It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

There was not much improvement since the first one. Mr. D did fine, but Clarisse wasn't much like the book. 1- Myth was messed up on how Kronos. 2- The Propercy was screwed up. The curse blade was Riptide. The age was 20. 3- few happened the opposite of what happened in the book. 4- some were ridiculous. For instance, it took Percy five years to beat Kronos. It took him five minutes in the movie. So powerful Titans, huh. This is going to be to make the third one. The ending and Thalia's story were the only things right.

On a technical level, this movie is terrible. The effects are bad, the dialogue is cheesy at best, and downright cringe-worthy at worst. The acting is mostly god-awful, with a few decent performances sprinkled in. However, as a huge fan of the books, I still get enjoyment out of this film.I hated the first one for its huge deviations from the book. While this one certainly deviates, it makes a much better attempt to stick to the source material. A lot of sequences from the movie were directly from the book, and when this happens, it's extremely enjoyable. In particular, the Oracle of Delphi is exactly as I pictured it. Tyson is portrayed pretty much as I remember him. So is Annabeth. The large cyclops at the end (don't remember his name) was also done pretty much exactly how he was in the books, down to exactly how Grover manages to avoid getting eaten by him. They even included Clarisse's giant Confederate ship, which was in the book.Overall, despite the lack of technical quality, I enjoyed this film, and have watched it multiple times. If you are a fan of the books who didn't like the first one for its deviations from the books, you should find this one more acceptable, although not perfect.

I had watched the first movie without knowing anything of the characters and stories in the book and found myself really enjoying the first film so I was really excited to watch the next in the series.The story continues with Percy Jackson and friends back in camp. Percy is worried about his legacy compared to Clarisse, his competitive camp mate who is making a name for herself in the demigod world. When their camp is attacked and the barrier is weakened, Percy and his friends go on a mission to retrieve the Golden Fleece they think will restore the barrier. Percy also has to deal with a half-brother he never knew existed.What a disappointment it turned out to be. The film was boring, it dragged too much and it suffered from the lack of star power that enhanced the first film. There is Stanley Tucci as Mr D, God of Wine etc who I thought made the film a lot less dull especially when his wine was turned into water by Zeus for a misdeed he committed. Anthony Head pops up in the Pierce Brosnan role and does as good a job as he can with the script. Ron Perlman is one of the voices, although you don't see him on film. The one actor I struggled with was Nathan Fillion as Hermes. Love him in Castle but I just didn't think he was any good in this.It is a shame that it lost it's way through mostly the script and as there has been no mention of a third film, this movie has stopped anymore being made so far.

PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS is a follow-up to PERCY JACKSON & THE LIGHTING THIEF, itself an adaptation of the debut novel in the popular young adult series by Rick Riordan. I mildly enjoyed the first film in the series, but this unfocused sequel is a lot worse; despite the plethora of on-screen action, not much actually seems to happen and it all rings rather false and hollow.This time, Percy and his buddies old and new find themselves embarking on a quest narrative to retrieve the Golden Fleece, of all things. There are various MacGuffins in the film, none of them particularly interesting or plausible, but what is apparent is the debt this series owes to Harry Potter. There are kids on the run, flying cars, magic sprays that change appearance, and plenty more besides. Inevitably Harry Potter got there first and did it better, leaving this all rather redundant.It doesn't help that the characterisation is kept to a bare minimum. Logan Lerman's hero is a dullish type and Alexandra Daddario struggles to shine as the token love interest. Speaking of tokenism, the comic relief black sidekick is still really clichéd and unfunny. The big guest stars have gone from the original film to be replaced by the likes of Anthony Head and Stanley Tucci, alongside a cameoing Nathan Fillion. For 90% of the running time, PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS consists of CGI-heavy action. Some of the effects are pretty good but as is generally the case with such films, it becomes tiresome very quickly.