Rating:
3 out of 5
Short version: Twilight really is strictly for fans of the book - while not terrible, it’s far from great.
Screen Rant reviews Twilight
So it’s finally here.
Twilight, at least for a select group of ladies, has been THE most anticipated movie of 2008 - and their wait is finally over. The question is: Was it worth it?
For them, yes.
For the rest of us? Eh, not so much.
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Twilight opens with the introduction of our heroine, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart). She is in sunny Arizona with her mom and new stepfather, and as they prepare for a long road trip she decides that she’d rather go up to Washington state to stay with her estranged father, Charlie (Billy Burke). He lives in the small town of Forks (population 3,000) and is the local sheriff.
She arrives in the middle of the school year so although it should be hard to make friends (and it’s implied), she manages to connect with a group of kids who are far more welcoming than she is ready to be welcomed. They give her the scoop on who’s who and they soon point out the Cullens, an odd assortment of very pale-skinned guys and gals. To make things weirder, they are apparently foster brothers/sisters yet they are “couples.” They’ve been taken in by the local Dr. Cullen and his wife.
One of the group is of course, Edward (Robert Pattinson). His story is that “no girl is good enough for him.” Of course Bella is immediately fixated on him, although the feeling is apparently very much not mutual. As a matter of fact when she is assigned to be his lab partner, he seems to be repulsed by her.
Edward leaves for a few days, and when he returns his mood towards Bella has changed considerably. He’s now polite and at least feigns interest. She (mostly) gets over being offended and tries to get to know him although he still doesn’t want to get close to her. Almost immediately he saves her from being killed in a car accident in a scene that’s been shown in the trailer. She’s no dummy and doesn’t miss the fact that he was across the parking lot, got over to her in a flash and was able to keep a van from smashing into her (to the point that he left a dent in the door with his hand). [Note slight sarcasm there, folks]
Anyway, we soon meet Dr. Cullen (Peter Facinelli) at the hospital, whose makeup job is so incredibly white that he looks like the Cesar Romero version of the Joker. He is none to pleased about Edward (I guess I can’t call him “Ed,” huh?) possibly exposing who he really is to save Bella’s life.
One thing leads to another and the burgeoning romance is on its way, with a side trip to a confrontation with the “bad” vampires who actually kill humans to feed (go figure). You see the Cullens only drink the blood of animals. The bad guys have been responsible for a number of gruesome murders in town recently. One of them decides to target Bella and thus we get the final confrontation which finally brings us some decent action.
So what’s good?
I thought that the stars and supporting cast actually did a really great job. Bella’s friends were engaging, funny and they played their roles very naturally. Billy Burke was low key and very good as Bella’s father, Kristen Stewart did a decent job, and I have to say that despite his severely sculpted eyebrows and uber-funky hair that I liked Rob Pattinson’s portrayal of Edward Cullen. I don’t know how closely the way he played the character matched the version in the book, but I thought that his uncertainty and awkwardness in light of how powerful he really was made him quite charming.
There were quite a few moments of unexpected humor in the film that I enjoyed. Nothing huge or slapsticky, but just little things that were enough to actually make me laugh out loud (which some comedies this year didn’t manage to make me do). Really the performances made this worthwhile for me.
So what wasn’t so good?
For a non-fan, it was really a pretty bland film. It seemed very slow-moving at times, and let’s face it - it’s a pretty “stock” teen romance movie. There wasn’t anything really special here outside of the fact that it had, you know… vampires.
Nothing really eye-catching as far as cinematography or interesting shots, and one think that really struck me as bad were the visual effects. When the film had its first “super-speed” effect, where the bad vampires corner one of the locals, it was so poorly done that I think I actually gasped out loud. I mean there was this incredibly cheesy blur that I can’t really describe except to say that anything you see on an average episode of Smallville is done far better.
Imagine my shock at the end of the film when in the credits I saw Industrial Light & Magic listed among the visual effects companies. I can only guess that they were responsible for some other effect and not the one I just mentioned (which was terrible throughout the film).
Towards the end the teen-romance-cheese-factor pegged the needle in the aftermath of the big battle in a scene between Edward and Bella. That was about the hardest scene in the movie to sit through, and pretty much from there until the end it was quite sappy and reminded me of a typical teen TV series on the CW.
The audience full of Twilight fans seemed to enjoy it a lot and gave it a thumbs up, so I guess it’s achieved its goal. I’m curious to see if it does well enough at the box office to generate a sequel (which I’m thinking would actually be better than this film).
So take all that for what it’s worth - I’ll leave the decision of whether to see it or not up to you.
Oh, and yes (for the fans), Edward does “sparkle” in the film and Bella is clumsy. 
