Not what I expected...

Rating: 4/10 (22 November 2008)

I watched the movie yesterday evening and I was really, really excited to see it, but in the end it was not was I expected. I knew from the very beginning, that this movie will not be like the book, but I don't know what they did to that beautiful book... As someone, who did not read the book, I can imagine some parts where hardly to understand - for example Bella's Lullaby - they didn't mentioned it and to me it seemed forced in that movie. But let's start at the very beginning.
The opening scene was okay. But then it starts - and on this point I have to say I'm a huge fan of details - why did Billy and Jacob came? They got introduced much later in the book. And why the heck is Jacob such a sweet, little boy? I totally imagined him different and honestly, why couldn't he just wear his hair closed, like in the book? The wig was pretty nasty by the way. Bella in school - everyone had kinda fancy cars, totally strange for Forks. Her human friends were okay, I guess, but were were Lauren? It's not like I ever liked that girl, but she was just part of the group.
I liked Bellas and Edwards first meeting in Biology, that was kinda funny and very well played - but boy everything was so fast. I didn't had the feeling that Edward was gone for a few days. The hole movie I had the feeling they were in a total rush. Did anyone mentioned the missing Emmett scene from the Teaser Trailer? I really wanted to see that scene ("She's not one of us!") but they just cutted it.
What I really hate about that movie, is that the Cullens didn't had such an important part. I love the Cullens, but where the hell have they been in the hole movie? And why had Alice such a small role - she is so important for Bella, I mean they're going to be best friends. I as a huge Jasper fan was totally disappointed, that they didn't filmed the hotel scene :( Man Jasper just had three sentences or so... disappointing.
Another thing what I was asking myself, why did Bella had to buy the Quileutebook? In the book Google was enough. And while I'm just writing about the Quileute, why did Sam looked like a ugly, little boy? Man he is much older as the others and he always looked grown and mature and in the movie? Aye... poor Sam, in my imagination he always looked pretty masculine and strong... Also Bella knew that Edward is a vampire, after Jake told her the legends.
Oh and the meadow scene... CATASTROHE! Boy that scene is so important in the book, in the movie it was about 10 seconds, the meadow was pretty small and not very beautiful and Edward... boy he was barley sparkling... man I always imagined it like he was going to like a prism and the light breaks in him and he looks pretty beautiful... but in the movie... the people in Volterra would barley recognize the sparkling young vampire in part two... that was just bad. If there haven't been the sound, I don't know I have even recognized...
Then the Cullens house... why was is not white? Were has Esmes song been? Why did nobody said, that Edward was playing Bellas lullaby? How should a not book reader know? Why was Emmetts Jeep white and not red? Why did Bella didn't wear something blue, the first time she went to Edwards home. Wh didn't they showed Carlisles office with the picture from Volterra and Aro, Caius and Marcus? Why did James bit Bella in her arm and not in her hand? Where was the airport scene? Where was the hotel scene, where were all my Jasper scenes? Why did they killed so many people - I mean with James and his coven? Why did they had such a big role? Nonsense.... why did the directly showed the relationship between Victoria and James, which is not solved before Bella met Laurent again... ( in the book)where was Taylor asking Bella for the prom (i loved that scene in the book) - where have been all the conversations between Edward an Bella? Why didn't kissed Edward Bella Goodbye? THis kiss was so important.. just for the second book, when he's gone again... And then to go back to Jasper and Alice, hell why did Bella know Alice visions, if the didn't showed the scene (when she tells Edward, that Alice saw Bella becoming on of them). Why did Alice didn't have black hair? Ashley was wearing a wig, why couldn't she wear a black one? And also at the first hospital scene, where has Edward been? The biology Blood incident? And.. and.. and... so many missing things... and some where so small that nobody would get hurt, if they just had changed it.
Oh and the prom... hello? Where have the others been? I was soooo disappointed with that scene... and then the Victoria scene at the end... unnecessary!!
I'm so not happy with that movie... :( I really wanna know how many deleted scenes are there...
Edit: I watched the movie a second time, with a friend and I recognized more missing elements. Nothing got mentioned about Alices past - i mean James "confesses" to Bella, that he was tracking Alice and that she was his only victim which survived, because her Vampirefriend changed her. Also Edward didn't mentioned Jaspers special abilities, which are also very important (and it would also show Jasper more often in the movie).