PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: The Lightning Thief MOVIE REACTION!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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With the Disney Plus series of Percy Jackson And The Olympians debuting to great reactions & reviews, we watch the first divisive adaptation giving our Reaction, Commentary, Analysis, & Spoiler Review for the film adaptation that book readers hate...but general audiences enjoy? Anywhoo, Greg Alba & Tara Erickson check out the best clips / action scenes such as The Water Will Give You Power, Medusa's Garden, The Minotaur Attacks, Feed Them To The Souls, The Museum Hydra, & MORE. The Film is directed by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter) and stars Logan Lerman, Kevin McKidd as Poseidon, Steve Coogan as Hades, Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth, Sean Bean as Zeus, Pierce Brosnan as the Centaur Mr. Brunner, Rosario Dawson as Persephone, Melina Kanakaredes as Athena, Uma Thurman as Medusa, Aphrodite Girl, & MORE.
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Nephilim is half angel not god some bible theorist actually believe The greek gods might have been the fallen angels that mated with the daughters of men before Noah's flood, making the biblical Nephilim and greek demigod somewhat interchangable
Greg thought of Nephilim because of Supernatural, then moments later they show the Winchesters brother Adam and he cant remember what he's from lol also Death made an appearance
Do you normally put these out 4 days before the public gets the show?
Can't believe you've reacted to this and not finished the Maze Runner trilogy yet! 😭
It’s actually so hilarious how much the author Rick Riordan hates these movies 😭 he said, “it’s like having your life’s work go through a meat grinder” LMAO
Ring that bell yall
omg i knew he hated them but didn’t know he said that 😭 that’s tough
@@molly6019it's true tho
So I went into the movies never having read the books and I really liked this movie, And I always felt bad that I liked the movie when even the author hates it😂
I can’t really say I blame him
What y'all said about ADHD and Dyslexia is exactly the point. Rick's son had both, and so Rick wanted to write him a story that would make all of the "faults" he had into strengths. He created this entire expansive world out of love for his son.
No wonder I loved those books 😂
i mean come on you know for a fact they werent saying it like that. They were being really insultive towards this movie all movie for some reason saying it feels like a teenager wrote it and making fun of it the entire time. Sure it has its flaws but like its not that bad. Way better then the cash grab of a sequel the 2nd one was.
@@skylofter6840 oh no i wasn’t making a dig on them! i love this channel, just providing some context
@@skylofter6840well first off we had a lot of fun with the movie. secondly, we made our jokes but also got the point of that. As two people diagnosed with quite a bit of things, it tickled us. Third, would never make fun of the authors son - didnt even know that tilll this comment
@@skylofter6840 this movie is not written well though. that's why the PJO fans don't like it.
I watched the first movie before reading the book, and I really enjoyed it! Then I read the whole series before the second movie came out and understood why so many people disliked it. Their were so many differences and so many things that didn't get into the movie that really should have. The story was told far better in the book and I prefer it now. However, I still feel the movie is at least serviceable.
That is always the case with books and movies. I feel that like the mazerunner, the first percy jackson is a great way to find the books.
For me, I admire the _Lightning Thief_ movie purely for its technical qualities, such its production design, cinematography, and visual effects. And the acting isn't too bad.
But even taking the fact that it's a horrible adaptation out of the equation, the movie on its own feels very phoned in, the characters have no arcs whatsoever, there's no dramatic tension, the conflict feels underdeveloped, and like so many Hollywood movies based on Greek Mythology, there are many inaccuracies (such as the Underworld being presented as Hell rather than the whole afterlife itself, Hades being portrayed as evil, and Persephone being in the Underworld during the Spring/Summer).
Also, the movie has a habit of treating its characters (and therefore, the audience) like they're fucking stupid, such when Percy tries to kill the Hydra by CUTTING OFF ALL OF ITS HEADS! I mean, even if your knowledge of Greek Myth is pretty minimal, the whole "Hydra-Head-Regrowing" thing is practically common knowledge.
So, as a movie, I give _The Lightning Thief_ a rating of 4/10.