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I’m glad the acting is at least good. At this point my daughter and I are thinking ‘train wreck’: bad but can’t look away
Robert Pattison is definitely a front-running contender for “most awkward acting of the year award.” His acting made me cringe away in a stiffled laughter throughout the movie. Somehow, the director thought it was a good idea to change Edward’s ability to “dazzle” people (spoiler alert: not in the movie at all, by the way), into “stalk people with a far-off, high-as-a-kite gaze.” Oh, and I hope that butt-chinned kid who played Jacob gets some acting lessons as well… he’s up to bat in the next one, hope he can handle it. Sounded like he was delivering lines on the opening night of a high school play. Charlie was a nice redeeming quality, however; nothing’s funnier than when an over-protective father constantly drinks cheap beer while cleaning his guns.
At least you didn’t hate the movie, 3 stars out of 5 isn’t tooo bad. I can’t wait until next month when we in the UK get to see Twilight. I would have loved to have been in the States at a midnight showing of the movie, with all the American fans. I don’t think Twilight has anywhere near the fan base here, which is a great shame.
I saw the movie at midnight and I agree with you Vic!
The movie for me felt like the big moments in the series was the whole movie. Very stupid joking around in the beginning. I only recated when my friends looked over to me, just to see like I was enjoying the movie, like themselves, but in truth the movie didn’t start to get good until the part where Bella and Edward entered the school toghether, and everyone was staring! Even than there was dry parts! The fight scene was OMGGGGGGGGG!!! The best ever, but again after that the movie whan down hill. I would say over all the movie did it job for enternating the non readers of the series and with staying to the book somewhat(there were some non realating to the book event that happened in the movie and there was some events that were in the book, but weren’t that great)! I would give this movie a go see, but ok of a movie! Three stars, maybe a 1/2 of a star more, but I am trying to go by the whole five stars in total system!
I saw the midnight showing, and I agree, there were definately some serious awkward moments.
I think I felt literaly pain for the actors at some points… especially Jasper aka Edward Scissorhands. I agree that Charlie did an excellent job though and I did like some of the dry humor as well.
Some parts you see in trailers were totally cut out of the film, which was disappointing. I think they spent too much time on little things and not enough time explaining what was going on with the story. I can definately see why people who have not read the books would be a little confused about why these two want each other so bad, the movie doesn’t really portray that at all.
Over all, I liked it for the novelty, I think the stills and photoshoots were much better than the actual film. I will see it again though!
well im not much of a reader but my friend april was always reading it so i guess you would say i was forced into reading it but then i loved it.. They could of done better with the cast of edward and bella but they got his family just right.. but they make edward look mean but idk im going to go see it tonight and hopfully monday i will let you no what i think cuz i was a big movie fan before anything
I too am planning on seeing the twilight movie again this saturday and than with my friend, who couldn’t make the midnight showing on wednesday and sunday of next week!!! Movie was ok, but my twilight support will go on forever!!!
No david, we aren’t out of our minds! We are just telling it like it is! We are tell the truth!
I’ve read the whole series and I just saw the Twilight movie last night. After being increasingly disappointed with the butchered movie translations of the Harry Potter books, I was a major skeptic of any book-to-movie. I agreed to see Twilight with friends out of loyalty to the series, but walked into the theater completely objectively and with no high expectations. I rolled my eyes when the lights dimmed and 150 teens around me shrieked their lungs out.
By 25 minutes into the movie, however, I stood utterly corrected. The tone of the film mirrored the book spectacularly and the actors completely nailed their characters. Edward’s delivery of, “As if you could outrun me! As if you could fight me off!” raised mile-high goosebumps on my arms. By the time Edward was playing Bella’s lullaby, I had joined my squealing peers while mentally vowing to find the sheet music ASAP.
Overall, I was VERY pleasantly surprised with the on-screen interpretation of Twilight. Even fans of the book who look further into the plot than flawless Cullen faces were delivered a satisfying film.
We saw the movie last night it was great fun! We talked and laughed about it for hours and still are discussing it. We loved the actor’s interpretation of Charlie (he steals the scenes), the cast of Bella’s friends Edward’s family was perfect, the actress’s interpretation of Bella was a little too bland, not too shy, not too clumsy, not too angry, not too depressed, not too passionate, not too happy, not too stubborn etc., and the interpretation of Edward was fascinating to watch at times painful at others, I truly think the director had a lot to do with this as there didn’t seem to be a whole lot of directing being done and the actors seemed to be at loss at times as to what they should be doing.
