The movie might be fine as a stand-alone. It has really good visuals especially in the dream-world and a plot that carries you.
My problem is knowing the books too well as I sometimes listen to them to fall asleep and knowing how much they changed and I'm not even talking about how the characters' appearances differ from their looks in the book. I'm talking about the story itself, the characters backstories, their motives etc. Also some characters are missing, some running gags aren't in the film at all. I finished the movie anyway, but probably won't watch it again.
Some of the visuals might carry over to my view of the story though, especially the look of the corridor is intriguing to me and is much more imaginative than the first picture in my head.
My problem is knowing the books too well as I sometimes listen to them to fall asleep and knowing how much they changed and I'm not even talking about how the characters' appearances differ from their looks in the book. I'm talking about the story itself, the characters backstories, their motives etc. Also some characters are missing, some running gags aren't in the film at all. I finished the movie anyway, but probably won't watch it again.
Some of the visuals might carry over to my view of the story though, especially the look of the corridor is intriguing to me and is much more imaginative than the first picture in my head.