Spectacular!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (26 August 2002)

I hadn't read the books since I was a teenager in the late 70s and what I remembered of the story was not much. But, the movie brought it all back.

It was everything that I had pictured in my mind's eye 25 years ago. Casting was absolutely perfect and while I was worried that special effects would overwhelm the film, they were discrete, and subtle enough to go relatively un-noticed.
The one complaint I have is with the DVD version where the sound is uneven; music too loud and dialogue too soft. For the best effect catch it on the big screen. Hopefully, they will correct this for the Director's cut.

If you haven't seen it yet, go!