If I hadn't read the books first, I would think this movie was pretty great, but unfortunately, I DID read the books first and I was rather disappointed in how rushed the movie seemed. The creators of the movie need to realize that if someone buys a 600 someodd page book, they expect the movie to be long as well. Even the first Harry Potter (and that book was smaller than Twilight by almost half) got 2 1/2 hours run time. Three hours would have been better. BOTTOM LINE: If you haven't read the books, see the movie FIRST. You'll enjoy it more.