Thanks! I think I'll wait. Because I did adore the original film and it still is vivid in my mind. Even read the book upon which it is based -- which is nothing like it.

I've dismissed it as an irrelevance. It looks amazing and the soundtrack is fantastic but it's completely disposable.

From the non-spoilery reviews that I read that was my general interpretation. The people who loved it -- loved the visuals but not the plot or story, they went on and on about how pretty the film was. Nor did they have much memory of the original and in some cases hadn't even seen the original film.

It's was the spectacle they adored.

And well, I need more than that in a film to justify three hours.