Review of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) by Ken F — 20 May 2014

Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters made a big change from the first movie, The Lightning Thief. Fans thought the first one was bad enough to make a sequel but here it is now, on theaters and looks pretty great at all.

It starts on Percy introducing himself as for those who haven't watched the first movie and read the book and then jump to the flash back where how Thalia (Daughter of Zeus) sacrifice herself for Luke, Grover and Annabeth. I was scared to be honest while watching the whole film. I'm watching carefully and listening carefully to all the details that are resemblance from the book and this, what I have found out.

They skipped most of the scene from the book and manipulated it. It includes the removing of the school, dodge ball scene with Laistrygonian giants (which the first encounter with Tyson as a Cyclops); Grover searching for the Pan in Polyphemus Island; The Circe Island where Percy turned into guinea pig; Tantalus in Camp Half-Blood and the Mermaid thing.

They changed some of the plots including how they used the fleece to heal Annabeth, (she should got injured by Polyphemus and not the Manticore.); Silena Beauregard is in the film but already part of Kronos army; the pills changed into a magical tape and the mist becomes a perfume.

Everything was mix up but it turns to be great after all. I like it even though it's not 98% the same from the book. They should keep doing a sequel and I believe the fans will understand how it goes that way. Some of the viewers think it sucks once they compare it to the book but if they just start learn how adding some twist on it, it will appear as good like the original at the end.

I rated it 85%, not perfect but not bad. It was great and much better than the first one. I wonder why it's still rotten.