We took the kids to see Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief this weekend. Based upon Rick Riordan’s series about Percy Jackson, this is likely the first in a series of movies if it does well. Not having read the books, I can’t really judge how faithful the transition to the big screen is. But I’ve heard that the movie is only loosely based on the first book in that it omits some characters from the book and borrow somethings from the second book. Overall it’s a decent tale.