I've seen the movie and read the books.

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2008)

I am a very hard critic when it comes to making books into movies. I hated all but the third HP movie, as far as I'm concerned they are mostly disasters.
Twilight on the other hand did a fair job of retelling the story on film. There was one notion I felt needed to be there, the irony of the argument between Bella and Edward about her not ever having to give her life for him thereby proving her love vs. her actually choosing to go to James to save Edward. That conversation was rather nebulous in the book as well so I can see why it was left out or over looked.
I wish that directors would read the books as well as the screenplays so they could make adjustments rather that relying on studio execs to approve the screenplay and work from it exclusively, I think this is the point of problem in turning books into movies.
Edward and Bella are beautifully portrayed and the movie does move along and the cinematography just makes you want to cry. And the boy playing Jacob Black..HOT HOT HOT.
Over all its a decent evening with hubby and btw, my husband is harder than I am to please when it comes to this kind of movie making and he enjoyed himself too.