Facts im not a huge book reader but all of them captivated me... but not one person can tell me grover wasnt killing that dance to poker face
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Well. I'm hoping that the Disney+ series will redeem this series. (Possible 10 seasons!!!)
The Reacher series has been a good vessel for those books, so, hope is still there
This movie honestly isn’t that bad, I know it’s inaccurate but there’s some really cool stuff. These books are definitely my favorite novel series of all time
That's the crux of it. At least for this first one. It's competently made, but so very much not based much on the book.
I completely agree.
@@ObligedUniformOn it’s own it’s alright
Nah it's a really bad movie
@@M_k-zi3tn no its not we don't care that you're a shrivel nosed elitist who cant like anything outside of source material. cry cope and seethe!
“So Zeus is a bad guy?”
You say that like you’ve never read Greek mythology.
Insert *Candyshop*
Yeah, Zeus in Greek mythology is a horrible person and raped his own sister.
@@DanV900 from what I’ve heard his marriage to Hera wasn’t the most consensual so he SA’d two of his three older sisters. The only good thing is that he respected Hestia’s wishes to stay single and a virgin.
@@DanV900don’t forget he ate his wife while pregnant with Athena
@@DanV900 He's also a complete and utter man hoe who f*cks any woman he deems acceptable. A narcissist ect. Omg He's worse than Odin from Marvel and that's saying something.
Uma Thurman as Medusa was scary when I saw this film for the first time in theatres. The whole Garden of Evil is just perfect.
yeah it freaked me out as a kid
nah she's hot as hell. I'd look.
Uma was channeling her inner Poison Ivy for that scene! I love when she plays villains
Why do you have a picture of Raghu Seetharaman?
I swear if there isn’t a reaction series as soon as the show comes out, I won’t know what to do with myself
@@Travel__Spinit’s kind of mid so far, but we’ll see if it gets better
@@Dominx21only twi episodes out so far but I get what u mean
I keep checking their channel to see if they’ve reacted to the show yet and they haven’t 😭
Rick Riordan posted the emails and memos that he sent to Chris Columbus about how he was ruining this story on his website. They provide me with such joy!
They weren't sent to Chris Columbus, they were sent to some unknown producer or executive.
@@QuibbleTrouble it’s blacked out, but easily implied to be CC using the context of the email
@@daytonnicholson4879 No, he mentions Chris Columbus in the email and that's blacked out, but the person he was sending the email to is not mentioned in the email itself. He talks about Chris Columbus in the third person, he wouldn't have done that if the email was being sent to Chris Columbus.
One thing they explain in the books that they just completely leave out (like they did with most things) is the the mist. The mist is sorta of an illusion that mortals see to make things that they are seeing make sense to them like Grover’s legs or the hero’s fighting monsters in broad daylight. Also another thing (about why sally stayed with gabe), so in the movie they just talk about how bad he smells like physically but that’s only part of the reason monsters don’t smell Percy bc of gabe. But it’s also that gabe is such a trash human being that him being a terrible person also emits a terrible smell that wards off monsters so it’s not just his surface level smell.
This movie is honestly a guilty pleasure I know it doesn’t stick to the source material of the books but I tell you I’ve seen this movie like 8 times lol
literally same. my favourite scene is when Percy's dad helps him heal for the first time. such a cool scene.
Same 😅
You 100% should feel every ounce of that guilt while you enjoy it
Same people who complain are annoying so what it’s not exactly like the book these were fun as hell and I love some Greek mythology that’s all I honestly cared about tbh
I just love that they said so many times “is Luke the son of Zeus.” When they say so many times that he’s Hermes’ son 😂😂
they fr dont pay attention at all
Or when Annabeth says to Percy their parents don't like each other much and Greg says "her dad's Zeus", even though Grover told Percy earlier that her God parent is Athena
I so hope this reaction means you guys are planning to check out the new Disney+ adaptation! This movie was a disappointment as an adaptation because it changed so much that the storyline is really completely different, so you will be surprised by a lot of the show's adaptation because it's going to be extremely faithful to the events of the books, and there are also entire characters that did not make it into the movies, though the actors did their best. I am super excited for it because I have loved Percy Jackson since I was in 4th grade, and now I'm in my first year as a teacher and I'm getting an adaptation that I really care about and looks amazing! I really connected with the story and the characters, and it led me to be a part of a lot of fandoms and fandom spaces over the years! It also, in some ways, helped me realize over the last few years that I also have ADHD.
