I watched this on blu ray after Guardians, my overall thoughts:
I'm walking into this without the book fresh in my mind. I was tempted to read it, but then though against it. I want to judge the movie on the movie itself and not based on the book, which is rare for me. Overall, I think my initial thoughts on this movie was that it was good. I think some aspects on the film they kind of rushed and didn't build more, the parts of the book I did remember that weren't in the movie I was kind of sad, but I can't really complain because I think as just a movie, it works for the most part. I found the story compelling, the acting good, score was forgettable. I'd give it an 7.5/10, B overall.