Ok, well, let me just say that I’m obviously not the biggest fan of this series, but I don’t hate it. And let me tell you why.

Pros

The Wolf pack was done very well in both the books and the movie. Jacob Black is a really cool, fun character and Taylor Lautner is a pretty good actor. He definitely did the role well. If I had to choose, he was by far my favourite male character. They were funny and they were pretty badass. Definitely my favourite part of the movie.

The vampires eyes are really damn cool. I love them. They’re really creepy, but still really awesome. And Robert Pattinson looks like such a good vampire! He is a really good actor to play a vampire. He has the pointy teeth, the pale, but good looking looks and I don’t know, its hard to explain, but he just looks like such a good vampire. And I do think Pattinson is a pretty good actor. I hope he gets so good roles in the future.

The Cullens. I quite like them. Especially Alice. She’s really fun and I love the way Ashley Greene plays her. Just like in the book, she seems like the most ‘’ositive’’ of the bunch. She’s really fun.
I also like how they all stick together as a family and try to solve problems with each other. They’re a really nice way of showing how families should be. Loving and caring and will always back you up.

And I LOVE how they all have individual abilities. I love Alice’s ability to see the future, Edwards mind reading etc.

The Volturi’s are pretty awesome too. They look like real vamps!

And the relationship between Bella and Edward, but to an extent. I’ll go into more detail later on. I also love the love triangle between Bella, Edward, and Jacob.

Now for…

Cons

I really dislike Bella. A lot. Being a HUGE Buffy fan(I think everyone knows this) and a Catwoman fan, I obviously prefer strong, independent female characters who can kick ass and can defend herself. And this is why I REALLY don’t like Bella. I hate the damsel in distress character! She’s so damn weak and she relies on other people way too much. It seems like she can’t do anything without Edward by her side and that’s why I don’t understand how girls like her. I thought girls wanted to be independent an be able to do things on their own, this whole relationship with Edward and Bella is like taking a whole step backwards. Now, I know they love each other a lot, but come on, she can’t even take a shit without him being there! I really think it would be so much better if they weren’t so damn obsessed with each other! And both of them are just too damn emo. Stop it! Bella should NOT want to ‘’kill herself’’ just because Edward left. Sad? Yes, absolutely. That’s the person she loves, but she just goes too over the top.
And they should have gotten a better actress to play her. I’m sorry, Kristen Stewart is hot and all, but the girl can’t act. Honestly, I think at this point, I’d rather have Megan Fox in the role.

I think Emily Browning(Series of Unfortunate Events) should have played the role. I also think just casting her a lot would make the character a lot more likeable and stronger.



Now onto Edward. I like him, but at the same time, I hate him. He should be a lot more ‘’Angel’’ and a lot less ‘’Suburban emo kid who should stop complaining so much.’’ He has potential to be cool. Look at Angel from Buffy. He was in a dilemma with Buffy, they knew they couldn’t be together and obviously he was pretty sad about that, but he dealt with it and moved on! He still loves her, but he knows he can’t hope for something that will never happen. He just seems way, way, way too obsessed with Bella. He’s just too damn over protective. Its one thing to want to keep your girl safe, but its another to hover over her and put her in a bubble. To girls really want someone who wont let them do shit all?

And I really don’t need to hear how ‘’beautiful’’ he is every other sentence. Ok, we get it, you love him ,he’s almost perfect! Nice, move on! I just felt Stephanie Meyer needs to lay off with the over analyzing. We don’t really need to hear how amazing you think his breath is.(yes, his BREATH! Why?!) I think she needs to town that down a lot. Its fine to explain why Bella loves him and what she see’s, but we really don’t need to hear it 24/7.

The love story is decent. It has potential. I like how much they love each other, but they go overboard. I think it would have been a lot better if they were both strong characters and both being independent if they have to be, but have an almost forbidden love and really don’t like to be away from each other. A lot like Buffy and Angel’s relationship. It would have worked out great and I think Bella would be a much cooler character and a lot likeable. The love story is essentially a ‘’rince Charming’’ story, which I have no problem with, it just needs less ‘’obsession’’ and stronger characters.

And finally, the sparkling. I’ve grown to be more accepting to it because now I have an understanding as to why they sparkle. It’s to lure in their victims with their beauty and to feed without struggle. So that alone, makes me more understanding, but still, its sparkling! On vampires! No! I mean, they don’t even have to burn in the sun(in original vampire lore, they didn’t burn up when in direct contact with the sun light. So that’s fine. I myself prefer it if they do burn, but I can live without it.) but why sparkle? Vampires are dead, soulless creatures. Dark creatures, this is just totally going against that. The way I see it, it would have been so amazing if it was almost like a ‘’Beauty and the Beast’’ type thing. If she still wants them to sparkle fine. How I see it is that in the sun, they glow/ sparkle brightly and appear almost non existent. So bright that you cant see them until you are close up. Obviously something like this would attract people and they would go closer to the big light. And once close enough, the vampires would reveal their true form which would be ugly, vicious creatures and then feed on the human. Kind of like mixing the vampires from The Lost Boys and Buffy with the prince from Beauty and the Beast. I think it would have worked out perfectly instead of just sparkling, that’s so… un intimidating. Or if you don’t want the ugly face, just have everything the same, minus the ugly face.(So big light that attracts people, then feed on them)

So yeah. The way I would change it is the no sparkling(or the beauty and the beast method), a better romance part, less description about everything and stronger characters.
So all in all, I don’t hate the series, but I don’t love it either. Its medicore at best. I still think it have quite a bit of flaws, but it had a lot of potential.
I don’t think it’s the worst series ever, but it is kind of poorly written. It's no Anne Rice novel, or Buffy or Vampire Diaries, but its ok. Its just the ''new fad''. I think of it as more of a ‘’vampire soap opera.’’ It’s definitely not going to change the way I feel about vampires. I still think vampires are bad ass.
But with that being said, I really wish Meyer would release a book just on the wolf pack and Jacob, because I really like them. Now that one I would want.