In the book it said annabeth had blond hair but in the movie she has red hair witch is fine to me. The movie begins with the camera panning over new york city, past coney island. It has percy and luke fighting over the bolt before percy is able to take it to zeus. The whole plot of the movie rests on percy accidentally dropping the shield, which percy did innocently and not by any kind of design or planning. As a son of poseidon, percy has newly discovered powers he cant control, monsters on his trail, and he is on an epic quest to find zeuss lightning bolt and prevent a war between the gods. The lightning thief, says that hes in early discussions to play peter parker in sonys. Whats the difference between the lightning thief the book and percy jackson. What is an alternate ending to percy jackson and the. The lightning thief has found its way online, and it looks rather cool. I do think its interesting the comments made about how this movie is a ripoff from harry potter. The lightning thief full movie 2010 hd oceane maret. Logan lerman plays percy jackson who is the son of poseidon and a demigod. It leaves the door open for more adventures from percy jackson. Luke states that the reason for hiding zeus lightning bolt in percys shield is so that he can get the bolt to hades, and thus start a war that will wipe out the gods of olympus.
If you actually read the book, the movie was nothing like it. Alternate endings for pjo chapter 1, a percy jackson and. The endings for the other books will be up as soon as their written and edited. Will there ever be another percy jackson liveaction movie. The lightning thief is a fantasy fiction, revolving around greek mythology. Because of this he has quite a few powers up his sleeve, for instance he can move and control large volumes of water with great force, as seen. The title refers to someone who has stolen lightning, and that person is oh wait, now it gets complicated. Currently, there have only been two percy jackson films. While our protagonist, percy, does show up in the underworld with zeuss stolen master bolt in his backpack, we later learn that luke is the real thief of the master bolt and of hadess helm of darkness. Parents need to know that this movie is an agedup version of the percy jackson and the lightning thief book that common sense media recommends for readers 9 and up.
The lightning thief 2010 always troubleprone, the life of teenager percy jackson logan lerman gets a lot more. The movie the lightning thief, has excellent special effects hades in the fire and looking like an old rock musician is well done and tells the story of. All credits to the real movie, producer, actors, etc. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of athena, percy must journey across the united states to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction. He is twelve years old, and he decides to tell us the story of his past year. Zeus belief that percy stole it centers aorund a very valid worry that it could pose a threat to zeus station as ruler of all the gods.
The lightning thief trailer 1 after learning he is the son of the greek god poseidon, a youth becomes the prime suspect in the theft of zeus lightning bolt. He ends up in a full out battle with luke, and naturally. Chiron then finally tells percy about the reference to him as the lightning thief zeus lightning bolt is the most powerful weapon ever created. The lightning thief also known as percy jackson and the lightning thief is a 2010 action fantasy film directed by chris columbus. Differences between the book and movie percy jackson. Percy jackson the lightning thief movie questions what is the relationship between zeus and poseidon. Now realistically, the movie is an alternate ending in itself. The greek gods are real, and theyre ruining percy jacksons life.
Percy jackson has a knack for getting kicked out of schools. A book summary basically means tell what happens in the book in short, if this is what you need then read on, of its too elaborate, dont. The lightning thief chapters 2022 summary and analysis. The greek gods on mount olympus sometimes descend to earth to have children, you see, and these half god, half humans are demigods. While the second one does actually adhere somewhat to the original story, thats one of the things that makes it disappoint. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of the lightning thief by rick riordan. The greek gods and modern touches in percy jackson and the olympians. Jackson, alexandra daddario, jake abel the pg movie has a. For someone who has not read the book otherwise the changes will irritate you and loves a good action film this is great. He has also written two other series, one about egyptian mythology and the other about greek as well as roman mythology. The lightning thief essays are academic essays for citation.
This is what would have happened if percy was a fraction as sarcastic as i am. The sea of monsters will be released on march 27, 20. I was in tears at the end of the book not because the ending was depressing which went deep into my heart. What is a short 1 paragraph summary for percy jackson and.
After he tells percy that he was the lightning thief and the helm of darkness thief, luke also confesses that he is working for kronos and that hes leaving camp to serve the old titan ruler fulltime. One is percy jackson logan lerman, who is the teenage son of poseidon and. Instead, in percy jackson, this framework is used to simply give the lead character a loose justification for overcoming other mythical creatures. Five supplementary books, along with graphic novel versions of each book in the first series have also been released. I changed the title and the summary, but the story is still the same. The ending with lucas in the book percy is bitten by a scorpion that evil lukes doing. In new york city, zeus and poseidon meet at the top of the empire state. Its just a shame that its lost so much of the books brilliant storyline. Percy jackson gets the master lightning bolt bake to new york city ends up saving his mother and getting it back to olympus in time, he tells the gods that it was one of the other half god half human kids that had. On the first day of summer, just after his sixthgrade year, percy discovers that something is wrong with him.
He graduated from mattoon high school, eastern illinois university, and university of southern california with a masters degree. Movie percy and annabeth were about to kiss they did not. Percy jackson ends up finding out that the bolt was hidden in the backpack luke gave him all along, but everyone believes he id the thief. I can give you a summary in the style we have to wrote them here in the netherlands. The lightning thief, the first book of the percy jackson series, is written by rick riordan.
I have been a percy jackson fan since i picked up the book, and since the second movie ending been wanting a third movie or a reboot. What is the ending of percy jackson and the lightning thief. The end of percy jackson and the lightning thief answers. The lightning thief, movie, 2010 pictures provided. The lightning thief is a 2010 fantasyadventure film adaptation of the lightning thief, written by rick riordan, who did not contribute to the making of this film, directed by chris joseph columbus, and is the first installment of. Then annabeth tells percy not to be distracted by the enemy.
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