I feel bad for fans

Rating: 1/10 (30 December 2008)

I have never read any of the books before in my life. I have heard most of my information about Twilight from my friends who have summarized the books for me so I knew what was going on before I saw the movie. While I was watching it the first time, I thought it was great. I laughed at some of the parts a couple of times...such as the facial expressions on Edwards face, some of the cheesy lines, and the interesting choice of visual effects. But overall, it was great.
That was only the first time I saw it.
I then read the book and began comparing the movie to the book. It was amazing how absolutely wrong I was about the movie. The book sort of completed everything and pulled all the pieces and emotions together. I then went to go see the movie once more with a die hard fan of the series and almost felt embarrassed at the fact that I had told her only a week before how amazing the movie was! I really did feel ashamed for what I had said and sure enough, she was completely disappointed and I felt like I didn't do my job at warning her before we saw it.
We both agree: the visual effects and the poor writing were the biggest downfalls of the movie. I almost want to cry because I feel so bad for the author of the books and also for the die hard fans. I think my 7 year old cousin could write a better script and make better visual effects.
I really hope they decide to take their time on the sequels and do it right. I heard that they fired the director? I hope so! That would be the only way you could get me to see the following movies...considering I will be reading the rest of the books within that time!