You know, the first bajillion times I read the twilight series (seriously, I've read twilight 45 times alone), I really, really didn't like Jacob. I thought he was a whiny 16 year old boy who kept putting himself where he didn't belong. Now, for some reason, I loooove Jacob. I don't love Jacob for BELLA though. Edward and Bella go together for me, but as a character, Jacob is pretty amazing.
It doesn't help that Taylor is as cute as a button playing Jacob, hahah. My friends and I just say, "It's just a bunch of scary stories" all the time like he does...it's just SO adorable, haha. I'd take movie Jacob over movie Edward ANYDAY...Edward in the movie is kind of a jerk (and not in the "I'm trying not to kill you" way).