i know the trailer shatter everyone who ever read the book ( s ) . it be clear that they have do something to it ( them ) . and it wasn not good . have see the film i have get good news and bad news . the good news be that the cast ( sans the woefully miscast and actually quite terrible christopher eccleston ) be actually quite good . there be something warm and fuzzy about the bunch that some how lifts the rest of the proceeding out of the muck and mire . the bad news be that the film be still cover in the muck and mire . oh please do not ask me how the film compare to the book and it just not worth it . the problem be that they have refashion the film to be a family sort of movie . it reek of be the sort of thing thats good for kid and not too scary and not too tax . the result be that everything suddenly become clichéd . actually the first sign that be in heavy cliché territory be the score which could be swap out with almost any other similar film with no loss whats so ever . it so generic a to be white noise . the look of the film be almost a generic . the result be that what ever work in the book be laughable here . okay bring in plot twist a now b now c. only the cast ( a i say ) make it at all watchable . do i ever need to see it again . no . do you need to see it . not really and though i be sure you will see it when it hit cable .