the Percy Jackson movie was hilariously dumb...
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Honestly, marrying a smelly man to hide your son from the gods DOES actually sound like something that would happen in Greek mythology.
Was this dad the Jon Pantoliano actor?
yes
Don't get my hopes up, my mom also married a smelly man.
facts
She marrys him so his stink covers percys strong scent been a son of the big three. These things a explained way better in the books.
The story behind these books is really sweet. The author's (Rick Riordan)'s son had ADHD and dyslexia and loved Greek mythology. Rick used to tell him Greek myths as bedtime stories but eventually he ran out. So he created Percy as someone his son (Haley) could relate to. A hero who was like him that he could look up to. Haley loved his dad's story so much, and begged him to publish it. He even wrote a short story set in the Percy Jackson world later in life. This is a story from a dad to his son about how much he believed in him. I love it.
The best books are written out of love.
That a really sweet story and really love hearing how much passion and care Riordan gave towards these books and how much it means to him and his son, I hope they get a better adaption this time.
That's awesome. I've loved his books for over a decade and did not know that.
Thank you for sharing that info. That is the sweetest thing that I ever heard
ya and one day some trash movie come and ruined everything.
I love the fact that the PJ fandom have unanimously agreed that the movies are so terrible that the only response is to try to gaslight people into believing that they don’t exist
Bro what are you talking about, there aren't any movies
Kind of like with the atla fandom... They don't like to acknowledge the movie at all!
_there is no movie in Ba sing se, here there is peace, here we are free._
You mean the Peter Johansson movies?
@@I-love-your-father Honestly, they might as well be
They are a figment of the mist.
As someone who didn't read the books and watched this in high school and was obsessed with Logan Lerman, the movies never seemed so bad to me. That's because on its own if it was unrelated to the series then it would have been fine, but it was just a slap in the face for the fans. Changing so much from the source material is always a terrible idea and I'm really glad they're remaking it more accurately.
I watched it before reading the books and liked it. Then I read the books and my opinion did a 180
@@rinwhittney5039 This is always mind boggling to me. Why change your opinion on the movie even when you enjoyed it, just because you read the books and they were better?
I love the books and accepted the movies do their own thing and i still really like them, even though they suck as an adaptation. I'm able to seperate them and get the best of both worlds ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Me too, i watched the movie first so never understood why people hated it.
Same, as someone who hasn't read Percy Jackson, the movies don't seem bad on their own
Don’t know if it’ll be “more accurate” yet tho, could end up being some pick me trash
In the original novels, Annabeth was a brainy girl with a complex backstory who saved Percy and Grover multiple times. Here, she's the designated damsel who constantly needs to be rescued.
These movies are painful to be reminded of.
Huh?
Or like in the lightning thief movie, clarisse
And blond
@@darriongeorge5137Clarice doesn't show up till the sea of monsters
This movie is the definition of the term “The books are always better then the movie.”
True I did not even finish it it was so bad but maybe the new one is better 😌
@@ThomasEspinola-oi6lb New one is a show, not a movie.
@@matejazivkovic6471might be a better way to tell the story
love me
@@yislaw i agree, i always enjoyed shows over movies anyway
“If there’s one group of kids who never get popular, it’s hot guys who can’t read” TOOK ME OUT 😂😂😂😂😂
This movie did one good thing. and that was introducing me to the books.
Same
Sorry I ruined the 69 comments I just love the comment
Same
True
I mean gabe is better in the movies than the series
Rick Riordan actually was sent the script before the movie came out, and hated it. He sent the writers a email talking about the issues he had. He said that the fans who watch the movie will be disappointed and share horrible word of mouth. Which actually happened. This just shows that the writers didn’t care or respect the books.
The writing is hot garbage what was the point…?
@@dollguts9801 12:52
true
This is why I’m waiting for PJ on the Disney+
Money.@@dollguts9801
A little note: Percy’s mom didn’t change her last name in the book. Percy said it was proof that “she wasn’t totally suckered by Gabe”.
A lot of stuff didn't get translated to the movie. I can't believe the guy who brought Harry Potter to life butchered this movie so badly. They completely sidelined the main bad guy of the series, Kronos
Who will want to change their last name to Ugli-ano?
in the book she only married him because he actually has covered the scent of percy for years and in the end he just disapears
@@abdulazizkhaleelullah861 I won’t spoil it unprompted but they do say what happens with Gabe at the end of the first book.
@@abdulazizkhaleelullah861 He doesn't just disappear, Sally uses Medusas head to turn him to stone then sells him as art to pay for a new apartment.
Man, I can't believe Alex did a whole video where he let absolute silence play for 17 and a half minutes, its such a cool way to showcase how there is no Percy Jackson movies, as everyone in the PJO fanbase can attest to
This is true without doubt
real
The one thing this movie got right from the book is the way Luke is portrayed in the beginning of the film. The book describes him kinda of like a considerate fratboy before his turn, which is the exact way he's portrayed here.
Percy Jackson was so bad that the author of the books requested if he could write the script. That’s how bad it is. He had so much stuff going on and he could’ve dropped everything just to make it what the fans want. Uncle Rick is the best
Yeah, he said it was so bad, that it’s equivalent to getting a root canal without any Novocain.
Don't forget that legendary letter 😂
Yes, I love that he actually wrote a letter to teachers, requesting them to NOT torture their class by showing them the mediocre films.
