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fembuckOh, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief
... how you underwhelm me.
*le sigh*
Logan Lerman is too baby-faced for me to find him unf-worthy, so thank god the hot pieces of ass below were in the movie to keep me interested.
What I Liked
I enjoyed Melina Kanakaredes five seconds on screen as Athena. I could definitely buy her as the Goddess of Wisdom and war.
Uma Thurman rocked my socks. The Medusa scene might have been my favorite in the movie. Uma was chewing up the scenery like it was no fat, and flirting with everything in sight. It was awesome. Seriously, she was just a lot of fun to watch on screen and she had some very inappropriate but enjoyable chemistry with Alexandra Daddario and Logan Lerman.
Previous to this movie I'd only seen Logan Lerman in Gamer, which I liked him in, but I was still impressed with him here. The movie script really did him on favors, but I thought that he did quite well, and wished that the script had been better so that he wasn't trying to skate uphill for the whole movie.
Alexandra Daddario is fine as hell, and I liked that they let Annabeth fight and kickass. But, I really wished they'd let her show off her brains a bit more. I mean, if I hadn't read the books I would have thought that Annabeth was a daughter of Ares the way she was acting. Still ... pretty. Her eyes sometimes made me feel like she was stealing my soul though. My god, those things are intense.
Grover dancing to Poker Face at the Lotus Hotel was pretty goddamn funny. But even better was Annabeth grinding all up on some girl at the Lotus Hotel when they were high on flower cakes (yeah, you read that right). She looked so sad when Percy pulled her away, lol.
Like Pierce Bronsnan as Chiron. His hair was so luscious. I legit kept kind of laughing when he was in centaur form though.
Loved, loved, loved Jake Abel as Luke.
UNF. I was rather indifferent to Luke's charm in the books (though I did really like the bromance vibes he had with Percy in the first one), but Jake Abel was hot like fire in the movie. I did miss Luke's scar though. Like how you gon' have Luke with no scar, Chris Columbus? Boo.
Speaking of 'how you gon' do that?', let's move on the
section ...
What the FOCK???
How the hell was there no Kronos storyline??????????? I mean, seriously??? He's the big bad! It's like a Star Wars reboot with no Darth Vader! WTF??????
Why did Annabeth not have her baseball cap of invisibly and awesome!? Like the movie makers can go out of there way to make Poseidon the awesomest dad ever all of a sudden, but they're gonna make Athena a dead-beat who can't even spare time to give her kid a ball cap? Ugh.
How come Grover kicked ass instead of throwing tin cans at the bad guys?????
Why was there no Mr. D and his Peter Johnson jokes??????
Why was there no Clarisse???? It would have been really easy to just have her in the background in the camp scenes (especially at the flag match) and have someone casually mention her name.
Why was Annabeth fighting on the side of the Ares cabin?????????
Why was there no Ares? I love that jagweed.
Why did I only get like a split second glimpse of my bb Erica Cerra???? I wanted to see her in all her toga'd glory *cries*
Why did Annabeth not have a mad crush on Luke? Visually I would have really liked to see that since Jake and Alexandra are hot, and Annabeth and Luke appeared to be the same age.
Why was Hades so lame? I mean, shiiiiiit. No wonder Hades is so pissed all the time. He gets screwed in mythology and casting. Zeus gets Sean Bean, Poseidon is Kevin McKidd, and Hades is ... Steven Coogan? O_o
And I did not enjoy the retconning of the Gods. I kind of appreciated that they were such dicks in the books. Cause, well, they've always been dicks. Turning Poseidon into like the greatest dad ever that got ALL the gods banned from seeing their kids because he lurved Percy so much was irritating as hell. Oh sorry, best dad ever who built Percy a cabin all by himself with his bare hands even though he's a god whose realm covers 71% of the earth's surface?
And now that I'm done bitching ...
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (cam copy)
If you're interested, lol
Overall, it was honestly a pretty entertaining if uninspired movie. My friend who hasn't read the books really liked it, which leads me to believe the major source of my displeasure is how far the movie strayed from the storyline in the books. I mean, watching this was really like watching a Harry Potter movie where Voldemort didn't exist.
... how you underwhelm me.
*le sigh*
Logan Lerman is too baby-faced for me to find him unf-worthy, so thank god the hot pieces of ass below were in the movie to keep me interested.
What I Liked
I enjoyed Melina Kanakaredes five seconds on screen as Athena. I could definitely buy her as the Goddess of Wisdom and war.
Uma Thurman rocked my socks. The Medusa scene might have been my favorite in the movie. Uma was chewing up the scenery like it was no fat, and flirting with everything in sight. It was awesome. Seriously, she was just a lot of fun to watch on screen and she had some very inappropriate but enjoyable chemistry with Alexandra Daddario and Logan Lerman.
