A failed movie franchise

This movie was supposed to be huge. Following the success of the Harry Potter franchise and even more 'The Lord of the Rings', the producers were looking for their new cashcow. And, indeed, they tried really bad to reproduce The Lord of the Rings success but it didn't work out and the sequels were cancelled. Actually if I remember correctly, even though it did tank in the US but it was actually fairly succesfull in the rest of the world. Anyway, in spite of the nice open ending, we didn't get a sequel... In my opinion, I think it was too bad because it had a great cast (Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, and the voice of Ian McKellen), some very nice visuals and the story was entertaining enough. Of course, I have no idea if it was faithful to the book or not since I haven't read it but I thought it was a decent fantasy feature and it didn't deserve such a bad rep, in my opinion. After re-watching it, I think the main issue was that that the whole thing was rather poorly written. I mean, they managed to create an intriguing world but the plot was really rushed, randomly jumping from an event to another. Apparently, Chris Weitz shouldn't be blamed since the complete movie was recut by the studio. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, there are way worse movies which get sequels and I think this flick is actually very well made and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10