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THIS 😂
I normally love comparing the books to the movies but with this I felt disappointed too. Like the movie isn't worth watching twice and the books were my absolute favourites as a kid. If they made a good movie I feel like it would have been almost Harry Potter level popular
Can we just talk about this real quick:
Grover in the movies: tries to rizz up everything and is a cocky little bastard.
In the books: dating a bush, and is scared of almost everything.
I enjoyed the movie character, but he's not Grover to me. The sad part is that the actor is more than capable of performing as Book Grover
Dating a bush 😂😂😂 I can't with you dude
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I still cant hate movie Groover.....
@@pabixiao She is a very angry bush-person
@@HighAsHeckPriestess Book Grover, movie Grover. Bah, they all pale in comparison to the *real* Grover, Cleveland.
the hilarious thing is that Percy and Annabeth are supposed to be *_TWELVE_* in this
Grover is in his early 30s, but Satyrs age half as fast as humans so here he's 15-16
in the movies they bump it up to 16, even then you have an 18 and a 24yo playing them
that and they mixed Clarice's (one of the daughters of Ares, who doesn't appear in this film for whatever reason) headstrong, cocky and rather blunt personality with Annabeth's, smart, bookish, and sometimes shy personality. Annabeth also has blonde (sometimes referred to as sandy) hair, and grey eyes (which are a sign of wisdom, which she inherited from her mother)
Grovers actually 24 so he's 12 too
the fact that zeus children is rare and Hades is evil shows the lack of actual Greek mythology.
this is mostly just a flaw with these garbage movies, hades and persephone are like the most stable couple in the entire series, hades was super chill and nice and had an entire garden. hes the ruler of the underworld not because hes evil but because he just got the short straw and hes perfectly content with that. zeus does still breed like a rabbit but once a prophecy reveals that a half-blood child of the big 3 will end the world so they decide to put a ban on having any more children (all of them break it still but thats not important)
@@ItsGBMoDdid hades break it?
@@Veevee248 yeah hades had nico di angelo (book only so far)
@@ItsGBMoD yeah but that was before the oath then he went in the hotel for like seventy years
@@Veevee248 oh shit ur right, nevermind then gang, hades is the perfect role model in percy jackson
In the books…
3:42 Percy was usually a loser at his school because he befriended the bullied kids, who were almost always disabled (Grover in this book and Tyson later on).
9:30 it’s rare for the big three to have children because after WW2 they aren’t allowed to have affairs with mortals. Which doesn’t really stop them that much as we later on meet two children of Zeus
11:26 Hades never shows up. One monster gets in the camp and it’s a big deal because it’s not suppose to happen
16:00 gods are allowed to talk to their half blood children, they’re just neglectful assholes who don’t care about their kids
15:30 The placement of Mt Olympus moves with civilisation and where the global superpower is
Might want to edit this because Hades was NEVER the bad guy in the books or in Greek mythology as a whole. He just sent monsters to Percy because he too was stolen from and thought it was him.
One child of Zeus. One child of Jupiter.
To be fair on the "doesn't really stop them" thing, as far as we know I think there were only 2 kids of the Greek big 3 and 1 of the Romans, which is significantly less than their kids in Greece/Rome.
The barriers protect the camp against monsters, the gods being considered the "good guys" are allowed.
I mean this is what Rick Riordan(author of the books) had to say about the script for this movie:
"Having said that, here’s the bad news: The script as a whole is terrible. I don’t simply mean that it deviates from the book, though certainly it does that to point of being almost unrecognizable as the same story. Fans of the books will be angry and disappointed. They will leave the theater in droves and generate horrible word of mouth. That is an absolute given if the script goes forward as it stands now. But the bigger problem is that even if you pretend the book doesn’t exist, this script doesn’t work as a story in its own right.
The good news: It is eminently fixable. When I first read the script I’ll admit I was plunged into despair at just how bad it was. If I were intentionally trying to sabotage this project, I doubt I could have done a better job than this script. But as I began to make notes and look specifically at what was bothering me, I realized that the script could be made palatable to fans and the general movie-going audience without really changing its present scene structure, lengthening the script, or adding new sets that would increase the budget. I am choosing to take heart in your assurance that this script is not finished. That is one thing we can agree on: It needs help."
And then they didn't fix it
y@@SamanthaLaurier yep...
@@SamanthaLaurier if only that script was as bad as it got
@@ShootingStarStudio But wait there's more!
@@SamanthaLaurier humanity really was just punished for its hubris
Another thing that pretty much EVERYONE hated about the movie is how they portrayed Hades and Persephone. In the books (and mythology) he’s a grump, but not evil. The only reason he tries to capture Percy is because he wants to go “Hey brothers, I got Percy, stop causing chaos!” They meet Cerberus (who many fans and mythology lovers can agree is best boi), and Persephone doesn’t even appear in the first book! The thing though is that they have possibly the healthiest relationship among the other gods, and Hades never once cheated on her (at least in actual mythology). Plus the underworld in the books is far less hellish and far more skeleton-y.💀
that’s what i thought about the underworld when i watched the movie. i was so confused, i had it as rhese fields one he left and right, and aswell the field for the good people. and then the hill with that guy pushing the boulder. like.. they saw people?? but in thre underworld, just fire and then they were took straight to hades’ palace..
as somebody who grew up with the Percy Jackson books I struggled with ADHD and dyslexia a lot as a kid and it was hard to get proper help as getting diagnosed especially with adhd as a girl is harder than as a boy. Regardless to me it was incredible that these flaws and shortcomings I saw in myself actually made heroic qualities in the PJO Universe, it helped me so so much with my selfworth and even now as an adult I still get and read the new books. I love the, so so much and was dissapointed with these movies. Looking forward to the upcoming series!!! 6:17
The fact that almost everything Alex complains about is either explained or not in the books.
