Decent and entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2009)

enjoyable and entertaining although it drags at times. the actors do well with the parts, the volturi are played very well and quite different then how i imagined them myself, the relationship between jacob and bella is expanded nicely, the fx are done well, nice scene with victoria, the aparitions are done well, some scenes are too long and should have been cut or shortened and other scenes such as the fight near the end should have been given more screen time and the volturi could have been developed more, the break up scene wasn't as emotional as i think i could/should have been although the nightmare scenes were done very well and were disturbing, nice bit of comedy too which was a pleasant relief from all the drama. Some scenes, such as when taylor takes his shirt of for the first time seemed to be more for a swoon effect rather than adding to the story and the scene of alice's vision of bella in the future was quite cringe worthy. all in all an entertaining adaptation with flaws, but these flaws were probably emphasised way beyond their actual significance due to the overwhelming hype and anticipation there has been over the last year.