Sorry this video is so late. First there was an unforeseen delay, then I was sick for 2 weeks, then when I finally got it uploaded, it was copyright claimed and blocked. But at long last, it's finally public! Hope you guys like it. Also, are there any other mythology movies or shows you'd like me to review?

Chiron: "children of big three are rare" Zeus: are you sure about that?

Persephone: "why? Because he's cruel and abusive!" Are we talking about Hades or Zeus?

I hated how in the movie they said Hades wanted a war. In the books, Hades DIDN'T want a war because the underworld was getting extremely full. He didn’t want any more dead people. And he complained about how he used to be a rich god, but then he had to spend all his money on things like paying people and upgrading the underworld. It completely took away from Hades' backstory and I really disliked that. They made him evil in the movie, but in the book he was really just misunderstood.

“What the heck has Poseidon been doing for 5 days?!” Poseidon:Finally I finished Breaking Bad, I guess I’ll go check on Percy now

"Children of the big 3 are rare" so did Zues just burn all the paternity tests in this universe?

“My mother is the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy you know what that means I always win” Yeah sure taking off your helmet during the battle is an excellent battle strategy

Once in school we had to write a report on this book and one kid got lazy, just watched this movie, and wrote is report in that. He failed so hard, it was hilarious.

Chris Columbus was a dangerous choice as director for this, because he was actually for aging up the Harry Potter characters as well. When they were first making that movie, he wanted them to all be 16 so they would be 'easier to direct'. It was only when JKR and the studio people put their foot down, and rightly so, that they gave up on that and just dealt with the children's acting by editing the heck out of the films to get what good bits of acting he could. Clearly he got his way with Percy Jackson, and it suffered so heavily for it.

How did he find a Percy Jackson movie, there isn’t one.

"does anybody realize that there are ways to make a female character really compelling without just ... she can kick everybody's butt?" THANK YOU for pointing this out

"There are more ways to make a female character compelling than 'she can kick everybody's @ss.'" I agree, the reason that i find Athena an interesting god in greek mythology and the reason i live Annabeth's character in the Percy Jackson books is because even though those two could both kick your @ss they are also extremely smart and can solve problems in multiple ways.

19:00 I mean in the books Sally also knew about the camp (I'm 90% sure), she just didn't want to let go of Percy just yet because he was her kid, so she took other measures. Which makes sense because at the point he finds out about monsters he's 12. Makes less sense to keep it from him if he's fucking 17

I will say this, one of the few best things in the movies was the comedy, the sequel had Dionysus stating to Zeus, "The christians have a god who can do the opposite (turn water into wine) now that's a god"

Grover: "Your mom is dead." Percy: *reacts as if he got a low score on a math test* Grover: "Your father is a god." Percy: *reacts as if his favourite resturaunt changed their menu*

43:41 If it makes you feel better, Grover is actually 28 in the first book. It's explained as satyrs age slower than humans, so he still looks like a kid.

One thing i noticed, when persephone says "I've never had a satyr" that means that she sleeps around on hades but im 95% sure shes always been faithful even after hades slept with minthe

I’m convinced that the movie writers looked at the book, complained that there were no pictures, and then decided to do whatever they want. Also looking forwarded how you tear apart the second dumpster fire that is Sea of Monsters.

Hades being a disgruntled, overworked manager of the underworld with "inlaw" problems instead of the devil was one of my favorite parts... but hey, we couldn't even have a wise Wise Girl

another funny little thing about a basic rule of thumb when it comes to capture the flag is that, to win, one usually has to bring the opposing team's flag back to their own. interesting to see that, not only did they not brush up on the basics of greek mythology, they also failed to look into the general rules of a beloved childhood game. great job, movie!

12:28 It does seem better that you can click the pen instead of it being a pen you can cap. But in The House of Hades while Percy and Annabeth are in Tartarus, Annabeth uncaps Riptide and puts the cap on the other side of the pen, making it a normal ballpoint pen , which Percy didn't know it could do.

TMG: I *love* the Percy Jackson series. Me: How could anyone love those piece of-! TMG: The books. Me: Well played.

