One of the big problems with Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief was Columbus' approach to the source material. And sure enough, a slight improvement is what we get, showing if nothing else what difference a decent director can make. If previous records are anything to go by, Chris Columbus' lack of involvement this time around should lead to some kind of improvement. With Harry Potter now done and dusted, and The Hobbit films failing to match the critical reputation of their predecessors, Sea of Monsters stands more of a chance at competing both for the hearts and the money of its core teenage audience. I spoke about how many fantasy franchises were launched on the back of the success of The Lord of the Rings, and how the vast majority of these fell short either of Peter Jackson's groundbreaking trilogy or the eventual success of Harry Potter. When I reviewed the first Percy Jackson film, I took great pains to put the film in context, particularly regarding its relationship to the Harry Potter series. Anyway, see this if you liked the first film, but don't expect it to be better than the original, because it's sure as hell not. Also, where the fuck are the gods? They couldn't have had Sean Bean or Kevin McKidd show up for like a couple of minutes? They didn't even get them for voice acting. There's no major fight or just eats them and then they escape by blasting a hole in its stomach like 2 minutes later.
Admittedly, that monster is pretty cool, but underused. The Sea of Monsters is shown for a couple of minutes, and there's only one fucking monster shown. For something that sounds so awesome, it's so disappointing. My biggest problem though is with the movie's namesake: the Sea of Monsters. The story itself is horribly predictable.I'm sure it's much better in Rick Riordan's book, but every supposed plot twist is telegraphed, so there's next to no suspense. Aside from that, the story is pretty boring.the only two bright spots are the scenes in the stomach of the guardian of the Sea of Monsters, and of course when the group meets Hermes, played by Nathan Fillion (obviously the best part of this film). That goes double for Tyson the cyclops.interesting character but the actor is terrible, and so are the attempted comedic lines the writers gave him.
The three main characters from the first film are portrayed pretty well here, but with the exception of Clarice, who's pretty awesome, the rest of the new characters are pretty stupid.
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