Beautiful wonderful movie!!!

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2008)

First, let me start off by saying I am a mother of three girls one of which was in the process of reading the series and of course felt the need to drag me in to see the move Twilight with her. Honestly I had no prior opinion of the series or the movie prior to this. Then I saw the movie and immediately fell in love with the entire story. Not having read the books I was completely immersed in the movie itself. And I must say after watching this beautiful story of destined love I could not have pictured this movie with a different cast so I must say the person in charge of casting could not have done a better job. I've seen a few reviews where the actor Robert Pattinson has received much criticism for his performance but I (just your average movie lover) never saw him that way. Even unspoken you could see the anguish pouring out of his eyes or the forced restraint he put on himself to avoid hurting Bella. And then the actress playing Bella, wow. They were beautiful together as was the rest of the cast.Needless to say I read the entire series within the week and it made me realize that it wasn't just the actor playing Edward or Edward himself but rather the combination of the two so perfectly expressed on screen the love, fear, and anguish Edward was going through as his human emotions slowly came back to him because of the forbidden kismet love of Bella his "soul"mate if you will. Long story short, let go of any pretenses of this being some kind of teeny bopper chic flick and see this beautiful story of a love that surpasses life and death exquisitley portrayed by an extraordinary cast for yourself.