Movie Review-Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Somehow my Dad was able to get our school a private, advance screening of The Lightning Thief.  If I were to give it a grade, I would give it a B- because, first of all, it was nothing like the book by Rick Riordan.  Half of the book wasn’t even in the movie which made it less interesting and less funny. Also, the actors performed it way over the top, and it was so continuously loud that it hurt my ears. However, I thought the special effects were really cool and overly dramatic as the actors were, most of them still did a good job conveying the characters. Percy was not convincing at all but the other main characters were pretty good.  Also, you could easily follow along with the plot line.

Over all it was OK but I wouldn’t see it again.  I think if I hadn’t read the book and had such high standards for it, (because the book was really good) the movie might have seemed better.

If you see it, I’d like to know what you think.  Let me know if you read the book before you saw the movie.