I was told that by having read the book I was not going to like the movie as much. Even though I did notice some events that didn't take place in the movie they still captured the characters very well. I was surprised by how good edward was performed. He had a huge expectation to fill as the romantic vampire. I recommend this movie to everyone. For you guys out there the movie is not only for girls. I brought my boyfriend (who has never read the books before) and he loved the movie. He said it was better then he thought it was going to be by a lot. I am definitly buying this movie when it comes out. I hope this movie will be sucessful enough to have all the other books made into movies.