great for readers and alright for non readers

Rating: 7/10 (28 March 2012)

Im going to start like everyone else and say i am a big fan of this series and i was excited when i heard about this movie. When i watched it, i wasn't disappointed, it brought my whole imagination to life. The director did a good job of adapting a challenging novel like this. Some movies like Percy Jackson just didn't live up to the franchise, but i thought that they did a great job here, of course nothing like lord of the rings quality, i mean there were some missing scenes and a few things that weren't explained(I will get to that later) But overall a great effort.
Like I said i am a big fan of the franchise, there was just one problem, i haven't read the book in 2 years so when they did the big hand gesture scene and riot, i thought they could've at least explained about it more, and my friends who have not read the book were just really confused.
But other than that i really enjoyed it, maybe a little more back story about the time period and other districts would have helped, but i cant complain this is a really complex novel to convert into a full length film.