An average movie

Nowadays, every time they try to adapt a fantasy novel, the studios involved always hope they will get the next huge franchise like Harry Potter. This, for example, was the first book of a trilogy but I guess we won't see the other books adapted anytime soon, Personally, I would blame Brendan Fraser, but that's me... I mean, the guy is just way too bland to be a lead acto but he still keeps getting starring roles and it just blows my mind. On the other hand, and this was the main reason why I wanted to watch this flick on the first place, there was a really neat supporting cast (Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis, Jennifer Connelly, Jim Broadbent) and they all delivered some solid performances. Concerning the story itself, it was at first rather boring and it took really too long to start. But then, finally, when they got to Capricorn's castle, it started to become a little bit more existing and this tale did work quite well then. To conclude, it was a rather standard fantasy feature with nothing really new or original but it was still fairly entertaining so I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.