Great Movie...but as a fan of these books disappointed.

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2010)

Pros-
the characters are closer to the book. The humor& banter was there.(not all of it but enough) Carlisle had a barely detectable English accent which again held true to his character (he's from england) Same thing with Jasper he had southern accent ( not a huge one) but he's from the south!
The effects were amazing!
The fight with the newborns was also cool i love the way the golden eyes look in this one.
I also liked how they showed the what was going on in seattle with riley & the newborns though these scenes weren't in the book it went with & supported the main storyline.
I swear everyone gets hotter in each movie
The movie covered the basic story
Cons-
As a book reader i felt a lot was missing from this movie.
A lot of great scene from this book are missing
the whole mind thinking (where the wolves think things and edward hears their thoughts this should have been presented in this movie.
The vamps esme's hair is caramel colored What's with Jasper & carlisle hair? these vamps are supposed to fine like movie star fine if i saw two guys walking down the street with carlisle & jasper hair "hot" wouldn't come to mind
Character inconsistency-because we have had 3 different directors the characters personalities change as well.
It veers from the storyline in that it's insinuated that the volturi are aware of victoria & her plans and of course that whole extra scene they 're in
I hate to be a stick in the mud on this one but... Why the inclusion of the word Ass? the Author is a mormon. there is no cursing in any of the books how was this pertinent? i don't really have a problem with cursing (i do it my self) but it didn't hold true to the book or the characters to do so.
so in the end it is a great movie it just felt lacking. i just wish that like harry potter these movies would follow the books more closely. if you've seen the movie. i challenge you to read the book.