Wish Cathrine Hardwicke had done it instead

Rating: 4/10 (26 November 2009)

I knew when I went to the movie that it would NEVER be a good as the book, even though that particular book of the series was not my favorite. The first bit dragged a little and some important scenes (or what I thought important) were not there. The last half where I thought they would spend the majority of the movie, in Volterra was rushed. They sped through, not in keeping with the book as Edward never fought the volturi.I understand when transferring a book to a movie some things you have to change to make the movie move a little faster and such. But somethings were just odd how they worded and did them. Unnecessarily changing some scenes that kinda ruin some bits for the next movie. Like in that one scene near the end when Jacob came over to remind Edward of the treaty, in the book Bella tells him it's none of his business. So at the point in time he doesn't realize that she is going to become a vampire. In the next book when he comes to find out, it sets some things in motion.
The music score for this movie disappointed me. Cause I actually don't even remember there being any. In the first movie music plays a big part I think, to get the right setting.
Also the person who helped the cast with acting should be drug out into the streets and shot. Most of the lines were said just as if they had read them for the first time and had no time to put any emotion or feeling into their words. Robert Pattinson did a not too bad job, but Taylor Lautner (whom i love do not get me wrong), when he was trying to be all mad and stuff, it didn't sound right at all. And Kristen Stewart never had any emotion. Bella isn't nearly as dead in the books as she is in the movie.
My conclusion? Chris Weitz did a shoddy job with this production, and I'm glad he's not doing the next one. Because it's one of my favorite's and if he ruined it too, I would probably do something very bad to him