Worth seeing once

Rating: 5/10 (22 November 2008)

I went to see this with high expectations, both for kristin Stewart and the story. Kristin delivered, the movie did not.
Casting was OK all around. As far as acting goes, no one is really bad but the writing and direction of the characters is mostly weak. Bella, Charlie and carlisle are right on the money, the rest including Edward lack depth and come across more as props.
The script and/or editing sucks for the first half of the movie, it feel like a jumble of scenes from the book just thrown in together,, climaxing in the horrible, fabricated and terribly acted forest scene, nothing about it works in any way and the mood is forced on you thru the dialogue, but it never convinces you. . That one scene ruined the whole movie to the point where I felt like walking out, although after that point it actually settles down and becomes quite watchable and fun, the finale had me cringing along with bella.
Worth a gander, but don't expect too much