The first 85% of the movie is done amazingly well. they stuck to the book like glue and did a wonderful job of it. they did every scene that i remeber from the book untill Itally. I think in an atempt to give that part of the film a since of urgency they skiped some of the caracter development with alice, it. there is no transtion between italy, and back in forks in bellas house and then the meeting with the cullans. they spent too much time on the transtions early in the movie and then skiped them in the end. Big Mistake.
All that being said this movie was much better than the first. and the divice of bella writing to alice in the early part of othe movie was a holly wood add that worked out really well!