I'd give this movie a 6 on a 1-10 scale. The special effects were good, the story was shortened so much from the book, it really took from the film. Don't go in expecting to get the same experience you did in reading the book... won't happen. It would have been much better going to see it in December, rather than January. The end was different than in the book, but in a good way- my only kudos.