The fact that the kid playing Percy went on to play the extremely emotional scenes in Perks of Being a Wallflower shows the lack of direction and poor writing, not the lack of acting skills

"How does one half blood plan to take down all of Olympus?" *God of War theme starts*

He went on a rant about how Sally could have sent him to camp since she apparently knew about it at 19:13 , but Sally actually knew about it in the books too. I don’t have the text in front of me, but I’m pretty sure she said something about not wanting to send him to camp because she was afraid they’d keep him year round and she wanted to keep him with her.

Hades?! Abusive!? Hades loved Persephone, he literally said in the myth “I will raise all the gold and gems under the earth for you, if Demeter tries to get you back I will break the ancient laws and reanimate all the old soldiers of Greece and Rome to fight for you!” YOUR TELLING ME THAT MAN WAS ABUSIVE!?!?!!

Luke’s betrayal in the book: Tricks Percy into coming into the woods with him, expresses disillusionment with Camp Half-Blood and the gods themselves, puts a scorpion on Percy, monologues pretty realistically about how he’s been let down time after time, then disappears like a badass and leaves Percy to die. Luke’s betrayal in the movie: HAHA TWAS ME ALL ALONG *shoots lightning and makes big kaboom*

You are the reason I read the books I am now obsessed You changed my life I have an entirely new personality You did this Thank you

Imagine the only reason percy was this old is the director got fed up with working with children in Harry Potter.

Annabeth: "I'm the daughter of the goddess of wisdom and battle strategies". Proceeds to take off her helmet, a armour piece guardian one of the most vital areas of the body, right before she starts fighting. Also, if Percy had been the one to fly up to get the pearl, and around during the hydra fight, in the book, Zeus would have sent him smacking down towards the earth/ground again within seconds. And I really liked that Riordan didn't just jump to making Hades the bad guy, based on the one fact that he's the god of the underworld. That doesn't automatically make him evil, and it was so refreshing to see, expecially since Hades is actually easily one of the most liked characters in the panteon (expecially between him and his brothers).

Luke: "My dad is a jerk, I never met him." Also Luke: "I broke into my father's house."

Having recently listened to the Lighting Thief musical it's remarkable how much more loyal to book it is to the book despite having a similar runtime. It's not a one to one adaptation by any means, it's very condensed. But it understands that for all the talk of gods and monsters, it's a story about kids with a lot of real life issues exploring the drawbacks and benefits of them in a fantastical setting. You get cool powers because your parent is a god, but because of that your parent can't be a parent because they're off busy controlling the weather, like a real life parent busy with their job. This movie keeps the power fantasy without adding the nuances that make it relatable.

I'm just starting reading the books (I'm reading Titan's curse now) and I grew up with the movies, so they were very good to me at that time. But now, I'm seeing why everybody hates it lol it's still somewhat appealing for me cause was my first contact with the story but the more I read the more I prefer the books. PS: the pearls really exist but is POSEIDON'S pearls, not Persephone's, that's a thing I was wondering for a long time in the movie "why Persephone would have pearls? Wtf? Why not flowers or else?"

Can we just appreciate how 12-YEAR-OLD Percy gets through the first book successfully, being smart, sassy, heroic, and not being told, like, anything and figuring stuff out. While a 17-YEAR-OLD Percy had all his victories handed to him, no sense of humor, and had to get the major plot points TOLD to him by Daddy. Love how a middle-schooler is better suited for questing than the almost colleg-age kid. Edit: Wow, I've never gotten so many likes before! Thanks for 101 😊

Fun fact: Even though Peter of the movie didn’t give a crap, Percy actually says in the first book that Chiron was the only teacher whose class he payed attention to because he liked Chiron’s way of teaching. _“You wouldn’t think he’d be cool, but he told stories and jokes and let us play games in class. He also had this awesome collection of Roman armour and weapons, so he was the only teacher whose class didn’t put me to sleep.”_

I always love the suspense in Rick Riordan's books. They took that away along with my happiness.

"how does one half blood plan to take down all of olympus?" *Kratos*

Percys reaction to his moms death in this movie is literally just the embodiment of, “it is what it is.”

One obvious sign we should have all seen that they didn't read the book, they changed Mrs Dodds from a maths teacher to an English teacher. Those of you who haven't read the books might be wondering why this is important. The title of the very first chapter is "I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher"

I actually think Percy didn’t get powered up from running through the water because it didn’t directly touch his skin. If you see, he only gets healed starting from his hand, not his covered up forearm, which is slightly in the water.

