I like the books, but not the movie.
I do think its the perfect source material for a musical (I'm not sure I'd want to see it). However, musicals made out of book series always make me nervous. How would you fit four, lengthy books into two and a half hours? Even if it was a longer piece, around three hours, it would still be a stretch.
I want to apologize for some offensive messages posted on this board under my name. The night 0f 12-15-08 I did not have internet access, and someone had used my name to post something offensive. My avatar was also changed. I dont' know what else was posted, or if anyone recieved bad PMs, but I want to apologize for that. I've changed my password, and even though I was not the one posting these messages it still needed to be corrected.