almost a decade late, but here goes nothing. I have always wanted to watch this film, being a Sci-Fi and Fantasy fan and not finding enough of those movies to watch, I tend to go for adventure movies and generally like YA adaptations. So I finally gave Percy Jackson a try. I watched both movies back to back. The general issue with the fandom seems to be the fact that the movies are nothing like the books. People are legitimately angry about the fact that Annabeth is not blonde, and that Grover is black and not a ginger, or that the characters are in their late teens instead of being 12. I get it, I was a big Harry Potter fan and I would have been extremely disappointed with the films had they ignored pretty much everything I had imagined while reading the books. But, this isn't Harry Potter. It's not on the same scale. Harry Potter was a world wide phenomena. Everyone knew about it, and everyone was waiting for the movies. They knew the movies would make money and they knew every single book would get a movie. So of course they didn't start it off with characters in their teens (and actors in their 20s). Of course they stuck with the cast that looked like the characters. Of course most everything from the book was somehow featured in the film.I think most people who were fans of the books didn't even give this film a chance. On it's own, it's really not a bad movie. I've seen a lot worse. (Divergent - Maze Runner - Mortal Instruments ). This is a kid's movie. It's fun. It's entertaining. They never stay in the same place, so it's never boring. It's a road trip movie with sword fights and monsters! We know nobody is in danger, we know it's not going to be dark... so why expect those things? I guess it's asking too much of people to lower their standards, but you really don't have to. For a fun kid's adventure fantasy film, this has everything you would want. The cast is also really good, and I wasn't distracted by Alexandra Daddario not being a blonde. (I was distracted by her freaking eyes though), or none of them being 12. I'm actually glad they weren't. There's a Chaos Walking movie coming out and Tod and Viola are supposed to be 13, and that number is actually crucial to the plot but the actors are in their 20s and the characters are supposedly teenagers. This is not the first time this has happened, and it won't be the last. It's just easier to work with older actors, and the only way they can find a way to get away with it is having them play teenagers. It's still young enough so that they are kids, but the actors are not actual kids and so it saves everyone a lot of headaches. There, I said it. Percy Jackson doesn't suck. It's above average, and it's fun and light and you should give it a chance.

snymthr I had read the book and was expecting a decent movie, however, this movie was horrible. Don't waste your time on it. It is completely different from the book and Annabeth looked 20, not 12. I understand that being able to include everything is practically impossible, but adding new stuff is completely stupid. That was two hours of my life that I will never get back

Davis P Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the lightning thief is a very entertaining and visually appealing movie. First of all I would like to commend Logan Lerman on his performance as Percy, he really captured his essence and portrayed him well, good balance of innocent nice high schooler and a bad ass demi god. Alexandra Daddario is also good in this film. I really liked Catherine Keener as Percy's mother, and pierce brosnan was a smart casting choice as well, he just has such a wise older essence that was needed for his character. And I can't really remember who plays Luke, but I really liked him, he brings a handsome smug look to his character. The visual effects here are very impressive, and it's really fun to look at. I specially love the way they did Hades, I just thought it was really cool the way they designed it. Rosario Dawson has a great cameo here, she plays the sexy cheating wife of hades that really hate him and doesn't want to be in hell. No I've never read the book but I really liked the plot of this movie and I thought they executed it well throughout. This movie definitely is a great choice if you are looking for a good fantasy action movie. Oh and lastly I'd like to give a very big shout out to Uma Thurman, by far the best casting decision of the entire movie, well besides lurman that is. She is an awesome medusa! 8/10.

aisyaaziz I've watched tons of movies, and have never gave a movie 1 out of ten. This is by far the worst movie I've ever watched. The story is hideously plotted. These are just some illogical and weird highlights Firstly, where is the emotions when the hero's mother "died"? He went to the camp and meh I got a lakeside fancy hut and meh meh. He lacks the emotion of a teenager just losing his mother. Secondly, the fact that he "suddenly" all mighty and self healing when he knows he is son of the sea. Like whuttt?! So if he doesn't know he is Poisedon's son, he wont have any power? Cant brain the logic here. Thirdly, his stepdad went on a TV saying his wife was abducted by his "alcoholic" stepson and he has no power over it? He even look like an abusive drunkard. Why would anyone even believe him?And there a tons of things that make no sense and doesn't match up with the rest of the story. Some lines contradict another part. And oh my god why does this movie even exist?!