I'm a huge fan of the books, having read each as it was released and multiple times since then. This movie was fantastic, and the best of the series by far!! The pacing and action was good, and most importantly, they got all the little important parts right. Normally, I find something huge to nitpick (as far as being important to the story and misrepresented onscreen), but found no such problems here. And I thought they ended it at a very appropriate place. It's dark and gloomy, and evil seems to be winning... like I read in one review, it's this series' "Empire Strikes Back". I'm desperate to see Part 2 now!