Followed the book, but not very well

Rating: 8/10 (20 November 2009)

Seeing this movie without having read the book would be a bad idea. For a fan of the books, this movie is perfect as it covers pretty much everything in the book in one way or another. Some details have been tweaked like Bella getting on the motorcycle in Port Angeles, but not enough so as to ruin the essence of the movie.
From an artistic standpoint, the movie had beautiful settings and the effects were well done like the appearance of the werewolves and the hallucinations Bella had. The atmosphere of the movie was well done, dark and mysterious, aided hugely in this by the music chosen.
Overall however, the effect of trying to follow everything in the book, and still adding enough action to satisfy (like the fight in the Volturi tower) made the movie a little disjointed, moving from scene to scene very quickly. It was a bit slow moving, which was perfect for the book, but for a movie adaptation, should maybe have been a little more fast-paced.
As a fan of the books, i thoroughly enjoyed the movie, as it was true to the book and the actors did a fairly OK job of portraying the characters, however if you are simply going for the movie experience, you may be left wanting more.
8/10