I feel that the movie feel short of my expectations. I think that they did an excellent job at promoting this movie... maybe too good.
Visually the movie is amazing. But, I failed to connect with any of the characters... even Max, who I managed to connect with in a tiny book, but not here in the movie.
As my wife put it, there are way too many scene's with monsters and/or Max staring off in the distance pondering, something...
I actually found it hard to stay awake in parts. I was also VERY annoyed with how they inserted quotes from the original... The worst being the "Don't go, we'll eat you up with love you so"
People actually cried at this part... REALLY!? Crying!? argh!