Awful film

Rating: 2/10 (18 January 2014)

This is one of the most hyped and biggest let downs of the modern age.
The hype for this film made it one to look out for, and I looked forward to its release.
However, upon viewing I cannot tell you enough how bad it is.
Im no fan boy of the original books and had never heard of the volumes in question and I have to say I wont be reading the books anytime soon.
Starting off with the "acting" skills of the leads in this film...I have a carpenter friend with less wooden materials in his work shop. Asa Butterfield is principle as the mighty oak, with no depth in character and no warmth at all as the lead. Ben Kingsley (Pine) has in one film ruined his career. Harrison Ford (Douglas fir) is obviously after one more paycheck at the expense of any artistic integrity... I guess you can see how much I think the casting sucks.
I read elsewhere that this is just Harry Potter in space and I inclined to agree with that statement. If your over 30 and have half a brain cell, you'll not like this one bit. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.
This shows one of the great IMDb mysteries of how such an awful film has a 7.2 average.