So bad. So, so bad.
My son and I love these books. He's nine and he literally spent the entire movie groaning. I feel like the only thing they took from the books were the names of characters; everything else is completely unrecognizable. We tried to enjoy this movie by itself, without considering the books, but even by itself it just doesn't make any sense. When it was over, we were most excited by the fact that we never have to watch it again.
My son is hoping this movie at least stirs up enough new interest in the books that Netflix will make a series out of it, because that might actually be decent.
Painful.