Velveeta has nothing on this movie... Read the book instead...

Rating: 5/10 (23 November 2008)

I read the books- ALL of them- in a week. I couldn't put them down. I found myself falling in love with Edward. How ridiculous, I know... a 28 year old falling for a character in a young adult novel. Trust me, I felt as stupid as I sound:) I REALLY wanted the movie to be great. I was so excited I had almost all of my coworkers go with me to opening night at the movie. I should have known by the ridiculous little girls waiting in line with me that it was going to be cheezy.
I felt like they SMOOSHED together a lot of unrelated scenes from the book to make a teeny little scene in the movie. And Bella!... Oh Bella... in the scene where she admits to Edward that she knew what he was?... She's telling him she's not afraid of him, but her frigging shoulders were up past her ears! If you aren't afraid, act like it!! Jacob is all wrong... I couldn't stop looking at his fake tan and funky nose to listen to much of the poorly delivered lines he had... I don't remember Victoria having any speaking parts in the first book either. She was not nearly as scary as Stephenie Meyer explained her to be, I think the talking helped with that, she was so much more mysterious before she opened her mouth...
I dunno... I think now that they see how much people love the characters, the next movie should be far better. I'll be there for that one... unfortunately, my coworkers and husband may not be. I found myself defending the characters and telling them they had to read the book to see what I was raving about. I would suggest that people read the book after the movie, that way they aren't disappointed by the movie and all of the beautiful details will be filled in by the book.