Accept it for what it is.

Rating: 4/10 (22 November 2008)

I'm an avid fan of the books, and I have to say, the movie wasn't too bad. I didn't go into it with high expectations, because like a lot of people, I was very disappointed by most of the Harry Potter movies. I think this helped. The acting was sort of silly sometimes, but I was amused by it more than annoyed. It has to be hard to put all the thoughts that were in the character's heads into a movie, so they had to make the expressions a little over the top for people to understand. I was actually really happy with the way everything was put together; it was very close to the book. There were some changes, but they were necessary for people who hadn't read the books.
The things I didn't like: the special affects. When the vampires were supposed to be running fast, it looked very choppy and comical. I also really think they did a bad job on Carlise's makeup or something. He looked very strange. Even for a 'vampire'. They also really didn't show the extent of Bella's relationship with Charlie, which is important I think.
Honestly though, the second time I saw it, the things that annoyed me the first time around annoyed me less. It really wasn't too bad and I'm not disappointed.