We fell in love with Jasper, Emmett, Eric and Jacob. The meet my family and baseball scene was really fun! The location scenery was beautiful. See the movie if you are a fan!
watched it twice on the same night.
first time: audience was sucked in the movie and gasped, clapped, and awed practically every second. Although i did not gasp clap or awe at all, I was sucked in. The movie was powerful and captivating the first time around. I guess your sort of still in shock because your seeing this type of love for the first time on screen, which the book described so intensely. so overall, the first time I watched it was great!
The second time was not as fantastic. The audience pretty much laughed at the most dramatic scenes. A couple of people even walked out and yelled out how much the movie sucked. Im guessing most of the audience did not read the book? I was not as sucked into the movie anymore, even falling asleep at some parts. And i definitely laughed out loud along with the audience during the part where Edward could not stop sucking Bella’s blood in the ballet studio and the camera zooms in on his face, which looks like a constipated big eyed frog.
dont get me wrong though, for all those twilight avid fans. I am also a fan who will definitely be getting twilight merchandise and will be waiting for the dvd to come out. I just understand that the book is too heavy and intense [cant really explain] but its very “weighted” on a special kind of love. A love that i know can never really be fully captured on screen. I think Kristen and Robert did an amazing job and they are great actors but its understandable, you really cant capture a love like Edward and Bella’s completely.
The movie resembled a student project at an indy film festival. It was shockingly bad and resembled a glorified Power Ranger film.
The acting left a lot to be desired but even the most talented of actors would not be able to pull this movie off. The screen play, cinematography and special effects doomed the movie within 10 minutes.
This was literally the worst film I’ve ever had the patience to sit through. I’ll give it a second viewing when I’m in need of a good laugh.
I was going to see this movie last night but I got snowed in so im going to see it tomorrow. I gotta say Im very questionable after reading the book how they will portray it on screen. Their is a lot of intense moments in the book that will be hard to show on the screen. I think most movies that are based on books should remain in a book but Im still looking forward to seeing this movie.
I have mixed feelings with Stewarts acting ability. I have to say she is talanted but still questionable. She did well in the panic room but I didn’t really enjoy ger performance in Speak. Who knows mabey she will suprise me. Pattinson impressed me in Harry Potter so im sure he will do fine in Twilight.
Ill write back when I actually get to see the movie tomorrow.
Always remember: Books are way, way, way better than the movies!!!
Examples would be, Harry potter movies vs. the harry potter books-The books were better than the movies and the twiligt books were way better than the twilight movie, so far.
Any other examples would be great!!!
I didn’t get to read the book and I think it’s better, because a lot of people couldn’t help but compare the two. You have to be realistic. There is no way to fit all 500 pages into 2 hours. And even if they did that would be super boring, repetitive, predictable.
That said I really liked the movie. My only problem was the first 30 min. The scenes were exaggerated to me. And I don’t think the actors were to blame.
What I’ve noticed is that a lot of people didn’t get to appreciate the beautiful scenery. I was impressed. Awesome shooting location. From other reviews I also get the feeling that some people were looking for a lot of blood, action visual effects (300, Lord of the rings style) Maybe the next Underworld movie will be more appealing to these folks. This is more romance. If you’re not into that don’t go and then leave some stupid comment about how little action packed this was.
And last but not least is that there were good comic sitiations that got me to laugh. Something that comedies these years lacked
So to end this I’m going to say that you really have to go and see the movie so you can draw your own conclusions. I’m going agian.
i think it should have gotten 5 stars it was awsome, it was the best movie i seen all year!
This article had a few grammar mistakes and misspelled Forks.
wow these “amazing and awesome” reviews make me think a lot of people can’t see past the beauty of the actors , I read all the books and I thought the movie was poorly made , the main thing is their love and that did not show in the movie , the supporting characters were better than the main IMO , Bella was dry , lost and emotionless, Kristen looks the part but she definetely did not play it well , Rob was good I thought and did a good job with the facial expressions of Edward but some of his lines werent good either and felt like he was trying to control his accent all too much, in all I would give it a C+, they wanted to stay close to the book but lost the essence of it , it was fast and choppy , I can’t wait for the next one because hopefully there will be more money and let’s pray a new director, screen writer and editing team. I think the cats deserves another chance since they have been good in other movies . My fave scene was the baseball one with the Muse song , (maybe cause they didnt talk lol)and the fight scene was pretty good , Bella seemed to deliver feeling pain better than love lol.I hope they listen to the fans ( not just the teeny boopers ) and bring it on with the nxt movie.
Thanks, I’ve gone back through the review and tried to find any errors and correct them. If you still see any in there pleas let me know.
@Sil
I think my review MAY have been influenced by the fact that I sat through the movie with an audience full of hardcore Twililght fans and their reactions. I didn’t exactly give it a glowing endorsement, but it was better than I thought it would be going in.
