Nothing more than this 1 word is needed when you try to compare it to the book: Just terrible. If you judge it like a movie for kids , well then it can get a 5 at most. And what we mean when we say it is a movie for kids? Are the kids stupid? The movie must contain pink ponies? I know kids that read the books and some of them understood more things than i did. It mustn't have any violence? Kids don't see, don't leave in violence every day? Isn't Peter Pan a violent book? And no, violence isn't about showing bodies bled like they have an internal amazon. All the phylosophical depth and all the opinions about church has been removed and without all these the film is just another fantasy story. I wonder what they are going to do at the other 2 films (i hope they don't make them) where all these phylosophical opinions are bound to the plot. But to make things even worse the plot has been simplified and parts than added depth to the characters have been removed. Even the visual effects were nothing particular. I have seen lots of stupid films that had astonishing visual effects and sound that they save the film from garbage. This doesn't happen in this film. Soundtrack? I can't remember a single note. The actors were doing their best with the flat and simple screenplay they had. New line cinema tried to use their fame from LOTR. I don't know why since they didn't want or they were afraid to put all the philosophical depth in the film they bothered making it? On a final note , don't watch the film read the book. If you already have made the mistake, try to forget it and read the book.