Was the book better?
I like all of you LOVED with a passion of a thousand suns the book Twilight. Yet was a tad bit dissapointed by the movie. In my opinion which doesn't mean diddly squat but I thought it didn't fully capture the essence of true love between Edward and  Bella. It was a good movie but it seemed as though they meet and boom are in love but there is so much more that that if you read the book. I adore Rob but he played Edward...differently..yes differently indeed. He seemed angry all the time which those who read the book know that is not Edward at all. Edward has a light  side and a dark side. I feel as though Robert Pattinson only played the dark  side of Edward you don't see so much of the sweet side that all of us twilighters fell in love with. Hopefully in the next movie we will see the lighter side of Edward the one that made Bella and the rest of us fall head over fangs. I could be wrong what do you think?
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I like all of you LOVED with a passion of a thousand suns the book Twilight. Yet was a tad bit dissapointed by the movie. In my opinion which doesn't mean diddly squat but I thought it didn't fully capture the essence of true love between Edward and  Bella. It was a good movie but it seemed as though they meet and boom are in love but there is so much more that that if you read the book. I adore Rob but he played Edward...differently..yes differently indeed. He seemed angry all the time which those who read the book know that is not Edward at all. Edward has a light  side and a dark side. I feel as though Robert Pattinson only played the dark  side of Edward you don't see so much of the sweet side that all of us twilighters fell in love with. Hopefully in the next movie we will see the lighter side of Edward the one that made Bella and the rest of us fall head over fangs. I could be wrong what do you think?

 
 
 
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  • Little Miss Cullen Know It All Little Miss Cullen Know It All commented | 17 days ago
     
    I was told all my life that if there is a movie, set after a book, the book is always better. For once I agree!!!! The movie was awsome!!!! But there is something about the witten word.
     
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  • rachel76 rachel76 commented | 23 days ago
     
    THE BOOK FOR SURE
     
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  • Crystal Crystal commented | 1 month ago
     
    WELL OF COURSE IT WUZ BETTER THAN THE MOVIE AND IN THE MOVIE THEY DNT SHOW ALOT OF DETAILS
     
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  • BabyDucky BabyDucky commented | 3 months ago
     
    i read thw twilight saga before i saw the movie and i thought the book was so much better and the i saw the movie. the movie was freakin` sweet but hands dwon the books are or maybe goin` to be better then the movies but i dont know how exactly they are going to make breaking dawn and eclipse. but to me i think its 50/50 between both the books and the movies.
     
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  • twihard1 twihard1 commented | 3 months ago
     
    Well I didn't read the Twilight Saga until after the movie. I do have to agree with you on the light side and dark side deal, but I think that Rob did a brilliant job. After all Rob is doing what Catherine wanted him to do. And I have to agree with Team Rosalie, Catherine did an amzing job!
     
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  • TeamRosalie!! TeamRosalie!! commented | 4 months ago
     
    I think Catherine did an amazing job on the movie!! But like all books turned into movies the book was wayyy better!!
    To HannahTaylor!! No they r not replacing Rob in Eclipse!!! They start filming in the fall
     
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  • HannahTaylor HannahTaylor commented | 5 months ago
     
    The book was brillant, i couldn't put it down. My mum had 2 confiscate it once because I wouldn't do my homework! I spent all day, every day reading the series, 24/7! I loved the movie! It captured the whole essence of the book and everything was perfect. I think they chose the exact right characters, well done Catherine! I lent the book 2 one of my friends and she liked it, but didn't love it. She is more interested in Jonney Depp.My friend at youh club is utterly mad about it like me. You can't see my walls in my bedroom because of all the poster i've got! I have got all the books including the extras. Is it true that they are replacing Robert Pattinson in Eclipse? Please say it isn't true!
     
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  • HannahTaylor HannahTaylor commented | 5 months ago
     
    The book was brillant, i couldn't put it down. My mum had 2 confiscate it once because I wouldn't do my homework! I spent all day, every day reading the series, 24/7! I loved the movie! It captured the whole essence of the book and everything was perfect. I think they chose the exact right characters, well done Catherine! I lent the book 2 one of my friends and she liked it, but didn't love it. She is more interested in Jonney Depp.My friend at youh club is utterly mad about it like me. You can't see my walls in my bedroom because of all the poster i've got! I have got all the books including the extras. Is it true that they are replacing Robert Pattinson in Eclipse? Please say it isn't true!
     
