I love Harry Potter & Twilight films some of the films to come from bks before this. Everyone is looking for the next big thing since the Twilight films end this year and Harry Potter ended last year. This movie is based on 1 of 3 young adult books just like those two.
This movie was excellent. I have read all 3 books in the series and this movie was successful even more then Harry Potter and Twilight it felt like I was watching the book on screen. It wasnt as graphic as the books, and they left out a few parts but the movie flowed so well. I would love to see it again. My parents saw it and they are older, and I am not a teen. So I would recommend this movie for ANY age its simply wonderful.
My recommendation is: read the books (all 3!) if you havent but watch the movie first if you havent read the books its better that way. :)