Disappointing for those who read the book...

Rating: 7/10 (3 December 2005)

I don't think the movie does justice to the book. This is my favorite book, and its adaptation was quite poor. I had great expectations of this movie and they were not fulfilled. The movie was more like a summery of the book; everything is done swiftly, as if every word is redundant. There are many scenes where every character says only one sentence. This prevents developing of dialogues, and overall the characters development as well. There were some moments when I felt I was watching dramatizations of excerpts from the book.
There was much more of the book to show. They have made this movie, as if they wanted just to pass on the main story line, and not to show the whole book on film. The book is deep and powerful. The movie is not.
Nevertheless the movie was full of action, and was quite fun. It was interesting to see parts of the book on film, but unfortunately only parts.