Vic
@ Vic
I can understand that I was very excited for the movie , and it was thrilling to see my 11 year old daughter take it all in lol, she made me feel like a teen again and I did enjoy the movie , now if you look at everything else it lackd a lot of emotion and important scenes like the meadow and car ride from Port Angeles ,IDK I liked it but didnt love it , for someone that compared the screen play of Harry Potter to this one , well I have to say HP was way better , Iguess after watching Lord of the Rings and HP one expects more of these fantastic movies , you need money to make it look good , but the acting can be good even without so much money, Charlie and Alice were my favorites , even with the little time they had on.
See the movie tonight for the second time, even my mother agrees, was better!!!
The firs viewing of the movie, is just so shocking you never realize that you are seeing the movie.
The more times you view the same movie, the more you catch, that you didn’t catch before!!!
@Sil
Thats why i had mixed feelings about this movie. I heard that Stewart wasnt that great but besides that it wasnt horrible. Ive heard a lot more worse reviews on this movie. This a much nicer one i gotta say.
@Tina & Maria
Like I said the book is always better then the movie
I went to see the movie completely excited the DAY it came out. I was disappointed, maybe i expected too much. although im starting to see im not the only one. the movie over all was good but very little was how we all would have imagine from the book. I think they should have put ALOT more detail and alot more of the book into the movie. not a complete loss though. I guess i should remember that this was only the first movie. However they need to really step it up big time in the next movie meaning {more details, more parts of the book, and LESS focusing on ONLY the little parts} and with all the money and a new bigger budget that should happen. I think twilights fans would all gladly sit threw a 3 hour movie that has alot more details and alot more parts of the book rather than a 90 minute movie that has less details and only some key parts of the book. the term “less is more” does NOT apply to these types of movies, id rather have more than less
certain main characters such as bella, eric, sam and a few others werent exactly what i imagined, but the whole vampire cast including edward were perfect for the parts they played.
Just getting back from the movie I’m still on a Twilight high and looking to see what everyone else thought of the movie. I loved it!! .. but then, I have read the book and knew what was going on. I’m sorry for those who hadn’t read the book because it moves to fast to give you the full effect of the depth of their relationship and therefore might leave someone who has not read the book like the relationship was rushed,chaotic and superficial. What I did like is that they did a great job of keeping the intesity of feelings that Bella and Edward have for each other. For those who are Twilight fans you will LOVE it! I DID! … I found myself wishing we had another 45 minutes to an hour to put in some other vital details. Might have lost some of you if it had been that long but I’d have been happy and enjoying it!
Any movie that was made because of a great book was never quite as good. Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” is a good 500 pages and the entire story was fit into a 2 hour movie. Of course parts will be skipped and/or hurried along, but if done right, it can still capture your heart.
As a die-hard fanatic of the Twilight Series, I was very pleased with the movie, and very excited to see the story brought to life. And also as a person who lives in the Pacific Northwest, where the book is based out of, I was excited to see the backdrop true to it’s surroundings.
I would recommend to anyone who loved this book, see the movie. If you are expecting the movie to be exactly like the book, you will be disappointed. But remember, it is about the story of between Edward and Bella. It is the story about the Lion that fell in love with the lamb. And if you remember that, you will also fall in love wth the movie.
And a side note to all you men out there who are going to this movie with your girlfriend or wife, and you are secretly dreading it… My husband took me… and he actually really liked it. Now of course my husband was secretly dreading it, and he would prefer an action packed thriller with explosions and great stunt work over a “chick flick” any day. But he liked the movie!
Two thumbs up!
Since there is another Jess here im adding an H to mine.
I just got back from seeing the movie. After haveing high expectations I wa not disappointed. The only issue I had was not going into more depth with Carlisle past and wy he does what he does. I dont think anyone who didnt read the book wouldnt understand why he resists the blood and dosent kill humans. I like it in the book when they were in the study and looking at the pictures in the book which I thought was intersting and I was looking forward to that. Besides that I was not disappointed and I understand they cant put in every single detail but then again ths is the first movie so I wont push my luck.
Going to see this flick again. Mabey not something for a guy to see if your not a fan but its something worth at least checking out.
alot of people are giving the line of “a 500 page book will never be good in a 2 hours movie” while that is right , is not my issue at all I wished they would have made it longer and not so choppy , but what dissapointed me personally was the bad acting , there’s no excuse for that , no money or short book or whatever is going to make an actor act good , Kristen simply sucked , and I do think she looks like the Bella I imagined , not too pretty , clumsy and casual , but she did not fel the love or passion for Edward that the book portraits.
