movie and book

I am going to start by saying - I enjoyed the movie, as much as I could possibly enjoy. It's not that the movie wasn't good but it deviated much from the book that as a fan of the literary works and its beautiful scenes drawn by words alone, it was a slight disappointment.

Let's begin with the story line - slightly choppy although they covered it well by having Bella to narrate certain time frames. Then the original scenes in the book, e.g. how Bella confronts Edward of his nature, or Edward calling Bella over to talk to her and they talk about her 'theories' of his being, Bella leaving Jasper and Alice's careful supervision, etc, was changed and some didn't quite fit well. I understand it being a movie with limited time frame, but for instance, the part where Bella leaves the hotel through the front door, without much of a hurried, secretive state, just puts down Jasper and Alice's vampire capabilities of being able to tell her whereabouts through their sense of smell. Stuff like that sorta bug me because they are more than just Edward's silent siblings. Honestly, the lines they had were so short and one-liner-like (except for Rosalie) and it sort of undermines their awesomeness. However, I do enjoy the baseball scenes.

Then moving on to Bella - she's pretty fine and rather likable to be honest. I like Kristen Stewart's 'tough-strong' persona of Bella. Still, due to limited and selected scenes, it didn't quite appear how much Bella needs Edward as much as he needs her - as in her love was him wasn't that quite evident until she was in the hospital.

Jasper and Alice are absolutely a lovely pair whom I adore both in book and movie alike. I liked how their closeness to one another was depicted in the movie - favorite scene being the one in the cafeteria when they walked in together, Jasper having a tray in one hand and another hand easily humoring Alice by holding her hand as she twirled around. Rosalie and Emmett are equally likable I must say. Carlisle and Esme were rather alright though my preferred Carlisle would be slightly more...dashing XD

And finally, Edward. Let me start by saying that I find him amusing - his expressions are rather odd at times and much too tense, or sometimes slight over the top? I know at the beginning Edward was rather cold and had a strong inclination to feed on Bella as her blood's intoxicating for him and her scent drives him up the walls of hell - but I felt the scrunched face, hollow-like cheeks with a murderous glint in the eyes didn't quite fit in. Robert's Edward isn't horrible, I liked it when he smiles, but his facial features weren't quite Edward's. Other than that, the portrayal of Edward is pretty good - his intense nature to protect Bella and keep her safe, the occasional smiles, his love for Bella, etc. Movie-portrayal of Edward was a little scary though - Edward was just too furious at times (like when he reveals to Bella his true nature, it seemed as if he was hell bent on showing her how monstrous he is and going to scare the heck out of her when in the book, it wasn't the case at all) and how he just told Bella that she needs to say hurtful words to her father in order to leave - book-portrayal of Edward's a little more considerate than that.

Oh, Edward's car - shiny and silver alright but it isn't the same Volvo Edward supposedly drives, is it? And where's my next favorite line (after 'you're my personal brand of heroin' and 'you are my life now') - 'So did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what?'? XD And hello Ms.Meyer - that was her in the movie with a cameo appearance in the cafe wasn't it? =D

Of course there's the downs and ups to a movie adaptation of a novel. In all, I would say I generally enjoyed the movie and wouldn't mind watching it a second time or another. But the books are still my preferred versions =D