I disagree with IowaMan in that *all* of the books had way too much to squeeze into a movie. That's pretty mucht he nature of the book vs film media.

However, in translating to a different medium, the screenplay writers did a good job this time around: they cut a whole lot of what didn't drive the story, they wern't afraid to re-write things for the screenplay that needed re-writing, and when they did, they did stay true to the spirit of the story. In other words, they managed to tell the same story without trying to make it exactly the same as the book. You can't really do that with a movie.

Overall, I think this was the best of the series turned from book-to-movie.

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