I went to see this movie last night with my girlfriend who kept asking me to go with her. Both of us is a huge Vampire movie fan and for me being hungarian and having a name Bela ( like Bela Lugosi) also made it more fun. Well i’ve seen many movies about vampires and in my opinion this was one of the worst ever! I haven’t read the book so i did not know anything about this film but i heard it in the bookstore some people even said this is the Harry Potter of the vampire movies. I guess he was joking around. The acting is horrible in this movie and even the fight scene was short and disapointing. Some story is only good and enjoyable in books and need a very good director to be able to make it on film. This one should have stayed in a bookstore.
If you remeber from the book Sil if you read it, that Bella dosent express her emotions well but I do agree I have never really been impressed by Kristen’s acting. She didnt cause much grief for me though since i really didnt expect much out of her to begin with. A lot people did say they were disappointed with her though.
@ Jess H
yes I do remember that but to me you can have a hard time expressing yourself verbally but you still feel it , her eyes were so dead most of the time and she sounded like she was just reading the lnes from the script , you know no passion, the scene where they are dancing at the prom and he kisses her neck , she looks like a dead piece of meat lol , her eyes lost in whatever she might have been thinking like ” humm what kind of toothpaste should I try next” type of thing lol.
The problem with this film was that it was in no way exceptional. Movies with terrible animations can be very good if the acting is great, or the story supports itself. Likewise, movies can be entertaining simply because of amazing explosions, gore, and overall combat. Twilight simply had nothing to offer.
The story: vampire romances have been done before, and this one looked like a cheesy teen romance made even cheesier with the addition of vampires.
The animations: terrible.
The acting: regardless of how well the actors portrayed the characters from the books, good actors make the movies feel like reality. This film was worse than some pixar films in that respect.
Honestly, i’ve never read the books, so i’m rating this as a simple movie viewer who was forced to watch by some friends, but it really was not very good. I enjoyed the preshow commercials more.
I am just so shock to be reading all of these negative reviews of twilight, that I don’t know what to say!!!
I just saw the movie for the second time tonight. I was a little bit disappointed in the character who played as Jacob(the guy from shark boy and lava girl) and the scene where his two ‘friends’ come up I wished that the character who is going to play as Embry*sp (the one on the left) would have stayed as Jacob (his charming smile and his love for twizlers) but latr on he would have had to cut his hair for the later films..I didn’t like the ‘running’ scenes as much as I would have liked, but the rest of the movie shoved a place into my heart. The only two other things that really made my eye twitch was 1. when they didn’t mention Alice’s past, and 2. when victoria spoke.. you ‘hear’ her speak in book 3 and she’s supposed to surprise you as having a high pitched girly voice that didnt suit her. >.>;; oh well. I wasn’t Victoria fan at all. but by the end of the 2nd time watching I was deadly in love with Edward, Jasper, and Carlisle- once you watch it more than once you get the feeling that the actors played very well into the roles. Bella could always smile more, and Victoria could look a little less trashy (as my fello companions put it) and I hope the ‘little’ details that brings the characters out more will be put into movie 2. But they dont mention how Bella sleep talks (cries) or that the piano song is pretty important.
i got a few comments from my comment here.. and i have decided for myself about the movie … the movie itself was destent i tried not to be so closed minded with the first 30 mins of the movies. i did not just look at it was a twilight reader and crazy obseser(even dow thats what i have become to be) i look at it from my both perspectives which is a really really big movie lover and cridict and a new reader and fan of twilight .. as a book it is flip’n sweet but as a movie it is ok . im not trying to dis the movie im just saying it could of been better .. it was pretty exagerated on most parts and when alil to fast . .. . . but remember guys that when you read there is no limits to ur emagination but in a real life movie.. as a movie cridict it was good; could of been better with some of the seens and how it was played out but as twilight reader it kinda sucked just a tad.. i still think it was an ok movie
Rachel, you bring forward a great point that I am sadden that I had forgot to included in one of my before comments. I too felt like I had just lost it and let go during the second viewing of the twilight movie. The first time you view twilight you look for the simalerities(bad spelling), and differentices(bad spelling) between the books and the movie, but by the second and third time viewing the movie, you just loosen up and go with the flow, or at least I did!!!
I watched the movie the day it came out, I agree that the movie was more for fans then anyone else, I went with my boyfriend and found myself explaining a lot of what was going on. I loved Edward Cullen, but sometimes his face shots were awkward. Bella was very good I would not want anyone else EVER to play her role(she looked like a natural beauty ), but she was not enough….of Bella(if you know what I mean). Over all, the cast could not have been better I loved Rosalie (in a love hate kind of way), Bella’s father played a perfect Charlie, Emmitt was emmitt, Jasper was awkward the way he always was(in the book), Alice was charismatic, Esme and Carlisle were perfect parents. But, I did expect a bit more (from the director). What I mean is, that in every book Stephanie Meyer did a excellent job at putting the readers in the shoes of the characters, the movie did not do this so well. I think a new director would be better, over all I will go to see every version of twilight if 10,000 twilights were made, but that’s just my love for the book, not my love for the movie. I hope they make a movie for the second book! I want to see how Jacobs going to look! Other then that Edward was sooooo sexy!!!!!