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  • HannahTaylor HannahTaylor commented | 5 months ago
     
    The book was brillant, i couldn't put it down. My mum had 2 confiscate it once because I wouldn't do my homework! I spent all day, every day reading the series, 24/7! I loved the movie! It captured the whole essence of the book and everything was perfect. I think they chose the exact right characters, well done Catherine! I lent the book 2 one of my friends and she liked it, but didn't love it. She is more interested in Jonney Depp.My friend at youh club is utterly mad about it like me. You can't see my walls in my bedroom because of all the poster i've got! I have got all the books including the extras. Is it true that they are replacing Robert Pattinson in Eclipse? Please say it isn't true!
     
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  • LauraHowe LauraHowe commented | 6 months ago
     
    I felt that the movie was terrible. Of corse I watched it after I had completed the first 2 books of the sage. I thought it was rushed and most of the dialogue was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The books win 'hands down'. I am probably the biggest critic out there for twilight, and the movie was an embarrassment. I would be so upset if I were Stephenie. Hope the next one is better, but there is word that it will be very different from the book as well.
     
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  • Another Cullen Girl Another Cullen Girl commented | 6 months ago
     
    I hope Kristen plays Bella a little less spastic from now on. She was okay, but she never seemed calm or happy, even when she was with Edward. Kind of flustered or something. Maybe in New Moon, she'll be less surprised and baffled, and a bit more like a normal person when she's with Jacob.
     
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  • Twilightfan13 Twilightfan13 commented | 6 months ago
     
    I think that the book was better because when you read the book then you really fall in love with it. I'm not saying that the movie was bad because I liked it. It's just that when you read the book your imagination makes you imagine things that you like and it makes you feel the feelings of the charecters in the book. That's why I like the book better.
     
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  • new vampire 101 new vampire 101 commented | 6 months ago
     
    I,being a fan of twilight for 5 years now have found ever book, all posters, and even some signed shirts was disappointed with the movie. I think that if rob would have acted a little on the lighter side it would have come out alot better. For the most part, i think they hit the nail on the head casting alice, jasper, bella, esme, and carlile. they could have had better male actors and female actor alike.
    Now i have to deal with a problem. New moon isn't coming out soon. that really makes it hard to bear. but ya rob could have been better as edwards lighter side also.
     
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  • Lissi555 Lissi555 commented | 7 months ago
     
    i agree totally he did only show the dark side of edward and they didnt fully capture the love between them whenever they were together they were so tense. i can only hope that they get it better in new moon, eclipse, and breaking dawn. i do disagree with one part though you said that it seemed as if they met and boom they are in love. i agree with that to a certain extant when they first met edward hated her with passion just like in the book. but then when he got over her scent then yes they were "boom" in love.
     
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  • kalii kalii commented | 7 months ago
     
    I think the same,I think the movie is realy good,but it doesn't meet my expectations because I can't see all that things that made me love the book,the book realy made feel every moment as if I was there.I liked the movie,its a good alternative for construct the story in the mind, but some of the actors and actresses...well,I think the producers didn't feel the book as I did,I like Pattinson,Stewart and a lot more,but eg, I guess Nikki Reed is not the most proper for her character,when I knew the movie was coming I imagined a beautifull,pale,hight,thin girl with a perfect nose...I don't know,I think the casting was not very precise in what they're looking for,or what fans where expecting for.

    I apologize if I did not speak well,I'm from Argentina and I still don't handling very well the english
     
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  • Bella Cullen Bella Cullen commented | 7 months ago
     
    totally agree with Josette...I reli enjoyed the books...esp breaking dawn but if we all expect each movie to be as detailed as a book then we'd have an eight hr movie to watch...i love twilight...nvr been obsessed as much as I am now but it has everything to make u want to read it over and over again...Hoping tht the talented vampire author decides to finish Midnight Sun...Waiting patiently for tht and the release of New Moon ok
     
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  • alice cullen alice cullen commented | 7 months ago
     
    its totally true! i think that if he was less tense and more adoring! he would have been even more dazzling!!! lol
     
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  • Another Cullen Girl Another Cullen Girl commented | 7 months ago
     
    I think it's generally true that movie adaptations are not as good as the books from whence they came. If you can get over the fact that the whole story won't be in the movie, you'll have a chance of actually enjoying the film version. Maybe New Moon will be closer to the book? ok
     
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  • Josette Josette commented | 7 months ago
     
    I hated the movie the first time I saw it, but now I can deal with it better... I felt like I was watching the movie in "fast forward." They just ran through everything. And I don't think I ever would have fallen in love with Edward by just watching the movie! The books are awesome. And reading Midnight Sun online helps to understand a lot more about the other characters and why the act like they do. I really wish Stepenie would find it in her heart to finish it!
     
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