For people who hated the Percy Jackson flim (Everyone nearly then)?
It doesn’t matter if you have read the (awesome)books or not as I have a list here! Well the flim had left everything out that was any good, do you think if they had everything in from the books it would have been better? Here is the list
There are some huge differences and minor differences. Such as:
– The novel starts with Percy at boarding school, not with Zeus and Poseidon talking about the thief.
– Annabeth and Percy are 12 in the novel (the reason for the change is stated in an earlier question).
– Medusa is killed by looking into a crystal ball (once or twice Percy’s sword), not by looking on the back of an iPod.
– Hades does not want the bolt, though he is suspected throughout the novel, but it is revealed he just wants his missing helm back, which Luke stole along with the lightning bolt, and which Ares confiscated and hid in order to take advantage of a war between Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon.
– There is a party on Olympus after the bolt is returned.
– The Hydra is not in this novel, neither is Nashville. Instead, the three go to St. Louis, and while in the Gateway Arch, the Chimera and Echidna attack Percy alone, leading to an explosion. However, the Hydra appeared at the second novel of the book series, The Sea of Monsters and instead of fire, the creature spits acid.
– The pearls are not a major part in the book. Percy falls from the St. Louis tower in the novel and falls into the Mississippi River, where he meets a water nymph who tells him of the pearls. He goes to Santa Monica to retrieve them.
– They go to Aunty Em’s in the novel due to an attracting aroma, not to find a pearl.
– Ares plays a major role against the trio in the novel, often trying to make their quest fail. In a scene cut from the film, much like the novel, Ares picks them up from the diner and takes them away, gives them supplies and clues on how to get where they want to go. He is tricking them, however, and Percy has to fight Ares in L.A.
– The book has the entrance to the Underworld in the fictional DOA Records building, not the Hollywood sign.
– In the book, they don’t drive to Las Vegas, they hide in an 18-wheeler, where they are with abused zoo animals. It’s there Percy learns he can talk to horses (Poseidon is the God of Horses).
– Percy is at camp a week before playing Capture the Flag, not a day.
– Camp Half Blood in the novel has separate cabins for each god, excluding the minor gods and Hades where it was largely elaborated and has different themes base on the what the god is known for. Percy has a very large Poseidon cabin all to himself for the first book.
– It’s not mentioned in the film, but Annabeth is never very trustworthy with Percy at the beginning, as Athena and Poseidon have a rivalry from centuries ago.
– Annabeth is blonde in the book.
– Luke, Annabeth, and Thalia, a daughter of Zeus (mentioned in a deleted scene), were friends from an early age, and lived on the streets and fought of monsters. They eventually arrive at Camp Half Blood, where they are being chased by multiple monsters. Thalia’s protector is Grover as well, and she decides to stay behind and fight so the rest can get to safety. She is injured to the point of likely death, and Zeus takes pity on her and transforms her into a Pine Tree, who now guards the the camp and provides a "shield" from monsters. Annabeth also harbors feelings for Luke for the entire series.
– Percy and Annabeth meet in the infirmary (this was originally in the film, though cut)
– The flying shoes Luke gives Percy are cursed in the book, and Percy never uses them. Zeus hates Percy, as he is the son of Poseidon, and so Percy can’t use them, because if he flies, Zeus can strike him down for going into his domain. He gives the shoes to Grover, and while in the underworld, the shoes try to drag him down to Tartarus.
– There are "Iris Messages" half bloods use, where through water and mist, they offer coins to Iris, the Goddess of rainbows, and with this they can communicate with anyone they need to, and they use this several times.
– Persephone is not in the novel, as it is summer, and in mythology, she would be with Demeter, her mother.
– Annabeth is on Percy’s team in capture the flag.
– Camp characters, such as Clarisse, daughter of Ares, Beckendorf, son of Hephaestus, Selina Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite, Connor and Travis Stoll, twin sons of Hermes, etc. are excluded in the film.
Zeus never says that the gods are forbidden to see their children in the novel because the gods become too "human," but only the big three can’t have children (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades), because their children are too powerful. After WW II, this was proclaimed. Roosevelt was a child of Poseidon, Churchill a child of Zeus, Hitler and Stalin children of Hades. It is an ancient guideline that the gods are not allowed to be involved directly in the battles of their children. Also, they cannot play favorites with any of their children (though on his fifteenth birthday, Poseidon does tell Percy that he is his favorite child), which is why the gods and goddesses do not see their children often. There is also the fact that these children were brought up by their mortal parents, and some (like Mrs. Jackson) probably did not want to involved their children in the life expected for a hero.
– Luke claims in the movie he never met his father. In the book series Hermes is well aware of Luke and ev
Zeus never says that the gods are forbidden to see their children in the novel because the gods become too "human," but only the big three can’t have children (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades), because their children are too powerful. After WW II, this was proclaimed. Roosevelt was a child of Poseidon, Churchill a child of Zeus, Hitler and Stalin children of Hades. It is an ancient guideline that the gods are not allowed to be involved directly in the battles of their children. Also, they cannot play favorites with any of their children (though on his fifteenth birthday, Poseidon does tell Percy that he is his favorite child), which is why the gods and goddesses do not see their children often. There is also the fact that these children were brought up by their mortal parents, and some (like Mrs. Jackson) probably did not want to involved their children in the life expected for a hero.
– Luke claims in the movie he never met his father. In the book series Hermes is well aware of Luke and ev
Poseidon has many more kids, some that Percy even meets and comes across in the series.
– The gods aren’t British in the novel. It can be assumed their accents change wherever they go to whatever they want.
– In the novel they don’t drive around the country. They find other ways around, using buses, walking, getting rides, or in one case, hopping in the back of an animal-smuggling truck (there Percy learns he can talk to horses).
– Capture the Flag isn’t nearly as brutal in the book. Chiron states "No killing or maiming allowed!" (to the displeasure of the Ares cabin), and while you could get injured, cut and bleed, Chiron, let alone the other campers, would not have tolerated nearly killing Percy for fun. It was Clarisse, not Annabeth, who inured him in the novel anyway.
– Over the series, Percy has to train to become a great sword fighter. It doesn’t come naturally.
– The entire layout of Camp Half-Blood is different. It is located in a field on Long Island, not in the middle of
You’re right. The movie really stinks. Although, i gotta admit – Logan Lerman was really hot. Among all other things they took out from the book, they even removed the Oracle! For crying out loud, people, where’s the Great Prophecy? What’s the point of the whole movie if that’s not included? I’m so sorry for Rick.
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