Incredible special effects, poor character development

Rating: 6/10 (19 December 2001)

This movie has incredible special effects and the cinematagraphy is excellent. Watching the movie is more like a trip to watch a gallery of incredible pictures as opposed to getting wrapped up in a movie. At almost 3 hours long, you would think they could have developed the characters a little more. It seems like this movie is more concerned with making mention to as many parts of the book as possible and not going into depth about anything. If you get up and leave after the first hour, you won't miss much.