What a Waste

Rating: 3/10 (11 December 2007)

My daughter and I left the theater wondering exactly what just happened. Surely we didn't see a movie, as not a single part of it stuck in our minds.
I can understand having to compress a big book. I can understand some rewrites to flesh out the compression.
What I can't understand is ruining the story for no reason at all.
It was as if the director and writer never read the book, or were really drunk if they did. Didn't have a clue about the book. Apparently drinking the same stuff these people who rated the movie highly were drinking.
I rated it a 3 just because it did give us some decent visuals.
It deserves an immediate rewrite by someone who isn't an idiot.
I dread the next 2 movies thanks to this garbage. I think I'll just stick with the books.