The make-up and special effects were laugh at loud cheezy-- for example, the entire (packed) theater erupted in laughter when Carlisle came on screen, and when the "diamonds" on Edward's skin were shown. The casting of Jacob was really bad. We were annoyed at the deviations from the book that did nothing to forward the movie. (Why does Bella not hear about vampires and werewolves from Jacob? She gets it from a book?) The girls agreed that if they hadn't read the book, much of it wouldn't have made any sense. Our favorite actors were Charlie and Billy. Bella needs more range as an actress-- her pained expressions got old. We were disappointed, but if you've got a tween in your house who has read the books, you had better plan on going.