Not worth the money

Rating: 3/10 (26 November 2008)

My family has been raving about these books for months now, so I tagged along with them to see the movie. I figured if I liked the movies I'll read the books.
The general consensus from the "fans" I was with is that the movie was "OK" but "didn't really do the books justice". I can only hope that the books are a HUGE improvement. My main beef was that the acting was just awful. The plot seemed to jump around way to much, the fans I was watching with told me a bunch of stuff was skipped over. To much in that case.
The only thing that saved this movie was the delightful seen of the Dad cleaning his guns when Edward showed up to date Bella. This is only funny cause that's exactly what I plan to do when my own daughter (another Bella) starts dating. :-D If you want to see a good conversion of a vampire book series I recommend "True Blood". Hopefully the filmmakers will take some cues from this for the sequel.
Oh and the books? I read the first one to see if I was in for a pleasant surprise. I ended up reading all 4 and for a fantasy teen romance they're OK I suppose but I don't plan on reading them again.