THE MOVIE WAS GOOD. THE MAGIC OF THE BOOKS CAN NEVER BE CAPTURED IN A MOVIE, BEACUSE IT WOULD BE LIKE 9 HOURS LONG. MY BROTHER LIKE IT AND HE HAD NOT READ THE BOOK. IF YOU WANT THE MOVIE TO FOLLOW THE BOOK COMPLETELY THEN YOU MIGHT BE DISAPOINTED. SOME SCENES HAD TO BE LEFT OUT. I HAD FUN I WENT WITH 9 OF MY FRIENDS AND WE ALL HAD A BLAST. NOT EVERYONE HAD READ THE BOOKS BUT THEY WERE ALL ABLE TO FOLLOW. HALF OF MY GROUP WERE MALES AND ALTHOUGH THEY WERE NOT INTO THE COMPLICATED LOVE BETWEEN BELLA AND EDWARD, THEY LAUGHED AND HAD A GREAT TIME. I WOULD DEFINATLEY WATCH IT AGAIN.