This movie was awesome 😎
the 1st one is okay, the 2nd one is atrocious
Sure, the show will be accurate enough to satisfy people in the first season, and then in the second season they'll start going off the rails and injecting their own political opinions and agendas but people like you will still defend it because you're told to.
We've seen this pattern time and time again by Disney and by Netflix. How do ya'll keep falling for the same thing over and over?
LOL yeah dude "extremely faithful to the events of the books." They already changed annabeth's race. Whereas the movie only changed her hair and age a bit (which they tried to correct in the 2nd movie), the disney show changed her entire identity and race. My favorite part of this whole thing was rick riordan gaslighting his fans who grew up reading the books by calling them racist because they want annabeth and other characters to be portrayed as they were in the books. Count me out. I have no desire to partake in the late life crisis of virtuesignaling leftoid rick riordan and his wife who is a directer of the show. Leave it to american leftists to ruin beloved ips. This was the first novel I read as a kid right after immigrating to america form the middle east and I had no problems identifying and connecting with the characters as a non white person. Annabeth and Percy are some of my favorite fictional characters and the first series is still my favorite young adult novel. I guess race swapping percy was a tad too far for boomer man rick. It's interesting how he won't race swap percy, but is fine doing it to annabeth.
@@NovusIgnis too late lmao.
as a book adaptation it’s horrendous. thank god the new show coming out with be faithful to the books.
As a movie it's also not good. It fails to be compelling in every aspect.
It hasn't come out yet. Let's not jinx it.
@@Spidr-Man fans have been loving it so far so i think we’re good
@@Spidr-Man Well it has 96% critic reviews on RT based on the first four episodes
The new series looks like shit none of the cast look like their characters.
I had a good chuckle at Tara confusing Logan Lerman for Dylan O'Brien in 'Love and Monsters' 😂😂 It's so funny how common those two get mistaken for each other because yes lmaoo
I was looking for this comment!
I mean this is what Rick Riordan(author of the books) had to say about the script for this movie(he never saw the actual movie):
"Having said that, here’s the bad news: The script as a whole is terrible. I don’t simply mean that it deviates from the book, though certainly it does that to point of being almost unrecognizable as the same story. Fans of the books will be angry and disappointed. They will leave the theater in droves and generate horrible word of mouth. That is an absolute given if the script goes forward as it stands now. But the bigger problem is that even if you pretend the book doesn’t exist, this script doesn’t work as a story in its own right.
The good news: It is eminently fixable. When I first read the script I’ll admit I was plunged into despair at just how bad it was. If I were intentionally trying to sabotage this project, I doubt I could have done a better job than this script. But as I began to make notes and look specifically at what was bothering me, I realized that the script could be made palatable to fans and the general movie-going audience without really changing its present scene structure, lengthening the script, or adding new sets that would increase the budget. I am choosing to take heart in your assurance that this script is not finished. That is one thing we can agree on: It needs help."
"Am I not supposed to be enjoying this movie?"
That's what I said too before I read the book...I mean, I can separate the movie from the books easily...but it kinda sucks that it's not a good adaptation
Please react to the Disney+ series when it comes out!
First time I saw it: I enjoyed it quite a bit
Rewatched it two weeks ago and man it just doesn't really hold up. All the emotional moments are undercut heavily (seriously, his mom dies, he wakes up the next morning and mentions only one thing about it and is fine afterwards lmao)
This movie failed due to the writers. Rick Riordan told the writers their mistakes and they refused to listen. But you can tell the new Disney+ series actually cares, with Rick Riordan having a big hand in it. That and with Walker Scobell in the role, I think they'll knock it out of the park.
They are entitled to ignore him. If it was ‘based on’ his book.
