If you are a fan of the books at all, don't bother wasting two and a half hours of your life that you will never get back. The screenplay COMPLETELY alters the story of the book (not to mention about completely altering events that happened in the book), leaving out extremely vital and crucial information that will be difficult to explain in the last movie. There were some amusing moments in the movie that I enjoyed, but 90% of the time, I was wishing I could just get up and go home. If you loved the books.. don't waste your time watching this movie. It will be painful for you to sit through.