The movie was not as bad as I was expecting. I went in with very low expectations. It is like the book, if you can stand the teen-angst, high school drama stuff I think the movie is ok.
I was impressed that it was produced fairly independently (I have heard.. I haven't looked that up myself) and it had a real NW feel to it. People wore flannel and drank Rainier beer!
Effects were pretty good too. For the most part I liked the concepts of the author's Vampires, except that they are pretty much invulnerable.. and sparkle.
~Carmen