Reply #12: In all fairness

[Shadder]

I think that they made the movie with the thought that just about anyone that would see it had read the book so they could get away with taking a lot out of it. They are, of course, wrong. The overall impression that I came away with was that in this movie not only was it too short, but they put too much work into setting it up for future TV broadcast. I mean it was just too easy to see where all the ad cuts would be.

If I had my way, I would like to see them do like the Lord of the Rings where they put out an extended edition with all the extras placed in the correct order in the film. Of course, I would also love to see Peter Jackson do the remaining movies also but thats another story.......