It was released in theatres today and I went to go and see it. It's a typical 'my kind of movie' I guess. English accents + fantasy genre for the win! The visual effects and cg creatures were amazingly believable and the whole setting rocked. The kid actors were pretty cool I guess, but 3 of the 4 didn't have any acting…
I thought the child actors were utter pish and that spoiled a lot of it. I'm surprised people liked them let alone labelled them exceptional ( unless you were meaning exceptionally bad but hey its all opinion). I found myself feeling that it was a shame that so many powerhouses of the effects industry were thrown together…