For those who have read the book do not go into this movie thinking it holds true to the book. There are many elements that are the same, but the plot and journey are drastically different.
There is no Cronus. (I am interested to see how they fix that considering the part he plays in later books, I mean its pretty much the basis for the entire series.
The movie all portrays Grover as a horny little goat boy which made me a little angry because in the book he was a nice guy not a womanizer.
My biggest peeve however was the African American actors. Note: I am not racist, I am merely pointing out that the Greeks were a white race and there gods would reflect that. I realize Disney was trying to be politically correct but lets be historically accurate. Persephone would not have been black, one of the big twelve would not have been, not would a styre. There may have been black Greek citizens because of intermingling with the Persians but that would have been rare. Sometimes I think we take are political correctness a little to far.
Regardless the movie was pretty good. As a stand alone from the book it is great but I highly recommend you read the book as well.
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