yes funny you both should say that, because that is what everyone has said about it, too long, did you know most of the special effects were done by Weta Digital From Wellington NZ,I think they won a BAFTA award too.

I have just finished watching The lovely Bones, by our Peter Jackson, it was good, i read the book first, and the movie lived up to the book IMO, I commented on the special effects being really good to my husband, and saw in the credits, done by none other than our Weta Digital again,yep they are very good at what they do,they have done us proud.

Parts of the film were also shot in Wellington NZ.

And word of warning Wombat you are not stealing them and making them your's ok got that. lol