My daughter and I went to the premiere of this movie and had a wonderful experience......we fell in love with our favorite characters all over again and with some added insight!!! I love that they didn't try to follow the book exactly and that they made the movie shine all on it's own!!!! The action scenes were a little hard for me to watch (it felt like they had hand held cameras that were a little 'blurry' for me) but I still think this is a great story and I can't wait for the rest of it.