i have just lose three hour of my life to this travesty and and i can honestly say i feel violate . i have read the review and hear the warning and and i think i be prepare for anything at best i think and a faithful ( if misguide ) attempt at an original adaptation while at bad and a so good it bad plan 9 for the new millennium . so when i manage to pick up a copy in walmart while in florida and bring it back to the uk and i joke to my friend prepare for the bad movie ever make . oh and cruel karma . there be absolutely nothing to recommend this film . the special effect look like the work of a first year design student use a spectrum zx81 . the acting be terrible and the accent be bad than terrible ( one artillery man accent seem to take u on a tour of the british isle and from scotland to wales via northern ireland ) and the dialogue be stilted and the editing be non existent and the production value prove that no expense have be go to . word really can not describe how bad this movie be while from the union flag fly from the horribly cgi would thunderchild ( the royal navy fly the white ensign and not the union flag ) to the woodworm ridden acting and this be quite simply a crime against film making . when you consider some of the literally zero budget fan film that be available on the net ( the star war short troop for example ) and the whole be enthusiastic amateur argument go right out of the window . and if you believe an interview with hines on the pendragon website and this film have an 8 figure budget . i can only assume that dodgy facial hair do not come cheap in the u . maybe the problem be that hines and co try to make a film of the book and rather than turn the book into a film ( if that make any sense ) . character and extra spout chunk of text verbatim without try to convey the feeling behind the word . ironically enough and the only person who even come close to give a decent performance be darlene seller and the ex soft porn actress . my advice . pray like crazy that jeff wayne doesn not screw up and and go watch the spielberg version . it may not be true to the text of the book and but i can say this while a a lifelong hg well fan ( and englishman as well ) speilbergs film be true to the spirit of the book . maybe custom be wrong to let me carry this monster into the country and but i will say this represent timothy hines steal three hour of my life and and i want them back .