Stunningly beautiful film, miss on the script.

Rating: 7/10 (14 December 2006)

It is a beautifully made film, no two ways about it. The camera work, the actors, the costumes, the sets, everything. The entire show is an eye candy. The problem, however, lies in the script. When I finished watching the movie, I had a few "WTF?" questions burning, but then I picked up the book and got really confused.
It is a wonderful book, but what could possibly move the director to make such drastic changes to the script and completely reverse the ending? Really, if he would keep at least somewhat close to the book, the end product could have been so, so many times better. Great potential, great expectations, under-delivered.