Review of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) by Chillerboot — 11 Apr 2015

I thought the book was alright. It wasn't amazing, but it was better than others. What could've gone wrong?

Hence, this list:

-Story is changed so dramatically that you can't call it an adaptation.

-Many of my favourite characters and scenes are removed. I wanted to see Tantalus so bad.

-The Polyphemus subplot is shortened from lasting the majority of the book to a 3 minute scene.

-They screwed up the concept of the mist ENTIRELY and possibly messing up half the series as a result.

-The 'Golden Fleece' looks more like an old tea towel.

-The acting is slightly off.

-Annabeth is STILL a brunette for some reason.

-The Oracle changing '16' to '20' is a prime example as to why you don't cast adults as young teens.

-The ending:

Why did we really need a fight with Kronos? And why is he a giant figure rather than a spirit possessing Luke's body? And even then why is he such a pushover? He's the villain of the whole series for gods sake, he's a sodding TITAN. I really wish Percy and Tyson had waited another five seconds for their overly long reunion hug to remove the fleece so we wouldn't even have to endure the hacksaw being taken to the story.

Then again, they probably weren't that confident they'd get Titan's Curse, so decided to wrap up the story but at the same time keep it going just in case. Which is slightly ironic because this massive change may be what pissed off fans, getting the film negative reviews such as this, and getting the third film cancelled.

I can say this for most sequels: 'First one's better.