For my mom’s birthday last week, she wanted to rewatch the first Twilight movie. It was a fun watch as always, and it made me want to reread the books, as always. However, it did make me question why I feel this adaptation is a good one versus others that I think are horrible. In fact, a lot of movies and television shows are adaptations of books. So, it made me ask what are the important elements for an adaptation to be good? Personally, I feel that I have evolved in my adaptation expectations over the years. I no longer expect or necessarily want a complete line by line transference…