@@JohnM...They didn't let the man who wrote the books be apart of it, they were just asking for the movie to suck
@@infinty_yt I see. No wonder. But that doesn’t mean the book(s) don’t have glaring mythology mistakes.
@@JohnM... Obviously. You don't think gods came down and have kids? Yeah, there's flaws with the actual myths but comparing the movies to the books, they're just horrible adaptations.
@@JohnM... "glaring mythology mistakes". So who wrote the definitive treatise on Greek mythology? And how does one even verify the accuracy of things considered myths? The author wrote fictional tales based on ancient fictional tales.
I just watched the first 2 episodes of the Disney+ series and I REALLY hope you guys decide to react to it, because the differences are abundantly clear within the first few minutes.
"Jackson" is a last name by definition cause it started like other similar names as meaning "Jack's son"
Growing up I was just happy Percy Jackson was gonna be live action so this olds a special place😭😭🖤 also the books are PERFECTION
Same for me. This is by far the movie I have watched the most times of for that reason!
The movie definitely doesn't live up to the book. But overall, this is a fun watch. Thanks for the reaction guys!
you're right its actually better than some words on a page.
@@kronostvx movie is dogwater
@@kronostvxThe words are symbols for what your mind can create. Your imagination is infinitely more intriguing than this movie
I mean the movie is entertaining and the actors did a good job with what they were given, but it's not a great live action compared to the book. @@kronostvx
while i'm aware this film has many flaws, it's so much fun and ridiculously nostalgic to me, and im saying this as an avid percy jackson fan who's read all the books! i just love it and im not ashamed to say it
I will say the 2 changes I LOVE about this movie is Grover using crutches when he’s in his “human disguise” bc obviously it’ll look different but also most things that would expose the mythological side to normal humans naturally hide themselves so I understand why Rick doesn’t do that, and I love riptide being a click pen instead of a cap one. I know it’s purposefully meant to look like a insanely cheap pen but clicking the pen and turning it into a sword is cooler than just taking the cap off in my opinion
y’all being viewers who haven’t read the books, i’d love to see you react to the new series! the first season is covering the entire first book, aka what this movie tried to do. i think you’ll learn a lot more about why us fans love the series and see a jump in quality when the author is involved in the process :)
Percy's water powers are fun to think about...does he get a powerboost from taking a shower? Would seawater give him MORE power than freshwater? Thats why i like the books, they go into the unique powersets of each demigod.
Fresh Water doesn't provide as much benefit as Sea Water does. It hints on this specifically a few times in the various books. Like in Book 2, it states that one of Percy's innate god abilities is he has perfect and exact navigational skill on the ocean. He knows where he is, exactly where he is at any given time while he's at sea. Whereas in Fresh Water, he doesn't get that benefit.
he probably does get a temporary one from showering because he got a small powerboost from dumping a cup of water on his head when he was trying to cool himself off.
I love that you guys can fully see why the movie is so bad but still had a fun time!! I feel the same way about them, to really grasp how much they changed from the source, Persephone isn’t even in the first book, and they completely made up the magic map and the pearls.
Well...what's your honest opinion of this movie?
A product of its time. That and not consulting the book author when writing the script
I still enjoy this movie. It got me into the books which are far better. Have high hopes for the series
I think it's serviceable enough, but if you're going in expecting it to be a good adaptation, prepare to be disappointed.
I liked it
Honestly think it is terrible as a stand alone movie. And as an adaptation it is the worst I have ever seen.
Harry Potter movies got a very good adaptation even when a lot was cut because they kept the core plot as well as characters. This adaptation is straight up not even close.
As a standalone movie none of the characters have character arcs, the plot is messy and filled with plot holes. Quite a bit of stuff is a mess and very little good.
As an adaptation it cut out all of Percy's personality. They cut out everyone's character arcs and set ups, especially Percy, Annabeth, Grover and Luke
Mythological accuracy is something the books are praised for and there is so many inaccuracies in the movie that the book literally covers. One of the biggest examples is that Hades is not Satan. Hades watches over the equivalent of heaven, limbo, and hell and is a fair and nice caretaker of souls. He is one of the kindest and gods and also has the best marriage out of all the Olympians. Persephone is also not supposed to be there since she stays with her mother Demeter during Spring and Summer and would never betray Hades. Along with multiple smaller inaccuracies
They also took away all the creativity of books and Witt. Monsters and figures were better incorporated into the modern time.
