I read the books, anticipated the movie because i thought the character selection was great and had decent hopes. So, awkward teen movies are the thing now. Why does this one *have* to fit the mold? Not only do they have token minoritys, bad jokes that don't even come from the book and characters that just seem overly-zealous but the acting was atrocious. The girl that played bella looked like she had down syndrome the WHOLE movie. I should have taken a tally of the time where she looked dumbfounded. What was this director thinking? I almost walked out on the movie, it was put together so so so bad.