So I decided to do something new here: a book/movie review.
These are books and movies where there were only one adaptation of said book so
that there is no other means of comparison as in my world reviews. The first
book/movie is Percy Jackson.
The story follows the life of Percy Jacks, son of Poseidon.
Yes that Poseidon, Greek god of the sea and earthquakes. In the book, Percy is
a twelve year old kid who is sent to Camp Half-Blood because most of the
Olympians thinks he stole Zeus' lightning bolt and Hades' helmet of Darkness.
When Percy learns that Hades has kidnapped his mother and is holding her for
the ransom of the helmet, which Percy doesn't have, he sets out on a quest with
Annabeth, daughter of Athena, and Grover the Satyr in an effort to find the real
thief of both legendary items and rescue his mother from the Underworld. What's
funny is that I remember seeing these books when they first came out 11 years
ago now. I picked it up, read about Greek gods showing up in modern New York
City, and decided it was stupid. It wasn't until I saw the movie that I went
and found all the books and read them.
The movie is very different than the book. Many of the side
notes have been deleted and Percy has aged about 4 years to age 16. But hey, I
still think it's great. In this one besides the quest to rescue his mom, Percy,
Annabeth, and Grover engage in the additional quest of finding Persephone's
pearls so that they can actually get out of the Underworld. This quest takes up
most of the movie. Although many people objected to its obvious deviations from
the original source material, I do not find a problem with it even after
reading the book. Maybe because I saw the movie first.
I would highly suggest both of them.
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