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Sea of Monsters!!!!

*spoilers*

Okay, so, today I went to see Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters. It was, in my opinion, better than the first. It really didn't follow the book very well, but it had its good scenes.

So yes, first, Annabeth is BLONDE!!!!!!! Loved that fact.

It starts with backflashes of Luke, Annabeth, and Thalia when Thalia dies. I thought they did this scene REALLY well. It was really cool.

Then, when it gets to the present, I hated the way they portrayed Percy as an outcast, in Clarisse's shadow. Though Clarisse in my opinion was dead on. She did really well. Dionysus was really well played too, though I liked the Chiron from the first movie better. The way the bring in Tyson was a bit odd too. Percy is just randomly called to the Big House, then told, "Oh yeah, we just discovered you're not the only son of Posioden! You've got a cyclops brother!" Tyson didn't really look how I had expected either.

Another really big peeve I had though was that they acted like the Mist was like a perfume! You "apply" it make yourself look normal. That part was just weird. 

Grover is not looking for Pan. I'm assuming he exist or something. He is kidnapped by Luke, because, appearently, only a satyr can find the Fleece. The Hippocampus looked really cool! I liked that, though the Princess Andromeda was a bit of a let down. 

AND SILENA BEAUREGARD HAS ALREADY JOINED LUKE!!!! She is spotted on the Princess Andromeda though you hardly see her. That was another big peeve because she SUPPOSED to die a hero's death! 

The whole Charybdis scene didn't happen like in the book, but it was still cool. Circi's Island, I'll admit, was a big let down. They combined her island with Polyphemus, and you get an amusment park with Polyphemus living in a cave that a rollar coaster leads into. Though it's funny when Percy and Annabeth start singing "It's a Small World." 

But the biggest peeve of all was that in the beginning of the movie, PERCY GOES AHEAD AND RECIEVES THE BIG PROPHECY!!!! Then they actually RAISE Kronos then take him down again! 

The Chimera is in this one. It goes and stings Annabeth when you think everything is over. Clarisse takes it out, and Annabeth nearly dies, but the fleece brings her back. The whole scene though, seemed rushed and a last minute thing. Like "oh we need to make someone almost die so do this." The whole movie didn't flow like the first, but it was still good.

The return of Thalia was similar to the book, and done pretty well. Thalia looks like Thalia, and seemed to act like her.

It was overall a pretty good movie. Not like the book, but if you, like me, can like the movie as the movie, and the book as the book, then you'd really like this. There are definitely some laugh out loud scenes that can make it worth it (most of which involve Clarisse). I really enjoyed it, and I REALLY REALLY hope they make The Titan's Curse!!!!

Btw, did anyone else know that an Artemis Fowl movie is in the planning?