Clumsy, long and boring

Rating: 1/10 (9 January 2014)

Wow. If you read the book and then watch this you have a masterclass on how to take something full of magic and wonder and turn it into an overly lengthy, tedious and poorly adapted movie. A very average film which follows the same wildly unimaginative Peter Jackson orchestration. Some truly shocking performances (specifically Evangeline Lilly and Orlando Bloom) but to be fair they are not helped by some dire scripting.
Padded out with unimaginative "chase me chase me" scenes this film comes across as many disparate narratives that do not bind together. Even if you don't pay to watch this film you will feel robbed when you leave.