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An obvious departure from the book was the Spider Monkey scenes where they were climbing & flying through the trees. This was one scene that worked for me. I loved seeing them at the top of the trees looking out on the beautiful scenery below.
I also liked the meadow scene despite the changes that were made from the book. The movie captured just a fraction of the feeling that was in the book but it was enough.
Again the setting for this movie was beautiful. There were some fabulous shots of the forests, rivers, trees. I liked the music in the movie too. There was a lot that was portrayed with no dialogue at all. Having read the books I just filled in the gaps.
Kristen Stewart did a great job as Bella. She's a great actress and I enjoyed her performance. I'm not a Robert Pattinson fan but he too nailed Edward in more scenes than I thought possible.
Bella's friends - I liked them all. They did a great job portraying high school teenagers.
Most surprising of all I really liked Billy Burke as Charlie. He was the one person they cast that I just could not picture. He totally nailed the part in my opinion.
The baseball scene was one of my favorites. It was just plain fun to watch. I thought the baseball uniforms would be hokey but they worked for me. I wish we'd got more scenes like this one and the one where Bella meets Edwards family.
I loved Laurent's accent. Glad he'll be back for a scene in New Moon!
The fight scene in the ballet studio was probably the best special effects of the movie. I loved the fight scene.
I love Nikki Reed! I know a lot of people don't like that she was cast but she is the perfect Rosalie. She did a great job and I loved her in the scene when Bella met the Cullens at their home.
Victoria was perfect. Can't wait to see her in Eclipse!I can't find a picture of the sparkle effect yet but it worked for me, less cheesy than I thought it might be. They showed Edward sparkling in the sun from a couple different angles. One of them had it just right. (The others he looked more like he was made of glittering sand paper).
So what didn't I like.... The movie was a little choppy and suffered from lack of budget for special effects. It was definitely made for fans of the book who already knew and loved the characters and storyline. They left so much was left out! I know that is inevitable but I would have gladly sat through another 2 hours or more.
The theater we saw it in had the worst sound quality ever. We actually got a free ticket to go back and see it again because we complained the quality was so bad. Definitely looking forward to seeing it again... and again... and again!
BTW- Be sure to look for Stephenie's cameo! and don't forget to "Remember who you are"!
I'm exhausted! Totally glad we went to the midnight showing but I'm tired this morning!
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn & The Host are my all time favorite books. I can read and listen to them over and over and never tire of them. I'm so excited to see Twilight on the big screen with the movie is released in less than 2 weeks and of course I have tickets to go see the midnight showing with Brian.
Back in February I went to my first get together of fellow Twilight Fans. A slumber party with over a dozen other women who all loved the Twilight Series.
While visiting my dad in CA I was able to attend another get together at Downtown Disney in March.
Many of the women I met became dear friends who I have grown to love and care about. We were brought together because of our love for Twilight but remain friends because of our love of each other.
In May while attending Women's Conference I had the opportunity to attend another get together at Mimi's Cafe in Orem.
I was also able to travel up to Salt Lake to attend a couple of signing when the Host was released. What an incredibly fun weekend camped out at the Marriot with 7 friends.
The highlight of course being the opportunity to have breakfast with Stephenie Meyer! She is an amazing person who lived up to and exceeded every expectation I had.
Time flew by too quickly I would have loved to have laughed and talked all day.
When Breaking Dawn came out I was at a midnight release and was done reading it by 4 in the afternoon.
I helped plan a trip to Forks for a bunch of women to celebrate Stephenie Meyer Day. It started out as a trip for 12 and ended up being a trip for 150! The group I was with had 25 wonderful women!
We hiked the rain forest, saw all the Twilight sites and laughed and played and had a great time.
Twilight and TwilightMOMs.com brought so much fun into my life. I was the 3rd person to join the site and have watched it grow to it's current 16,683 members. 
I am grateful to my husband and kids for putting up with me for the last year. Seriously obsessed and fanatical don't even come close to describing me! They've had more than their fair share of cold cereal, frozen pizza, mac & cheese and unfolded laundry. I'm especially appreciative of Brian encouraging me and allowing me to go spend time with friends. He took off work to watch the kids so I didn't have to worry about them. And heck he's better at getting the kids to work than I am. I came home to a clean house every time.
I will always be grateful for and keep the wonderful friends I have met through the site. I have such wonderful memories of the good times I've had because of Twilight & TwilightMOMs.com. Even though my obsession with all things Twilight has waned; my love, concern and friendship for these wonderful women never will! 
I'm starting to wonder if I'll be surprised by anything in the movie. We've seen clips of just about everything.
I'm excited to go see it in less than a month. Brian & I have tickets to the midnight showing on the day it comes out.
So I'm not the only Twilgiht Obsessed person in St. George. I guess I figured that out when Breaking Dawn came out but I was so excited to see that there is a movie party being planned here in St. George!
Listening to Mr. Mason in Bella's classroom.
Freezing at the bonfire at First Beach.
All the TwilightMOMS in Group 1 after the Hike in the Hoh Rainforest.
Chillin on the bumper of Bella's truck!
What a site we were at the airport. All in matching shirts with tons of luggage!
So when I started planning the TwilightMOM's Trip to Forks it was for 12 women...The trip grew to 25 and then we started adding other group leaders until we had 5 official groups going on the trip. There were about 150 TwilightMOMS in Forks for Stephenie Meyer day. We tried to get everyone together for a big group photo but it was impossible to get everyone in one place at one time but we did get over 100 of us in a picture together!So I'm not really a Muse fan but I love this song & video that is floating around the internet.
We had to pose by the Welcome to Forks sign. We had meant to get a big group shot but there just were not enough hours to do everything!
On the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. This is most of the TwilightMOMs who were on that ferry ride.
We had lunch at Ivar's on the waterfront before we got on the ferry.
Our group picture in front of Bella Italia.
Relaxing while waiting for everyone to arrive for our hike in the Hoh Rainforest.
