I found a book in our house one afternoon and got curious about the title. "The Lightning thief.. hmm.. quite interesting." I said. But what stacked me the most and motivated me the most to read it is that it is about the Greek gods and goddesses. Since high school I was always fascinated by the Greek Mythology's mystical and magical spirit.When I opened its pages, I just could not stop. Seriously. To tell you, I even brought it along during our tour in a certain subject. I was just consumed by the book. I just cannot stop. So while inside the bus, everybody is laughing and enjoying, while I am quietly reading my book. Naawa nga ako sa katabi kong friend, wala sya makasap kasi busy ako sa pagbabasa. :P
Anyway so back to the book, It is basically about Percy (Perseus "Percy" Jackson, the son of sea god, Poseidon) who is in an adventure or journey to clear his name to Zeus (Zeus, chief god of Mount Olympus), who by mistake accused Percy of stealing his master thunderbolt (master thunderbolt, greatest weapon). They (gods and Percy and his friends) assumed Hades (Hades, god of the Underworld) took the weapon so that there will be a war and his kingdom will be greater, so they made their way to go to Hades' kingdom. Percy, on the other hand, had another agenda of confronting Hades. He wants to save his mother, who he thought was killed but is actually kidnapped or taken by Hades for he knew Percy will come to see him and he wants to have something to bargain with him. I don't want to be a spoiler for those who are not yet able to read the book but I suggest and recommend for you to read it.
What I love about the book is how the gods interact with the people in the modern way. For example, where is Mount Olympus is in today's time, Where is Hades' kingdom and like. It's is really fun to follow Percy's journey along with his friends Anabeth (Anabeth, daughter of Athena, the goddess of wisdom) and Grover (Grover, a satyr and Percy's best friend and protector). I recommend for those interested with Greek Mythology to read it and be hooked up. :)
I actually watched it's movie version way before but I was not able to remember the whole story so after reading the 3rd book, I bought a copy of its movie. Since eternal, I knew and always know that the movie version is not really inclined with the book. Like Harry Potter and Twilight, the ever famous or rather world-famous book and movie, the Lightning thief movie story is different with the book story. But I mean it as, really DIFFERENT.
Why? Because the movie is basically about Percy, convincing Hades that he does not have the thunderbolt. So what is the difference? In the book, Hades is looking for another thing but not the thunderbolt. He is looking for his helm of darkness (helm of darkness, the trademark weapon of Hades) which is also lost. He is accusing Percy of taking it and used it to take Zeus; thunderbolt. He is not concerned with making his kingdom bigger, he did not even want war. Another "thing" or "someone" else is the mastermind of taking the thunderbolt.
Another thing is that Persephone (Persephone, wife of Hades, daughter of Demeter) is not around when Percy confronted Hades. Also, it is Percy, Anabeth and Grover who took or used the pearls to escape from Hades' kingdom. Luke (Luke, son of Hermes, messenger of the gods) did not gave map to Percy. And Percy did not escaped from the camp, He was supposedly in a journey with the Chiron (Chiron, half man half horse, Latin prof of Percy and the activity master of the camp) and Dionysus' (Dionysus, god of wine and the head of the camp) blessings. He was even asked to see the Oracle of Apollo (Apollo, god of prophecy) for advise for his journey.
I was kind of disappointed with the movie, though I was forever having this crush for Logan. *blush. I mean, I am not expecting them (the movie producers and director) to have another series of the book to be put in another film. Why? because I believe the "key" scenes for the 2nd book is not shown in the movie. The audience of the movie was not able to meet the tree of Thalia (Thalia, daughter of Zeus). (Sorry, I know I am a big spoiler right now but I honestly cannot think of how I could be able to point out my idea if I will not mention these). I wish the movie should have been a more magically inclined or more inclined with the book. I hope they should have made the movie more interesting by having a more beautiful script and scenes.
In summary, I just hope they have inclined the story more into the book. It is so sayang. Maganda sana kinalabasan pag sinunod nila yung book. At saka yung actors, they are not showing or they do not seem to be in the role's shoes. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing personal against them but it just seemed that their acting is kinda lame, well except for Medusa (Medusa, Poseidon's ex. Athena turned her hair into snakes and cursed her so that whoever looked her in the eye will be put into stone), I guess.
Still, I recommend you to read the book. I tell you, you'll be amazed. :)
