I saw the first movie mostly to see what all the hype is about, I figured it'd at least be a decent watch especially since I had never read any of the books so I wouldn't have that tainting my opinion. I can honestly say I thought it was complete garbage. The special effects were very Sci-Fi channel-esque and the acting could have been easily rivaled by the cast of pranksters on Punk'd. Granted i've heard nothing but rave reviews about the books, and the trailer for New Moon looks at least somewhat more promising...I still fail to understand what all the hype about the first movie installment of this series is.

Jeremy, I completely agree with your assessment of the first film. All the reasons you hate the film are the reasons why I love it. It's stupid, it's poorly written & acted, the F/X are horrendous & yet few films, to me, can compare with how unintentionally hilarious it is. I've already got my tix for New Moon, hoping for it to be even better than the first, and by better, I mean more horribly awesome.

We were talking about the poster, right? When will we be seeing the trailer? Sometime soon-ish I hope? The movie's opening in 8 months; they best keep the hype machine going for the next film already.

Maybe the trailer premier with the opening of New Moon? At least a teaser?

I get what you mean about horribly awesome...I usually just go for something along the lines of Outlander. Vikings versus aliens? Yes please.