I was not disappointed!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (20 November 2009)

I'm not one of those crazy fanatics, but I have read the series a few times, and yes, I was at the midnight showing last night. I wanted to see it and get my own opinion before all these bogus reviews came out.
I thought the movie was a huge improvement from Twilight (although I did enjoy Twilight) because it was easy to see what the larger budget allowed them to do. The special effects were great. The wolves looked so much better than in the first preview that was aired.
People seem so surprised that Edward was not in it that much...If you read the books, you know that this book is more about Jacob and Bella's relationship anyway so stop complaining.
As far as the ending is concerned, I love that this movie stuck to the book in almost every way, and it left it at the same place the book does. There is nothing wrong with the end...it's called a cliff hanger! The only thing I worried about was if I had not read the books...would the movie have made sense. I felt like the bits and pieces they cut out left small holes in the story line...especially with everything dealing with the "Royal" family.
I did LOVE how they used "Dear Alice" e-mails to explain Bella's feelings as she went from zombie to almost happy with Jacob. It was a great way to show how she was changing emotionally.
All in all, I enjoyed it. And by the way...I am not a teenage girl...and I will have to see this movie again because I missed some of the conversations due to little girls screaming over Jacob with his shirt off. But yes, he does look good!