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Here we have two (seemingly) young 20-somethings, one is a student (an English major) and the other is a day trader (if I heard correctly), and they lived inside a large and expensive house, with expensive furnishings and driving a convertible sports car. That is so fake... (ha, ha). This movie was filmed in 2007 before the economic downturn and there were news stories about how credit card companies and banks were lending out all kinds of money to younger people, but this is a little ridiculous. I couldn't get that out of my head when I watched the movie.

Yes, I watched the movie last night and it wasn't bad. I did not jump once, partly because you were warned when something was going to happen when you heard a low drone or hum. I watched it late at night (starting at 12:45 am) with the lights off but I wasn't bothered by it -- not in the least. But I still found it to be an interesting story and I would like to watch it again some day (at least one year from now; I bought the DVD).

7/10.

This is my opinion, and it differs from the majority of other users. I accept that.

I did not know about the series until late summer and I was extremely interested. I have read all of the books (all but one have been read twice; I may have even read some of the earlier books 3 times, but I cannot remember), so I was eager to see the small screen adaptation of the books.

Unfortunately, after trying to watch a couple of episodes, I couldn't stand it and deleted the other episodes saved on my PVR. Part of the problem is that I tried to watch the series mid-way through, but I thought I could wade through it since I read books. I was wrong. The story varied so much from the books I found it frustrating to find out what was going on.

I wanted to view the series on TV because I was probably a few mouse-clicks from buying the show on DVD but I thought it would be prudent to watch it on TV to see if I would like it.

So my advice is that if you are a fan of Goodkind's Sword of Truth novels, please be advised you may not enjoy the series. Had I not read the books, there is a much better chance I would have enjoyed the series, especially given everyone else's comments but I was expecting more continuity with the novels (based on my limited view of the series).