[KillarneyRose]

Winnibug, I'm not sure if you realize it or not, but the actor you picked for Edward is named Henry Cavill and he actually was Stephenie Meyer's choice. He's soooooooooooo hot (he plays the Duke of Suffolk in HBO's "The Tudors") but I think in the end the people in charge of casting thought he was too old. I think he's 24 or 25.

From what I understand, Nikki Reed and "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke co-wrote the movie "Thirteen" that Reed starred in. She's a pretty girl, but I definitely expected someone blonder. I think that no matter who got the role, though, many people would have been disappointed. Really, who could actually be as beautiful as Rosalie is supposed to be?

I agree with all of you who don't get why everyone seemed so drawn to Renesmee (ugh; horrible name). Instead of this incredibly beautiful child, all I could picture was Kristen Dunst's creepy little vampire child in "Interview with the Vampire".

Am I the only one who really didn't like Bella's character very much? I never understood exactly what Edward saw in her except for the fact that he liked the way she smelled. (ha, I sound like a bitchy high school girl gossiping!). I thought she was often very ungracious at times, like when the Cullens had a birthday get-together for her and when Alice put together the roomsized walk-in closet in her and Edward's cottage and she was peeved. And don't get me started about when Edward proposed to her.

I liked reading the backstories on the Cullens; I thought Jasper's story was interesting and it wasn't until that point that I stopped thinking of him as a peripheral character at best. Rosalie's store was pretty lame, though. I think SM could have done better with that one.

Still, I LOVED the whole book series and I can't wait to see the movie!