@@deviousangel336 no he's just saying the books don't have such glaring plot holes like the movies
@@deviousangel336 They mean that parts of the movie that aren't explained in the book weren't even in the book to begin with. You know the movie adding stuff on their own that doesn't make sense.
@@deviousangel336
Dude, calm down. The point this person is trying to make is that the movies are an atrocious adaptation of the books that do not do them justice. They both under-explain important lore from the books and make up completely new lore that isn’t supposed to be there. No one’s making you read a book if you’re so vehemently opposed to it. We understand that this is a movie review, we’re just saying that the movies are not an accurate representation of the books.
@@deviousangel336the problem is this movie doesn't follow the books at ALL. most of the impontat plotlines weren't even there or they just straight up changed to something completely different ruining the pace of the storyline. to the point they solved in 2 movies with a 5min scene or less, what it took 5 books.
@@deviousangel336 it’s an adaptation which is made to adapt the books so u can judge them from the books
My younger sister was a big fan of the books so when the movie came out I took her to see it. Throughout the whole movie she had her arms crossed and kept saying "Lies." every time the movie got something wrong. This movie is now known as "Lies: The Movie" in our family.
This made me burst out laughing lolol. Your sister sounds based.
Lol this was literally me I spent the entire car ride back from the theater ranting to my mom and sister abt how bad it was 😂😂
Lmao
your sister is awesome
Help she's so me
Best part is when Grover walks in front of a line of archers practicing, and he gets mad at them 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
7:50 : "Oh, and the PTSD? It's a Rick Riordan book. We've all got it."
This movie is the very definition of "so bad it's fun" for me. Every scene is either epically stupid or stupidly epic.
The book, on the other hand, is actually a pretty good read for middle schoolish aged kids.
The movie ironically got me into the books. They books are way better but the movie still has a place in my heart.
The book is a quality read that I would suggest for anyone who enjoys fantasy and mythology, regardless of age.
@@premiumheadpats4150 That's true. I didn't mean to age-gate the books. I first read The Lightning Thief at 27. I was just going for a more general "target audience" guideline.
I think the Autor said "for you, the movies are a few hours of entertainment, for me, its my lifes work ripped to shreds."
Really sad what they did.
I read the whole series (and the one about the prophecy of the 7 as well) when I was 14-16. That was over 12 years ago. I just started to read the books again for the new series and they are as fun as I remembered them to be.
No matter how much we hate the film, you gotta love the casino scene 😂
Ik but it ruined Grover more
They better put Poker Face in the show
Still iconic years later
@@skykittyyyyyy9033 how?
@@Yannisaudre99 Grover’s entire characterization in the movie was screwed up. He was a nerdy kid and was a loyal buddy to Percy. In the movie he’s a flirty and kinda perverted ladies man, and the casino scene highlights it with him literally having a harem around him
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i will not tolerate any attacks on percy jackson
I'll never forget the day I went to watch this at the cinema. I loved the books, still do, and was super excited to go watch the movie with some friends. Three friends cancelled on me while I was already on the way/at the cinema, leaving me with one guy who I wasn't super close with. He then started to try paying for everything and I realized the whole thing was a setup. So there I was, in crisis, awkwardly trying to act oblivious to the whole non-consensual date situation while also despairing over the absolute butchery of the Percy Jackson universe.
Oh my god, that sounds terrible
@@mrh8142 definitely in the top 10 of horribly awkward days of teenage me
Oh god. I had this exact thing happen to me, except the film was The Other Boleyn Girl. Both the film and the situation were just awful
Sounds like a case of brothas trying to help a brotha out…….in the worst way!
In cases like this movie, it’s just better to not have read the book so we can enjoy the movie for what is.
Here I was reading the first half thinking 'we weren't close, but we bashed the movie, had fun and became close and married' or something, but it went the complete opposite way lmao
Sorry to hear that
I can’t get over the e-mail(or the cry for help) Rick sent to the producers telling them how this script wouldn’t work out and was completely ignored, glad he’s in charge of the show.
The first lesson people should learn is never lose control of your IP. It's no accident ROP wasn't developed until after Christopher's death. He had veto power over existing characters and I bet would've used it on their Galadriel & others. They only admitted they couldn't make 'egregious changes' yet that's what they did. Cowboy Bebop's writer had no rights and they ignored his notes. Yet the same producers made One Piece with the creator breathing down their necks. Look at the difference? HW egos are treacherous.
I recently watched the first old Percy Jackson movie and it was horrible, they straight up skipped multiple scenes compared to the new trailer for the show that has every scene how I envisioned them. Truly the perfect example of how great Rick is
@@CringeBestie Rick has proven that he can't stay true to his own source material.
Okay troll @@johnweaver311
I just kinda wish Rick would stay true to the books with the casting for Annabeth but whatever I guess.
14:25 that edit thoooooo
Thank you so much for making this video! I am a huge fan of yours and I love the Percy Jackson series so much! I commented on your little mermaid poll for you to do a video on it and I am so happy you did! I have always wanted to see you make a video about the movies. Now that the series is coming out I so wanted you to make a comparison, and you did! Thanks you for this and all you do!