The characters somehow felt dumber than their 12 year old and in Grovers case 28 year old(satyr age slower) counterparts. Key example is Percy cutting the Hydra. He knows that much
Good things about the film
It gathered attention to the series, Grover was a complete 180 but at least the replacement had personality which was more than the rest of the cast. Effects were also good. And the Lotus scene was the most accurate to the books and also the best scene. It helped bring the scene to live as to how indulgent the place was. And the actors chosen would have been perfect if they were younger
It's so funny how, even on a first-time viewing, you can come up with alternative solutions for what's going on in the movie, and those alternatives are exactly what the book did.
I like how the movie says Annabeth is the daughter of Athena like 37 times and y'all were still like "maybe she's a daughter if one of the big three we don't know" XD
She is Zeus's granddaughter
@ElKamaleon777 yeah, GRANDdaughter, not daughter.
I wanted those flying Converse and pen sword so bad as a kid 😂 ❤
imagine if in the first harry potter film, harry was a 17 year old from the start and then had Voldemort removed from the franchise completely. Thats exactly what they did here. it’s BAD!!
They didn’t just make a lazy adaptation, they BUTCHERED the entire plot.
i liked it
@@needum9212 im glad you did. I’m just giving perspective on how bad their choices were to change the story and plot completely, and so much so that it ruined any hope for a continuation because most of the things they cut out are the main plot points for the entire series.
@@torijeri i feel that i watched the movie then read the book so i get the hate. i just like the cast
@@needum9212 oh same i LOVE the cast. i think they did the best they could with what they were given. And logan is def a favorite of mine.
Kronos is in them.
The author wrote these books for his son who also has ADHD and dyslexia. Now his sone works in the accessibility office of a university
Honestly I loved the Percy Jackson movies, my film writing teacher once said “you can’t make a car into a house” when it comes to films about books, you can’t expect nor can it be exactly done 100% exactly the same or the movies would be 30+ hours long. I wish they continued the actors were my favs, they did a great job! 😊
this movie is good and a fun watch when you don’t got a person in ur ear who read the books saying it’s not
"Oh he's chatgpt" when the words were flipping around is the greatest thing I've heard Greg say
17:48 fun fact: Percy Jackson is Ariel’s half uncle and Poseidon is her grandfather
The tv series had 96% on rotten tomatoes last I checked so its good to know this series is finally getting justice
What’s crazy is how they go so many things wrong. One of the key things is that Poseidon doesn’t speak to percy at all really, yet multiple times in the beginning Poseidon reaches out to Percy. Which later makes the “he never talks to me” scenes make sense. Another thing is that he doesn’t even know about the lightning bolt until AS he’s leaving on the adventure, so Dobbs and Hades telling him to give back the lightning bolt again makes no sense because nobody is supposed to know
It always surprises me that Chris Columbus made both the first two Harry Potter movies, one of the most successful book to movie adaptation, and also made this movie, which is considered to be one of the worst adaptation of all time.
to be fair, the original idea for the 1st HP movie was to take all 4 Harry Potter books (that were out at the time) and transform them into 1 movie...... they just... ended up not going with that cuz I believe JKR said no. So when you fuck with the book, this is what you get. People who have no knowledge of what the story is SUPPOSED to be might enjoy it, but it destroys any built in book audience you'd get which is never a good thing when you can do a faithful adaption and get book fans + new fans.
20:04..This guy played the obsessed boyfriend in " I Am Number Four " which I think is a pretty good sci-fi movie.
I remember in 3rd grade, me and my class read the book first and went on a field trip to go see it in theaters. We were so psyched haha!
