Nothing special

Rating: 5/10 (13 May 2009)

First of all, I didn't read the books and didn't see the first movie so I'm not able to compare this movie with those. I just rate it as a movie.
I'm very disappointed on the way this movie turned out. The flow of the action is very stop-and-go and the dialog is often very strange. A lot of the time you see two characters in a scene explaining their actions or their thoughts to each other. It doesn't feel natural at all, the characters are explaining their steps out loud as they go. It feels like they are not talking to each other but to the viewer to be sure he/she can follow the twists and turns of the movie.
As a result the acting feels forced. The action scenes are done well.
Overall this is still a book and not a movie. It could have been a good movie if they had confidence in the audience and didn't explain everything out loud.