Book Percy = Scrappy kid whose creativity and improvisation saved him time and time, is extremely funny, and his greatest strength and weakness is his loyalty.
Movie Percy = A normal guy I guess. Also kinda wants his own glory and takes in his position of power.
Book Annabeth = Super smart girl who wants to prove herself because she is a blonde and is called dumb, and because she failed her best friends in her mission. She’s tough and hard to get to open up, but extremely genuine and intelligent.
Movie Annabeth = The cool swordswoman hot chick who thinks of things sometimes.
Book Grover = A sensitive kind of kid with huge goals but not the confidence to reach them. Wants to guide and protect but is not sure of himself and wants to prove himself as well. Always willing to make the sacrifice play as he sees himself as the smallest chip in the game.
Movie Grover = A super self confident jock who chases after the babes.
Great comment
Sums it up nicely
In the movie, Annabeth calls herself the daughter of the Goddess of Battle Strategy and immediately takes her helmet off. This really shows how much the writers cared.
Thank you for this comment, when I was a kid I first found about Percy Jackson by being introduced to the movies by some kids at school, and was so put off by Grover in the movie that I had forsaken the entire series including the books haha. I was like "oh of course the black friend who isn't a demigod is only good for comedic affect".
@@TheStrangePoet3791 read the books. You'll be disgusted by movies just like we are.
I love how they just... aged up the characters for no reason. Like, Percy is 12 in the first book but in the movie he's 16. This makes a lot of his accomplishments in the movie a lot less impressive imo. It's so dumb. (Also, the Greek Gods move to different countries every like 200 years or something it's a lil silly)
Also wasn't there a whole thing about the prophecy of a big three's child either destroying or saving Olimp by the time they turn 16?
They move to different countries in the books too. And it's explained. They move with the heart of Western Civilization. It's not silly at all.
the gods move to the countries that take center-stage in Western Civilization.
@@en4833 Nah that was a Prophecy regarding Percy alone. About children of the big three, they tend to start huge fights, WWII was actualy one of them, and I kid you not, the books hinted that Roosevelt, Churchil and Hitler were children of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades (the book "Son of neptune" flat-out confirmed Hades is Hitler's dad xD)
@@v_dollthey changed it to 20 in the movies💀
I cannot get enough of his personality and his animations! It's just perfect 😫🤌🏽
No matter how bad this movie is, the casting for Grover was PERFECT. He looks exactly how I would think he would reading the books. Easily my favorite character
His characterisation was all wrong...like so very bad...looks aside..he was a terrible grover.
@@baku2461it’s called sarcasm
Are u serious?
I remember watching this in 6th grade and typing an essay on how bad it was and putting it on google reviews.
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A film so offensive to fan sensibilities, that it compelled a 6th grade student to voluntarily write an essay on it. That is an accomplishment.
so true as u should
You're a stan for sure my guy
not really I havnt touched those books since 6th grade but okay buddy 🥱 @@Plainjane1398
I hate that they changed Luke's motive. In the books his original motive is that he is angry at the Gods for not claiming their children. He was the cabin leader for the Hermes cabin, and all unclaimed kids would stay there until they were claimed, but many of the Gods would just leave their kids unclaimed until they did something cool or impressive, which led a lot of kids to be crammed into the Hermes cabin and feel alone and abandoned. This made Luke feel really angry and he wanted to get revenge or have a bargaining chip against the gods to change that.
In the movie his motive is just... Me want power
Super Mario this theme in the background is what sold me to your channel ngl
13:19 fun fact! the reason he eats soda cans is because saytrs protect the environment, and by eating trash, he is cleaning it.
It's probably been said ad nauseum, but growing up with ADHD you really appreciate that a Dad wanted to lift his kid above his neurodivergence and spread that love to the rest of us.
Well technically he is right, theres some studies show in fact ADHD helped hunter gatheres in pre historic times, it was only because we decided to settle down and farm that ADHD crippled us.
And then Alex Meyers turns the love a father had for his son into an excuse to make a joke about a trauma disorder. Good job 👍
(Just to clarify I’m not angry at you guitarslayer, just frustrated with Meyers)
@@tonitheloftwing alex didnt make a joke at the expense of people with adhd, you're completely misunderstanding his point. He's just joking about how it comes off as a bit ridiculous to frame a mental disorder as a kind of superpower when in reality it often significantly negatively affects the lives of the people who have it. No hate to Rick Riordan, he obviously meant well and I appreciate his effort to try and uplift kids with adhd, but it is a bit of a funny choice to frame adhd as an advantage or a benefit lol (speaking as someone who has adhd).
@@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy I believe @tonitheloftwing is referring not to that joke you mentioned, but the one in which he references DID and makes a complete joke out of it. I don’t know much about DID but afaik it’s a real trauma disorder so… Alex didn’t help much.
@@ew6483 im pretty sure bro was making fun of people (specifically on tiktok) faking DID for attention/to be quirky or whatever 💀
as someone disabled who uses a cane (at a young age), i find the disability to hidden power thing to be cheesy, but well-meaning. it was never meant for jaded adults or even older teens, but when youre 12 and struggling with something that makes you so different from other people, it can be a huge comfort.
Mmm yeah 🙂
I know, I love how Rick made things that people are insecure about into superpowers
I'd like to point out, I'm pretty sure that never happened. Not in the percy jackson series, the heroes of olympus series, the kane chronicles (set in the same universe), and the first 2 books of trials of apollo.
