As I was doing a little spring cleaning I came across a book called “The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan. It reminded me of when I went a saw the movie version and was majorly disappointed. The book and the movie are about children of the gods and their adventures. This book is about the son of Poseidon who is thought to have stolen Zeus’s lightning bolt. The whole story is about how Poseidon’s son Percy trying to clear his name, save his mother, and stop a war among the gods. While I loved the book, the movie completely butchered the whole story. The movie added characters, subtracted characters, and even added scenes that never happened in the book. The movie changed the story almost completely. I felt as if the movie writers never even read the book or just some notes on it and came up with their own story. If I was the author I would be furious at how my story was distorted into something almost completely unrecognizable. There are 5 books in the series and I hope if they decide to do another movie it will be closer to the books.
*I give the Book an 8 out of 10*
*I give the movie a 6 out of 10*
My brother loved this book and movie! So then he made me watch it with him. It is actually really good. But I thought it was following Harry Potter a little bit. It's hard for people to come up with new and fresh ideas because almost eerything has been done! However, this was a good story and a good film and book. Like I said before, I always want to read books before I see the movies but this is a children's book. But I made my little brother read it first and he was so happy he did!
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