Highly overrated movie for kids

Rating: 3/10 (9 January 2006)

Oh my gosh- this movie is really totally overrated. I haven't read the books so I can only talk about the movie. First of all it looks like a children's tale which tries to have a bit from Lord of the Rings. It naturally fails completely. The characters are very flat and don't have any substance. The plot itself seemed to be a fast forward version of its original story. That's the only thing I can think of. I really doubt the books are that flat and badly written. As the film is moving very fast to the final battle it looses any bit of atmosphere that might have been created in the beginning. To see these kids swing around swords and fighting in a life or death battle is very dull. I could go some steps further but this would spoil the film. If there is something to spoil at all...
What might be interesting?
Nicely animated fantasy figures A story which is more for kids than adults Beware that there still exist some fighting scenes which may not be suitable for small kids.
Result:
As a movie for children I would give it a 5 but as an adult which has certain expectations of a fantasy movie I can only give it 3/10 points. Very disappointing.