Chiron using a wheelchair was because he's a centaur. How exactly is the Mist gonna hide him from mortal eyes? probably by making him look like a normal dude riding a horse everywhere. Which would be weird, since Percy would see him as a centaur, while the mortals would see a guy on horseback in a classroom.
As for Grover, he "limps" because he has goat legs and hooves. He has difficulty keeping his fake feet on and quite literally has differently shaped legs.
As for ADHD and Dyslexia, the movie got it right. The ADHD helps in combat, as a demigod's attention needs to be able to move quickly from one thing to the next. And the Dyslexia is because demigod brains are geared more towards Ancient Greek (or Roman).
There's not a single instance (in the books) where Riordan tried to do a disability to hidden power thing, since they weren't actual disabilities in the first place.
@@MorganSaphEven ADHD is not really a superpower. ADHD is something that is very exhausting to control, and requires full focus. If you see a bird flying at the edge of your vision, chances are, you'll get distracted. It goes without saying how dangerous that would when fighting to the death when a single well placed blow can kill you
@@raven75257It prevents your attention from being focused on one thing, so you can notice someone trying to get another hit in
I always forget how hilarious these videos are! Alex Meyers… Never change dude! 😂😂😂
If you read the series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, you would automatically hate the first seconds of the movie for making it look pirated but this is very old so I can excuse some errors but ANNABETH NOT BEING BLOND IS SOMETHING I CANNOT PASS.
"i like water" made me so angry bc Percy would never say that. So much of this and the second film just showed an absolute lack of attention to the books.
"I like water"
"I hate sand"
@@HivefleetMagoladon I hate sand
I just realised that all the questions and plot holes you had about the movie were things I had the answer to because they're ACTUALLY explained in the book. It still sucks to this day that the adaptation was butchered this bad.
Yeah I always forget that not everyone has the knowledge from the books as well, which just shows how bad the movies were at explaining the things they kept in
I am really glad the series very accurate to the book.
What do you mean? They changed even more than the movie did@@tharukaepaarachchi814
9:11 “iT wAs FoR yOuR oWn SaFeTy”
well yes, as when demigods know who they are, their scent is stronger for monsters and styras. so it’s dangerous when they know, so it was for his own safety. lol.
That's not Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
That's Peter Johnson and the Thunder burglar
Logan and Alexandra are the definition of right person wrong time...i feel so strongly that if they were at the correct age and the script was better it would have it hit off
I think it would have been cool to have them cast in different roles in the show. Obviously that didn't happen but would have been cool.
@@xcosminax i’d love to see alexandra play athena. not as a nod to the movies (they deserve zero nods) but just because she’d be the perfect fit. she has those vibes of a person who knows everything but won’t share. besides, in the books athena was described as having very intense eyes, and intense eyes alexanda has.
@@user-nt4wg5xl8xThe entire pjo fanbase wanted that especially for Logan to play Poseidon and for Brandon to play Pan. Sadly Rick said no…
@@gwyngwyn_2416 Rick is a moron who's brain is rotting because of all the sjw shit he keeps pushing. That show is going to bomb so hard it's going to be hilarious to see.
I was really hyped when the movie came out and as you do, I watched interviews after interviews of the cast. No one had read the books. No one cared about the books. Logan even ridiculed a fans question about book-Percy’s personality/likes. So no, even though I had the biggest crush on Logan at the time, he and the others shouldn’t be in the remake. Riordan is in the right to keep everyone that was allowed in the first version away from the upcoming show.
The dyslexia and ADHD thing are actually accurate ☠️☠️☠️
Rick wrote the series for his son who actually does struggle with both of those, so he could see himself as a capable hero/person despite the learning hitbacks.
I understand how someone w/ ADHD or dyslexia could misunderstand or feel misrepresented, but its not meant to be representation, its supposed to comfort children who already have them.
He actually didn't write the series he wrote short Stories witch he later turned into this
@@EmperorDxDRick didn't make the movies lmao - he hates them. When he read the script he made a bunch of suggestions and they didn't take them and thus we have this steaming pile of dog crap of an adaptation
@@EmperorDxD is this a joke or are you actually trying to counter-argue "he wrote the series" by.....using the details of how he created the series??
Thats not an argument dude, that's just extra detail. Are you okay?
@@mrh8142 what are you talking about
Rick wrote the books and some trash in holy wood thought it would be better to completely change the whole plot, change the caractors & butcher everything rick wrote@@EmperorDxD
The little dancing animated car....
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Only just found this channel and the animation expressions are gold lol
I love how they tried to revive what little they could of Annabeths personality by dying her her blonde😂😂
As a percy jackson fan and an alex meyers fan, I am mentally screaming while simultaneously losing my mind
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Same
why? i read all the books even the spin offs when i was a kid, but this movie sucks a nut theres no denying that
but alex does what we love - he didnt go OH the books said, he shows how bonkers the movie is on its own.
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Okay so I’m weird. I’ve always liked the first movie. (I don’t LOVE it, but I appreciate what they tried to do there). I get the aging up, I think everything up to Medusa is sufficiently book accurate, and I think at absolute least Pierce Brosnan & Jake Abel, as well as Joe Pantoliano & Catherine Keener, played book accurate and well executed versions of their characters, and I also commend Logan Lerman and Brandon T Jackson for their portrayals despite the discrepancies from the book versions. I think the way they altered the Lotus Casino to actually be a casino because this version made them adults works. The first movie, as a stand-alone teen supernatural movie, that took creative liberties and pulled shit from the other books to make what I always felt was meant to work as the lone film adaptation if it flopped and they wanted to pull the plug.