I can see this movie being a lot of fun for folks who are going in fully blind to the Percy Jackson universe. For fans i feel like it can still be a fun guilty pleasure but it can’t be called a good film adaptation. I’m very excited to see the new Disney+ series
i watched these before i read the books so it’s actually a really good nostalgic movie for me. it’s so 2000’s cheesy ( one could say campy ) and i love it. pocker face scene changed my life
i LOVEEEE this movie so much. My dad and I saw it in theaters and i loved it. Still wanna get into the books, but im glad you guys liked it.
Honestly, for some of these movies I haven’t seen them in such a long time and re watching them with you two is really fun lol thanks for this series
I have to say, I've grown up all my life being someone who has genuinely enjoyed both the movies and the books of Percy Jackson. I obviously fell in love with the books, being a big reader who loved fantasy. But something about the movie was charming to me too. I don't even really like to compare them, just treat them as separate entities. I've just always loved Mythology and growing up I got my hands on whatever I could find. Though I still do hold a lot of respect for the original author and I'm sad he was also unhappy with it.
I need you guys to react to the new Percy Jackson TV series, because I can’t let you go through life thinking this is what Percy Jackson is. As an avid fan of the books, I think this movie is entertaining if I don’t think about the books. This movie somehow simplifies and overcomplicates the story while changing the plot. But hey, it made me a fan of Logan Lerman and Alexandra Dadarrio. The Lotus Casino and Rosario Dawson’s look are the best parts of this movie.
It's not really a fault of the actors but this movie just isn't good but it does have some enjoyable moments. The appalling reaction of the author of the books once he read the script really says it all.
This reaction was so much fun! I enjoyed this movie way back when because I saw it before I read the series. It actually got me into the series. I liked it less so after reading the books. But seeing with you guys was super fun! Thanks!
So far, I’m enjoying the new Disney series!
If you watch the Peter Johnson movie you should check out the percy jackson series
the movies were horrendous to watch as a pjo book reader, but i'm hearing the show is really good so i'm really excited.
Fun reaction! I bought the book series for my neice (13) a few years ago, and she loves them! I am interested in how the Disney+ adaptation will do.
(Also, Logan Lerman was not in Love & Monsters, that was Dylan Obrien).
Glad to see you recognized Death, Greg, but disappointed that you missed Sam and Dean's brother Adam. 😅
55:10 this is i my oppinion the biggest flaw: That is hell, not the underworld. That is not how the Greek underworld looks like
Agreed, I literally had to take a break from the reaction multiple times throughout that part of the movie because of how dirty they (and most western media tbh) did the underworld and Hades. Hell & Satan are from a completely different culture and religion.
It also depends on what part of the Underworld you go to. According to The Heroes of Olympus series, Tartarus looks alot like what we see in this movie sort of. Desolate, inhospitable, and dangerous. But that was just Tartarus itself. It didn't include realms like Elysian Fields or Asphodel.
I’m always skeptical about upcoming movies and series. But it’s worth giving it a go. Anyway thank you for existing guys. You too Greg. 🙏🙏🙏
From what I’ve seen the early reviews seem EXTREMELY positive so I’m excited
A new Percy Jackson TV show starts this week
The Percy Jackson books were my entire early teen years, i reread them last summer after graduating and they’re still so good even as a grown up omg
The movies themselves are not even that terrible, its just that they’re so inaccurate, especially cuz the books literally read so much like a movie so they could’ve just used the exact books as scripts but noooooo. The story also work so much better in the books, but that’s often the case
Also the pen being the sword always gets me, its funny in the movie but even better in the book
The scene at 48:36 literally iconic, while I wouldn’t describe the movie like that but that scene is everything, the movie, the shots yes
But you need exposition: The amount of times you asked "maybe this person is a child of this god" while it was already explained who the parent was!
WE NEED REACTIONS TO THE D+ SERIES ASAP
that shit is fire
That pen is unironically the coolest weapon ever.
Funny how Tara says “suddenly there’s a water tank” 🤣 literally almost every rooftop of NYC have that
You guys should react to mythology guy when he talked about the movie and everything that it got wrong from the books
In the context of the books, this movie sucks.
Without thinking about the books, this movie is actually pretty decent.