@Tina
I hope that works since im going to see this movie probably several times (I wont have to pay at all since all my friends instist on paying, which I dont mind
). I had no problem with this movie except the ones I listed before but no movie is perfect especially when its from a book.
@Sil
Very much agreed! I think im just trying to be positive about it since Stewart isnt one of my top ten actrors. She just dosent express herself… at all. If she could have brought a little more character to it I think it would have made the movie 10 times better!
I don’t think the movie was terrible, but i a soooo in love with the book that i for got to remember to not link the little parts in the book to the film. but i’m soooo confused, i am not sure if i should be happy because twilight was finally a movie or to be angry that the key parts in the book were screwed up.
(question? i can’t remember, did bella and edward(my man) stop at the police station on their way home in the book? or was that added in movie??)
@ Jess H
I agree if her acting was more passionate and showed the love for Edward better it would have made the movie better even it it was a cheap movie .
@ Anastacia
no it’s not in the book ! I hated it because the car ride home from Port Angeles is one of themost important scenes and where Bella truly finds out that he is a vampire , not when they ditch school( another added crappy scene) but I guess they added the meet with Carlisle at the police station to accomodate another added scene which was the nomads attacking around town which also does not happen in the book.
Well Vic, I saw Twilight with my wife on Saturday and I came away with thinking about the same thing you did. It was ok, not terrible, but not great.
Edward carried the movie for me. His awkward strength was motivating for me to continue to be engaged throughout the film. I loved that they relied heavily on the faces to convey the deep love they had for each other, as opposed to obvious physicality.
My wife will be uploading her review of the movie to Truth On Cinema in the next day or so to provide more of an in-depth look at the movie, ie from someone who has read the books.
I hope the sequels get darker and try to use some of the money towards better effects and acting lessons for some of the supporting cast.
Wow I don’t even know where to start with this.
I’m a pretty huge fan of the books (i’m curerently on the third one, “Eclipse”) and decided to go see the movie even though I knew I would probably be disappointed..
..but I couldn’t guess how disappointed.
I agree about most of what you wrote… bad, horrible, terrible (any other word you can find to describe bad) special effects.. It was probably the first thing I was looking forward to that completely shocked me when I actually saw it. The only part I enjoyed of the special effects is when Edward gets out of the car and zooms the other side to let Bella out. I think what disappointed me most of all about the special effects, though, was the way they made Edward “sparkle” in the sun… Its described in the book that his skin resembles marble stone.. and in my head i’m thinking specs of sparkles throughout his body but in the movie he looks like a glitter faery puked all over him. I think it was more over-the-top than necessary and took away from the beauty it was -suppose- to reflect. Oh and when Edward jumps to run with Bella, it looks like they are on an invisible cord.. how cheesy.
The acting was okay… I was most disappointed in Edwards character, but I think thats because I already had a preconceived idea of who he is in my own head. I was pleased with Kristens performance as Bella but I also think thats because she pretty much nailed the person that I made up in my head.
I couldn’t understand how Edward and Bella could fall so fast for each other in the movie. Since they left out a lot of details, they left out some interactions between the two. It was like they were complete strangers and then all of a sudden couldn’t stand to be apart with nothing in the middle to lead them to that point.
I was most surprised at how the meadow scene wasn’t a big deal or even portrayed like it is in the book. I read on the authors website that this scene is where the thought of the book was born. She dreamt about an ordinary girl standing with a ridiculously handsome boy vampire (who sparkled in the sun) and I think they were having a conversation.. the author notes that she started from this scene and wrote to the end then started at the begining to tie it all together. I would think this would be pivotal to the movie as well, buuuut apparently not… if you didn’t know the book then you probably wouldn’t have even paid much attention to that part or even remember it. I wonder how the author must think about this.
It almost feels like the movie wasn’t “loved” enough to be put together properly… as if every single person who worked to put this movie together were -forced- to do it and didn’t really take it to its true potential. I could think of a million things that should have been different… IE ..in the book, Bella has to think of a way to escape from Alice and another (cant think of if its emmet or jasper) in the airport so that she can go meet with james to save her mom… in the movie she just walks out… it would have been more interesting if they stuck to the book in that aspect. Everything from then on was too easy and didn’t really have a climatic point. You don’t read about the fight with james and the good vampires, and i’m glad they added it to the movie, but it still could have been done a little bit more interesting.
