Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Blu-ray/DVD + DigitalHD)

Great story. Great series

I think the first movie was better but my 8th grade students loved this one.

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My son, 10, was a huge fan of the Lightning Thief and since then they have started reading the books in class. The result, as you may expect, is that he's devouring Percy Jackson content like crazy. My daughter, almost 3, has a crush on Percy Jackson as well so for better or worse I'm usually stuck watching one of these movies at least a few times a week. We cut the cord with cable/satellite so it's streaming movies only for our household, but that's another story.Back to the film. While the first movie was good the second has improved on that formula and put out a sequel that is even more entertaining. The biggest strike against this film is the re-casting of Pierce Bronson's character. No idea why that happened (availability, cost, creative differences), but all things being equal, a single character re-cast as a gripe isn't that bad I suppose. Lots of action in this sequel and the special effects are very good.I've not read the books, but it seems that anyone who is a huge fan of any written series may well be disappointed by a film adaptation. It's just not possible to incorporate EVERY aspect of the book into a movie. If you divorce the two, and view them as separate entities you are better off. My understanding is that this movie is much truer to the book, but my son hasn't complained about either, but if you are a purist you will probably enjoy this more than the first.It's a good teenage romp following a group of demi-gods on their quest to find the golden fleece and stop the impending resurrection of the original titan, Kronos. If you enjoy greek mythology, action/adventure, and have children this is hard to go wrong on.

I am a historical buff of ancient folklore, especially Greek & Roman mythology. This and the first Percy was an extremely entertaining entryinto these types of tales of ancient heroes, gods and demi-gods and such fantasies. These films are wonderfully produced, terrific special effectsand beautiful photography. A good cast, good acting and very cute girls (good!) though I miss the beauty from the first film. This one ends witha suggestion of a third movie but I guess that is not going to happen. I did buy the book set but have yet to read them. I am told the first moviechanged the story a bit, but I liked it well. The only error as far as the gods go is the name of Heracles. In Greek it is Heracles, not Hercules, theRoman name. A minor point but if you have read any of my other reviews, I like to be right on accurate. But all the kids are charming, the youngCyclops very likeable and added to it a Iron Clad left over from the Civil War (neat!). The Sea Monsters are only in the film for a rather limited timebut it was well done. Kronos as you might know was the father of the Gods, but decided to devour them. But they were gods and could not die;and later extracted revenge. This is the second movie recently that told a story about evil trying to revive Kronos. Good luck, that! Anyhow, forfantasy and myth lovers this should found very entertaining. FIVE STARS; good fun without the vulgarity that is present in most movies today.I got my DVDs from Amazon as ususal. Recommend this highly. Enjoy!

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To bad that they couldn't keep making more of the Percy Jackson movies

My son loves this movie and as an adult I feel it's a pretty good movie. I find this movie to be a fun family night movie. Just makes popcorn and e joy.

Welcome back to 'Camp Half-Blood' where the young Olypians and Demigodsremain safe to be trained to fulfil their potential and destiny.Except the tree the 'Gods' gifted to the camp in memory of 'Thallia' whohad sacrificed her own life to save three friends, has been poisoned.A quest has been given to 'Luke' and 'Clarisse' to recover the long lost'Golden-Fleece''Percy Jackson' son of 'Poseidon' believes a prophecy dictates that thetask should have been his, and that he was the only Olympian that couldcomplete such a task......his destiny.Though others had been assigned the task, 'Percy' along withy his newlyfound half-brother 'Cyclops' 'Tyson' and friends 'Annabeth' and 'Grover'take up the challenge to help find the fleece that is believed will curethe tree and maintain the camps very existence.However fellow 'Olympian' 'Luke' has changed sides planning to resurrectthe evil 'Cronus'The journey to the 'Sea of Monsters' (we know as the Bermuda Triangle)to recover the fleece has begun.....A film full of dazzling special effects is a family friendly fantasyadventure.....superb 3-D material.....also great on the 2-D disc withgood quality picture and sound quality.The additional features on board include...'Tyson motion Comic' learning ofhow 'Percy's' half brother came to the camp, and more.....also 'Deconstructinga demigod'........'Back to Camp Half Blood' ....and 'Its all in the Eye'

This review is written from a book lover's perspective, because they've seriously messed up this series. However, I can say that the writers have at least tried to fix some of the issues caused by the disaster of the first film.The overall tone is nice, the young demigod struggling with his power and his place within the world is appealing and for teens very relatable. And the fact that they've kept the story - the search for the Golden Fleece- pretty much the same is quite nice. I was annoyed with the lack of guinea pigs, but the wedding dress was a nice touch.As I said, story was in line with that of the book and the characters followed closer to that of the 'Sea of Monsters' character development. While the cgi was really good and perhaps necessary, some probably found it too much. I liked it.The acting isn't the best but you have to work with what you've been given. Logan L is nice to look at...One thing I do like about this film - that definitely isn't in the books- is the fight at the end. While I dont approve of changing things to suit the writers' needs, I believe that from a cinematic point of view it provided a good climax for the film.Overall, the books are a million times better, but if you want easy to watch, easy to follow fun, then this film is certainly for you.

The item came on or ahead of time. I was really looking forward to it coming. I think I ordered a used but very good one. But I was slightly disappointed because when I opened the case it looked like the disc was a copy, the picture on the disc itself looked as if it had been printed. (I apologise if it was a genuine). The disc did work though and I enjoyed the movie

This is a full on action movie, with great characters, but the heroes are much older than in the book (Percy should be twelve years old but looks about 17 -18. My grandson and I loved the book, but the film is simply not true to it and deviates greatly from the story. For me a big disappointment but I've given it four stars because it's action packed, colourful and entertaining.

Having just watched both this sequel and the first film with my two younger nephews I think this is one of those rare occurrences where the sequel is as good, if not better, than the first one! A really fun film from start to finish with great effects and action scenes and these films are a really good way to get younger children into Greek mythology - having learnt a lot about the subject growing up I loved how excited my nephews were to learn more about the Gods and their adventures after we watched these films. Just a shame they are not making a third one!