the maker of this film completely destroy all the magic of susan cooper beloved book . they turn it into a horribly make teeny pop movie attempt . the character be weak with no development and the acting be just embarrass to watch . they barely have any scene from the actual book and the legendary dark epic feel be completely lose . the character of will be the young boy who find out he be endow with magic before harry potter be even create and i be sad to see them throw away these book with a quick production to try to catch the coattail of the potter craze . ( don not get me wrong . i be a big harry potter fan . ) even the special effect and visuals be poor and the editing be totally disjointed . ugh and i can not even list all the problem with this movie . even the camera work be sloppy and seem to be desperately try to make something out nothing . suffice it to say i have nothing really good to say about this movie at all . i have to force myself to watch the whole thing and it be quite painful . i hope cooper allow another remake in the future . i would love to see these book do properly .