Did We See The Same Movie????

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2009)

I'm reading through these comments and I am just... I don't even have a word. People upset about the long opening of showing the title... wth? What did that matter? It's quite a petty point. The eyes that they changed, which I had noticed from the trailers, I actually really liked. It was more of what I pictured in the book... and at least they didn't show any closeups that literally showed the contact lines like Twilight. Yes they went through things a bit choppy and quick relying a lot on the readers of the book, but they tried to put in as much from the book as they could. I found it extremely easy to follow and felt it completely put Twilight to shame (which I love so don't go down that road.) I don't know anyone that walked out of that theater disappointed.
I found the acting very well done, so I don't understand that either. Kristen pulled me into every scene... her devastation was obvious and her transformation from zombie to some what normal as she hung out with Jacob was very apparent. Her screaming from her sleep was quite realistic. Robert's dialog was emotional... which is what the whole book was about. The character Edward chooses his words wisely because he doesn't know what Bella thinks and knows she usually comprehends it the completely opposite, hence the pauses in between lines. The conversations in the movie were word for word from the book. Some people complain about Jacob taking off his shirt... saying they just put that in there... but that's what he did in the book. Some people didn't like the ending... but that is how the book ends.
I just don't understand what most of you are talking about. I went into the movie with High Expectations and found the movie exceeded them. Most of the comments I'm reading are from people that didn't even want to GO to see the movie. I feel like they don't like the actors that play the part for whatever reason and their opinion of the movie is bias. Perhaps my opinion is bias since I read the script and knew exactly what to expect, but I LOVED the movie. I LOVE the books. I LOVE the story and I left that theater euphoric. If you want to see a movie with bad acting go see 2012... which is all CGI and nothing else.
And just in case someone wants to go down this road... I am 27, I read a lot of books most vampire based. I'm not some 12 year old that will swoon over any hot guy. I watch and read for the story which I love and I am just baffled by these people complaining. I just don't understand.
Add On Next Morning: Okay now that I have sleep and I'm no longer illusive... I still say that the movie was unexplainably fantastic. I take back absolutely nothing I've said, but there was one thing that I realize in my sleep that they cut too short. And this is NOT a spoiler because 1. if you read the book you know what I'm talking about and 2. it was in the trailer. The one thing, and it is pretty obvious, that they shortened was the race to Italy. They go from Forks to Plane to Porshe in literally seconds... even cutting out the line from the trailer when Alice is warning Bella about the Volturi. That is the one and ONLY thing that they messed up and I will admit it's a pretty big mess up... but by no means did it ruin the movie in anyway.
ROUND 2: Took my mom to see the movie today and tried to go in with the perspective of all the people that said they were disappointed trying to scrutinize the movie to every last detail, because I want to understand why you guys were so disappointed and why you were thinking about all these petty things. Well with as much of a bad attitude I could find to go in to see this a second time in less than 24 hours. Do you know what I came away with... the disbelief to how so many people could find so many unrealistic and unreasonable reasons to not only be disappointed but to not even enjoyed the movie. I can honestly say that I don't know a single person that came out of either of the showings unhappy or disappointed in ANYTHING except that it came to an end. In conclusion... I just don't get it.
And so this ends the best to my ability a very complete review.