Strong beginning before it fizzles out into run-of-the-mill and ends a bit on the dramatic note of 'I wanted to be so much more as a movie'.

It is NOT bad. My expectations were just a bit too high.

Just meh.

So much wasted potential. : -(

I know it didn't age well but I was so obsessed with this movie (and the books). At some point I knew most of the movie by heart. Ah, my youth...