I think there will be a sequel to this movie just because the hype of the movie probably brought on more fans than it would have brought without it, but I wouldn’t doubt that it doesn’t make it through all four books (which I heard is suppose to be happening). I think the sequel will be more exciting than the first if they can do it right..
aaah so much more I could say. I’ve been waiting to get this all off of my chest. (haha) I’m glad i’m not the only one who feels this way about the movie..
Anastacia, The police station scene was a add in!
I saw the movie last night and was EXTREMELY disappointed. The characters were very bland, especially Bella..the special effects were horrible…and I certainly couldn’t feel the attraction and love between Bella and Edward (the book did an amazing job, but the actors in the movie killed it!)…this film had such potential…it’s unfortunate it turned out the way it did….Maybe by the time New Moon comes out, they will have learned from their mistakes.
But Stephenie Meyer, WAY TO GO with your book!!!!! It was amazing!
Thanks Tina , im gonna go see it again this weekend and im gonna try really hard not to be close minded . [:
do you think it gets better or worse the 2nd time you see it??
David B , chill out yo i mean come on it just what everyone thinks where not tyring to be asses it just the movie could of been better.. what the movie ment to u could of ment something way differant to someone esle..
when i went back to school on monday my teacher asked how the movie was cuz she always saw me reading the books in her class.. i told her i was dissappointed cuz it didnt really go the way id expected and i was pretty upset and she told me GOOD! i was like what? r u for real? and she said yes im glad u didnt like it.. ( i couldnt belive she said that my mouth was open and everything ) i told her i got the tickets a month ahead just to be able to see this moive on friday and to come back disappointed was just a real let down.. they she told me well the reason im glad you didnt like it is that means you read it well, you understood the charectors and where they were coming from . u did not just read the book lived it in your mind and thats what a good book is suppose to be capture ur attention. its better to read a book then watch the movie sometimes cuz your have no limits to your imagination.
Hey Vic, The begining of your article is wrong. Bella doesn’t just decide on a whim to go to Washington. Obviously it is explained in the book but, she also explains it to Edward in the movie. She goes to live with her father so that her mother can go on the road with her husband who is a minor league ball player. I saw the movie twice and enjoyed it the second time round much more than the first. Unfortunatly, the audiance reaction really affects my own experience and the second time the crowd was much better. I agree with much of your review but all in all I really enjoyed it!
Wow please thank your teacher for what a great way to say something so important to the world of learning, rachel!!!(they she told me well the reason im glad you didnt like it is that means you read it well, you understood the charectors and where they were coming from . u did not just read the book lived it in your mind and thats what a good book is suppose to be capture ur attention. its better to read a book then watch the movie sometimes cuz your have no limits to your imagination.)
And to comment on your other comment for me. I would have to say that seeing the movie the second time really didn’t do that much of differenice, but at least the movie was more intertaning than the first view of the twilight movie!!!
I never said Bella moved to Washington on a “whim.” Here’s what I wrote:
“She is in sunny Arizona with her mom and new stepfather, and as they prepare for a long road trip she decides that she’d rather go up to Washington state to stay with her estranged father, Charlie (Billy Burke). He lives in the small town of Forks (population 3,000) and is the local sheriff.”
I didn’t give the reason for the road trip but I did say that it was due to their trip that she decided to move.
Vic
Vic, why is all of your comments boxed in red???
Just wondering!!!
Because I am the author of this review.
Vic
Well like I said I am already enlisted to see this movie mabey three more times but im not complaning. Rachel, your teacher has got it down to the point.
@Tina
Ive alwaysed found you enjoy a movie the second time around and im hopeing the same for this
Jess, you won’t be dissapointed the second time viewing the twilight movie. In fact later today, I will be viewing my third time of the twilight movie and I know for a fact the third time will be more intertaning than the second time and the third time will be much more intertanting than the first time view the twilight movie and I am still not done!!! I still have (after todays viewig of twilight) four more views of the movie to go!!!
@Tina
lol! Im in the same boat. Im seeing it again Fri and Sat and I dont know how many more times after that. I might just go myself as well just because I really did enjoy it the first time!
O,no Jess!!! I am not going to see the movie four more time, by myself. I am going with my friend that hasn’t seen the twilight movie yet, only because of vaction in flordia.
We were planning to see the movie together today, and Sunday and than I was planning on seeing the movie three more times, with whoever wants to go with me!!! Friends/family!!!
