My anticipation of waiting for this movie to hit the "big screen" was completely satisfied when I seen it 11/21/08. As difficult as it may seem to cram the whole story line of the book into a two hour movie, I think the job was well done. I loved the characters of Bella and Edward as well as all the others, example: Charlie, Carlise, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Jacob(whom I never even cared for in the book), and all the others. The book carried a love story of two teenagers in love (although, Edward did have a few years up on Bella, LOL) and it was so well portrayed in the movie. I can't wait to go back and see it a second time!!!!