Sequel Baiting #3: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief vs Sea of Monsters

Percy Jackson has had a tough go in movies, a failed attempt at a 5-movie franchise adapting the popular novels by Rick Riordan. And when I say 'adapting' I mean in the loosest possible fashion. The first movie changes some major elements from the first book. With the second, I wonder if the writers had only flicked through the book before throwing it away and working on their script. But this is not a review that will rank these movies as adaptations, I myself have only read Wikipedia summaries of the plot. Both movies had a similar mixed reception, and made a similar amount of money about $220m, but the second one had a higher budget so it was seen as disappointing. I have seen both of these movies and here are my thoughts.

Mini-review/Commentary: Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes out

It’s Star Wars Month!

OK, no it isn't, but due to the rescheduling of Legend of Korra, I still have some loose ends to tie up. So join me is we trail through another Lego star wars short (which someone thought belonged on its own DVD for some reason)

Star Wars Month: Mini-review - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

So, we come to talk of the final chapter of the original trilogy, Return of the Jedi

Star Wars Month - Mini-review: Star Wars episode V - The Empire strikes back

It's still Star-Wars Month

And we continue our review of the 6 films with episode V - the Empire Strikes Back

Spoilers to follow

Star Wars Month - Mini review: Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope

Guess what, it's Star Wars Month

And we start where it all began (production-wise anyway) with Star Wars, later re-branded Episode IV: A new hope

Before we begin, let's tackle spoilers, for the purposes of the mini-reviews, I may draw reference to the continuity of all star wars films, so episodes I-III and V and VI may also be referred to in this review.