Ho...hum

Rating: 7/10 (18 November 2002)

The acting is somewhat better this time around, but the direction is a little off at times, not as punchy as I would have liked. Sometimes I still have the feeling that there's a whole lot of exposition going on, setting things up for something to come later, but this feeling extends all the way through the end of the movie, which, by the way, I don't remember it being anything like that in the book. Speaking of which, if these movies weren't so slowly paced, maybe they could get more of the books into them!

Anyway, the movie is alright, but it isn't great, and in retrospect, I'm beginning to feel the same about the books.