Two hours of constant "fast forward"

Rating: 7/10 (29 October 2007)

I'm a big fan of fantasy books, and I really like when you make films of them. Though the problem with fantasy books is that they often are long (I mean like 900 pages, the Harry Potter books are relatively short). So when you try to make a film out of a fantasy book, you often ends up with something that feels like a resume of a film. I don't mean you shouldn't watch the films, they are often rather good, but you really should read the book before you see the film. All this apply to this film. It felt like they tried to put all the important events of the book into the film, but they hadn't time to more than tell us "this happened", and when the film reaches a point you recognize from the book, you get surprised by how little of the story that is left. I don't try to make you not seeing this film, I truly don't. But what I'm trying to say is that before you see any fantasy film that is based on a book (or any film at all that is based on a book), you really should read the book first. That sort of gives you a different perspective on the film, and you often understands a lot more of what happens. So see this film, but READ THE BOOK FIRST.