Forgive me for silly questions, but what did you think of the comparison between the original book and the movie. Although I found the first part of the book introduced the character's backgrounds better I was very happy to find that the "Black door" so to speak was much better in the movie. I just found it a little ridiculous that the magical black door leads to the present where he runs around in jeans. It killed a bit of the magic for me, whereas the move it was his past still but in a more fanciful way and had him fighting the war instead of being just a kid playing football.