Book is better but movie is still good

Rating: 8/10 (12 December 2008)

I did make the mistake of reading the book first. I swore to myself if I knew a book was being made into a movie I would wait for the movie, especially after the Harry Potter catastrophe. I spent every single move to busy going, "Yes, I remember that part." "Yea it happened like that." "That's not how I pictured it looking like." And so on and so forth. That was how I spent the first viewing of Twilight. The movie, to me seemed to pass by really fast. I was able to pick up on a lot of underlying sub-plots but that was again because I had read the book.
I was lucky enough to view it a second time with someone who had not read the book. So at the end I asked her what she thought. She felt the story and plot were great; there were a few things she didn't understand, like Alice's whole vision things. I did explain a few concepts behind the visions and she said it help a little to understand some parts of the movie. It wasn't that the movie skipped over it, it was just explained to fast and she missed it. She did love the chemistry between Bella and Edward. It kind of reminded her of Romeo and Juliet. For those who have read ALL the books they understand why that comparison is very entertaining.
So unlike other good books that are turned into movies I felt that this one was able to hold it's own without someone having to read the book, you just need to go see it a second time, which I feel it worth the money.