I went to this movie because I have enjoyed most all of Nicholas Cage's movies. I was disappointed in this one. I didn't think the boy who played his son was a good actor--not convincing enough in his part. The whole movie was like a bunch of different "end of the world" movies all rolled together. Even the "whisper guys" reminded me of the "angels" in Cage's movie "City of Angels". My teenage boys went with me and they thought it was "okay". They told their father and other brother to wait to see it at the dollar theater.
I took a group of teenagers to this movie. My son turned 15 and wanted to see it. The four teenage boys and one teenage girl enjoyed the movie. My 10-year old was confused and couldn't follow the story line, but did like the movie overall because he likes Brendan Fraser. We didn't realize this was originally a book and when we found out that it is a book, we are going to find it and read it.
I'm reading the fourth book now and thoroughly enjoyed the movie. The only character (to me) that didn't fit the book's description was Mike. Jacob was amazingly hot and Dr. Cullen took my breath away. I couldn't concentrate on the movie so much and got the biggest thrill from listening to all the girls in the theater oohing and ahhing over Edward. My older son (16) started book one and my middle son (14) hasn't read it, yet. However, they were really surprised that they enjoyed the movie, too. Looking forward to more movies to bring this story back to life. I will go see this again.