I think that the fact that the first film did good enough to justify Sea of Monsters, and that Sea of Monsters in turn flopped hard enough to kill the plans to finish the trilogy, is proof the first movie worked, and the second was a dumpster fire. In fact I believed to so much that I was one of the people advocating/Hoping for Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, and Brandon T Jackson to return as Poseidon, Athena, Hermes, and the Wild God Pan respectively in the TV reboot (although at least in the case of Hermes I would argue it’s an equal and likely better alternative route to have cast fucking Lin Manuel Miranda, 10/10 if you ask me). I know some people have a hate boner for the movies or think they are automatically cultured if they say a reboot “needs to be its own thing”, but the fact stands that it would have worked, they aesthetically fit the parts and it also would give them the chance to play a role for this franchise right, and quell the argument that the weakness of the adaptations were their fault somehow, like they should have refused because the movie wasn’t book accurate or some shit. Also note by the end of episode three (which we’ll all have a chance to see today) based on the trajectory it’s going? Aside from not having glaring differences like the movies the series is averaging at about the same number of creative liberties from the books. And the series has slapped so far so that’s CLEARLY not a deal breaker.
All in all. My point is that there are things that worked about the Lightning Thief movie, and they easily could have pulled the film franchise off had they not simultaneously tried to make everything more and less book like and also just fucked up everything with sea of monsters. And also obviously the tv adaptation gets 1000x more things right and it gives me hope that Christopher Paolini’s Alagaesia books might have a chance in hell of getting a TV adaptation do-over that actually is good as well.
I love that a completly different story is told than in the book
the books also did the 'positive spin on disability' thing but it was a lot less heavy-handed than the movies..ironically the books did better at "showing, not telling" than the movie's script did
Exactly! It was mentioned but also wasn't it explained by Chiron, not Grover?
@@HighAsHeckPriestess i dont remember lol but that makes more sense that a mentor figure like that would be the one to tell him...the movie keeps making grover hype percy up and look up to him so much when they're supposed to be friends, equals, it's a weird dynamic
@@HighAsHeckPriestess It was explained by Annabeth!
Iirc the series started as stories Rick would make for his son who had ADHD and dyslexia, so it's literally baked into the DNA to be inspiring for kids with disabilities
The adhd and dyslexia were added as rick son who he wrote the story for original had these problems in school. The wheelchair and crutches were just a way for grover and chiron to hide their animals parts since satyr walk funny compared to human. The reason Sally was with Gabe was because of his overpowering scent but I don't think the movie acknowledged that monsters can smell half bloods
Yep read the book: get answers: Rick is da best
Ah yes, grover and chronic
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bro i knew grover was smoking that chronic
I never understood why Sally didn't just not shower or give Percy stink bomb or more why did she have to endure all that abuse
This is the closest I’ll ever get to watching this God-forsaken movie and they didn’t even have the “You drool in your sleep” line 😭 my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
" The not marauders map " 😂😂😂 I'm dying
Harry potter fan ❤❤❤😂😂
Alex may not be a mailman but he always delivers.
He always does
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Preach, you can't deny that fact!
I'm so thankful/surprised at this point that you like apparently 1000 other people, didn't say- oh "blank isn't pregnant but s/he always delivers". Like excuse me? Wth?
I’m so glad they did a remake cuz this just did not cut it
@@HelpingAnimals346why are you always here????
its a bot account you pay 'x' amount of dollars and itll spam as many channels/comments as you pay for@@skykittyyyyyy9033
When is a disney remake ever good?
Just waiting for the remake to have Percy be a girl of color, who is also gay and lame.
I hate how the remake looks tho
0:03: can’t wait for the heathers vid Alex!
9:20 Why do we only hear the water when people are talking? Odd sound mix....😅
What baffles me about this movie is they got Chris Colombus, who may not be the flashiest director but he knows how to work with kid actors and as we saw with the first two Harry Potter films is typically very faithful to the source material (almost to a fault). It should have been a match made in heaven.
Instead not only did they age up the characters so that they could be played by adults but they also played so loose with the source material that even the author of the books prefers to pretend the film never existed. It's like Chris completely forgot what made his Harry Potter films so succesful.
Or he was hemmed in by executives. Peter Jackson made both the amazing LOTR trilogy, and the absolute garbage Hobbit trilogy. One was an epic of cinema, one was literal dogshit. One Peter had almost full executive control over, one was constantly hounded by executive bullshit from the studios.
@@StarWarsomania Yeah you can tell it didn't matter who directed this film, they were going to have a battle with studio execs.
It was certainly interesting to see someone who didn’t read the book’s take on this movie. All the reviews I’ve seen talk about how badly it disrespects the source material but it was interesting to see Alex talk about it as a movie, not an adaptation.
frr me too because people always says “it’s a bad adaptation, not a bad movie” but like it is actually a bad movie there’s so many things that don’t make any sense lmao
2:50 This is the best cutaway you've ever done...ever. It cut through to my soul.
That Grover image that kept popping up was hilarious! Also, I laughed at the exact same time and for the exact same amount of time as Alex when the teacher explained about the smelly husband rofl!
