The worst movie I've seen this year.

Rating: 1/10 (8 April 2014)

**May contain spoilers**
My partner god bless her loves these books and seeing it was part of her birthday week I relented and went with her to see it. To be honest from what little she had told me (or I had forgotten) this would be one of those "chalk up the brownie points and suffer through deals".
I'll try not to knock the book as I haven't read it but from what I've seen in this movie and from the reaction of my partner, I may just have to read it to see how this went so terribly wrong from the perspective of someone who hasn't read the books and the perspective of someone who has.
First: Where was the lead in? not sure why there was a war or who it was against? but that may help the audience understand the concept of the factions or the actual reason for the story.
Secondly: Where was the character development or more so the relationship between them, I mean the deaths of the parents in this movie meant less to me than any other movie I've seen, I felt nothing and geeze... you could see it coming from a mile away. The father just threw his life away when they could of easily taken out the 5 or so guys in the room, especially with a number of them having their backs turned, let's not mention he walks into the middle of a hallway with no cover...
And more: So they have to face their fears in the simulation but when they both go in Four doesn't seem afraid bar some sarcastic comments.
Conclusion: Unless you're some fanatical fan I can't see how you could enjoy this movie, this was cringe worthy at best. If it hadn't been for my partners birthday I would of walked out and I'm still upset I didn't... and trust me.. my partner was probably more upset about this steaming pile than I am and she's an avid fan of the books.