Oh, so close to being good! Definitely had potential.

Rating: 6/10 (2 July 2009)

The movie definitely had potential. Some of the major shortfalls were do to the screen writing and directing. The movie should have followed the storyline better. Nothing is more disappointing to the reader than the anticipation of seeing a movie of a book they found fascinating just to be disappointed because the story was changed and condensed.
The movie was too condensed and deserved a longer run time. There were too many elements missing and made the viewer feeling "hungry" for more.
One important flaw was the characters were not developed enough. I would have given a better score if it had not been poor character development. There again a longer run time could have provided the opportunity for a more through character definition. Overall, the casting, in my opinion, was excellent, especially Edward and Alice.
In the book, the character Edward is impossibly charming and I'm sure Robert Pattinson is capable of demonstrating if he had been giving the chance. (I really wanted to see more of the alluring "crooked smiles".) In regards to the music, well, it was a little slow and dragging. (Yawn!) A more energetic sound track along along with better slower pieces would be fantastic.
There were also scenes of unintentionally awkward silences in the movie which was too painful to watch.
There were some highlights to movie I found enjoyable and that was the scene with the baseball game. The music was exciting, fast, and radiating. The music definitely enhanced the exciting and "electrifying" game. (No pun intended. Well, maybe a little.) With a new director, hopefully better music, better character development and longer movie run time maybe the movie sequel, New Moon, will be an improvement. Overall, it was good it just could have been much better.