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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
I think the movie was better than the book. I think it was a good concept to get kids interested in Greek mythology, but it was just poorly executed.
Mostly I could not get past the writing. Just better writing would have made a big difference to me. Sometime it was just too immature, like the Macy's Parade pooper-scooper reference, or sometimes just plain bad (the Arch looks like a shopping bag handle???).
I liked Camp Half-Blood too. It's a location for kid movies and books that I think is appealing and timeless. Camp was cool and fun as a kid. Camp was going away from the parents and being more "adult." Camp Bunks/Houses create a convenient rivalry and also camaraderie. In this case competing houses had to work together too.
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I'm vaguely considering watching the movie on Disney+, since I subscribed for
Hamilton.
Re the Macy's parade--what threw me there was how in the world Percy could have been working the parade, not being a Macy's employee or a member of the NYC Department of Sanitation,
and being a child.
Camp is not something I ever did, so I couldn't relate to it in any real way.