Twilight books vs. movie

Well I read the books for my girlfriend, started on book 1 when she started book 4, finished book 4 before she did, but here is my question, more of opinions really is what I'm looking for, I read all 4 books in about a week, got into it and ended up...

destroying it, anyways we went to see the movie when it came out, what I'm asking is who thought the movie was completely backwards to what the common view of most things in the book's made us think, for example Cullen's are supposed to be beautiful and smart, not have 80's hair :P. But what I found wrong is that most of the movie skipped the first book completely and left things out, many people that didn't bother reading I've talked to had NO IDEA what was going on. So my question is, how well do you think the movie portrayed the book?

I answered the question urself by saying many people that didn't bother reading I've talked to had NO IDEA what was going on

I didnt like the movie half as much as I liked the books...I think that bella was suppose to be pretty and to me she just isnt...and there is the cullens...lol and a lot of stuff in the movie...wasnt even based on the book...stefanie meyers really let them destroy her work of pure art if you ask me.

the whole movie looked like the twilight spoof to me. if I didnt read the book, I would have no clue what was going on. they skipped major parts and the book was waaay better...but thats just me.

The movie didn't really portray the book...they left out a lot of important information and key facts.

But then when they make a movie based on a book does it ever really portray the book? Normally the books are always better because they can go into more detail.

I think the movie was close to the books but they left out a lot of good parts from the book.