A HUGE disappointment.

Rating: 4/10 (21 May 2006)

I hadn't read the book yet, so I could judge it on a movie level, and not on a adaption level. There was all this hype about it and I couldn't find why. The acting was a bit sour. Tom Hanks, an amazing actor who could have done so much better, just merely talked, Ian McKellen was decent, but did not put as much into the character as I think he could have, Paul Bettany, who actually convinced me of his character, was the only person who actually acted. The 'informal' flashbacks where more like promos for educational movies as where the time they were saying them. This one of the first times I, who pretty much enjoys any type of movie, actually had to force myself to stay awake.