Demigod rule number one: no using electronics because they attract monsters. *Calls luke to figure out some shoes* "oh no a hydra I totally didn't think that was going to happen"

The thing I hated most about this movie is definitely the misunderstanding of hades. Especially how they made him abusive to Persephone which is completely inaccurate to the book and mythology. Hades actually loved Persephone and Persephone grew to love hades. Because he proved to her he was a good kind, loving man. She actually loved her time spent in hades and never wanted to leave but knew she had to. So definitely some major inaccuracies

Actually, there is a reason Riptide is a capped pen! In House of Hades, Annabeth figures out how if you cap it a certain way, you can write with Riptide, which was really important since she and Percy needed to get a message to camp

Hades and Persephone are my favorite figures in Greek Mythology. But while I watched these movies as a kid and like them, infact they were my intro into Greek Mythology. Now I don't really care for them to much. And it really grinds my gears to see Hades portrayed as nothing more than a Satan type character. Some note while Hade's reaction to finding the lightning bolt was under done. I actully found Persephone's reaction to be kinda funny simply due to how obserdly cartoonishly evil it was.

My biggest problem with Grover in the movies (that very much don’t exist) is that they made the character black so they could say, “look, diversity!” while relegating him to the stereotypical black sidekick trope of “funny black guy who quips and says one liners and not much else.”Essentially they tried to “improve the story by adding diversity and instead ruined it with their own biases cause gods forbid a black character have their own plot development! Black Grover would have been such a cool thing and made sense since Grover’s defining feature is curly hair. Annabeth is ruined by trying to combine her into two characters, herself and Clarrise.

I like how in the books Percy’s mom is like a goddes to him,and was one of the only things that made him happy,his reaction to her being dead in the movie is “dang that’s a unfortunate”

"My mother is the goddess of wisdom and strategy" Takes off the most fucking important piece of her equipment.

Daughter of the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy Procedes to take off helmet before fight

when a review of a movie is funnier, and genuinely better made than the actual movie…

Anabeth: My mother is the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy so I'll win. Also Anabeth: Reveals her location, takes off her helmet and spends the moment of surprise to flaunt

Grover: "You're gonna kill the janitors? Those are working class Americans!" Me, a janitor: "THANK YOU! Glad to see SOMEONE around here appreciates what we do."

28:15 Why would the Gods obey this law? When did they EVER obey a law? Poseidon even breaks this law multiple times.

The only reason I prefer the pen cap to clicking the pen is because of how it pays off in the House of Hades XD

"The source material is successful because it's good. So why don't you take what's good and put it on the screen." FOR REAL MAN. So many adaptations failed because they can't get this into their heads.

I love how in Rick Riordan’s later books he takes so many shits on movie adaptations it’s super hilarious probably my favorite was when he revealed the myth accurate Thor and he was like “fuckin Hollywood makes everyone think I look like Chris Hemsworth”

This movie has such an incredible cast it’s sad to see the waste. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Logan Lerman. They’re all amazing

"The source material is successful because it's good! Why don't you take what's good and put it on the screen, instead of replacing it with stuff we are tired off?" That is such an accurate take on modern films (2010 onward). These films and lately TV shows almost all start with a very successful series of books, comics or video games, which are famous because they're unique, different, risky...then studios decide "Too unique, more conformity", "Too different, people will be confused", "Too risky, we won't make a 20x profit"...which is funny because they replace everything unique with every cliche people outside the US like myself get a laugh out of guessing in mediocre films. It's also hilarious that in making the film safer, more broadly appealing, it loses 90% of the profits it would've had because...well, we saw this film 5, 10, 20, 40 years ago, nothing's changed except the effects when you rely on cliches. Serious, tell me a major difference between Percy and Perseus besides one being older, one having winged shoes instead of pegasus, the different fathers and being a stubborn dick at times? (Percy Jackson and Clash of the Titans). They also both get a mystical sword that folds neatly into just a handle/a pen, a badass shield of some sort, a means of flight, their parents get attacked (Percy's mom and Perseus' adopted family).

There are exactly two good things this movie did: 1. Introduce the name of a great book series to people who didn't know that they existed. 2. Show future adaptors of this series what not to do.

