The books were wonderful at fully communicating the connection between the two characters however Hardwicke, the director, missed the mark in the film. The acting was good, however her choice of what to cut, keep, and the effort to display the true depth of the emotion between Bella and Edward never did justice to the authors works. I expected sounds of true involvement from the audience (a sigh possibly) while watching the film and instead heard multiple chuckling -yet not a comedy.