be a fan of john malkovich and i expect his performance to be no less than excellent . but unfortunately and his performance be really disappointing . on the other hand and jeremy iron and another great actor and do a great role . i have not read the book and but i have be tell that a lot of the main plot be not in the movie . do the movie maker try to keep the movie short to go against other popular fantasy movie ( the lord of the ring and harry potter and etc ) . there be scene that do not make any sense and do not provide useful information . this be a movie that one would watch on a sunday evening when there be nothing else to do .