I enjoyed it

Rating: 8/10 (28 November 2008)

Yes, I am a teenager. Yes, I have read the books. And surprisingly, Yes, I found the movie entertaining.
Let me start by saying that I was not a huge fan of the books, they were very cheesy and the hype over them annoyed me. Sure, they were enjoyable but they were by no means great literature. So I went into the movies actually expecting the film to be better than the book. And in some ways it was. The acting was pretty good, cheesy obviously, but decent. The cast was perfect, exactly how I imagined it, with a few exceptions. Edward was cast beyond perfectly, every time he walked in the room my heart skipped a beat (I'm exaggerating, obviously). My favorite character was the actor who played Charlie, he was perfectly awkward and fatherly and at moments funny! Now let me say, all these people saying the movie was awful, the book was better, blah blah blah, please just shut up! Books are almost always better than movies, what did you expect? The movie was, in my opinion, very true to the book. The story line was identical, with things switched around every now and then. They left out only what they needed to. People just need to look at it as they would any other movie and ignore the knowledge they already have. They will ruin a perfectly fine movie for themselves.
All in all, movie was good, better than the book at some parts. The cast was very impressive and it was NOT a waste of money!