I thought the director did a good job on adapting this one from the book. Of course there are things that were changed and/or left out but that's going to happen to movies based on books. I thought Jacob & Edward's character developments were better. The action & effects were great and didn't look cheesy. It was a little choppy in the beginning if you hadn't read the book but I think a lot of people that know nothing about the books will still like this movie.