Hard to rate for me

Rating: 6/10 (21 November 2008)

Okay, first let me start off by saying, I am a HUGE fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. I will read these books time and time again. That being said...
Being a lover of Twilight(the book)I enjoyed the movie. It followed the book as closely as possible, for a movie. I laughed at a lot of what were probably "inside" jokes for the Twilight crowd. I was downright giddy during certain parts, I must admit. The acting was good, other than a few scenes that were overacted. Mainly being, Edward the first time he sees Bella in Biology, and Bella in the hospital after the fight with James. I thought all of the characters were well-cast, for the most part. I'm still not a huge fan of Kristen Stewart as Bella, but she has grown on me some.
The reason this movie is so hard for me to rate, is because well, Im bias. When I try to imagine what I would think of the movie had I not read the books...the outcome is a little different.
When I read Twilight I had strong feelings about every character in the book. From Edward and Bella to Mike and Jessica. But I think if I didn't already know and love the characters so much, I wouldn't have connected to any of them at all. Edward and Bella were basically the only two characters in the movie. I was highly disappointed that Alice and Mike didn't have a bigger impact in the movie because I thought they were a pretty big part of the book. Some of the scenes were high up on the cheese scale. Trying to keep in the mindset of non-twilighters, I would not have gotten this movie at all and probably would have hated it, if i hadn't read the book.
So my advice for fans of Twilight- Go see the movie. You will enjoy seeing the characters come to life, you will get some good laughs, and overall you will be entertained by the movie. Of course it will never compare to the books, but did you really expect it to?
I'm not saying that if you haven't read the book to skip the movie...
I'm saying READ THE BOOK, THEN GO SEE THE MOVIE!!