I love the books. I have read them all 3 times. I was so excited to go see the movie, but sadly I wish I would have just stuck with the books. I felt the movie was rushed and chopped up. By the end I felt like Bella and Edward were strangers to eachother. If I had not read the books I wouldn't have understood why they had fallin in love. The movie did a very poor job of showing the development of their relationship, and it cuts alot of scenes that I felt were needed for character development. As a stand alone movie it was fine, but compared to the book it was terrible. I hope they do better on the next one.