Just watched it this afternoon (with 120 13-yr-olds, mind you).

There were some differences from what I remember of the book, but overall it was ok. Not a great film, but ok.

The main character was not a good actor and neither was his girlfriend but the sidekick, Grover, was great.

I got the feeling that instead of launching a new franchise based on the 5-7 book series, this was a one-off and there won't be anymore. In the book, the kids are 13ish years old, and in the movie they are about 18. If they made the rest of the books into movies, the main characters will be OLD by the end.

Plus, plot points and characters that make an appearance in the first book, but are integral to the story in later books weren't in the movie at all.

I'd be surprised if you guys liked it. Forewarned...

That's some shocking news.

Yes that review was electrifying. If I see this movie playing in a theatre I'll be sure to bolt the other way.

I've seen the ads for this on the side of buses and I have absolutely no idea what it is. I caught the end of newsround the other day and apparently it's based on some popular kids book series that I've never heard of. :/

Basically, the Greek myths were not myths, but real, and the Greek gods live here now.

A boy discovers he is a demigod, and is accused of stealing a powerful weapon from Zeus.

I didn't think I'd be, but I'm pretty charged up after reading this little review, Chewby.

These puns have become unbearable

More kids save the world with magic bullcrap.

I told my girlfriends little sister if she asked me to take her to see it one more time I was going to punt her.

Then my girlfriend made me take her to see alvin and the chipmunks... Every situation can be made worse. I hate kids.

Haha, you're whipped.

More like he does things to make his girlfriend happy. That's not being whipped, it's avoiding constant annoyance.

There's a very fine line between the two, and Rob is teetering dangerously over the "whipped" side.

They're called compromises.

When you have real life interactions with the opposite sex, sometimes you become partnered for the long term. At which point differences in personality or opinion often make things difficult. So you compromise. This is normal human social behavior.

Also, the sex is good.

Well, Steven is married, but perhaps he's got one of those wives that just listens to his every whim.

I pretty much agree with Rob on this. 99% of the time when another guy calls you whipped it's because he has no concept of what it is like to be in a real relationship where compromises exist. One person simply rules the entire pair.

Example of a compromise;

My girlfriend asked me to go get her something from the gas station in the middle of the night on monday, during a snow storm.

I told her to eat a ****.

She did.

But only because I went before she woke up because I usually wake up before she does.

Compromise.