Way too patronizing

Rating: 5/10 (5 January 2006)

This movie is not exactly BAD, but somehow the current rating does not exactly reflect what I think about it. Good things there are, and I don't want to list them here. But there is exactly one weak point from the movie, patronizing. The dialog in the film seems to be very poor, never read the book, so I can't tell if they are picked up right away from the book, but for some reason I doubt that. When I was watching the film, it started being very fascinating, then I found myself slowly loosing interests. The acting from the young actors are obviously immature (The best performance is from Anna Popplewell, the youngest of four), dialogs are dry and boring(ending up stating simplest fact and most obvious happening from time to time).
Watching this film, I can't help comparing it with Harry Potter's. Dialog from Harry Potter's films are not adult like (that would be unreal), but they are more of adult-wannabe(which is exactly what kids are like), and I truly find that both real and funny. Actors from HP are also brilliant.
Overall I can only give it a 5, it is just a film without a good script and solid acting wrapped up in a sweet computer generated world. By the way, if you are over 20, don't bother going there.