Watch ONLY if you've read the book and have NOT seen trailers

Rating: 5/10 (21 November 2009)

I watched this movie with my wife, who is a fan and have read the books.
Pace was slow, and fast. Romantic wannabe scenes were drawn too long, plot details were skipped too fast. Trailer had 'adrenaline'. Movie had none.
Most of the movie I wish I was somewhere else. Some jokes were funny but that's it. I knew Jacob is a ware wolf. Trailer gave away the only thing that I'd love. If I wanted to know, I would've read the book....
I kept asking my wife when we came home about unexplained plot details and she explained that
Vampires:

Every vampire had certain powers, which they sorta did when they were human. Now as vampires they're 10 fold

Alice can see future, bits and pieces. She was considered a witch and tortured until she was made a vampire and those powers became 10 fold.

Edward could read minds except Bella's, which intrigued him

Jasper can lighten or sadden the mood of room. He was newest hence couldn't resist human blood as well as other Collins...

They chose frock because it's the wettest place in America and very less sun will keep them disguised.

Werewolves:

Mother nature balance, they're vampire killers. Kids of town having vampires start turning into ware-wolves after they hit puberty.

Vampires could NOT feel their presence (genetically or something, Ware wolves can fee vampire's) and hence Alice could NOT see them in her premonitions. That is why she saw Bella falling down, Victoria swimming towards her but couldn't see Jacob saving her.

Jacob's father didn't become ware-wolf because there were no vampires when he hit his puberty.

The ELDER Vampires (whatever their name was) wanted to kill Bella because even as a human, she's so powerful that vampires like Edward can't read her mind or cause her pain, imagine those powers 10 times with Bella as a vampire may not be too good for vampire clan, and may become obvious. That's why they were curious to see her and then were convinced to kill her.
After knowing all this, movie made some sense to me and I kinda like it. Else it was 1 / 10. That's why I recommend read a book or know book summary, THEN see this movie. I love portrayal of mythical creatures like harry potter / LOTR, even if it's for vampires.
Book to Movie Adaptation: It's no Lord of the Rings.
What I do NOT understand, why they wanted to kill Edward? And how long a distance vampire / ware wolf can detect another vampire? Town?
From Twilight, why Jason, Vistoria's love, HAD to eat Bella and Bella only? Somewhat that protected food?
What I wanted to see was Victoria scaring us all by kidnapping Bella (who loves to walk alone in spooky forests), standing over her, a little beating, tasting her 'dessert' a bit as revenge, then Edward and Werewolves joining powers to rescue her. Or at least in Bella's window for a scare. Not stupid elders and boring love trio.
It is a chick flick, and lot of noisy chicks were in the theatre. It was fun to watch movie with hard core fans.