I absolutely love the twilight and harry potter books! With the experience of disappointment from the harry potter movies i was prepared for twilight to be a less than perfect translation from book to film- and that helped with how i felt about the movie. Some really great scenes from the book didn't make it to the movie, and it moved along too quickly. The true essance of Edward and Bella's love for one another wasn't justified completely but if you've read the book BEFORE seeing the movie you understand anyway, so it doesn't matter so much.