Some gods doesn't talk to their children because they generally don't care, Ares for example he mostly talks to clarisse down and just speak to her to get her down, Poseidon can't because it's implied he actually is mostly busy with it's kingdom and you know it's second family stuff and most of them doesn't know because for them is like "ohh you are my son... hehehe crap"

14:57 my brain has been programmed to instantly lose it at this noise it’s so beautiful and I can’t hear it without bursting into laughter.

His reaction to his mom getting vaporized still cracks me up so bad, I cannot believe that was the take they went with

The one thing that irritated me was the fact that they act like the Mist doesn't even exist. Like that fisherman should not see Poseidon and the cleaning lady should not have seen Medusa's head

I find it hilarious that hermes has a son named Luke. With his winged shoes he is a real sky walker

“My mother is goddess of wisdom and battle strategy” Proceeds to take off helmet

13:12 “my mom’s gone?” Me:.. FROM THIS WORLD, BUT IF SHE’S ANYWHERE, SHE’S IN THE UNDERWORLD I’LL DO IT. YOU WILL? YEAH I’LL DO IT! NOT ‘CAUSE MY DAD NEEDS ME HE’S BEEN LESS A DAD AND MORE AN ABSENTEE BUT IF MY MOM’S ALIIIIVEEEE THATS WHERE SHE’S BOUND TO BEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I’M LEAVIN’ NOW I’D BETTER PACK HADES TOOK MY MOM I’M TAKIN’ HER BACK SO WHAT IF NO ONE’S COME BACK FROM THE UNDERWORLD? I’LL BE THE FIRST. AND I’LL BE THE SECOND-FIRST!- Edit: “all comedy must DIE AT THE DOOR!” ohhh, so that’s why Leo died in Heroes of Olympus!! He walked up to the pjo movie studio!

40:00 I also loved how in the books they say they thought Hades would want a war to expand his domain and then he immediately replies it’s already a nightmare to manage and calls out the cliche. Perfect subversion of the expectations.

"It's exceedingly rare for a child to be born of the big three". Clearly who ever wrote this line has never heard of Zeus

Annabeth was by Percy's side while he was healing because she would only get a quest by a new half-blood, and she was hoping percy would be the one to bring her on a quest.

21:38 TMG: "So Percy's a dick, Grover's annoying, and Annabeth is-" Me: "Doing her best Clarisse impression?"

I've always felt that the reason Annabeth is the way she is in this movie is because the writers decided to effectively fuse her with Clarise (and then they apparently defuse in the second movie and they act like Clarise was there the whole time, which I feel even more conflicted about)

21:26. My moms the goddess of wisdom, it gives me the power to announce my presence without disarming or detaining my opponent and then IMMEDIATELY take off my helmet before fighting him . Seriously why did she take off the helmet??? It hurts so much to see .

You're about to hit 1,000,000. I suggest Immortals and maybe The Odyssey, a 1997 mini-series about Odysseus' journey home.

20:00 Helping people is also literally Percy's fatal flaw. Having him act like he doesn't care makes him not Percy

Chiron "Children of big three are rare" Me: Do you mean Hades children are very rare? Since Zeus and Poseidon had so many kids it was difficult beside a few kids to know which one they belong to.

31:50 If you're gonna make the Hydra draconic, do not give it legs. Or wings, for that matter, but at the very least do not give it legs. Winged legless dragons exist, they're called amphitheres, and they are very cool. Edit: I don't know I forgot about Wyrms. Wingless, legless dragons which actually make more sense than amphitheres, since amphitheres usually have feathers, while wyrms are scaled.

I love the "Trials of Apollo" book you are holding in the end! :)

Ah, the Perry Jefferson films! If you squint really hard, they almost resemble a famous book series!

The whole "cruel and abusive" part in the movie with Hades pissed me off, even in the books Hades loved and adored his wife.

45:50 “Oh look Like has his scar now” I thought that he said sword for a minute, which is also a part of the books the movie cuts out. In the books Luke has a sword made of steel and the fantasy metal Celestial bronze so it can hurt both humans and monsters, whereas the other sword are only made of celestial bronze to only hurt monsters

So Percy went through this entire this to save his mom only to leave her behind at the end. Sounds legit.

