Better than the book

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2008)

I might be in the minority when I say this, but I think that the movie adaptation of Twilight is better than the book. The special effects were pretty good and much more satisfying to watch than simply reading about, especially with regards to the baseball scene. I liked that there was very little of Bella's internal dialogue which got very repetitive in the books and the way that the Nomad vampires James, Laurent and Victoria were briefly introduced early on in the movie and kept popping up throughout it rather than just first appearing in the baseball scene as in the book. Changing their introduction brought on a feeling of impending menace and injected a bit more action. Having said that, I think it definitely helps to have read the book as the movie doesn't explain certain things as clearly as the book if such things are explained at all. The music is pretty good, but perhaps some of the pacing could have been tightened up a bit.