i watched the movie on a whim and wound up really liking it - enough to read all the books. i'm not into that kind of stuff so it took me a while to even give the movie a shot. i wouldn't have ever picked up the books if i didn't see the movie.

a lot of people think the books are better than the movie...i suppose i don't have a very active imagination so it was easier for me to read the books already having an idea of things from the movie.