A large group of my friends and myself had been waiting for this for some time. We even went so far as to make a trip to the Chinese theater in Hollywood to see if in laser 3D glory on their massive screen.

The movie just ended up being so so for everyone in the group. Characters weren't fully developed, plot holes, etc. I personally didn't read the book so as to not have unfair comparison to movie. But as many have said the book is a million miles better compared to movie.

Effects good, there was lots of (promised) action but it just wasn't really exciting. Never really connecting with the characters.