I love this new format of covering movies that don’t actually exist. Super creative! Could you imagine if they ACTUALLY butchered something so beloved this badly? Like what if they made movies of Eragon or Avatar The Last Airbender? That would be craaaazzzyy
I used to love Eragon....but the I found out how much Eragon had basically just big mash of other fantasy novels/series the biggest of which is LoTR, Star Wars and Earthsea all of which are far more interesting and original than Eragon.
@@shridharbiju7370 well yeah. I mean it was literally written by a kid in high school. I love it for nostalgia and also for what it is. Just a good intro point into fantasy for new young readers. It doesn’t need to be more than that. Which is good because, as you’ve pointed out, it isn’t lol
Grover is so well developed in the books and is literally just a comic relief character in the movie
Read the books when i was a teen because my younger sister loved them and was excited for me to share in it with her. Loved the books! When the movie came out, we went to see it in theaters together, and my sis basically said she didn't think it was that good. I was like 16/17 maybe and i was like "i thought it was fine" And she said to me, "percy is supposed to be my age and be a little awkward and scared..he's not supposed to be a teen like you" And i was like ya know what little sis? You're absolutely right! They messed this up. Anyway, im excited to see the disney plus series because i think it will honor the source material the way the movie should have.
I just want you to know how much I notice and appreciate the SNES Mario World background music and the Kirby sound bites. It makes me happy
I have to say, a lot of the "problems" you had, are explained in the books. for instance the whole "disability" thing, isnt to say "people with disabilities are special" more to show how satyrs and other non human entities in the books hide their non human aspects. there is something called "The Mist" which is like a magical "curtain" that helps as well. the whole "bad smell" thing about percy's stepdad is because he smells of human. in the books, monsters and satyrs have the ability to "smell" beings that arent entirely human, and percy's stepdad apparently smells "so pungently human" that it masks the "smell" of percy being a demigod. hope this helps
Not to mention the whole "US" centered thing aswell, its because the God's shift to whatever land holds the most power, so when greece fell, the went to rome sam thing with the us
He can only address what’s actually in the movie, which is horribly written.
Alex meyers may not have read the book
But regardless if he did or didn’t, he’s reacting to the movie which left out a lot of details and ruined pretty much everything
@@duckymomo7935 oh absolutely agree, i was just pointing out that the books have a lot of answers for the questions he was asking.
maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but as an 11 year old watching this movie for the first time in 2010 with no prior knowledge of the books, I genuinely thought it was a great time. obviously looking back as an adult I realize that it's objectively a Bad Movie, but as a kid with no reference points or standards, it was pretty fun
Same
Same here,as a movie standing on it's own,I kinda liked it
Mmm this movie is ok stand alone if you don’t think about the books 😅 it’s a guilty pleasure of mine
Even with all the bad mythology details like Persephone being in the underworld during the SUMMER solstice
Yeah, the movie is good, but the thing people dont like is that it doesnt cooperate with the books, and kinda running its own race
love the animations and the way you explain it all. Have my button clicks of subscriptions and comments and likes :D
@5:03 oh wow I think this dyslexia thing is getting worse
Maybe it’s because of the ADHD
I hated Luke’s reasoning for him doing the whole thing in the movie. In the books, he HATED the way that the gods didn’t take care of their children and barely talked to them. Not even to mention the f*cked childhood that Luke had (even worst than Percy tbh). I don’t remember to much from the books, but man his reasons for wanting war is done so much better in the books.
Oh everything was much better. this wasn't even the real plot. hades wan't a bad guy
Percy's childhood is better than the other main characters. He literally has sally. The others' mortal parents are either shitty, dead or insane
In the books Apollo tries to make Luke's mom an oracle but Hades curses the oracles so it drives his mother insane.
@PersiusKane the thing with hades is that people treat him like he is the Devil because Christianity has hardwired us into seen him that way. It's so sad.
Upon reading the books years after seeing the movie. I think one of the biggest flaw in Percy’s onscreen character is that he’s very passive, as if they wanted to make him such an audience surrogate that he kinda takes a backseat sometimes; in comparison to his book counterpart. They describe movie Percy as being impulsive, but never showing that kind of behavior, unlike book Percy who makes tons of impulsive decisions as a result of being an active member of the story.
Hey!! another awesome vid! Also I have a video idea of the movie "Coneheads"
9:25 posidean is even worse it just theywere less notable
Zeus body count is leagues above poisden
@@Comicbookguy226 please tell me your sources on that
@@cm-jr9vt name children of Poseidon
@@cm-jr9vt then name Zeus
This film actually made me read the books because it was one of the few novels back then that combined Greek mythology with modern times. Teenage me, who already loved anything Roman and Greek, thought this concept to be amazing. Also, the music, especially the main theme, is pretty good. It became one of the main reasons why I started liking the Percy Jackson universe 😂
Do you know of any other franchises that focus on bringing mythology into a modern setting. Personally, I only know of one other author who does that.
@premiumheadpats4150 there's one that uses the Illiad /Trojan War as main theme. The characters are descendents/reincarnations of the heroes. Main characters are Helen's and Paris' reincarnations. It's called Fates and Furies by Josephine Angelini (If you like romance, this might be something for you, I didn't really like the series, but it's an easy read.)
Other than that, I highly recommend Madeline Millers novels (The Song of Achilles and Circe). Plots don't take place in modern days but those retold stories of the Illiad and the Odyssey have a very modern touch. Asterix comics are also a good choice. They portray more the time of which the books were made than the actual portrayed time (50 BC). (Like in Asterix in Britain they play rugby and there's a panel showing the Beatles xD)
Hope this is somewhat helpful to you.
