User blog comment:Mrs.Volterra/Why Are The Volturi Unpopular?/@comment-3252045-20110619081322

Well, they are deemed 'evil' because they do not consider the lives of humans like the Cullens, but really they are just being traditional vampires. They keep themselves under the radar like they expect the rest of the vampires to. I mean, yeah they have sadistic, murderous members in their clan but that's what makes them so powerful. The reason people hate them so much is because they are the 'bad guys' of the series and it's the whole 'root for the good guys, boo for the bad guys' thing.