I know, it is too spread out. Although it generally means that it will be a weekend thing for me, as rarely are the big matches played during the week.
Personally, given Wales' task in what might be the toughest group, it'll still be fairly gripping, but the other pools don't promise to offer as much excitement. Having said that, NZ-France and England-Argentina are massive for both NZ and England to avoid each other in the QFs. The Oz-Ire-Italy group looks a bit dull though; pity, as Ireland were brilliant in March vs England.
I would say I hope one of the teams outside the big 9 makes an impact, but I know that if they do, it'll be Samoa, at Wales' expense... Other than that, can't see any big surprises.