What on earth have they done

Rating: 4/10 (15 May 2009)

I know a film is never the same as the book, but this is nothing like it. Massive chunks have been cut out, including perhaps the second most important character - leaving it disappointing, void and meaningless. If you enjoyed the book, perhaps give this a miss to preserve the memory The moving speeches are missing, the characters are developed very poorly so you find yourself not particular interested in any of them. It doesn't even feel as they had to cut it out due to time constraints as what is left feels very pedestrian. The first film was a little disappointing but still worth watching in it's own right but I fear this poor story "based on the a book" seals the fate for the rest of film series