I will not ramble on and on with opinions that include comparisons to other movies, books or characters. I will only say "This is a MOVIE and NOT REAL" before I continue....
As far as the books - I purchased these books for my 11 year old daughter last year and started to read them myself. I love Greek mythology and enjoy the premise of these books. My daughter and all her friends are totally obsessed with them (oops, here comes a comparison), something that hasn't happened since Harry Potter. I think the first book was a little monotonous with the kids continuing to get in the same binds over and over and never catching on. The other books are not so much his way. They are fun, full of action and humor, fast-read books.
As far as the movie of the first book - The screenplay is very loosely based on the book. The characters are older in the movie and can drive (significant since they cannot drive themselves anywhere in the book). Yet, I still enjoyed the adaptation. There is *no way* the movie could have all the content of the book.
Only very slightly unnerving was all the sexual innuendo. This really was not in the book and would not have been since the kids are much younger. So, for my daughter and her friends, this kind of freaked them out, but just a little bit.
Summary - we all enjoyed it and will definitely buy the DVD. They did a good job of keeping the basic idea of the book including the action and clever comedic lines.
As far as the books - I purchased these books for my 11 year old daughter last year and started to read them myself. I love Greek mythology and enjoy the premise of these books. My daughter and all her friends are totally obsessed with them (oops, here comes a comparison), something that hasn't happened since Harry Potter. I think the first book was a little monotonous with the kids continuing to get in the same binds over and over and never catching on. The other books are not so much his way. They are fun, full of action and humor, fast-read books.
As far as the movie of the first book - The screenplay is very loosely based on the book. The characters are older in the movie and can drive (significant since they cannot drive themselves anywhere in the book). Yet, I still enjoyed the adaptation. There is *no way* the movie could have all the content of the book.
Only very slightly unnerving was all the sexual innuendo. This really was not in the book and would not have been since the kids are much younger. So, for my daughter and her friends, this kind of freaked them out, but just a little bit.
Summary - we all enjoyed it and will definitely buy the DVD. They did a good job of keeping the basic idea of the book including the action and clever comedic lines.