Not bad, but not so outstanding

Rating: 6/10 (24 January 2008)

Actually, I have read the novel before watching the movie, and I think the book is better than the film. In my opinion, the film wasn't fully capable of bringing the origin author, Harper-Lee was trying to express, since some parts from the novel were left out, making the events rather irrelevant to the book. Another thing is that the focusing was not so appropriate: the focus should be put on the rape trial; but in the film, the rape trial was rather sketchy. However, the junior actors (the children) acted well, as well as Gregory Peck (as Atticus). In conclusion, the film is generally acceptable, but not so eminent at all.
I would give it a 6 out of 10.