Of course, I had already read the book. I went with my 3 girls: 16, 14, and 11 for the midnight showing. We all loved it. I was afraid I would be bored and tired but was mesmorized from beginning to end. At first, the makeup on Edward was a little much, but this is not a reality based story. I thought the characters were well played and storyline followed very closely to the book. My overcritical daughter pointed out inconsistencies like Bella having a cell phone and Apple computer and the nice cars driven by the other students and Cullens. Great movie...I would watch it again.