I utterly adored the Twilight books, but the movie was horrible! It couldn't hold a candle to the series. The actors had no idea what they were doing and couldn't fully portray the characters. The love between Bella and Edward doesn't seem real. Many of the scenes in the book are either missing or completely distorted. You don't get to see the rest of the Cullen family enough, so they are obscure. Even if I put aside the fact that it was meant to show the story of Edward and Bella, it was still a disaster. Many of the scenes made no sense, and I don't see how anyone who didn't read the books could fully grasp the story and the love between the two. But if you haven't read the books, go out and buy them today!!!!!