Im not going to say it was my all time favorite movie, but, it was pretty dang AWESOME! Storyline was followed and explained as best you can in a two hour movie ( it really is a rather complicated story to tell) The CG in the film was darned fantastic and the characters were well casted. The voice of Iorek Byrnison (Ian McKellan) was... PERFECT. he was one of the more important characters that i was worried about the voice of, and i am highly pleased. Lee Scoresby was PERFECT! i couldnt have asked for a better Lee! ( Sam Elliot)
All in all, with the time limit of a movie like this im going to say, it was well done.
You can get nitpicky or you can appreciate it for what it is. I should mention that it WOULD make more sense if you read the books. But they do a fairly decent job at explaining most of the important stuff. Ill watch it a few more times before i actually do get picky about it, but overall i really did enjoy it!