As a reader, collector and majorly obsessed fan I knew right away that the movie would be different from the book. We were all excited and to be honest, knowing that it would be different, we weren't disappointed. The story line did move quite fast and there were a few parts that you would only get if you had read the books but over all it was a good movie. One friend who didn't read the books followed most of the story line though and still thought it was an awesome movie. The ones that read the book only wish they had made it a 3 hour movie and added a few more details to it and built up the characters a little more. Over all I recommend this movie to almost anyone and just advise that you want to read the books before you see it.