They did what they could in the time that they had, and I thought they did a very good job of it. Nevertheless, I'm glad I read at least two books of the series (the first two) before I watched this film. They crammed a lot into this film. And for as much explanation that the book got to provide, the movie handled divvying it up very well.
A Canada-Germany film, which intrigues me.
The use of Bach's music as a tool for the good guys was nice. Yay, the good guys get to use music for a change. And I'm glad they used one of my favorite lines from the book. Evidently, they did too. I can almost hear them, "We have to use that line." And I was pleased they gave the author credit that the movie was based on her original ideas.
I think there was one or two fight scenes that I would've liked to have followed a little better, but nothing a re-watch or two (or whatever) won't solve through the marvels of rewind.
The choices for condensing story needs, and other choices that I am assuming were for budget constraints, I thought were done well and understandably made. Well done guys.
