I'm one of the people who went and saw the movie without even knowing it was based off of a book series. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration, but I definitely hadn't read the books. I saw a few previews on tv and found the idea mildly interesting. Children of the gods? Hmm...
Watching the actual movie wasn't very high on my to-do list, but I got a tweet from a friend saying she watched it and liked it, and I had my cousin with me for the weekend so I thought... What the hell. She agreed to go see it with me the next day.
I enjoyed the movie as a movie. In retrospect, I'm very glad I didn't walk into the theater with expectations. If I'd been looking forward to the movie because I loved the book, I would have cried. In fact, when I finally did pick up the first book after seeing the movie (another Twitter recommendation) I kept checking the cover to be sure I had the right book, haha.
Watching the movie is a lot harder now that I've read the series. Although I can still appreciate the humor Brandon Jackson (Jackson lol) brought to Grover's character. A few of his lines actually had me lol'ing in my seat.
"Those are working class Americans!"
"Thanks for telling me, man. You're burning money, we're in a recession!"
And Logan's acting was ace. Not to mention he's effing adorable. I can't imagine Annabeth as Alexandra no matter how hard I try, but the Percy I have in my head is a combination of Logan and my own creation. Oh, and did I mention the guy who plays Luke is like... the prettiest boy I've ever seen? Mhmm. :)
I still love the Lotus Hotel scene, even if it wasn't much like the scene in the book. I agree-- demigods getting high off of little pink flowers and dancing to Lady GaGa in a totally bitchin' casino? What's not to love about that?
(Did you notice a bit in the previews that wasn't in the movie? I'm not talking about the whole walking-up-to-the-empire-state-building part. There was an explosion or something outside of the diner. I can't think of what that could have been.)
Well, it's 4:30 am so I'm gonna wrap this up. Basically, I liked the movie before I read the books, now I don't know why they even bothered making a movie. I'm pretty sure I'm still gonna buy it when it comes out though, because like you said, it's fun if you don't cling passionately to the canon material.
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Date: 2010-04-06 08:30 am (UTC)Watching the actual movie wasn't very high on my to-do list, but I got a tweet from a friend saying she watched it and liked it, and I had my cousin with me for the weekend so I thought... What the hell. She agreed to go see it with me the next day.
I enjoyed the movie as a movie. In retrospect, I'm very glad I didn't walk into the theater with expectations. If I'd been looking forward to the movie because I loved the book, I would have cried. In fact, when I finally did pick up the first book after seeing the movie (another Twitter recommendation) I kept checking the cover to be sure I had the right book, haha.
Watching the movie is a lot harder now that I've read the series. Although I can still appreciate the humor Brandon Jackson (Jackson lol) brought to Grover's character. A few of his lines actually had me lol'ing in my seat.
"Those are working class Americans!"
"Thanks for telling me, man. You're burning money, we're in a recession!"
And Logan's acting was ace. Not to mention he's effing adorable. I can't imagine Annabeth as Alexandra no matter how hard I try, but the Percy I have in my head is a combination of Logan and my own creation. Oh, and did I mention the guy who plays Luke is like... the prettiest boy I've ever seen? Mhmm. :)
I still love the Lotus Hotel scene, even if it wasn't much like the scene in the book. I agree-- demigods getting high off of little pink flowers and dancing to Lady GaGa in a totally bitchin' casino? What's not to love about that?
(Did you notice a bit in the previews that wasn't in the movie? I'm not talking about the whole walking-up-to-the-empire-state-building part. There was an explosion or something outside of the diner. I can't think of what that could have been.)
Well, it's 4:30 am so I'm gonna wrap this up. Basically, I liked the movie before I read the books, now I don't know why they even bothered making a movie. I'm pretty sure I'm still gonna buy it when it comes out though, because like you said, it's fun if you don't cling passionately to the canon material.