Vampire Vocab

The Lightning Thief movie was absolutely untrue to the book. If it were independant, I would have enjoyed it: the effects were good, and at times it was funny. However. If you take an excellent book with tons of die-hard fans and make it into a good movie that has nothing in common but the name, you’re bound to get some criticism. Namely, in this case, criticism from me. Just saying.

As a spoiler, I’m going to give a brief summary of the movie. Don’t worry, you can read this without ruining the book. (Read above: completely different.)

Percy Jackson can sit  at the bottom of pools for long periods of time. Amazing. Anyway, he’s surly and is accusatory towards his mom for all of her mistakes. In other words, a teenage boy. So, after an unfortunate trip to a museum ending with his sub turning into a hideous monster, he’s whisked away to a camp for half-god, half-mortals like himself. Not so surprisingly, he’s son of Poseidon. More surprisingly, his BFF, Grover is a satyr, and Percy is being accused of stealing Zeus’s bolt, for reasons never made clear. Percy meets a daughter of Athena named Annabeth, and the three of them set out on a quest to retrieve Percy’s kidnapped mom from the Underworld, with some “help” from a bitter towards the gods (teenage boy, obviously) boy named Luke. They retrieve three pearls from different places, including a garden emporium and a casino, then journey to the Underworld, meet a Persephone who hates Hades, and discover the bolt hidden in Percy’s shield (which was oh-so-conveniently supplied by Luke) They only has three pearls, so Percy, Annabeth, and Percy’s mom leave Grover behind. Percy beats Luke in a fight, finds out the Luke was the thief in a dialogue much like this one:

Percy: “It was YOU, Luke?”

Luke: “Yes”

P: “Why?”

L: “I hate my dad.”

P: “Ok.”

Later: Annabeth: “So Luke’s evil?”

Percy: “No you’ve got it all wrong. Anakin’s the evil one.”

A: “I am sooooo bad with names!”

Anyway, the bolt is returned to Zeus, the war is averted, Zeus gets Grover back from the Underworld, and they all live happily ever after.

At least until the Sea of Monsters comes out.

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