![]() ![]() Ares, the god of war, is majorly present in the books, and Hades is a fierce antagonist, while in the movies, Ares only appears in one scene, and Hades isn't particularly menacing to Percy. While in the books Percy struggles with his powers, he is in almost full control of them in the films, which makes him much less relatable to young readers. It's as if the creators didn't want to explore the dilemmas and struggles of a character so inexperienced and were eager to skip directly to the part where they could have more romantic tension between him and Annabeth Chase, the goddess Athena's daughter. This was regarded as a bad move, as it took the "young" out of the young adult genre. In the first movie, though, he is already 16, and the prophecy is changed to him surviving till his 21st birthday. ![]() In the book, the character starts off as a 12-year-old boy. Fans were upset with the vast changes and felt that the movies didn't capture the depth of the relationships that the novels explored, not to mention that a lot of unnecessary changes were made. ![]()
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