The Percy Jackson movie was bad but the script was worse
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- You might have heard the buzz on TikTok and social media about the Percy Jackson movies--memes, GIFs, Reddit threads on how they're "not that bad", and, naturally, movements calling for references to these films in the new Disney+ adaptation. But Rick? Rick is having none of that. If you're interested, we happen to have a peak into his mind in the form of emails sent directly to the filmmakers *while the movies were being written*. AND we have the working screenplay. ...Oof.
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Jfc I'm never making a video this long ever again.
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I don't get why they removed the swirlie scene in the actual movie, or why they made annabeth brunette.
"You are the only demi-god of the big three born in 100 years"
Thaila: *disappears*
we don’t talk enough about the thrill ride of love in the show starting with what is love, that made me laugh so hard for so long on my first watch that I paused to not miss anything 😭
We need more little gags like that in Season 2! 🤣
The audacity of some people saying that the films are better than the series is unbelievable
The series has many flaws, but they are flaws that can be fixed in the second season and there is clearly a certain level of respect for the author and the original work, as for the films...I can't say the same
Exactly, like there's a difference between a competent and creative piece of art that just falls short in some key areas, and a soulless, passionless corporate product that doesn't even try (probably because they thought kids and teens have no sense for quality 😭)
@@allartisbad Exactly
IT IS LOLLL I will argue this to the end of time, I understand that the show is a better adaptation, but not everyone has read the books? unless the tv show is SOLELY for percy jackson fans and no one else, then its not a good show! it is horribly boring and theres not like a single enjoyable scene i can even remember, but the movie is a JOYRIDEEE even though its stupid as shit, it is fun as shit.
@@heromanager4271 Let's agree to disagree ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@heromanager4271The only good part of the first film is the Lotus Casino, that's the only thing the films gain from the series. As for the rest, the series wins hands down. The cast of the series has chemistry (which the film's cast doesn't have), the fidelity is on point (something the films ignored), scenes that were never adapted finally had their moment to shine in the series, the second film is so bad that anything the series does will be infinitely better. Rick has a history of listening to fan criticism and applying it to his work (just ask Piper), so why would the series be any different? Sometimes pessimism is bad
Yes! I can’t believe how badly the Percy Jackson movies butchered the books! As a huge fan of Rick Riordan’s series, the adaptations were a massive disappointment. The script was an absolute mess, completely ignoring key plot points and character development that made the books so engaging. They aged up the characters for no reason, and the story felt rushed and hollow. The essence of the books’ charm and humor was totally lost. Hollywood needs to stop ruining beloved books with these half-hearted attempts. If they had just followed the source material more closely, it could have been epic. Such a wasted opportunity!
I've been on movie field trips; they were either associated with a book we read in class or educational. If the book, we read had an older movie that wasn't at the theater we would have a movie day at school where we would have a party day with snacks and soda.
I’m a strange creature who even though I read the books I enjoy unfaithful adaptations just the same as faithful ones. Literally every fandom I’ve watched and read I like even if it isn’t faithful
I personally find that if I watch the TV show/movie, THEN read the book of something, I like the adaptation more and end up being over with the changes. But if I read the books first, then I end up more annoyed at changes and it almost ruins the experience of watching the adaptation, so I try to avoid that and watch the adaptations first in order to get an unbiased experience. Also, some books are just flat out bad but end up making for good movies. For example, the Godfather (from what I've heard) is actually a pretty bad book but of course ended up as one of the greatest films of all time lol So adaptational changes on their own are not inherently a bad thing at all!
OH and also I don't think I'm going to use my pop filter anymore unless I can figure out how to make it work. Cause like, what is that thing even doing at this point? Not filtering pops that's for sure!
And the polar opposite Brandon Sanderson: I don’t trust Hollywood so I’m going to do it myself because I need the money (instead of I trust Hollywood and I need the money)
I think Rick may have been misled as to how much they were going to let him "advise" on the project sadly :/ I really hope he wasn't taken for a ride by big time Hollywood execs who thought they could manipulate the out-of-his-depth author into signing away the rights to a million dollar franchise, but either way I HOPE he got a big check out of it. I think it also impacted the way he approached projects going forward, because he clearly got a much more involved role for the Disney show. I'm not sure if he would have had the power to stop that adaptation from going forward if he wanted to (considering Disney had already acquired the rights), but I feel like he would have chosen to stop the development if he wasn't going to be allowed to write for it.
It was but you know what is good and a lot like the books? A tv show called Lockwood and Co. Its about these kids who fight ghosts in London. It has PJO vibes.
The movie is actually how I was introduced to the series. I was a young autistic kid with ADHD and a special interest in Greek mythology, and I was hooked on the movie just from the premise alone.
Then I found out about the books, read them, and grew to absolutely love them. One adult in my life went as far as reading the books just to be able to hold a conversation with me, because I was THAT obsessed with the series. I also realized pretty quickly that the movie was just... bad, especially as an adaptation.
Despite that, I still went to see Sea of Monsters in theaters (though I cannot remember why) and enjoyed it for what it was, even if it was not all that great either.
The movies are bad, but I hold a begrudging soft spot for the first one, if only for introducing me to Percy Jackson in the first place.
Have you seen "Class of the Titans"?
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why are you talking about the percy jackson tv series as if it hasn't come out yet when it was released in December 2023?
Like I have never read the books so I’m not really influenced by how accurate it was or not, but one thing I’ll say is that I rather 10 times watch the first movie than the first season of the Disney plus show
I definitely don't want to tell anyone that they're wrong for personally liking the movies or being nostalgic for them (I like plenty of stuff either as guilty pleasures or that I genuinely think is good that others think is bad), but it's more about the quality of filmmaking and especially writing. It was extremely characteristic of bad YA movies of the time. It just failed at all the things it was clearly trying to do: world-building, character writing, narrative arcs, and smaller things like humor, action and visuals.
As young kids, it's hard to notice a lot of this stuff but what they COULD notice is that it's not a faithful adaptation, so that's what fans mentioned and remember to this day. Young viewers who didn't read the books wouldn't know that it's unfaithful, obviously, and may not be cognizant of all the other ways it failed, leading to them finding it fun. But still, that was clearly a minority of kids given that the film did not do well commercially (probably too "adult" for kids that young).
that's crazy lmfao
FRRR just like the show is so boring jesus
@@allartisbad Its definitely not a masterpiece or even great at that fact, but its the movie is in that territory where its bad but extremely entertaining, whereas the tv show is in an even worse place where its not like... terrible, but not great either, its just so boring and stale, in every aspect. the characters are all so bland in the show, they all talk the same, the action isnt exciting at all and there rarely is any, theres just constant exposition and things being explained to us, dont even get me started visually wise on how grey and dull everything looks in comparison to the film. like they had a whole season with the trio on the tv show, and had like 2hrs with the trio in the film, yet I enjoyed and remembered the ones from the film a lot more.
For the record, I saw the movie without ever knowing that it was based on a book and I thought it was fun but after I read the book I was personally upset. It is the worst adaptation ever attempted. Not even close.