Twilight: The Book versus The Movie

The book:
An amazing love story between Edward and Bella. The feeling was slow, drawn out, you were able to feel every part of the character. The words spoken between Bella and Edward were slow, thoughtful, and not rushed. You could feel the electricity between the characters.

The movie:
Felt like a low budget, Made For TV movie. The characters were rushed, the speech was forced, disconnected, and surfaced. You could never break through the surface of the characters. It was like a narrated story where you say, this happened, then this, and then this. I understand they were trying to fit a 498 page book into 2 hours, but some scenes could have been skipped in order to allow more time for the development of the lead characters. There was no need for 4 to 5 scenes of the Tracker clan to show that they were dangerous. There could have been a short 40 second montage and then a premonition through Alice's eyes. The movie overplayed Bella's relationship with her father and mother, and underplayed her relationship with Edward. The backstory could have been told in narration through her emails to her mother (very similiar to how the director of the New Moon did this with Bella's emails to Alice), the way it was in the Twilight book.

Overall, for those two people out there who have not read the book or seen the movie yet, I advise watching the movie first, then reading the book. Otherwise, you will be highly disappointed. :-(