So far I've seen this movie twice and I enjoyed watching this film on both occasions. Some complain about things that aren't covered from the book or the film portraying things that didn't actually happen in the book, while failing to realize the film will never exactly like the book. It has rarely been done like that and this film in particular has a very long book. I do believe if you have not read the books you could be a bit lost. If you have seen all the movies you will notice that the acting has improved dramatically. They all seem to be able to do more than what they were capable of doing when they were eleven and the special effects were fantastic. The score was also fantastic and helped to sell nearly every scene.