The Sea of Monsters

    I recently viewed the film version of Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan, and, as I have also read the book, I was surprised (to say the least) at the changes in the plot. I understand that the film-makers have a time limit, and are limited (slightly) in the world of special effects, so they have to make changes, and cut scenes. But this was too much. They cut massive hunks of important scenes, and added too many details to count. They also added whole new scenes. I know that you have to cut things, but in a way, adding things is worse, because the stuff you add in a series of movies will come back to bite you when you make the next movie. It was a good movie, but I probably would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't read the book, and was able to recognize the gigantic changes they made.