Gotta read the book first...

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2012)

OK, let me start off with if you didn't read the book or see the mini-series then you might have a difficult time understanding who's who but more importantly the significance of certain scenes. That much I'll give people.
I knew the story well, I literally finished reading the book about a week ago, so it was still fresh. I'm thinking even if I didn't I for one didn't find the movie that terribly hard to follow. To be honest the film doesn't follow the book page for page. For instance, the opening scene in the book isn't shown till about 20-25 min into the movie. Also, there are minor changes in the dialog.
Of course I wish they would have given more character development to the other characters, other than that I have no complaints. I think it was beautifully made and I agree Gary Oldman was amazing. Colin Firth, wow three for three in these past three years. I'm serious, that guy has the golden touch (we won't mention Main Street) A Single Man, King's Speech and now this, all are awesome.
I saw this movie in Brooklyn, NY, it was PACKED and no one left the theater and everyone seemed to enjoy it.
If you read the book, you'll love it... just a couple changes...