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ad_exiaOkay. so. Yes.
I don't really want to sit here and write a horribly long review, so I won't. But I guess I should at least jot down a few things.
1) Went to see it with five other people. Every single one of them was there because I had either directly or indirectly been responsible for them reading the books. That was kind of awesome. XD
2) Clarisse + Annabeth = Anirisse. Or maybe Claribeth. I think that's what happened, here - they took out Clarisse (BOO?) and justdumbed down Annabeth and (actually, it seems more like they smarted up Percy; this is a better thing and I like that XD) made her more of a fighter than a thinker. It was... interesting. It kind of changed her character a lot; I'm still a little unsure as to how I feel about that. (Did you really have to take out Clarisse? I don't think that was necessary...) BUT. I was SO glad they did not kiss at the end. THANK YOU. I mean, Percy and Annabeth can be cute. But I didn't want it shoved down my throat and I was glad that it was not.
3) GROVER. OMG, GROVER. WHY DID I NOT LOVE YOU THIS MUCH BEFORE? XD
4) Okay, so I'm still trying to decide if the kind of dumb funny contemporary jokes made the movie better or worse. But I think I'm leaning towards better - PJO always was, after all, about the real world and how the Greek stuff intruded. So yeah. Poker Face in the middle, there? THAT WAS OKAY.
5) Those are not cabins, guys. Those are tents. Percy does not even have a tent. WALLS, GUYS. YOU NEED THEM. D:
6) They really wanted their money's worth out of those flying shoes.
7) Invisibility cap? Are you invisible, is that why we can't find you? D:
8) WE ALMOST WENT TO THE PARTHENON IN NASHVILLE. But it was raining and a Sunday. Apparently it's closed on Sundays. Boo.
9) Percy blowing his dad off in the end = YES. That dumb rule about gods not talking to their kids but OMG, they actually really wanted to? NO. Ah well. Can't win 'em all.
10) Now I know why Nico's a brat. His dad's a rock star. There we go. XD (I like book Underworld better than ON FIRE Underword, though...)
11) Persephone? I think that was kind of cool of you, actually.
Anyway. In summary: it was one of those movies where I watched it going, "I know the story, and you seem to be hitting all the major plot points, but I really have NO IDEA what's going to happen next." It was entertaining, that was for sure. I laughed. A lot. I think I might have wanted it to be a bit more epic and less funny, but in the end, I was entertained. It was good. I'll definitely go see it again. It's a different take on the story, and like I said, the major points were hit, though there were a few changes I might wish were not made. But overall, it could have been worse. And Grover was absolutely fantastic.
The end~
EXCEPT WAIT. No tattoo scene? D: That actually made me sad.
I don't really want to sit here and write a horribly long review, so I won't. But I guess I should at least jot down a few things.
1) Went to see it with five other people. Every single one of them was there because I had either directly or indirectly been responsible for them reading the books. That was kind of awesome. XD
2) Clarisse + Annabeth = Anirisse. Or maybe Claribeth. I think that's what happened, here - they took out Clarisse (BOO?) and just
3) GROVER. OMG, GROVER. WHY DID I NOT LOVE YOU THIS MUCH BEFORE? XD
4) Okay, so I'm still trying to decide if the kind of dumb funny contemporary jokes made the movie better or worse. But I think I'm leaning towards better - PJO always was, after all, about the real world and how the Greek stuff intruded. So yeah. Poker Face in the middle, there? THAT WAS OKAY.
5) Those are not cabins, guys. Those are tents. Percy does not even have a tent. WALLS, GUYS. YOU NEED THEM. D:
6) They really wanted their money's worth out of those flying shoes.
7) Invisibility cap? Are you invisible, is that why we can't find you? D:
8) WE ALMOST WENT TO THE PARTHENON IN NASHVILLE. But it was raining and a Sunday. Apparently it's closed on Sundays. Boo.
9) Percy blowing his dad off in the end = YES. That dumb rule about gods not talking to their kids but OMG, they actually really wanted to? NO. Ah well. Can't win 'em all.
10) Now I know why Nico's a brat. His dad's a rock star. There we go. XD (I like book Underworld better than ON FIRE Underword, though...)
11) Persephone? I think that was kind of cool of you, actually.
Anyway. In summary: it was one of those movies where I watched it going, "I know the story, and you seem to be hitting all the major plot points, but I really have NO IDEA what's going to happen next." It was entertaining, that was for sure. I laughed. A lot. I think I might have wanted it to be a bit more epic and less funny, but in the end, I was entertained. It was good. I'll definitely go see it again. It's a different take on the story, and like I said, the major points were hit, though there were a few changes I might wish were not made. But overall, it could have been worse. And Grover was absolutely fantastic.
The end~
EXCEPT WAIT. No tattoo scene? D: That actually made me sad.
