Fun fact before we start: In TLO, Percy's Achilles spot is the small of his back. His fatal flaw is loyalty, so the only way to kill him was to stab him in the back.
There's going to be a lot less characters here but still, we need pt 2.
Hades looked like a demented rockstar from the eighties and that's not good.
Medusa.... went.... weird. Not how I imagined her AT ALL. Medusa was supposed to be Middle Eastern, and with my grandma being fully Middle Eastern, I know what that's supposed to look like, AKA not blonde-hair-blue-eyes-pale. And about those very flat flimsy sunglasses, I would think with the entire cast being hugely famous already along with the director, they could buy sunglasses that, ya know, maybe don't look disposable? And the snakes are supposed to be bright green, not mottled brown/grey.
That was long.
Anyways, WHY DIDN'T THEY SWITCH THE CLARISSE/ANNABETH ROLES!!!!!
Look!
Clarrise (Leven Rambin)
Blonde hair
Greyish eyes
Athletic
TallAnnabeth:
Blonde hair
Grey eyes
Athletic
TallAnnabeth (Alexandra Daddario):
Straight brown hair
Blue eyes
TallishClarisse:
Straight brown hair
Brown eyes
TallPuh-lease directors. You're stupider than we thought!
Tyson didn't actually look that bad. He was okayish, not exactly like I imagine Tyson, but it was okay. I DID NOTICE THAT THEY GOT LAZY AND FOUND A STUPID EXCUSE NOT TO USE CGI!!!! Also he didn't have the height, scars or muscles of Tyson, who is supposed to be at least six feet and had big muscles and huge scars from a Sphinx.
Athena was horribly done, horrible casting. She looks nothing like Athena. She would have made a good Vika Heks (sorry not sorry) with her insane frizzy brown hair and her wrinkles. She didn't have grey eyes or even blue. She didn't strike me as Athena at all, and didn't have the I'm-smarter-than-you-so-back-off vibe she should have (this isn't impossible, at all).
And a bit about the costumes. The gods were described to wear modern clothes (Zeus a blue suit, Ares a red muscle shirt and leather jacket, Artemis silver and grey t-shirt and jeans), but in the movie, they were wearing togas and chitons and other boring Greek stuff.
What I got from this appearance assessment was all these super rich actor dudes who probably have a billion dollars put together don't have access to hair dye, contacts, or good sunglasses?
Makes sense.
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Everything Wrong with the PJO Movie
FanfictionI must do this to vent. There will be a lot of screaming. I HAVE TO TAKE THIS SCENE BY SCENE!!!! AND HAVE AN ENTIRE CHAPTER DEDICATED TO CUT PARTS!!!!