But this movie needed a bit more explanation. I definitely think that you would need to read the book before watching the movie to understand certain parts. All around, the movie wasn't what I expected, obviously, but it got confusing at certain parts. The actors and actresses did great jobs, I think it's mainly the directing. The movie skipped a lot of important things that should have been shown, and it went way too fast. I guess for cramming a 600 page book into a 2 hour movie it isn't that bad, but I wish they would have looked over it twice as many times has they had.