Absolutely painfully bad!

Rating: 1/10 (10 December 2008)

OK, so I read the 4 books in 5 days while my husband was out of town. They are certainly not going to be classics, but I will admit that I (mostly) enjoyed them.
I dragged the hubby to see the movie tonight, and let's just say it was payback for the time he made me see Silent Hill
First off it was totally miscast. Bella could not complete a sentence to save her life, and was absolutely unappealing. Edward was supposed to be the most beautiful and charming man on earth, instead he was a clumsy and bizarro stalker There was zero chemistry between them...and their chemistry is kind of the basis of the book. Jasper looked and acted like a constipated Edward Scissorhands. Esme was sweet and at least looked about like I would have expected. The other Cullens were not in the movie enough to decide if I liked them or not.
The special effects and makeup were just weird! The flying, jumping, climbing, & running stuff I swear they just looked to be dangling from cords. The big ballet studio fight was passable...only the bad guy James was just not that bad...and the end where Edward sucks the venom out??? Good Lord it was bad.
If I were Catherine Hardwicke I would be very very ashamed. The screenplay must have been God awful...
In short, I alternated between embarrassed for everyone involved, verging on hysterical laughter from beginning to end, and thinking that I should have just gotten my $10 worth and hopped into the next theater where Changeling was playing.
If you liked the book stay far far away from this movie