oh, Gods, what a waste of time!
I saw the trailers and thought it seemed like a fine movie.
Of course, being who I am, I couldn't just go and see the damn movie. Nooo, I had to read the book first, and only then, go watch the movie.
oh, it pissed me off so bad. They cut out so many key scenes and characters that they should have renamed the movie something else entirely and be done with it.
They cut out the Oracle, Ares, Cerberus, Dyonisus, Kronos, the mermaids, the visit to the Golden Gate, and most of the visit to the Underworld.
There was no commotion on the bus, no rescue of the lion and the zebra, no death of Thalia, no shoot-out with Ares right in front of the TV cameras, no earthquake, no mystery of the disapearence of Pan.
There was no mention of the theft of Hades' helm, of goat-boy's quest, or of any of Ares' children.
Unforgivably, they cut out the part whereAres and Aphrodite were screwing in an abandoned waterpark, and the trap laid for them by Haephestus, and the spiders.
Or when Percy, pissed off, sends the Medusa head to the Gods in the Olimpus. Or how the head is later retuned to his home, and his mother uses it to free herself from her husband... Who, by the way, beat her.
All of this was taken out of the story, and yet, the added Persephone in the Underwold, which makes no sense, since everything happens just before Summer Solstice, when she should have been in the outside world.
In all fairness, I think they did an excellent job with the Lotus casino...but that's it.
It could have been an excellent, excellent movie, but they mangled it beyond recognition, and I am glad they did not leave an open ending to suggest a sequel, 'cause I will pray to all gods I know of so that this monstruosity is never repeated.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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