First half only is any good

Rating: 6/10 (10 December 2001)

Having been fairly but not overly impressed with all 3 books when I read them in the early 1970's, I was indeed looking forward to the first filmed installment.
I have to admit that although the film is very impressive on a technical level, much of this film is very tedious and certainly after 2 hours I was very very bored with the repetitiveness of the confounded story. Certainly whatever it was that compelled me all those years ago with the books is not there with this film and I could not wait for the thing to end. To coin the great Alfred Hitchcock's words "it's lacking humour" and I came away wanting real entertainment. Sorry!