"Jackie" wrote in message
news:cauEb.425431$275.1301997@attbi_s53...

"Stephen Paul" wrote in message
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I am taking the next two weeks off from work. The first thing on my list
of
things to do when nobody is looking, is to sneak off and see this movie
as
a
weekday matinee.

I saw the first two of this series of movies and I must admit that I don't
get the hype... should I have read the books first?? I know they've been
out
since before I was born, but I have to admit that I was not familiar with
the characters or names until the movies came out. Am I missing something
by
seeing the movies without having read the books first? The movies have
great
special effects, but the whole experience of viewing them left me flat in
just about every other way.

After 45 minutes... I just walked out on the third movie. It followed the
second one right down the crapper.

-Stephen