i hardly know where to begin . huge continuity issue and bad acting and etc . for example and sam be suppose to be far from any people yet you can see the ski slope cut into the mountain next to his head . but the most fundamental problem be that the essence of the book and sam adventurousness pave the way to improve the lot of his entire family and be not even touch upon . instead and in the movie and he get tick off at his family and leave his wealthy parent to be by himself and and when he get tire of it and he go home . where be his development . where be the arc . if you have never read the book and can get through the hokey 60isms ( double or triple or quadruple vision of the falcon ) and terrible production quality ( crackle and ahem and fire and winter wind stop their howling for the dialog and then restart and etc . ) i guess it might be ok for an 8 year old . but compare to the sophistication of the book it be a terrible disappointment . read the book instead .