This was the first movie in my 53 yrs of life that I could not wait to see. I watched it last night at the 7:00 showing with my 15 yr. old granddaughter and her best friend, and it was more than I expected. I do agree that if you haven't read the book that you won't get the jokes. I am proud to say that I am addicted to the the whole saga and have read each book. Twilight, I've read six times. The movie itself was done so carefully that I would take my nine year old grandson to see it. There are no blood and guts scenes, except one quick shot of Edward with a lttle blood near his mouth, but that was done in a very quick flash of a dream sequence. Now, I can't wait for it to come out on DVD!