Cringe-worthy and completely ruined

Rating: 4/10 (24 November 2008)

The original story was annoying. They had a chance to turn the mangled story into something beautiful but it was even worse than the book... thanks to the low-budget likes of Catherine Hardwicke- who is she anyway? The main character is weak, whiny, and annoying, devoid of any talent, or specialness- why does Edward like her? who knows. There was no cohesion from the beginning. The 1st 90min of the movie was all close-ups of her lust-filled eyes when she looks into his angst-filled ones... Maybe a few minutes would be catching but a whole majority of the movie???? I will remember to never watch another Catherine Hardwicke-directed catastrophe. If it weren't for the beautiful sceneries and a couple of good actors I would give this movie maybe a 2. This is for sure the most over-rated, awful movie I've seen all year. But then again, i don't believe there's anything else out right now that's very good.