The movie is a close second to the book but no where near as good. I expected that and without disecting the entire movie and book and comparing them, for the first of what is hopefully four movies it was great! It did stay true to the book despite rushing through the love story to get to the action. Most of the characters were appropriate except the Edward of my head from reading the books is WAY hotter than the actor, but he made it work. I cannot wait for the others to be made and released!