Decided to watch it to see what all the fuss was about.

Great movie. Would recommend it to anyone.

didn't care for it much. i thought the plot was good (i'm sure the book was great), but the movie seemed like it was geared towards a high school aged audience. everything was very flat and one dimensional...characters, writing, etc. it just felt like nothing was developed...just threw a bunch of tear jerker material out there...cheap writing. BUT, i'm not so sure that it was ever meant to be anything more than that.

[This message has been edited by jim hat (edited 4/2/2005 10:43p).]

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I agree, Mr. Hat. It was entertaining enough, but it seemed like the book was probably way too long to be made into a two hour movie. Too many short, choppy scenes and, like you said, no development. The war scene where his SPOILER best friend died was a joke. About a 30 second cut of what should be an incredibly dramatic life-changing event. It just seemed like they crammed way too much into it, which kept it from being a meaningful, developed story.