I went in with low expectations and came out pleasantly surprised. No movie is ever going to be as good as the book. Twilight did a great job of squeezing a 500+ novel into a 2hr movie. It looks like it was made with a $37mil budget, at times it felt kind of rushed, and I could've lived w/o the sparkling, but I think that the movie did a good job of staying true to the novel and ended with a good lead-in to New Moon. Biggest surprise for me was Billy Burke (Charlie). He was fantastic. Kristen and Rob were amazing. She is a superb actress and I don't think HE could've pulled this role off w/o HER. Jackson Rathbone (Jasper) was also great. I think he had like 1-2 lines but the kitchen scene was priceless.