An absolutely terrible movie

Rating: 1/10 (30 December 2006)

I didn't read the book, but many of my friends did, and they raved about it. So I was looking forward to seeing the movie.
But the movie is a joke. The writer, Akiva Goldsman, has written some of the biggest "turkeys" of all time, including "Lost in Space" and "Batman and Robin". This probably tops both of those for sheer "Turkyness".
It's sad, because a lot of talented people were involved with this, as well as a great deal of money, yet it was all wasted on this idiotic script.
Seriously, I can't believe this screenwriter is taken seriously by anybody. I think my 11 year old stepdaughter could write a better screenplay than this -- especially since there was a book to base it on! And the "Big Revelation" at the end? Well it already went without saying. I just assumed that all the characters already knew this and just weren't talking about it, because, well, it was so obvious. Then they make a Big Deal out of it and it's just laughable.
Just a terrible movie. Just terrible. A total waste of however many jillions of dollars they spent on it. If I were the novelist, I'd be absolutely livid.
And what's wrong with Ron Howard? Is he just phoning these things in now? Does he even READ these scripts?