With or with out the context of the books, the second movie is still bad, but has a couple good lines.
Laughed so hard when u missed uma Thurman hahahahahah😂
I have read the book and watched the movie. Percy's age is different in the book he is 12 and in movie he is 17. The who plot is different. Percy went on vacation with his mother after the museum incident not on the run. He defeated the Fury not Charon. Camp half blood was more like a summer camp than a training camp. Capture the flag was days later not immediately and it went differently. That was there when Posiden claimed Percy. Percy was given the quest to find the master bolt. Percy is not allowed to be in the air if he did Percy would be in Zues domain so the flying shoes that Luke gave him would be useless. The encounter with Medusa was accurate. The Hydra wasn't in this one it was Echidna the mother of monsters and it was at the St. Louis arch. Grove was talking about searching for Pan and he has his horns. Percy did a side mission for Ares god of War to get a shield. The Lotus Casino was accurate. Percy got the pearls at the San Monica peir. Percy fought Procrustes. The entrance to the underworld was in a studio not the Hollywood sign. When Percy got into the underworld the shoes dragged Grover to Tartarus. The Master bolt magically appeared in Percy's bag. Perspone was not there because of the time of year. When the pearls was smashed Percy was still in California not to the Empire State building. Percy fought and beat Ares not Luke. Luke's betrayal was at the end of the book and Percy was poisoned. Grover went to find Pan.
in addition, they kinda screwed up with poseidon's messages to percy, as well as the whole "zeus forbade the other gods from interacting with their children" bit. the former kinda undermines percy's character even more than they already did (they made him a lot more disrespectful to the poeple around him and book percy wouldn't just try to sneak away without his friends), by having someone else solve all the puzzles for him (like poseidon whispering to him not to eat the lotus cookies instead of having him find that out himself), the later creates a massive inconsistency from the books, since the whole reason character like luke hate the god is that they almsot never interact with their children and no one knows why. hence their resentment for the gods, because they feel like their parents have abandoned them for no reason. by giving them a reason it undermines the whole conflict, since now they have an explanation for why their parents aren't around and wouldn't resent them as much, since they'd understand it wasn't their choice to do so.
edit: also, in a clever bit of subverting expectations, hades definitely wasn't the bad guy in the books. hades, despite being the lord of the underworld, isn't evil, as much as the movie didn't get that note and insists on making him an evil satan expy. he opposed percy for a bit, yes, but only because one of his own items got stolen, so he figured "that guy stole from zeus, so he must be the one who stole from me, too".
Wait. Love and monsters? Did Tara mix up Logan lerman and Dylan O’Brien?
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Book readers are generally annoying (I've read the books and the movies are fine on their own)
This movie actually came out in theaters. The biggest issue with book readers and this movie is I actually read the book and the made way to many changes. The other problem is the actors playing these roles are much older than in the book.
I understand book readers didn’t really like this. But I was in highschool when I saw this and before I read the books, and I always really enjoyed this movie 💯
As a kid they grew up reading the books this movie and ESPECIALLY the sea of monsters movie were such disappointments
this reaction watch along was my first time watching this movie and when i tell you it was PAINFUL. i only came around to reading the books a couple years back and absolutely LOVED them!! as someone with adhd, i loved the representation, even though its built into the story in a twisted way. i was so excited when i found out about the tv series since im a visual person.i promised myself i wouldn't watch the movies atleast till after watching the show. but right now i caved in cause greg and tara is my fav reaction duo on youtube hands down. but man did this movie highlight cause me PHYSICAL PAIN.
i hope you guys check out the series, or atleast the trailers. i reckon you'd like it a lot, in a more serious manner.
Luke's actor is Adam from Supernatural Greg!
This movie i watched it many times even the second one, the action the comedy the adventure and fantasy ❤.
I loved this movie when it came out! I thought it was very entertaining and I was surprised to learn people didn't like it. I guess it's just the adaptation factor but as a stand alone movie I still really enjoy it and I think it's a good & fun movie! I'm glad y'all got to enjoy it without the cloud of negativity from the people who have read the books first lol
now why would yall watch this terrible movie and intentionally spoil some parts of the story for yourselves when the tv show (with a really high score and recognized as being faithful to the book) comes out in 3 days i-😭😭💀
I was a kid when this movie came out and a huge fan of the books and this was the first movie I remember genuinely hating.
