I started watching it, and ended up cringing through the whole thing - yet peversely could not bring myself to turn it off - perhaps I was hoping that by some miracle it would improve. It would require the brilliance of Peter whatsit - Lord of the Rings director (Jackson?) to make it into a good book as its so descriptive.
Do read the other books though - they get a little - well, silly I thought - Ailyah (was that her name?) invents everything and there's rather a lot of "how's your father" in v.descriptive detail.