Very good, but not a 10!

Rating: 1/10 (20 December 2001)

After sitting through three hours of this movie, I must say that I left the theater a little disappointed. I definitely enjoyed it, but must say I had a few criticisms:
1) It was much too dark (as in illumination, not w.r.t. mood),
2) Many scenes were simply blurry: especially when the camera was moving in a crane shot, other times, too,
3) The director couldn't decide if he was making a movie of the premiere classic fantasy books or a teenage horror flick: there were too many scenes where they just lulled the audience only to flash us with a fearful surprise (the woman next to me spent a great deal of the time jumping in fright).
If you're contemplating seeing this movie -- definitely do, but don't expect a movie worthy of the ratings it's gotten here on IMDB. It's very good, but not a 10 (more like an 8 or 8.5)!