[jyl]

I liked the movie. It is a lot like the first Harry Potter movie. Meaning that it sticks as close to the book as a movie could reasonably do, down to the dialogue and key panels, and thus can't be particularly creative on its own. Technically well done, good casting, and moves along pretty well, unless you're utterly lost, which I probably would have been if I hadn't just speed-read the book. Thanks for the suggestion, jeffgrant.