Let's start this out with a simple comment. If you didn't like the first movie, "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief", then you are most likely not going to like this one.
That out of the way, "Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters" is a very enjoyable movie. Like the first one, this movie was loosely based on the book, same title, written by Rick Riordan. Part of a wonderful young adult series about Olympian demigod children, along this lines of Harry Potter but with Greek Gods and Goddesses instead of Witches and Wizards.
All the original leading cast returns (Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario & Brandon T. Jackson) minus Pierce Brosnan, and we add Stanley Tucci (the always enjoyable), Nathan Fillion (the always charismatic) and Anthony Stewart Head (hello Giles from Buffy, thanks for replacing Brosnan). Having the same cast of characters helps give the sequel continuity that would have been lost with different actors. You can continue to follow their character's adventures because it's still the same actors having those adventures.
As someone who has read the books too, I enjoy these movies just as much but in a differential way. The stories are the same but then again the stories are different, as many adaptations of books to movies will be, but both are still very good. I must mention that I do prefer the books to the movies, but since I'm a movie nut, just forget you read that I wrote that.
It's extremely interesting how the story integrates Greek mythology into today's everyday world. Sure, this exists, how else would you explain that. In this viewer's eyes, it works, and it works well. Good writing, good acting and some ok special-effects make for a decent movie. I know I liked it, you might too.
Have you see either Percy Jackson movie? Let me know what you thought down in the comments below.
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