OK. I saw it this past weekend. I read the books--loved them, except for the 2nd one because Edward was almost nonexistent. Not that I have a "thing" for Edward or anything--I'm not in the "Twilight Moms" group or anything lame like that, but I just prefer him over Jacob.Anyway, I was slightly dissappointed just because the clips I saw really did surpass the overall movie experience--they were better than seeing the whole thing--does that make sense? Plus, I mean, it did kinda look more like a made-for-TV-movie... the budget just wasn't there. BUT next film, they'll have the budget, so it should be better! (even if it is based on the lamest of all 4 books :)-sorry Ariel :)
I'm not a Nazi about all of the left out details or anything...I realize a movie won't be JUST like the book with all of the details intact and actually would have rather seen LESS if it meant the movie would flow better! I just felt like it was really choppy... and I wasn't totally impressed with Robert Pattinson's portrayal of Edward. In some scenes he was great, in other scenes, he wasn't so hot. Kristen Stewart did a great job portraying Bella though--she was a total "stick in the mud" just like Bella.... haha.
Was REALLY glad there were no screaming teenieboppers in the theater though. Loved the smooching scene :) Thought that was perfect... Loved most of the characters--they did a great job at portraying what the author had in mind. Not sold on Edward yet though--some of his facial expressions...ughhhhh!!!! I hear I'll like him better if I see it again, haha.
Overall, thought the character portrayal was really good, screenplay was so so--just too choppy...they fall in love in like 1 day, it's weird...and parts where it was like "oh we need to stick this in the movie" and it's there, no rhyme or reason, and in totally the wrong place! And the cinematography left a bit to be desired, but that's all about budget.
