At times I enjoyed the movie, but for the most part I felt as if the story was rushed along, and if you hadn't read the books, you were likely to be lost on certain subjects. My friends who hadn't read the books had a lot of questions afterwards. There's just too much background information missing. Also, the events in the movie were not carried out accordingly to the book, more so than usual. The bigger picture events, however, were very well done and the visuals were great. I just wish it hadn't been so anti-climactic at times.