Complete letdown

Rating: 3/10 (20 December 2008)

A total massacre of the whole story. The movie does not say enough of Bella and Edward's relationship which the first book is all about. Yeah, there are scenes with lovely views but hell some of them closeup of the forest floor and moving gave me a huge headache and not necessary. Below is a list of things right and/or wrong...
The + - the fight scene with James at the ballet studio, really nice except the biting the part.. - the baseball game, that was wicked. - the kiss ... oh la la it is hot! - even if it is not on the book, I loved it when Charlie flick his shotgun when Bella told him Edward wants to have a word.
The maybes - the monkeying around in the forest... it lack the feeling which is really a bummer - the prom night.. where was the magic? why can't they make it almost as hot as the kiss? I would've like the part where Edward told Tyler Bella is no longer available.
The definite NO - two dead? where is the blasted book does it say James's coven is on a killing spree? - Script... who wrote the script? There is no flow with the conversations. It sounds like a lazy student's summary of a hastily read book. Edward might have troubles when around Balla, but he does not have to sound as if he would puke or constipated. He should not be made to hide his accent but only made to talk slowly. - The important conversations on the secret field and on the way home from Port Angeles was distributed over most of the movie. - Bella can cook and is responsible... she is not shown as such in the film. My husband who haven't read the books thought she was very shallow in the movie. - Bella did not buy a book from that bookshop. She searched the internet about Vampires and not about the legends. - Bella left for the ballet studio not from the hotel but from the airport. - It was the "girls choice" dance where the boys want to ask Bella not the Prom!
There is nothing wrong with the cast, just the directing and script that really put this whole thing down. Catherine Hardwicke should never have directed this one. I am not going to bother to get a DVD for this movie.