I LOATHE Twilight with every fiber of my being. It glorifies domestic abuse, misogyny, pedophilia, necrophilia, and just flat out stupidity.
It gives the message to impressionable people that you need a man to be worth something, that you can't do anything without asking said man for permission, and that you should give up all your hopes and dreams for someone you've known only 2 weeks just because he's "pretty" and thinks you smell good. And if he's not around so you can't smell his farts, go throw yourself off a cliff, because you're not worth anything.
Bella has about as much character depth as a kiddie pool in the middle of a drought. Ever wonder why Edward can't read her mind? There's nothing in that empty dome she calls a skull to read! She's one of the worst Mary-Sues I've ever had the misfortune of coming across. What woman would want to be saved from her own stupidity every 5 minutes? And honestly, since when are you immediately liked the moment you start a new school? She's a selfish, self-absorbed, obnoxious little snot of a teenager who needs to at least PANHANDLE for a clue.
Edward's a bastard. Period. He stalks her, breaks into her house while she's sleeping, threatens to kill her on a regular basis, takes the engine out of her car, verbally abuses her (he calls her an idiot I don't know how many times - yes, it's true, she is an idiot, but it's the concept).
SMeyer goes on and on about how "beautiful" Edward is - the plot doesn't show up until at LEAST page 370. For over 360 pages we have to sit there and read about how "gorgeous" Edward is, how sparkly his skin his, how fresh his breath is (yes, even his breath is amazing, according to SMeyer), how beautiful his liquid topazes are.
If you have to tell me over and over again that your character is inhumanly gorgeous, I'm not going to believe the character is gorgeous. I'm going to picture him as an ugly troll who needs to go back under the bridge.
Plot (or lack thereof) of Twilight in a nutshell:
Bella: Oh Edward, I love you.
Edward: You can't love me Bella. I'm dangerous. THIS IS THE SKIN OF A KILLER! :sparkle sparkle sparkle:
Bella:...
Edward: I love you Bella.
Bella: I love you too Edward!
Lather, rinse, repeat. Through ALL. 4. BOOKS.
And then there's the matter of Jacob, who imprints on a CHILD. The purpose of werewolf imprinting is for reproduction, yes? And Nessie is what...2 at the most? He imprints on a TODDLER.
I didn't even bother to see the movie. I didn't see the point of punishing myself since my only crime is hating what everyone else seems to like.