I knew the movie was not going to be like the book--It would be impossible to create every single detail and keep the movie in an appropriate ammount of time and not make it too long (I wouldn't mind though). Anyway, I though the movie stayed close to the book as much as possible. Some things changed but because it was so GOOD, you forgive and forget. The only issue I had was that some of the special effects were not the best, and when you see the movie, you'll see what I mean. Overall, I believe the movie was great and I would go watch it again. It was awsome!!!