Having read the book no less than 5 times I found myself excited to see this movie probably more than any other movie in my life. I did enjoy this movie and will undoubtedly watch it again but I did come away feeling a little let down. I understand the need for Hollywood to make changes to a story to keep the story moving and also understand this movie had to overcome some MAJOR licensing obstacles but the changes to the story changed the original story considerably. From the brightside I'm looking at it like 2 different stories for the price of one.

I definitely recommend that people see the movie and hope it will draw more people to read the book. The book, to me was a masterpiece of 80's pop culture.