Twilight movie reviews: Read what the fans are saying

November 21, 2:05 PMBook ExaminerMichelle Kerns

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Twi-hards everywhere have only question in their minds today: Forget what the pointy-headed movie critics think about Twilight; what do the fans think? Do they hate it? Do they love it? Does it do justice to the book?

Here is the reaction of some Twilight fans who attended the midnight release (Attention: Spoiler alert!)

One of the worst remakes of a book I've ever seen. :( I lowered my expectations because obviously movies can't be as good as the book it was made from, but I didnt realize that it would be worse then I expected. Kristen Stewart was an alright Bella, except most of the time she just looked frightened. Rob wasn't a very good Edward either...whenever the camera would cut to a picture of him, his expression was so hilarious the whole crowd laughed. I went with a bunch of Twilight fans and they all said there was no chemistry between the two, you couldn't see the passion that they had for each other. Although the movie was 2 hours long, it didnt seem enough in order to portray the depth of their love, it just went from one scene to the next really fast. The only part that was almost dead on was Emment, who was perfect. Altlhough it wasnt the worst movie I've ever seen, i wouldnt go see it again. I'm sadly disappointed

Ouch. This one isn't much better even though this fan thought the casting was great:

I am an enormous fan of the Twilight saga, so of course I went to the midnight premiere! However, I am sad to say that the film adaptation of the book that I love so dearly, was not at all what I had built up in my mind to be the "be all, end all" film of my generation. First of all the film seemed rushed, by merely adding a half hour to the 2 hr movie the director could have had much better results. Very important scenes from the book were left out and scenes were added in that made no since, scenes which were never in the book (the police station, the tree climbing, etc.). The scene in which Edward and Bella have their first kiss was totally wrong! Hello! That did not happen in her room and definitely didn't happen while she wore panties and a t-shirt! Anyone remember the sweat suite? Plus, the scene where Edward takes Bella to his favorite clearing in the woods was bass-ackwards! The fight scene with James was awful! Ugh! I am so disappointed in the director, the writers, and most of all Stephanie Meyers for letting her masterpiece be butchered on screen. However, the movie had it's strong points. The casting was superb (except for Rosalie), and some scenes (Baseball scene, cafeteria, Edward's car save at school, and the shopping/saving/first date scenes) were absolutely spot on! The movie was good, but having read all the books recently the film just can't compare to the world in which Stephanie Meyers created through her exquisite writing. She is one of the best, if not the best fantasy writer of our time and in my personal opinion she should have been more involved with the film.

But here are two fans clearly enamoured with the film adaptation:

IT WAS AMAZING! The soundtrack fit perfectly and the whole cast was amazing, especially Robert and Kirsten! They did an awesome....it wasn't what I expected it WAS BETTER! AND the baseball scene awesome job! I can't wait to see again tonight actually since its 3am and I'm just getting home for the midnight movie! I'LL KEEP GOING TO SEE IT! LOVED IT THANKS FOR MAKING IT!

Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!!!!! It was a tad short for my taste, however there was more passion and heat in the movie. I was not expecting that, if you did not get out tonight PLEASE get out there this weekend. I am going to see it again now that I am over the anticipation, and I can focus on more than just Edward.
Alice was so cute, Rose did an excellent job and she completely lived upto her part. Jazz was adorable, even though "he always looks like he is in pain". Emmet well he is Emmet very HOT.
Kristen, did a great job in her role, as did Rob. Most of it matched my own images of how it would be some was a little more than I imagined, and some was a bit less. It as a perfect combination. Plan to go to see it twice, the first time you're in awe.
I even felt a little somethng for Jake, and James was slight appealing in a sick sort of way. Veronica was hot, she is actually an AMAZING actress I really enjoyed her parts.

I better shut up now, but do see the movie, I am getting ready to reread the first book again, now that I watched the movie I can relieve it one more time! Ahhh..

But, overall, I think gushing reviews are going to be few and far between:

Just got home from the midnight premeire of "Twilight". It wasn't bad but it was nothing like the book. So much was left from the movie that was important in the book. To me, the movie was like a high school kid having to write a paragraph long summary on a book. You don't get all the details. It was kind of awkward to watch as well. Pattinson and Stewart made loveable characters, Edward and Bella, seem like they were ready to rip each others clothes off than being in love. Don't get me wrong, Pattinson is a pretty good Edward but a little more work and he would of been great. All the actors seemed awkward on screen. My opinion, Twilight is better off as a book. This is coming from a person who has read all four books at least 3 times.

I thought it was unbelievably bad in every possible way and I want my money back! The acting was painful to watch. The script didn't come close to developing the romance. And, on top of it all, it was a visual nightmare. I know Edward is supposed to be pale. But why does it have to be so annoyingly obvious that he's wearing more make-up than Bella? And, for heavens sake, you'd think in Hollywood they could have found actors to play the parts of the jaw-droppingly beautiful vampires! But instead the vampires were just as flawed as the humans...the only distinction being the gargantuan amounts of make-up they wore. And I'm not saying I'm a promotor of the unhealthy trend in Hollywood to set unrealistic standards of beauty for all of mainstream America. I'm just saying that when you go to see a movie, you want it to be believable. The vampires were supposed to be stunning. Instead they were second-rate actors weighed down by copious amounts of eyeliner.

Don't even get me started on the flying scenes......or the music...or the lack of any character development whatsoever. Ugh. My eyes have never rolled so much in my whole life. I can't believe I gave up a good night's rest for this!!!

Interested in taking part in a debate over the Twilight movie? We need 3 debators for each side (Team Loved It and Team Disappointed); there are still spaces open, especially for Team Disappointed. Take a look at Take Part in a Twilight Movie Debate for the list of qualifications and how to apply. Huzzah!

And for all of you Twilight haters out there, cast an eye at  A word to Twilight haters.