The Percy Jackson movies did just that, incorporating monsters and storylines that didn’t appear until later in the book series. Plot changes are a common practice when it comes to adapting books into movies, but it shouldn’t mean rewriting the entire story. This gradual build makes sense for children who grow into young adults, but because the movies start with Annabeth and Percy as teenagers, they jumped towards romance without really having earned it. Since the characters in the Percy Jackson movies were 15 or 16 years old, Annabeth and Percy almost instantly developed romantic tension, whereas in the source material they barely like each other as friends and take four books to begin admitting the feelings they have – even to themselves. In addition to making the main characters from the books older, the movies also changed core aspects of their personalities and their relationships to one another. By contrast, The Lightning Thief movie made the age difference between Percy and Luke invisible and took away how shocking it would be to have a 12-year-old falling off a bridge or fighting gigantic monsters and facing gods. Character changes aren't always bad, but Percy and other characters being 11 or 12 years old at the start of the books was an important part of their story.
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