Better than I expected

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2006)

For the genre of the movie and the fact that it had the "sequel" curse to fight, I think this movie was better than I expected. The locations were great and the action, even if the movie was a little long, was well worth seeing it in theaters. I know a lot of people are iffy about the ending, but I found it was well done. It's not like it leaves you in the middle of the adventure, you still get a sense of it being an entity on its own.
The only things I didn't like about it were 1) the make-up (ok, Keira's beautiful but does her face have to look pristine after a fight?), and 2) the big difference in accents and "level of education" between characters.
If you approach the movie like you're going to see a movie version of a book - and you know the story could have been better - you'll still like the experience. And because, not in spite of, the ending, it's a lot better than I expected.