Previous to this movie I'd only seen Logan Lerman in Gamer, which I liked him in, but I was still impressed with him here. The movie script really did him on favors, but I thought that he did quite well, and wished that the script had been better so that he wasn't trying to skate uphill for the whole movie.
Alexandra Daddario is fine as hell, and I liked that they let Annabeth fight and kickass. But, I really wished they'd let her show off her brains a bit more. I mean, if I hadn't read the books I would have thought that Annabeth was a daughter of Ares the way she was acting. Still ... pretty. Her eyes sometimes made me feel like she was stealing my soul though. My god, those things are intense.
Grover dancing to Poker Face at the Lotus Hotel was pretty goddamn funny. But even better was Annabeth grinding all up on some girl at the Lotus Hotel when they were high on flower cakes (yeah, you read that right). She looked so sad when Percy pulled her away, lol.
Like Pierce Bronsnan as Chiron. His hair was so luscious. I legit kept kind of laughing when he was in centaur form though.
Loved, loved, loved Jake Abel as Luke.
UNF. I was rather indifferent to Luke's charm in the books (though I did really like the bromance vibes he had with Percy in the first one), but Jake Abel was hot like fire in the movie. I did miss Luke's scar though. Like how you gon' have Luke with no scar, Chris Columbus? Boo.
Speaking of 'how you gon' do that?', let's move on the
section ...
What the FOCK???
How the hell was there no Kronos storyline??????????? I mean, seriously??? He's the big bad! It's like a Star Wars reboot with no Darth Vader! WTF??????
Why did Annabeth not have her baseball cap of invisibly and awesome!? Like the movie makers can go out of there way to make Poseidon the awesomest dad ever all of a sudden, but they're gonna make Athena a dead-beat who can't even spare time to give her kid a ball cap? Ugh.
How come Grover kicked ass instead of throwing tin cans at the bad guys?????
Why was there no Mr. D and his Peter Johnson jokes??????
Why was there no Clarisse???? It would have been really easy to just have her in the background in the camp scenes (especially at the flag match) and have someone casually mention her name.
Why was Annabeth fighting on the side of the Ares cabin?????????
Why was there no Ares? I love that jagweed.
Why did I only get like a split second glimpse of my bb Erica Cerra???? I wanted to see her in all her toga'd glory *cries*
Why did Annabeth not have a mad crush on Luke? Visually I would have really liked to see that since Jake and Alexandra are hot, and Annabeth and Luke appeared to be the same age.
Why was Hades so lame? I mean, shiiiiiit. No wonder Hades is so pissed all the time. He gets screwed in mythology and casting. Zeus gets Sean Bean, Poseidon is Kevin McKidd, and Hades is ... Steven Coogan? O_o
And I did not enjoy the retconning of the Gods. I kind of appreciated that they were such dicks in the books. Cause, well, they've always been dicks. Turning Poseidon into like the greatest dad ever that got ALL the gods banned from seeing their kids because he lurved Percy so much was irritating as hell. Oh sorry, best dad ever who built Percy a cabin all by himself with his bare hands even though he's a god whose realm covers 71% of the earth's surface?
And now that I'm done bitching ...
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (cam copy)
If you're interested, lol
Overall, it was honestly a pretty entertaining if uninspired movie. My friend who hasn't read the books really liked it, which leads me to believe the major source of my displeasure is how far the movie strayed from the storyline in the books. I mean, watching this was really like watching a Harry Potter movie where Voldemort didn't exist.
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Date: 2010-02-18 01:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-18 02:10 am (UTC)Wait.. grinding up on some girl? Ok, I'm gonna have to rent that movie in about 3 years (it's a realistic goal - I'm very lazy like that *nods*)
And I'm glad to see they gave Annabeth greyish eyes - I was worried they wouldn't - but that doesn't make up for the lack of Clarisse (better change that 3 years to 5)
WTF? NO ARES???
Date: 2010-02-18 02:23 am (UTC)Speaking of Annabeth:
Grover dancing to Poker Face at the Lotus Hotel was pretty goddamn funny. But even better was Annabeth grinding all up on some girl at the Lotus Hotel when they were high of flower cakes (yeah, you read that right). She looked so sad when Percy pulled her away, lol.
WHAT? OMG, I can't wait...I expect wonderous fan fic from you, madame....
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Date: 2010-02-18 03:37 am (UTC)SERIOUSLY re: Clarisse. There were a ton of scenes she could've actually been in and then we would've been spared the OOCness that was Annabeth in the first 20 mins. XD I mean, she's Percy's fucking bully anyway right?! It'd be like if they made the first Harry Potter movie without Draco in it!