12:58 Percy Jackson reacted to his mother's murder like he just found out that the test he hasn't studied for is due tomorrow

8:59 I feel like they added Percy not paying attention in the movie to emphasize his ADHD. But even that doesn't justify the change because hyperfixation (also known as "extreme productivity") is a legitimate symptom of ADHD. There can be one or more things that someone with ADHD can focus on and absorb if it interests them. And I'm sure Rick Riordan knew that, because Percy in the books is constantly shown to lack interest/focus in many subjects except for the one he hyperfixates on: Greek mythology.

13:10 Percy acted like losing his mother was a inconvinience 😭😭😭

14:20 i mean if i knew my mother or dad was a God a very POWERFUL God i’d either pass out or take a quick 1 min to process everything

Also, Hades and Persephone had the healthiest relationship out of all the Greek gods, he treated Persephone with kindness, she was only allowed to visit him in winter.

When I first saw Annabeth in the movie I thought she was supposed to be Clarisse except she didn't look anything like Clarisse was described either. So I was like, that's an underwhelming Clarisse and then it was Annabeth and it was somehow worse. Then later on when they introduce Clarrise they fuck up her character design too.

I think that poseidon didn't change into human form immediately was to keep the belief of the Greek God's alive by showing the fresherman his big boi form

To be fair, in the books, Chiron allowed the kids to listen to music in class quite often. Them showing this in the scene where Percy has both earbuds in, and isn't paying attention was not de wey. I'm guessing Unc Ferdinand was sent with whoever he was protecting, if anyone, on a quest involving Medusa. Either someone survived, or Medusa was involved in the quest. Ironically, since Percy is a man by Greek standards in the movie, as is mentioned by Poseidon in one of the books after he turns 16 (Using specifically Spartan standards), so Medusa being weird makes a bit more sense. *Especially* since Poseidon did what he did in mythology, in Athena's temple, which is why she was turned into Medusa. Ironic way to get back at him, given her situation. My theory of why the gods don't interact wity their kids because they have so many across the world. Therefore, they're busy with their other kids. I honestly expected a jab at the Hades depiction, given that the lines are pretty much: "Would you prefer I looked like this?" *Shapeshifts into generic devil form* Grover: "No, go back to the whole Mick Jagger thing! We liked that a lot better!" *Does exactly that* Prime setup for a snide remark there. I liked the book, especially after watching the movie, and liking it. Still a decent movie, because it was around the 3rd movie I ever watched. Those first 3 included Eragon. Which I also read afterwards. Both times, I looked back, and thought "Wow, comparatively, those movies sucked." I then went on to read both series in their entirety during elementary school. The only good things about those years of my life. And those movies/books pretty much gave me the taste for fiction that shaped my life. Nostalgia, it's a powerful thing. Love the channel, and the video by the way. My only disagreement is that Grover wasn't funny. He was the funniest character in the movie. Yes, I recognize the bar for that.

"Ha ha, beastiality is funny. Oh who am I kidding, it's probably the most mythologically accurate thing in this movie." I couldn't suppress a laugh there.

Funnily enough, the only reason I began reading the Percy Jackson books was because my mum wouldn't let me watch the movie until I did- she's really big on reading the books before watching any adaptations, with all series'. It was kinda funny how disappointed I was watching this film afterwards, as by that point I was in love with the series. 😂

The biggest nail in this coffin (and trust me, they'res more nails than wood at this point) is the fact that they removed the entire concept of the gods claiming their children. The REASON Luke was so upset about the gods was that they wouldn't claim their children, paired with the fact that any unclaimed children are automatically housed at the Hermes cabin (Luke's godly parent) and it's very small and cramped. (That and there's a few other reasons I won't get into as their spoilers for later books) This bugs me because Percy's request when he gets to Olympus wasn't to bring back Grover but rather for the gods to start being more involved and actually claim their children. This has a ripple effect later on as more kids are finally finding out who their godly parent is, and Camp Half-Blood is full of demi-gods of both major gods (i.e Athena, Ares ect.) And minor gods (i.e Janus, God of Doors and Hypnos, God of Sleep)

