the time traveler's wife movie meet up

a few of us met up last weekend to escape the brutal heat outside and to go see "the time traveler's wife" since we read the book a few months ago. overall i think we all enjoyed it... they left out the stuff we all think should have been left out of the book and i personally like the way the movie ended better than the book.
not sure how good the movie would be without reading the book first... i think it might be a little strange and depressing....
but i do think rachel mcadams was perfect for the part though...