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A Twilight Fan's Honest Review of the Movie
As a huge fan of the book series, I really wanted to love Twilight the movie but OME - Rob Pattinson was HORRIFIC as Edward! And not in a way that you want vampires to be......The opening sequence where Bella leaves Phoenix for Forks had real promise. Kristin Stewart was quite good in the role but I missed all this "on-screen chemistry" everyone was hyping. People in the theater were laughing in all the wrong places. Edward's reaction to Bella in that first Biology class was ridiculous. Now I know why Rob said in an interview he was having a panic attack through the first 20 minutes of the premier because so were we!
In general, I really liked Melissa Rosenberg's screen adaptation of the book. My biggest complaint is that in an effort to fit in everyone's favorite parts, the scenes were too short to allow for any real character development or for a relationship to develop between the characters and the audience. If you hadn't read the book, you had no idea why you should care about what happens to these characters at all.
Having said that, there were some great performances. The awkward relationship between Bella and her Dad (Billy Burke) was fantastic and Anna Kendrick as Bella's "friend" Jessica Stanley was hilarious in a good way. All the high school kids were great as were the "bad" vampires. Plus, Taylor Lautner (except for the awful wig) was much better than I expected.
We knew the special effects were going to suck (and they did) but I think they did the best they could with the $35-40 million they had. The jury is still out on the sparkle effect in my mind - not what I was hoping for although I can't put my finger on exactly what I was expecting.
For all those who bought the movie soundtrack (#1 on Billboad), you will love how they incorporated it into the film. Even the few songs I dislike fit perfectly so now I "get it".
I have to go back to the theater tonight with my son who I was not letting into the midnight show on a school night. I'm hoping it'll be better the second time around but I'm probably just a glutton for punishment. Per usual, the movie far from lives up to its book.
Update: I went back to see it again last night and liked it a little better though by no means can I call it a good film. The bad parts were still pretty bad but this time around I found certain subtleties I could appreciate. My tween son (who read and loved all the books) really liked certain parts but said that overall he, too, was disappointed. Oh, and he noted that if you're waiting to hear Paramore's hit song, Decode, you have to sit through ALL the credits.
In general, I really liked Melissa Rosenberg's screen adaptation of the book. My biggest complaint is that in an effort to fit in everyone's favorite parts, the scenes were too short to allow for any real character development or for a relationship to develop between the characters and the audience. If you hadn't read the book, you had no idea why you should care about what happens to these characters at all.
Having said that, there were some great performances. The awkward relationship between Bella and her Dad (Billy Burke) was fantastic and Anna Kendrick as Bella's "friend" Jessica Stanley was hilarious in a good way. All the high school kids were great as were the "bad" vampires. Plus, Taylor Lautner (except for the awful wig) was much better than I expected.
We knew the special effects were going to suck (and they did) but I think they did the best they could with the $35-40 million they had. The jury is still out on the sparkle effect in my mind - not what I was hoping for although I can't put my finger on exactly what I was expecting.
For all those who bought the movie soundtrack (#1 on Billboad), you will love how they incorporated it into the film. Even the few songs I dislike fit perfectly so now I "get it".
I have to go back to the theater tonight with my son who I was not letting into the midnight show on a school night. I'm hoping it'll be better the second time around but I'm probably just a glutton for punishment. Per usual, the movie far from lives up to its book.
Update: I went back to see it again last night and liked it a little better though by no means can I call it a good film. The bad parts were still pretty bad but this time around I found certain subtleties I could appreciate. My tween son (who read and loved all the books) really liked certain parts but said that overall he, too, was disappointed. Oh, and he noted that if you're waiting to hear Paramore's hit song, Decode, you have to sit through ALL the credits.
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Comment by TemporarilyAmused on November 22, 2008 at 10:37pm -
I hoped this movie would be good because Twilight was the best out of the series for me. The only positive thing about the second and third books was the werewolf aspect, but that couldn't save the atrocity that was the fourth book, Breaking Dawn.
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Comment by Freehaven on November 22, 2008 at 7:03pm -
You are a huge fan of the book series...WOW!
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Comment by xbellaluna on November 21, 2008 at 11:15pm -
I really think that the movie was amazing because of the chemistry, that I felt, between Kristen and Rob. I also expected more from it; I really wanted them to develop the characters much better than they did because if you didn't read the book you had no idea what was going on; everything was moving way too fast. I admit that Edwards reaction to when Bella came in the room was too much; they should've stuck more to the book for that one. I really loved how the intense scenes were when Edward had to save Bella from those guys, when he had to separate from Bella, the ballet scene, the hospital scene, and the prom scene; I cried on all five and the one where he was playing the lullaby. I also expected more on when Edward stepped into the sunlight. They really kind of mix-matched scenes for the movie and some stuff they should've left alone and let more detail into play. I love the books so, so, so much and I wish that I could've gotten a lot more than I actually did, but overall it was a pretty good movie.
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Comment by FabFilmFan on November 21, 2008 at 4:43pm -
Honestly, the 3rd book was my most favorite - the fourth was definately wierd. I'll give you that.
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Comment by Jay on November 21, 2008 at 4:40pm -
After people pined for me to go for it and read through it, I read the first, skimmed the second to see it was nothing but emo fluff, then I had to read the fourth just to confirm the actual solicitation of imprinting on a newborn infant and yeah... this series is just tons of horrible wrapped up in a pretty package. The implications scare me tremendously and...I've lost faith in humanity a bit :\...
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Comment by FabFilmFan on November 21, 2008 at 12:30pm
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Hey Jay - did you actually read the book or see the movie? Forgive my skepticism.....
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Comment by Jay on November 21, 2008 at 9:34am
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One would believe that the lack of character development was probably the most faithful element they could have taken from the Meyer-written books. Because... you know... There is none at all.
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