Disappointed

Rating: 5/10 (18 November 2009)

I read the book days before going to see it and so much important details were left out of it. I found it had too much comedy when this is suppose to be the saddest and most tense book in the series.
At first, it started really good, but when the school scene jumps straight to the birthday one, I thought that just happened all too quickly and then it just kept happening throughout the rest of the movie. Was annoyed when it skipped Charlie getting angry when Edward bought Bella back home from Italy and the meeting with Jacob. The switch from Volturi to being home was too quick. So if you hadn't read the book, you wouldn't know what had happened. The motorbike ride when she was with Jessica I thought was a waste of movie time.
I was hoping to see Bella cry more, and I didn't feel the pain or emptiness she feels in the book. Also they made Kristen look pretty in the movie when after Edward had left her, she should have looked more like how she did after the drowning scene. Edward looked much more terrible than Bella did.
As for the werewolves, you didn't see the pack much. Taylor was awesome as Jacob. Thank goodness they kept him. Didn't like that his character wasn't as rude and mean as he is in the book. There's no real difference between Pre & Post wolf Jacob to Bella which I thought was really important.
Ashley Greene's acting was pretty bad. Alice just wasn't as good as she was in Twilight. They could have showed her seeing more visions and of Edward going to the Volturi. When she told Bella about Edward it seemed all too quick & casual. And the scene when Bella gets home to find her there, Ashley didn't do it justice for me.
Lastly, the music in the movie was stupid. Nothing catchy about the tracks. Twilight had much better music. There should be the same Theme song at least.
All in all, I think Catherine Hardwicke did a better job of bringing Twilight to screen.
Really disappointed, and maybe if I hadn't read the book, I would think it was an awesome movie. Although, in saying all this, I will definitely watch it again!