if you haven't read the books, you'll be walking out half way through.

Rating: 1/10 (21 November 2009)

Before I go any further, I'd like to point out i'm a 16 year old girl, who has read all the books and loves vampires :D so this review may come to a shock to you all.
OK. I might as well get straight to the point. I hated this movie. I was even tempted to walk out half way through multiple times, but was dying to see the scenes involving the Volturi - which were extremely short and very disappointing. Dakota Fanning is very overrated and does not fit in with her role in the movie. She added no personality! She's too old and not terrifying in the slightest. In fact, she was a very boring character and Jane is certainly not boring. When we were first introduced to the character, I was frustrated and disappointed instantly. It's completely different in the book; Jane appears from darkness and slowly reveals herself by pulling off her hood in a creepy manner. She certainly doesn't power walk down a hallway.
Who was good in the movie? Taylor Lautner was fantastic in this movie. I really believed he was Jacob. He portrayed the role of Jacob superbly.
The Volturi clan. Loved them all, apart from Jane.
Alice Cullen. Loved, loved, loved her! Brought humour and liveliness to the movie.
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart gave a fairly average performance. Kristen was god damn awful. Never shed any tears once - signs of a bad actress. Kept doing this fast blinking motion with her eyes? Throughout the whole movie, she looked as though she was about to fall on her back and have an epileptic fit at any moment! It was exactly the same in the first one. I just hoped she would have brushed up on her acting skills. Sadly, she didn't!
Robert looked far older than 17. He passed for 17 in the first one, but he looks as though he's aged 7 years within a year? Could be down to ageing naturally of course, which can't be helped, but his make up, hair and clothing didn't do him any favours.
Overall, the movie was pretty awful. It was very slow to start off with and felt fairly rushed at the end. I wished the volturi scenes had been extended and I felt they could have also have done the same with the cinema scene when we saw a different side to Jacob. This played a vital part in the book, but in the movie it seemed quick and short.