Surprisingly good

Rating: 7/10 (6 January 2015)

Surprisingly good.
I haven't read the books, and have no intention of reading them, so didn't know what to expect. Mostly thought this was just for kids or nerds. In some respects, it is, but it turns out it had a decent plot, is well-directed and well acted.
Good fun.
Unfortunately, the remaining movies didn't come close to the first. Second was OK, but really didn't have the novelty of the first. The first created the template, the following just used it over and over.
From the third it was just for kids and nerds, as I initially suspected.