“Percy Jackson and The Olympians”

By Megan Bormann

When it was first announced that a film series of “Percy Jackson and The Olympians” was in production, fans were overjoyed. With Logan Lerman playing Percy, it sounded like a dream come true. But it was a nightmare. The first film, “The Lightning Thief,” wasn’t the worst of the two films released, but it had its low points. 

First of all, the character of Annabeth Chase, played by Alexandria Daddario, was always described as being blonde with gray eyes. It’s mentioned in every one of the books. Yet Daddario shows up with brunette locks and blue eyes. A box of hair dye and contacts is all it would have taken. It’s a small detail, but an example of one of the many mistakes. It seemed like none of the screenwriters read the books thoroughly, and as an avid reader of the series, this was frustrating. Despite this, nothing can compare to the second film. 

Somehow, “The Sea of Monsters” made the first movie look like an Academy Award winner. The screenwriters tried to jam the four other books into one movie. It was a hodgepodge of plot points that writers stuck together in what ended up being pure nonsense.

The only thing that they got right in this film was Annabeth’s blonde hair. However, that wasn’t enough to redeem the rest of the movie, which was a trainwreck. The movie was so awful that the studios neglected continuing the series, abandoning fans forever.