I'm pretty sure I saw the movie before reading MotR...pretty sure. I actually enjoyed the movie. Well, I'd been warned, so my expectations were low. *g* Besides...there was a lot of potential there--and a lot that a decent writer can do with fan fiction that improves upon the original. *g*

Which leads me to MotR. I like it very much. I've burned out on some of HG, but this one still grabs me. I like the serialized way in which it appears to have been written--as if bits and pieces of it were appearing in public--so there are lots of cliffhangers. It just...takes you along for the ride. I'm not surprised it kept you up! It did the same with me. Enjoy!

Oh, and I do very much see them as an AU version of Bodie and Doyle. *g*