@@premiumheadpats4150 There are a few that exist in the Percy Jackson universe. Most aren’t affected by the main series. Theres tons of different gods. If you want to find them look up Rick Riordan Presents.
@@premiumheadpats4150 It's not really a franchise, but there's a game called Stray Gods that takes place in modern day. It's a musical story based game where you make your own choices, so theres many routs that can be taken. I watched game play of it from a yt gamer that I watch and I personally enjoyed it, the story line was really interesting imo. The musical aspect also makes a lot of sense with the story line, because the main character becomes one of the muses, so the musical parts are when she's using her powers on others.
@@bebe44144 Gotcha. Well, if you're curious, the similarly premised book series I was speaking of is "Small Worlds", by Alex Raizman.
I like how all the stuff alex finds ridiculous make a lot more sense in the book where they actually explain these things. Plus I hate how the movie butcher hades character and his relationship with persephone
The DS battery life bit really sold me
i remember loving this movie as a kid just because i was obsessed with mythology
I use to binge watch this as a kid but then not only did I discover the books, but I also realised how dumb asf it was😂
My story as well
I just read the book and herd their was a movie. And watch half of it and rage out of it
As someone who loves the books. After I watched this I literally didn't watch the sequel. Like OMG I was dying inside whilst watching this. I couldn't even watch this for the laughs.
I personally feel that the Percy Jackson and follow up series should have a animated series.
Alex, you have the best channel. You get views and get to make content without sharing your life and getting rid of your own privacy. I hope you’re living in a nice big house and getting everything you want because you deserve it.
Percy Jackson is a series that could’ve been a GREAT movie series if they had only stuck to the books. They immediately set themselves up for failure the moment they casted way older actors for the roles. Like idk how they didn’t see why that would be an issue with adapting the rest of the series. Percy Jackson, as well as Rick Riordans other books, is something that my brother and I grew up with. Seeing it finally get the adaptation it deserves is something I’m so happy about. I’m also glad it was made into a show so that they don’t have to cut out as many scenes.
Is there any recent news on the show? Would love a faithful adaptation that could tie into the heroes of olympus as well.
@@alucardunleashed6138 from what I hear the show has been in production and is said to be released December 20th on Disney+. I’ve heard Rick Riordan himself has had a strong hand in making it which means that it should be faithful enough to the story of the books. It’s quality is yet to be determined but there have been new trailers released as of late. So far it seems ok. I think that eventually we might be able to get something for hero’s of Olympus, as well as the other series (though I’m aware there’s production for the Kane chronicles to be released on Netflix)
@@alucardunleashed6138 oh its coming to Disney+ on the 21st with a double premiere. it looks super good and I'm very excited
@@alucardunleashed6138 the original author of the novels is also the co-showrunner, which is as authentic as you can get. How well that translates to script writing / choosing directors / casting is yet to be seen though
I have such nostalgia for these books but hated the films. Loved your video.
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Agreed, even the original author hated the films as well.
@HelpingAnimals346who tf even are you?
@HelpingAnimals346WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS HERE
I rememeber watching for the first time in class when I was in grade 5 (2011 - 2012 ish) and I really liked the movie even though most people didn't. Especially since my friends and I had a craze over Logan Lerman lol. I have't read the books though so I don't have any source material to compare it with, but I've always been curious why so many book readers hated this film so much and would like to know what the film got wrong. I have huge nostalgia for the movie and remember loving the casino scene and medusa/dragon fight scene
The fact that Alex mentioned all of Grover's one liners EXCEPT of the best one about Medusa's head "Guys. I can't pee with her looking at me!"😂😂 Honestly left me feeling quite betrayed
11:29 anyone notice he's playing OG MW2 in the background? That's a rated M for mature game.
In sixth grade, I speed read the book because we were going to watch it in class, and I like to read the book before I watch the movie. I adored the book and the rest of the series and when we finally watched it in class, I was pissed at how they screwed up adapting the source material.
The movie wasn’t horrible just as a movie, but it’s just a bad adaptation for a bank source material. I really hope Disney doesn’t mess it up.
Loved your video as usual, Alex!
It’s Disney, they will mess it up.
@@ldreese33it’s directed by Rick tho
@@Bruhbhrisnbrubruhg It's directed by Rick himself?
@@premiumheadpats4150 Yes thaats the whole thing, Rick has alot of say in the series and its actually done good this time (actors and characters are around 12) etc
As massive fan of the books, all I've seen is the title of the video and I already love it
"I've never seen Greek Mythology look this uncool, than in this movie." - Ha! That's what I said when it came out. My friend's daughter dragged us to it, and I wanted to leave after five minutes.
Also, shout out to Trogdor the Burninator! 🔥🐉
Is this the movie where Sean Bean's character doesn't die?
3:05 The blue-shirt in the middle-ground XD
6:55 **Walks in front of people practicing with their bows** - "HeY gUyS! wAtCh ThE aRrOwS!" - REALLY, DUDE?????
8:27 YES IT BUGGED ME SO MUCH THAT ANNABETH WOULD NOT WEAR A HAIR TIE. It was literally to make her look “more attractive” but that’s creepy af because she’s supposed to be a teenage girl and the director is an older man smfh
But how could anyone believe Percy would be attracted to a pretty girl who ties her hair up before fighting?
I've waited FOR SO LONG FOR THIS
I inadvertently laughed so hard at the life friendship analogy at 2:45 because of how true it is.