I was kind of annoyed by the book. But I have to say that I liked the movie. How many times can you say that? Usually the movie based on the book sucks. I'm probably in the minority saying this, but I dug the movie more. The book was okay, but the fact that the big-screen version toned down a lot of things from the book for the sake of time, made my movie-going experience that much more enjoyable.

It made me want to read the second book. Which I will. Soon.