If you're not a true Meyer fan, it may not appeal to you. It's a teen love story, not a vampire flick ... an old-fashioned romance. The first book is more thought and feeling so I can see how it would be difficult to put that into movie version. It was so dreamy and fabulous and the characters were everything I thought they would be. Even the guy who plays Bella's dad acted the way I imagined him too. It was brilliant. The actors really stepped up and came through. desperately awaiting the next 3 films!!!