Beautiful Love Story

Rating: 9/10 (2 December 2008)

I fell upon the series by accident. I was wondering Walmart in July with someone I work for and I saw New Moon. I was drawn to it and read it in 2 days, and I was hooked. I was so hooked I started talking about it to my coworkers, and most of them have borrowed the books from me, and one even went with me the day the movie acme out. When I was reading New Moon I thought it would be a great movie, then I found out it was coming out! Im 23, I know it was "intended" for younger readers but the magic of Bella and Edwards Love Story is amazing. I was slightly disappointed that they didn't show more of them falling in love in the movie, but you have to remember, in the book it was more Bella expressing her feelings over it, which is hard to do in a movie. And Im sure that if they did extend that part people would be mad that they had so much of them talking and they would want more story! I think it was adapted well to the screen, and some parts just gave me chills bc I could remember it from the book, and even if they didn't show it all the way in the movie I could understand from reading the book. Does that make sense? For example, the hospital scene (the 2nd one) I had tears in my eyes and chills, bc even if they didn't say it all in the movie, I remember everything in the book, of how she felt and all that. I think the actors did a great job portraying the characters, bc they don't just have a description of a character like in other types of movies, its not just "Edward: Hes a vampire who falls in love with a human" hes Edward, who we've seen in our minds over 4 books, you cant just interpret what the character is, I can see how its harder bc all his little quirks are already in our heads. I think that's why some people are disappointed, everyone pictures them a little different in their minds while they read the stories. So, Kudos! I absolutely positively most definitely LOVED the movie, and Im anxiously awaiting the rest!