I really liked this except for the ending. Which seems to be the general opinion most people have, so at least I’m not alone. The end was suckily cliche and seems completely ridiculous. It was like they realized that with only ten minutes left, this would be a HUGE BUMMER unless they tacked on a stupid happy-ever-after. Thus, a film that was scary because it seemed everyone was doomed in a hopelessly inevitable way, suddenly came to a screeching, sappy halt. The fuck?

On another note, I thought it was actually quite witty very often, Tom Cruise played it really well. And Dakota Fanning is a surprisingly good actress for a kid, she has a slightly sarcastic way of delivering her lines that makes her pretty cool.

I’m amazed at how identical the book and movie are. The book’s ending was stunningly gruesome, though. Awesome, but disgusting. Alex Garland did, after all, write ‘28 Days Later’ as well.

Abso-fucking-lutely brilliant. Laugh out loud funny, even. No wonder Nick Hornby’s books usually get made into movies; they’re realistic enough for people to actually relate to them, while still being entertaining.

Really good, so much better than pretty much all of the previous ones. Christian Bale is the first actor since Michael Keaton to do this role any justice.

I generally like Nick Hornby’s non-fiction better than his fiction, but the story sounds interesting.

I loved the movie, it was ridicuously surreal and more than a little disturbing, so I thought I’d like to try this.

So much more than I expected. It was funny and engaging and had a nice little twist at the end. The lack of a major love interest was refreshing, too.

A big twist at the end surprised me, and – as always – I was completely engaged in the story, but it seems like EJD is getting a little hmmm pretentious with his writing style. It’s too flowery for his gritty, realistic storylines. Doesn’t match. I’m a little tetchy about his much-overused dialogue gimmick of writing sentences without any real opener; instead of, say, “I wish it would stop raining. I need to go to the store today.” he’ll write “Wish it would stop raining. Need to go to the store today.” Does anyone TALK like this 24/7? It drives a grammar nazi like me CRAZY.

Cute, but had some major plot points changed from the book. Still, I enjoyed it. Could’ve been a little shorter though.

Sounds fun.