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As a movie: It was good. The scenes didn't jump too much, the timeline made sense, most of the actors were great. Prom was good, hospital scene was good... the house scene amused me. "We don't know if she's Italian!" "Her name is Bella..." The Charlie scenes were fantastic. I kind of liked the new vampires-in-area-murdering-people plot.
In the grey area: Jackson Rathbone, as Jasper, grew on me, as did what's-his-face who plays Carlisle. There wasn't enough of Esme for me to be annoyed, so... Jacob... eh... whatever. Robert Pattinson also grew on me. Kirsten Stewart... she was pathetic, but not really Bella-pathetic. Oh well. She'll do. Charlie, whoever played him, was FANTASTIC. As was Gil Whatever-his-name-was who played Billy. And Emmett = perfection. And Alice too. Rosalie was REALLY good and extremely mean, I loved her. Mike as Mike was great. Most of the humans were good. James was fantastic, as was Laurent... Victoria was alright.
Kind of upset about them using the wrong make of Volvo... but whatever. I'll just continue to squee over the one in the school parking lot. Same with Edward's room... very clear description of it. Way to ignore the book.
As a movie of a book: I hated it. They changed so much and ruined some of the key scenes. Some of the plot changes, I understood. Time constraints, flow, etc. That's fine. But they did some weird forest thing that I really didn't understand and they ruined the meadow scene. You know, the scene that kind of sparked the book, one of the most important ones? Yeah. And the glittering was terrible. The actual shine itself wasn't awful, but the accompanying noise... no. He does not twinkle, he glitters. Dimwits. The battle scene: it sucked hardcore. I hate it. With a fiery passion. Several key points: 1) Alice was not supposed to kill James. Jasper and Emmett were, Alice was a bit busy taking care of things and trying not to kill Bella. 2) Edward would not have been fighting James if Bella was crying out in pain. Morons. 3) The bite was small (maybe two teeth) to the back of the hand. A full bite to the wrist would mean that by the time Edward actually got around to taking care of Bella, she would be too far gone because of the artery and vein proximity and the size of the bite. Gr. That whole scene was 99% movie money-making tactics and 1% plot.
And seriously... SPIDER MONKEY??? Excuse me while I go puke.
The Linkin Park at the end was a nice surprise, and it really added to the musical joy that is Mute Math (that was in the movie).