I agree that Luke was pretty hot but... GOD I did not buy him as the 'guy everyone lurves because he's awesome and sweet and friendly.' He just seems like a smug asshole here! And...um, wow, if you didn't already know he was gonna be evil before his little speech in the cabin before he left... um, you do now. XD
I think it's bizarre that Colombus managed so stuff SO MUCH SHIT into the 2 hrs. 20 mins. of the first HP movie, but this one is only half-an-hour shorter and it feels like SO MUCH is glossed over. So many seriously important details/people were left out that it almost feels like he wasn't even sure it would BECOME a franchise, because how the hell are you going put that stuff in later, really.
And totally agree re: the Gods "restraining order" BS. Seriously, this is a generation that grew up with Harry Potter. Asshole parents aren't going to make ppls heads explode. XD
And oh what, no shout out to Rosario Dawson's hawt/awesome??? REALLY?? XD Considering how badly Hades got fucked up she at least redeemed that bit.
:(
Date: 2010-02-18 04:38 am (UTC)BTW, have you read the first 7 chapters of Black Magic Sanction?! OMG!
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Date: 2010-02-18 04:48 am (UTC)she had a blast, and it was fun watching it through the eyes of someone that didnt have the book-biased behind them (i'd already seen it but i had promised to take her)
luke didnt do it for me- i was expecting more surferdude-looks he was too clean cut. and i was way pissed at the lack of scar:S
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Date: 2010-02-18 04:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-18 05:19 am (UTC)Say, did you get my e-mail?
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Date: 2010-02-18 11:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-18 02:14 pm (UTC)I still think the title of this movie sounds like something you'd hear on the Ed Sullivan show . . .
"And now the moment you've all been waiting for. Performing their newest hit 'The Lightning Thief', please welcome Percy Jackson - and the Olympians!"
Sincerely, Allaine
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Date: 2010-02-18 04:38 pm (UTC)I just didn't realize they were changing so many of them.
This. I know there would be differences, just not that many (and such seemingly random ones!)
They clearly are not interested in making it into a movie series. At least there is eye-candy.
Yeah. With all the stuff they left out, I don't know how they would continue on with the series. Eye candy is always nice though, lol
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Date: 2010-02-18 04:40 pm (UTC)lol, I wouldn't watch the movie just for that scene. It's honestly like 2 seconds long. You just have time to register that Annabeth is dancing with a girl and then Percy cock blocks and drags her away.
And I'm glad to see they gave Annabeth greyish eyes - I was worried they wouldn't - but that doesn't make up for the lack of Clarisse (better change that 3 years to 5)
Her eyes are really more a really, really, really intense blue, but the appear gray in certain lights. Honestly, her eyes are crazy though. I felt like she was raping me with them every time she looked at the camera, lol
Very disappointed at the lack of Clarisse though. Very disappointed.
Re: WTF? NO ARES???
Date: 2010-02-18 04:44 pm (UTC)They have Ray Winstone uncredited at IMDB for Ares, but there was no Ares in the movie. Not even at the end with the Olympian coucil I didn't even see him!
And there was no Clarisse. They like had Annabeth acting really Clarisse like at the beginning, taking over the antagonistic role with Percy, before they went off of the quest together. The OOC-ness was so jarring. Like Daddario is hot and kicked ass, but Annabeth was not Annabeth for the first little while.
WHAT? OMG, I can't wait...I expect wonderous fan fic from you, madame....
I don't want to build the moment up too much. It was really like 2 seconds long. Still, I was just like "That's random but cool".
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Date: 2010-02-18 04:50 pm (UTC)I will definitely go check that out.
re: Clarisse. There were a ton of scenes she could've actually been in and then we would've been spared the OOCness that was Annabeth in the first 20 mins. XD I mean, she's Percy's fucking bully anyway right?! It'd be like if they made the first Harry Potter movie without Draco in it!
Word to all this. Annabeth was unrecognizable as Annabeth at the beginning of the camp scenes. During that whole fight by the stream I was like O_o. I couldn't even enjoy hot chick kicking ass cause I was like, "WTF?!?!?!" It was just stupid. That whole scene was just weird.
So many seriously important details/people were left out that it almost feels like he wasn't even sure it would BECOME a franchise, because how the hell are you going put that stuff in later, really.
Yeah, I agree. But that's just dumb. It's like, why not be positive and set things up for a sequel instead of shooting yourself in the foot like they did here. I honestly have no idea who they would make another movie that fits with the series.
And oh what, no shout out to Rosario Dawson's hawt/awesome??? REALLY?? XD Considering how badly Hades got fucked up she at least redeemed that bit.
Rosario was fun to watch. I was just so irritated by the time her scene came on that I couldn't really enjoy it to the max. I had pretty much thrown my hands up in the air and given up on the movie at that point. But yeah, she was smokin'.
