I'm going to chime in with a few varied thoughts here:
First off, I left this movie with two totally different opinions. As a movie, on its own, it was fun action packed popcorn fare. That description, by default, accounts for minor plot holes, and ridiculous non-realistic acts, actions etc.
As a movie based on a book, I think it was fairly terrible to very terrible. Not going with the usual, "the book is always better" which is almost always true; the problem here is that movie diverted too often from the book for what seemed to me at least to be no need other than to create an action movie rather than a drama with action movie.
Added characters, removal of other characters, limiting of factors that gave character development and drive... all things done simply to make the simple action movie. I think they were moves that did not need to be made and I could see a more true-to-the-book interpretation as having been a great film.
The biggest problem I had, having read the book recently, was having AL seem to possess supernatural strength and agility which I feel diminished his task, efforts, commitment, and success. In the book, having him be a very strong (through training) and very skilled (through training and experience) was enough and it just made it more substantive I guess.
The film in the end enhanced his 'abilities' beyond human for the action sequences which again, for an action flick, makes sense to be able to make those more surreal. Just really the only way to enjoy this movie was to treat it as NOT related to the book at all which may have been easier if not having just read the book.
The simplistic "hey just in case you didn't get it" moments were a bit stuffed down your throat..the fork with A.L. on it seemed to be thrown in there in case for some reason someone didn't already make the connection to the silver cannonballs on their own. And I have to agree with some people earlier having an issue with how the 'vampires can't kill vampires" was portrayed. If Henry could not stab Adam, then it is he can't harm him, which meant the fight between Barts and Henry and the fight between Adam and Henry would be impossible. A better approach would have been having the stab connect and then have Adam just pull it back out demonstrating the lack of being able to kill, so that the combat could still be a non-plot hole.
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