What a nonsense ... It should have been called "A Discovery of Mumblers and Moaners" - I really enjoyed the books but this is such a sad adaptation. I could have done a better job with it.

Half of it you cannot understand because the actors mumble - and sadly Amazon offers no subtitles. The action scenes are severely downplayed and not fully envisioned.

As for the male lead - Matthew Goode comes across as 30-year-old windbag rather than a 1500-year-old warrior, spy, prince, scientist, poet... And the wonderful Teresa Palmer seems to have misplaced her ability to project the magic she had in "Warm Bodies".

A total lack of grid, chemistry, and magic.