The cinematography was excellent.....yep that's the only nice thing i can say about it. The movie was excessively dumbed down. There was no character development, Bella's character only had one emotion throughout the entire movie, and worst of all--they turned Edward into a sociopathic pedophile! Plus when I went to see the movie, almost everyone in the theater screamed at the sight of any new character, laughed excessively at parts that had no humor, and cheered for the logo. I'm sorry, I understand clapping at the end of a good movie, but that was a bit much. I loved the books and I feel that they didn't capture the true essence of the novel.