So, I watched the second movie before the first one, and when I heard Percy ask who the chick fighting everyone was, I literally thought, "That is Clarisse. No questions needed". Then I heard Grover say, "She’s Annabeth, daughter of Athena", my mind became dumbfounded, then it quickly became angry, going on a rant (that I later gave voice to), about how Annabeth is blond in the books, she has gray eyes in the books, and in movie 1 she looks more like Clarisse from movie 2. Not to mention they MIGHT have pulled a character or two from book 4, but otherwise they entirely skipped it. The movies themselves are decent, but when you compare them to the books, get ready for an earful from anyone who’s a fan of the books. For me, there are three different approaches/ratings for book-to-movie adaptation: Percy Jackson (movies 1 & 2) (books are beautiful and movies are trash), Harry Potter (movies 1-8) (both are beautiful), and Lord of the Ring (movies 1-3) (the books were okay for those who prefer much more description than ANYTHING else at best, and the movies were beautiful). I don’t remember seeing anything else that is book-to-movie, and if/when I do see those kinds of movies, I’ll compare it to those three options (especially if they’ve read the book(s) AND seen the movie(s)): "Is it like Harry Potter? Lord of the Ring? Or Percy Jackson?"

Speaking of Book!Hades, two things: 1) when it comes to his appearance, Percy noted that he was the first god who struck him as "godlike", describing him being lithe and graceful "like a panther". 2) when it comes to personality, Book!Hades is fed up, overworked and outraged. He straight up starts a rant how he used to be a rich god, but he has constant expenses for more security and how he doesn't need to conquer the mortal world because he has so much work already with the lines of people that constantly die. Then Percy opens his motor mouth to talk about getting Charon a raise which prompts another mini rant from Hades. I actually liked that in the books. The idea that this seemingly unflappable, regal god is so offended and fed up with unjust accusations that he goes on a rant in front of demigods, one of which being Poseidon's spawn, was both horrifyingly sad and frankly amusing. And although I didn't mind the movie Underworld, the Book one was better, because not only do they have to go through the fields of punishment and the pit to Tartarus to get to Hades's castle, but also they get glimpses of the Fields of Asphodel and Elysium as well. And once they reach said palace, Percy describes it as "dark reflection of Olympus". Again, showing another hint of Hades's bitterness and loneliness for being an outcast. Also, while Persephone might not have some teleporting pearls to give to the trio, you know what she does have and the trio took a glimpse at on their way to Hades? Persephone's garden. Seriously, it was one of the coolest places in the Underworld, with trees that grow gemstones, pomegranate trees and statues from Aunty Em's Emporium. It just added to the wonder of the Underworld that Riordan cooked up, a bit of Persephone's influence in an otherwise Hades design. The movies went for the cliche fire and brimstone Underworld with the Styx tacked on. Honestly, didn't mean to rant, but honestly, the book portrayal of the Underworld and Hades was so magical and the movie went and massacred that image with cliches.

I’m just glad that Riordian is working with Disney for a tv show of this series. I’ve always thought that maybe a TV show would work best for this instead of a book being compacted into a movie.

Womun: "We would really love it if you came." Percy: "I believe i just did." Me: "Bro what 💀"

Something that I love is that Perseus (who was given flying shoes from Hermes) and Luke (who is the son of Hermes) gave Percy (who is named after Perseus) flying shoes

In the books: Percy Jackson In the movies: Percy Jackass

Annabeth in the book: Kind, helpful, brilliant, slightly smarmy at times Annabeth in the movie: arrogant, egotistical, finds the answers because yes (also seems to have the combative elements of Clarrise's personality until after losing to Percy) Percy in the book: slightly nervous but willing hero, has to deal with the overwhelming majority of the book's cast getting on his case and in his way for being both the new kid and getting the trident symbol over his head revealing his parenthood Percy in the movie: smarmy dick who was the only one that didn't know who his dad was yet, gets the solutions to everything handed to him on a silver platter, and cares about nothing Grover in the book: Percy's only friend who is revealed to be more like a guardian, has ptsd, and fights his own worries and insecurities to help his friends Grover in the movie: comic relief, constantly horny (despite only getting his horns at the end), extremely self-assured

If the Percy Jackson movies back then were so good, we could've been watching the Kane siblings or Magnus Chase by now

I'm guilty to admit that the reason I got into the books in the first place WAS because of the film, I had never even heard of the books prior to the film, but once it was done, I immediately dragged my mom to a secondhand bookshop just to snatch the only copy of the book on the shelf.