Saw this movie with 12 friends...and they all really liked it. I thought it followed the book pretty well. The wolves looked good, but I wasn't in love with some of the CGI shots. I thought they compensated VERY WELL for the depressing base of this story with a lot of great one-liners/humor and action. I LOVE these books and I definitely think the movie did the books justice and stayed in line with the feel of the first movie.