(edited to add: Have noticed people who've given it a 10-star rating are getting an unhelpful rating by, I'm assuming, one individual.. given the fact that several of the most recent 10-star reviews have "0 out of 1 helpful". How very childish...)

I absolutely LOVED this movie. I won't give a thing away (although I'm sure most have already read the book!). I just want to say how I loved it all: the acting, the directing, the screenplay, the effects done just right, the overall tone... as close to perfection as a movie can be. I am so grateful that this series has grown with our kids. My oldest is now 18 and was a little child when the first movie came out. Rather than being dumbed down, it's grown, become more mature, darker, as it should (think the opposite of the Star Wars prequel to understand what I mean).

Excellent! Will be seeing it again a few more times before the DVD release.