I don't get it, why do people like this movie??

Rating: 6/10 (4 September 2008)

I watched this movie expecting something awesome; I was hoping for a cool combo of Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, instead I got a long and tedious corny cheesy movie, full of ugly bad acting kid actors, a dumb story, horrible script, and OK visuals.
I was trying to figure out if this movie was a kids movie or grown up movie, it definitely isn't for both. It is too long to be a kids movie, and too cheesy and corny to be a grown up movie. There are way too many tears in this movie, and sobby music, which really gets to you eventually. Some of the lines are so cliché that you will already know how a whole conversation will go the second it is started.
Tilda Swinton does a pretty good job acting, and James McAvoy for the short time he's in the movie, and thats as far as it goes for good acting on the part of actors in the movie; the rest of the acting is accomplished by the voice actors like Liam Neeson and Ray Winstone.
The only actual good part of the movie was the end. It did have some pretty cool action scenes and graphics, as well as a little twist in the last minute.
Overall I didn't regret watching this movie, but if you're into fairytale type fantasy movies, some better alternatives are The Golden Compass, obviously Lord of the Rings and obviously Harry Potter.