The sarcasm from G & T (great initials BTW) in this review makes my heart soar. It really is some kinda wonderful. Thank you so much guys. You made my Christmas. Really. 😃
I know with the holidays and the crazy amount of content coming out know it might be hard to squeeze in the tv show but it’s 110% worth it there is a reason the reviews have been off the charts for it and I’m so curious what y’all’s thoughts are considering you haven’t read the books and since the series is much more accurate to the books it would be a very different viewing experience 😂. Love y’all you are my favorite channel to watch! Sending love from Alaska happy holidays!!
Never read the books, loved the movies! Glad you're diving in. With my favourite reaction couple ❤
Are you planning on reacting to the series? The first 2 episodes are out and I've been anxiously waiting for a potential reaction to it from you guys
The way you both miss her line at "My mother is Goddess of Wisdom & Battle Strategy" till the very later & some other details is somehow spectacular~
These movies are so much better than people will let themselves admit
From what I've been told anyone can walk into a Casino. It's when you want to start gambling that they restrict you. I mean MOST Casinos have hotels. They're usually built for that purpose. What you are actually walking into is a Hotel that has Gambling facilities. It's rare to fins a Casino that is JUST a Casino and nothing else. That's what I've been told anyway.
OMG HI TARA AND GREG I’m a huge fan by the way I love your movie reactions so much, I haven’t seen Percy Jackson and the Olympians before it’s very new to me, the actors did a phenomenal job, it’s very funny 😂 at the same time, I can’t wait to see your videos soon.
47:46 yeah, they don’t even let you past the doors if you’re under 18, even if you’re with an adult walking in.
49:32 yeahhhhh. This specific hotel lovesssss children gamblers😬 it was a much bigger plot in the books
1:04:12 yes, in the books Percy can’t/doesn’t get wet when in water, minus certain occasions like showers, sinks, and a few other times he chooses. Pairs with the whole breathing underwater thing. He has some great perks🤷♀️
I love this movie, watched it as a kid and it got me into reading the books, so I'll never hate it. It's a fun adventure movie on its' own.
Yo ok here 6 days later after starting the D+ series. I know I know you guys don’t wanna get stuck with something you don’t enjoy or doesn’t do numbers for the channel it’s also the holidays but when you return, please please consider it. It starts with like the exact same opening monologue as the book and it gave me chills if this goes well we could be following this kid 12-18 it’ll be a wild ride and covering it just might be worth it if the book audience is 100% on board. Just sayin 😅
@greg and Tara@reelrejects , Percy and the girl are cousins , her mom is the daughter of Zeus and Percy father is the brother of Zeus
i remember watching this movie years ago and i still love it!! Amazing reaction❤
I was right to vote for you too to be reviewing this movie from the word go. I started laughing at how much you guys are getting into it. Perfect matchup for a decently good movie.
Amazing,guys✨We want part 2 about Percy Jackson.🥰
I feel like somebody may have been eating some lotus flowers before reacting to this movie, and it wasn't me.
And the reason Grover has the crutches is to explain why he is never seen at the beach, or a pool, or a sauna, or in the showers at gym, or playing any sports, or any other situation where he'd have bare legs.
As the series goes on it does mature and get darker so the fact that’s when their special effects shine was actually a good sign.
it's CRAZY how they just took the characters names and created a completely different story
In the books percy controls the water and it’s AMAZING, he makes big waves in the ocean and stuff like that… And it makes sense cause he is the son of Poseidon, one of the 3 big! So he's special… The books explain so much better
This is my top 15 favorite rewatch, and I’ve never read the books, so I get to enjoy this for what it is. TOP TIER.
ACTUALLY, Luke hid the bolt in HIS OWN shield. He just let Percy have it.
Have you seen Hoot? Percy Jackson teams up with Captain Marvel to stop Agent Coulson from killing owls.