Really Surprised!

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

I just saw this movie in German version, didnt'n know the author, the film and whatever. Before I say something of the film, I want to complain an unfair and rather stupid behaviour on IMDb.The problem with IMDb is one can emphasize without proving to be on the level. I collect films from the 50ties + 60ties (amongst other) and sometimes I get angry when some youngsters rate a film from that period with 1 just because they have no clue how it was then, the postwar culture, the cold war feeling, which led to feel-good cinema etc, the whole atmosphere, and these kids from the app era want to make us believe they are able to judge such films? they are still green behind the ears and cry mommy when they get hurt. Worse to me is that only sub 18 y old rate the film below 2 and yep mostly from Poland. Don't you know you are torpeding your OWN country rating on IMDb and that you should be GLAD that someone at least tried to put the book to the silver screen? You are so pathetic insisting how bad the movie is and how good the books are. Be happy for a frist try and hope and lobby for someone else to take the story.I certainly read more SciFi, Horror, Fantasy etc books in my youth than most of you, I am really certain. And I never ever cared for Tolkien. You people are so narrow minded. There are hundreds of good novels and books. And one should not glue to one author, that is a problem because you have not enough experience with other themes, books, possibilities etc. Again, you should CHEAR UP Poland Cinema and not kill it. I am now too old to read such books, because I read only art history and architecture and history books because of my work. No time for fiction anymore. But I regularly look films because I can still do some work. Reading needs more concentration.Of course most of the negative reviews are 10 y old, as said I did not know the stroy author film. I don't care. It is watchable as a TV movie and I gave him 7 points just for the freshness of the story and 1 for a Poland film. My normal rating would be 5. I think some of you youngsters should correct your terrible 1 ratings. Not fair at all. give a 3 or 4 for Gods sake. There are truly bad films, but agian, you are too young and to fixed on the ONLY book you might have read besides comics.

I'm for or even against :) according to what Batcheek from Czech Republic said. Yes LOTR is not quite comparable to this story but I think others are saying about execution/script and this we can compare. According to story I like this more realistic one because I can watch it many times and LOTR not so much. According to execution of this film I really don't like film but mini serial is OK. This serial doesn't reflect books. It is common in other productions like Dune because of nature of film. I also like music and play/songs of Zbigniew Zamachowski (Jaskier) except Zebrowski's play. I'm waiting on new movies of Sapkowski books.

Chris CSo, maybe the budget of this film was near to 20 dollars. But have you seen Jackson's Lord of the Rings. Yes, there are much animation, there are 11 Oskars... for what? Only the first part is close to book, and the rest... Tolkien should be disappointed. If you want to see not just FX - the movie is really great. It is humorous, like an authors books. Yes, budget is really small, but the plot is exciting. About actors - dear Chris C - show me people from street who can play better. Zhebrovski is very good. Remember his role in "Ognyem i myechem". There are no wooden dolls. Lyutik is great. The actress playing Yennefer is what I expected to see. Maybe Poland haven't Orlando Bloom and Liv Tyler for elves, but... Sapkovski isn't Tolkien. His world is different. So, for my opinion film is worth looking. Sorry for horrible English. Chris C - sorry for this comment. I just like Poland and polish films from "Chterey Panzerni" and "Pan Wolodyovski" till "Ognyem i Myechem" and "Wedzmin". And I think, that film is good enough to see it.

Wiedzmin books (the first two volumes are stories on which this fatal movie is based) and five further volumes i.e. Wiedzmin Saga are perfectly written piece of fantasy literature. I can agree that their author borrowed a lot from Tolkien but he added so much his own spice that at least in my opinionthey are much more exciting that Tolkien's Middleearth Saga.If only we(Poles) had someone like Peter Jackson to direct the movie based on Wiedzmin Saga (and enough money, but not so much as for LOTR) that potential movie would shake Hollywood.But for now we can only cry in despair that someone spoilt such piece of great fantasy.Kind regards, Paul Wiedzmin's(book version) fan