tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post5556269674835144303..comments2023-12-13T02:57:32.461-08:00Comments on Book Aunt: Percy Jackson and His Sexy FriendsKateCoombshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-24573748952997596302010-02-17T19:30:51.952-08:002010-02-17T19:30:51.952-08:00Good point about the driving. I'm guessing tha...Good point about the driving. I'm guessing that the transformation from a middle grade sensibility to a YA one amped up the audience for the film, too. (Marketers and demographics and profits, oh my!)<br /><br />Besides which, it's hard to make a movie that does a book justice, as we all know--to truly capture that magic. As I said, I was still entertained, just kind of surprised. :)Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-30793696805168859632010-02-17T19:19:17.309-08:002010-02-17T19:19:17.309-08:00My 5th grade son is a huge fan of the series and g...My 5th grade son is a huge fan of the series and got me hooked. I should have realized from the trailers that we weren't going to get 13-year-old Percy in the movie, but I was disappointed to see the change in character as you mentioned by making him 16. Besides the added sultriness, the change in age gave the characters more mobility (they could now drive themselves instead of taking the bus or hopping the animal transport semi) that gave the movie of a road trip rather than an adventure edge. All told, my son and I enjoyed the movie, but with all the omissions and changes, it didn't have the magic of the book.Gerbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073463561640650913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-8113007440073549892010-02-15T19:32:06.270-08:002010-02-15T19:32:06.270-08:00Jennifer--Ha, scary-good examples! Yeah, I was exp...Jennifer--Ha, scary-good examples! Yeah, I was explaining to my kindergarten student about valentines, telling her we were going to make an art project to show her mother how much she loves her, and she kept wanting to talk about boyfriends.<br /><br />I read all of the Percy Jackson books, mostly because some of my students really liked them, especially the reluctant reader boys. It's a pretty good series, though not amazing. A lot of kids seem to find these books rowdier or somehow cooler than the Harry Potter books. Maybe it's the swords and arrows instead of wands and wizard robes. Hard to convince guys that those wizard robes are sufficiently manly, I suspect. :)Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-16444609639901570452010-02-15T18:55:05.558-08:002010-02-15T18:55:05.558-08:00Sigh. A six-year old was telling me all about her ...Sigh. A six-year old was telling me all about her boyfriend the other day....one of my colleagues had an 11 year old ask for books on how to talk to girls because he felt shy around his girlfriend. I thought the Lightning Thief was hilarious, but didn't feel any strong need to read the rest of the series...I did just buy second copies of all of them and they flew off the shelves!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-46053427991745533952010-02-15T12:56:08.807-08:002010-02-15T12:56:08.807-08:00I've just started the book (about a 100 pages ...I've just started the book (about a 100 pages in) and already the previews for the film seem very different from what I'm reading!Chandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166022222097462784noreply@blogger.com