I like the books so much its hard for me to hate this movie but I really wish they didn't spend so much time on the toilet

Rating: 5/10 (3 December 2008)

I have read the whole Twilight saga and I can honestly admit that I'm a die hard fan (with the exception of wanting to have Robert Pattinson's babies *awkward*).
***Everytime Robert Pattinson, as Edward opened his mouth to tell Bella about his powers or something vampire-supernatural totally ruined the scene. I love the books, even the fourth one, way too much to really have something against this movie.
The best part was the ending, not because it was over but because I personally felt it was where Melissa Rosenberg stayed true to the book the most*** The filming locations were beautiful even though it was not quite what I pictured I do not feel like it took away from the movie at all. Forks High School (not so beautiful) was most definitely not what I was thinking of. I thought all these kids would be wearing clothes straight out of a Walmart newspaper but Eric was wearing a shirt and tie (totally weird and just had to mention). Bella's house and everything in it again, not so much what I had in mind. Edward's house  Edward's room was off. BUT! I don't feel these aspects of the film took away from the overall story.
The characters and the actors portrayed by them, from the very beginning has been a super A+ for me. I like them as they are. They did the best to their abilities taking into account their experience and the reality of the script. I can see where the difficulty may come in if you don't believe your character. The Cullen's did a nice job being who they were even though Jasper literally looked like he was taking the largest dump of his life (except the baseball scene). The whole theater cracked up when the screen flashed to him. I love Robert Pattinson as Edward. He's fairly super good looking (he's a hairy man, BTW) but WHAT WAS HE DOING? What was Catherine Hardwicke thinking? The first scene with Edward and Bella in biology was absolutely ridiculous. Again, with the constipation, the weird stunned into shock thing? I just wasn't getting it. In the book he was battling against himself, not Bella! I heard in interviews that he and Stephenie Meyer or someone else had debates over how Edward should be depicted. Well whoever orchestrated the Biology scene and, well, a majority of the scenes was totally not what I had in mind. Kristen Stewart. I think she makes a very good Bella (physically) but she put too much of herself into Bella's character. It sucks! I had no problem with the rest of the cast; it was just Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. I felt like they put too much of themselves and really took away from who Edward and Bella are. Maybe it was the script or the director but I just wasn't buying it. I love Taylor Lautner as Jacob and I hope he grows half a foot taller to surpass Robert Pattison and be Jacob in New Moon and Eclipse.
The script was so weird. I'm not going to lie. There was a field trip, Billy was hip and the biology teacher had a real role (did he sleep with someone to get into this movie?) Good and bad stuff always but I have to say the bad outweighed the good. I felt like there were conversations missed that were crucial to the portrayal of the love story that is Edward and Bella. A lot of the conversation weren't realistic (okay, I know, Vampires, not realistic whatsoever) in terms of what kind of person Edward is, Bella, so on and so forth, etc etc. The field trip scene was totally useless. I don't get it. Whatever Melissa felt essential (Claire De Lune /Answers-theories/ blah blah blah) was NOT. If I had never read the book I personally would feel like, 'wow, Bella is super easy' because there were so many things in between that happened that didn't happen in the movie. I may be over stepping but I could have written a better script for the cast and fitting it into a two hour time frame (or less).
The music sucked. It wasn't because it's not the usual genre I listen to. The music just sucked. It changed the mood to what the actual mood was in the scene. It took away from the scene actually. I would be listening to how much I hate the song than to what's going on in the movie. It also sounded like the same song being played over and over when a serious scene would occur. The music was ridiculous. My favorite was the ending because that's when the songs really started to fit (but how hard is it to pick a romantic song for Bella and Edward dancing, Edward and James fighting etc etc).
The contacts were all over the place, Edward's diamond chest made everyone in the audience make a 'what the F***' face. Actually, there were so many things wrong in this movie I don't know why I love it so much. I'm probably going to buy the 3 disc DVD set but still. It wasn't a good movie. I like this movie is because I love the books so much. I don't feel like they butchered the book much but at this point I can't really remember because I'm still laughing at that scene where Edward first meets Bella in biology. The music was deafening, Edward touched Bella's things (even a normal person in real life wouldn't touch someone else's things to sit farther away) and looked like he belonged in the most heavy duty toilet Forks can offer.
So now they have a lot of money, an audience, should have a good feel of the characters and the story so I hope they do a lot better next time.