Sorry Orgg, haven't read the Potter books. Once they hit discount prices I may pick them up. Or, if the library ever has them in stock.
From the pieces of footage they've used in ads and for promotional segments on tv shows, it looks very, very, very, VERY bad! The whole spider walk thing? Please! The thing looks to obviously wire-effect its impossible to watch without reflexively looking for the wires, and besides, Theron is far too flat to feature her bossom like that. The rest of the effects and so-called "action" are lame. And to think, promotional segments and ads usually reserve the *best* content to wow potential audiences. Hmm...looks back. Doesn't even look like it'd be worth it as a rental. I hear they also changed a lot from the animated series, which is kinda funny if you're gonna make a movie as a tribute to the animated series.
If you're after crappy movies that have a slight chance of salvation, go check out Stealth. Really isn't as bad as the reviewers make it seem. Maybe because the robot ship isn't anywhere as 2-dimensional as they were hoping for. Seriously, it ain't the bad guy in the movie. Actually kind of a heroic character after the first half of the movie.