Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Megan and I read this a couple years ago. In the book, Percy meets Tyson at school. In the film, there is no reference to Percy's time at school. The movie opens at camp, and Percy is introduced to Tyson as his brother. I also pictured Tyson a little more dopey than he was portrayed in the film, and a little more hulking.

The hippocampus that brought the three heroes to the ship Andromeda was beautifully done. However, a large part of the book is how Beckendorf sacrificed himself in destroying the Andromeda, which in the book is a huge cruise ship (not just a yacht) filled with horrific monsters. The film does not even see the ship destroyed, but rather the heroes simply escape from it. I believe the thermos with the 4 winds inside was in the book, but the "packaging tape" that Percy used to escape from their cells was not.

Kronos did not rise in this particular book as he did in the movie, but rather in a later book in the series. (we think, this input is from Megan) On the island of Circe, the book did not have an amusement park. But it was a nice touch for the film.

Overall, a decent, action-packed film, but it was a little thin on developing the rapport between the heroes.