I AM SO TRIIED OF HEARING ABOUT PEOPLE TALKING NEGATIVE ABOUT THIS MOVIE. IT WAS GOOD. NOT A BLOCK BUSTER, BUT STILL GOOD. I WOULD WATCH IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. I READ ALL THE BOOKS SEVERAL TIME EACH. NO, THE CHARACTERS WERE NOT PERFECT. THEY CHANGED PARTS AND LEFT STUFF OUT, BUT WHAT MOVIE EVER MADE WAS 100% TRUE TO THE BOOK IT WAS MADE ABOUT. SO WHAT JUST NEED TO RELIZE NO MOVIE IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY LIKE A BOOK. SO JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY WHAT WAS GIVEN. I SURE DID, AND SO DID MY HUSBAND. THE ONLY COMPLAINT I CAN GIVE IS NOT ENOUGH OF JAMES IN THE MOVIE. HE IS JUST TO SEXY.