in the theater.

okay.

i went.

and it was good.

(my bestest twi movie buddy and me at the warren oldtown)

it was missing a few of my favorite things.

and rushed,

but it was good.

the things i was worried about weren't as bad as i thought, either.

though there were a couple of "huh? what?" moments.

1. victoria--while not convincingly mean,

she did well.

i'm glad she was in it,

cause i loved riley and xavier samuel would not have

matched up well with rachelle lefevre.

he did a great job as riley.

2. all of the back stories were great.

rosalie.

the legends.

jasper.

oh, jasper.

amazing.

3. jake and bella scenes were great.

i always get sucked into their conversations.

the last one especially.

4. edward.

while i'm not a 'team edward' gal,

he was very emotional, believable.

oh, rob.

i don't know why i was ever worried.

the best edward performance to date.

kristen was great, too.

no stuttering.

stumbling.

clear and precise.

thankfully, jen and i had a great audience to watch the movie with.

the theater had more people in it than i wished for,

but it was pretty quiet.

no squeals.

laughter when it was appropriate.

a lot of guys present, as well!!

this is the best movie so far.

i say best as in "entertaining".

mostly true to the book,

but like i said,

missing some key ingredients.

'angry grizzly bears', for one.

oh, well.