More on this later if I have time.
But I really, really thought the movie was terribly mediocre.
And this is my favorite book in the entire series. If I wanted to watch Twilight, I would have. This was Dawson's Creek with wizards, stale acting, and filled with more important scene omissions -- and scene inclusions that should NEVER have made it past post production.
See? Me and Bill Harris can disagree on something.