As for the movie, I thought the acting was great. We all know the books are a bit cheesy, and that is definitely in the movie, but they all pull it off. I would not call it the best movie ever. I think with the budget they had to work with, Hardwicke did an excellent job of working around that. So overall, good movie. The worst part is the screaming, fans you have to endure listening to while watching the movie. I also went with three of my guy friends, and they all they all thought is was gonna be horrible. As it turns out, they all thought the movie was great.