Twilight - Rough, needed a better budget and vision. New Moon- Better, but still too far away from the book. Eclipse - Left out some really key things, but was closer to the book than before.
Breaking Dawn shatters all of those.. This is BY far the movie that is closest to the books. No, we're not going to ever get everything we want, but this went above and beyond anything the lovers of the Books expected. From the wedding scene (flawless) to the short scene in the credits, it was spectacular.
One of the most creative things they did with this movie was bring back some of the songs from the previous movies. Example: during the wedding scene as they kiss, Flightless Bird started to play. That song also played in the first movie as they slow danced and kissed at Prom (end of the first film). It fit so perfectly with the kiss at the wedding. No other song would have felt right. They do that with the songs all thru the movie. The fight is great.. the wolf telepathy was amazing to see. Jacob imprinting... had me crying.
Well done to team twilight and thank you so much to Stephenie Meyer for writing books that we all feel so connected to.