this movie was absolutely amazing, everything from direct quotations from the book to the amazing new graphics summit used for this film. it looked like they tried their hardest to stick to the plot of the book and i think they did a decent job of doing so. the movie is lengthy but it literally flies by, and yes, it ends abruptly! you would NEVER guess the ending, that part was NOT like the book! but this was by far the most amazing movie so far in 2009, i had my tickets since october 8th & i'm going atleast 10 more times!