Excellent movie!!

Rating: 10/10 (13 December 2005)

I don't want to write any spoilers, so I'll keep this short. I read the whole series when I was younger and I've always loved all the books in it. I didn't really expect the movie to be as good as it was because until the last few years (with the making of movies like The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter series), movies based on books have largely been let-downs. But that was definitely not the case with this movie!! I was amazed that they fit so much from the book into the movie; it seems like almost nothing was left out, certainly nothing important. I am so happy to finally see one of my all-time favorite books visually rendered so well. I am very excited at the prospect of seeing the rest of the series come to life on screen as beautifully as this one has. This movie is absolutely worth full ticket price, hands down.