Slow, but a book in words.

Rating: 8/10 (20 November 2013)

I am in no way a great movie critic, but here goes something:
Starting with the only two negatives I can find about this film, the first being the belabored attempt to establish everything the first film/book contained including the alarmingly long 'introduction phase' to the actual novel hard to explain in film whilst being entertaining at times, and secondly a specific act by one of the characters I cannot mention without spoiling the film ridiculous and out of place with the feeling of the film I believe an attempt at humor,the film gripped me emotionally in all the right places. Portrayal of feelings felt only in words in the novel were portrayed so well by Jennifer Lawrence you could have sworn she wrote the novel herself. Slight variations introduced to portray what couldn't be said in words were just enough to not compromise the story and the special effects were top notch to say the least.
I was left with feeling of utter immersion into the story, both surreal and involved at all times. Rating the effect of the slow start on the overall enjoyment and the minor added incident with one character, I give this film an eight out of ten, as all other aspects of the film I felt were of the highest standard.
Hope I made some good points, first review.