Took my daughter to the midnight showing of Eclipse last night. It was amazing! Mostly, I am not a fan of movies from books, but lately it seems directors and screen writers have gotten better at it. The Harry Potter series is a good example. Obviously you can't fit EVERYTHING from the book in the movie, but they do a good job trying. I'm ready for the end, however and look forward to the two part ending this November and next July.The Twilight series has been the same. There were some things in the beginning that put me off, but I decided to watch the movie for it's own sake and try not to compare it too much to the books. My daughter and I spent Tuesday watching the first two installments again (we own both Twilight and New Moon) and we talked through both of them about how this or that was different from the book or not in the story at all. My husband finally told us to shut up because we were ruining the movie for him (even though he's seen it before AND came in mid-way through and acted like he wasn't interested). I would have to say, for me, Eclipse is the best so far (it was my favorite of the books as well).
I appreciate the people working on the movie try hard to "get it right." One of my earliest disappointments as a teenage movie watcher was Cujo, by Stephen King. The book, scared me to death, but the movie let me down because they changed the ending. I felt betrayed! As an adult, I understand better the idea of making the audience "happy" but still feel that the makers of Cujo ruined the credibility of the story.
