Loved it!

Rating: 8/10 (2 April 2009)

I bought this movie for my 4 teen sons and we all thought it was a great movie! I love vampire stories and was happy to finally see one that my children could watch without having to skip parts that were either to sexual or too violent. Having never heard of or read the book "Twilight", I felt as though they did a great job in casting Robert as Edward. The pain and anguish he portrayed as Edward gave us insight on how he felt personally about being a vampire and falling for a mortal. And I thought that Kristen did very well as Bella! This movie made me a "Twilight" fan. ;-) I was genuinely surprised to find out later from my youngest that Robert was British. Having grown up my whole life in Europe, even I did not detect an accent. Other than that, I never read a book and then watch a movie based on the book. It most always will disappoint. There is only so much they can do when going from book to screen. But reading the book after the movie? That is something I am definitely planning on doing and am awaiting the Twilight series in the next few days.