Spellvexit

The premise of this movie was not terribly promising or novel to begin with, but unlike Harry Potter, it dealt with the subject matter in the most lazy, clichéd way possible. Why does Percy's sidekick have to be the "wack" black stereotype? When Anabeth is introduced, we are treated to several cuts back to her with an appraising look in her eyes, as if there were any doubt from the first second of her introduction that she'd be the love interest. The movie itself lurched along to uninteresting locales, and assumed the audience knew absolutely nothing about Greek mythology. While this itself isn't bad, the pedantic exposition regarding it was. The movie should not have underestimated the intelligence of children, who will research these topics themselves if they're interested enough. It was not necessary to explain each character's motivation, origin, and properties.

Ultimately, I found this an insult to the average movie-goer's intelligence. Smarten up the dialogue, make the characters more than cookie cutter props to propel the next action scene, and please, restore a bit of wonder to the genre by leaving OUT a few details for the viewers to discover and supply for themselves.