I've seen this film or parts of it several times in the past year. It isn't good (due to a weak script and the acting of Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson) but I wonder if anyone has read the source novel. Its an intriguing story concept.
At a book signing recently during Q&A, Brandon Sanderson answers a question regarding movie adaptions of books and how little power the author has in movie development and brought up this book & movie as an example.
Great book and I suspect the author spent some time in Aggieland since his book Wildside (which is also good) takes place in B/CS. I didn't enjoy Blind Waves by him but Helm may be his best work.