Re: :(
Date: 2010-02-18 04:54 pm (UTC)Honestly, I think you'd enjoy the movie better if you haven't read the books. My friend who hadn't read them loved the movie. My big problem was how much they changed from the books, not that the movie was necessarily bad. It was just different.
BTW, have you read the first 7 chapters of Black Magic Sanction?! OMG!
No, I haven't read it yet. Do you have a link?
I kind of want to read the chapters before buying the book. I've heard there's a degayification going on and if that's the case I might save myself the pain and pass on the book if i don't like the first 7 chapters.
What are your thoughts on the first 7 chapters?
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Date: 2010-02-18 04:56 pm (UTC)I feel you on this. I honestly don't think it was a bad movie. It was just not the movie I was expecting/wanted.
i was way pissed at the lack of scar:S
This. I thought that was just a really unnecessary slap in the face. Like how hard could it have been to give the guy a scar? *sigh*
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Date: 2010-02-18 05:00 pm (UTC)OMG! THIS! It's like they changed all of these little things that there was just no reason to change, and then on top of that they changed huge things too. It's like same names, unrecognizable plot. What's the point.
If they made a Hollows movie, it would probably be about the forbidden love between Rachel and Kisten, Ivy would have one scene that's all "Have I mentioned how much I like boys? Ka-razy!", and Jenks would be a midget with wings.
*shudder* I think you're totally right about this, which is why a large part of me wouldn't want an adaptation. I felt like Ivy would get shafted in a movie version. A television series might do a better job, but I'm not all that confident about it.
Say, did you get my e-mail?
No, I didn't get it :( *curses yahoo*
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Date: 2010-02-18 05:03 pm (UTC)If you really like continuity between books and movie version then this movie would piss you off. I don't really have a problem with the HP movies and what they leave out, but this movie just left out/changed so much that I was kind of livid. It was ridiculous how much they changed.
I mean no Clarisse WTF?! No Ares?! Steve Coogan as Hades?! I need to go calm down.....
And that's just the beginning. I mean Annabeth had no baseball cap either! Like the hell. That cap is like a defining factor of her and plays a roll in like ALL the books. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF KRONOS AT ALL!!!! The fuck? *ugh*
Re: WTF? NO ARES???
Date: 2010-02-18 05:04 pm (UTC)Lol, that's okay. All I'm saying is that entire fan fiction empires have been built on slight glances and brushes of hands. ACTUAL GRINDING deserves to be immortalized :D
Going to see it Friday *hopefully*
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Date: 2010-02-18 05:09 pm (UTC)And if you wanted to see something more recent, I am a huge fan of "3:10 to Yuma", and he's very good as Christian Bale's son.
I saw this, and now that you mention it I remember the boy. I just didn't have any idea who Logan Lerman was then. I might have to re-watch it. I liked that movie.
I still think the title of this movie sounds like something you'd hear on the Ed Sullivan show . . .
lol! It's a crazy ass title. It's just far, far too long. I get exhausted half way through pronoucing it.
P.S. I'll try to get back to you about those dates soon, I'm just check a few things.
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Date: 2010-02-18 06:10 pm (UTC)And I missed a lot of things from the book.
Btw, Persephone in the Underworld? In June? Really? Columbus has killed the book + the greek mythology. Nice job :D
I will do a decent review when I see it on the bigscreen.
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Date: 2010-02-18 07:13 pm (UTC)Re: :(
Date: 2010-02-19 03:55 am (UTC)I'm really excited about the book because the synopsis I read on Barnes & Nobles. There's a liiiiiiiiiitle bit of Rachel/Ivy tension that's similar to your "Burning" fic. Or maybe I was just reading too much into it? But there's lots of action in the beginning.
BTW do you know of any good paranormal books with a lesbian as a main character?
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Date: 2010-02-21 11:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-21 11:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-22 02:43 pm (UTC)Credit is appreciated :P
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Date: 2010-02-22 08:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-25 12:14 am (UTC)I'm thinking they might go on people's reactions to see if they could form another movie and if they chose to do so they could say that Luke got his scar from Percy and Luke ends up joining with Kronos after to get his revenge.
I was really trying to squint to see Sarinda Swann(Zatanna of Smallville) as Aphrodite.
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Date: 2010-03-17 05:40 am (UTC)Why was there no Mr. D and his Peter Johnson jokes??????
I know!!!Peter Johnson WINS!!!
I mean, if I hadn't read the books I would have thought that Annabeth was a daughter of Ares the way she was acting.
I totally agree!!!I thought she's Clarisse,then i remembered there's no Clarisse in the movie!
Why did Annabeth not have her baseball cap of invisibly and awesome!?
It's like Harry Potter without his invisibility cloak!
and what's with all the touchy feely stuff between Annabeth&Percy??
Uma Thurman rocked my socks.
I LOVED HER!!!she's the only great part of this movie,srsly!!!!