Oh thats not what I meant im seeing it with several times but I was plannin on going by myself too if none of my frends wanted to go with me. Im seeing it fri and sat with a couple of my firends who havent seen it and one my friend wants to see it again as well. i didnt think you wre seeing it by yourself. Not as much fun
@ Tina & Jess H
I actually saw the movie the first time by myself. I’m a dork really, but i am such a fan of the book and have sort of wrapped myself into this whole world that i felt wrong experiencing it with someone else. I was going with a friend until she said “i always love a good vampire movie” …that killed it for me because it was a lot more than that for me… soo i left her behind (lol like i said, dork) I was disappointed in the movie but apparently everyone is saying its good a second time around so i shall give it another shot…(too much of a fan not to i guess) and this time i’ll take someone with me (haha) ..i got a couple of my friends reading the saga so hopfully they will want to go see the movie soon.
Hello everyone,
I just walked in the house, and guess what I just saw again for the third time?
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THAT IS RIGHT, TWILIGHT!!!
I must say the third time watching the movie is like watching the movie for the second time. I loved the movie,again not as crazy as a twilight fan should be after viewing the twilight movie, but I still loved the movie and again I will be watching the movie this coming Sunday, but I am starting to wonder, am I really seeing the movie for interst or for Edward and my answer would be( because only I can answer my own question)would be EDWARD!!!
I just don’t know how many more times I can sit through the twilight movie, before I really start to get bored(never would of thought that as a twilight fan, I didn’t think I would hear the word bored come out of my mouth containing twilight), tho I will soon find out!!! Won’t we???
(Remember each comment contains a viewing of twilight.)
Hey everyone! So I have yet to see the movie, but since I am going to have to take my little sibling before I get killed, I thought I’d take a look at reviews. I liked the book but wasn’t overly impressed with it’s writing style. The story though was adorable and left a nice little warm feeling. I was thinking that the movie would do the same, but I guess it’s going to have to wait until I actually see it. I am actually more curious about the effect of the movie on the teens that watch it. I work with teens and here are some of the interesting things that were brought up: http://saharsblog.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/the-puzzle-that-are-obsessions-or-wow-how-teenagers-love-edward-cullen/. I am looking forward to next week because yet another batch of teens I work with will have seen it and I will be able to talk to them about it too! Yay!
Saw twilight for the secound time, and it was so much better this time. I got over how it did not compare to the book in some cases and when I did that, in my eyes, the movie greatly improved. Im going to see it again next weekend with a friend hopefully and not see it again till it comes out on dvd. The reason im doing this is so I do not get bored with the movie and if I see it a million times I will start to getsick of it. I will be happy as a clam to wait till it comes out on dvd.
Tina, i didnt just see twilight a 2nd time i was it 3 times (not really by choice) but i think it was a lil bit better cuz its like you have to try to forget its a book and just a movie….. but i must say that the 3rd time i was kinda annoyed . i was just sitting there half way through the movie( god when is it gonna finish) but i did notice alot of stuff i had missed .. see when you see it the second time its kinda just like a kinda sorta dont wanna see it attitude cuz you were so upset about how much it sucked that you missed the lil detail that the directors think we’ll catch but dont untill like the 4th or so time you see it. .. no what i mean jelly bean ? ^_^
Jess H, thanks my teachers very smart but extreamly hard to keep up with .. i liked the movie just a lil bit more the 2nd time i saw it .. i was a bit fussy the 3rd time dow.. :/
Wooaa Tina dont you think u should slow your roll with watching twilight so much i mean i like twilight just as much as every person in this room but as a big and i mean BIG movie fan you should limit how much you watch a film cuz you can get pretty bord with it and not want to watch it as much,, well at all .. but then again everyone reacts differantly . but im just saying
oh by the way i no they already casted the ppl for new moon or whatever there gonna call it (cuz there putting new moon and eclips together) let me no if you find anything interesting about it , cuz iv been looking and havent found much :[
Well I was dragged kicking and screaming to this movie… gotta love having a g/f. But after i sat in my seat and was willing to give the movie a shot, i did enjoy myself. Enough for me to read all of the books since the veiwing. Im looking foward to new moon. and yea get a new jacob black cause hes got alot of acting to do in the next 3 movies.
Book was way better then the movie.
@Josh
Im suprised a lot of people I talked to liked the guy that played Jacob but just thought that he needed to cut his hair.
@Rachel
I agree that is why i am only seeing it one more time so I wont get bored with the movie. I almost did that to myself when TDK was out. I dont want to ruin the movie for myself! Also where did you hear that they were combining the next two books for the next movie?
funny how many people still drop money to watch this movie over and over even when they didn’t like it much to begin with , I just watched it online for the second time and it’s still not great to me lol, I can actually see more and more crappy acting from Kristen every time I watch it .
I thought that the actors/actresses in the movie did a great job. It stayed pretty close to the books. It was kind of corney in a funny way. I look forward to seeing the sequel. I hope they keep everyone to play in the next movie.
Let me start by saying I know that adaptations can be difficult. The story had such potential, the adaptation failed miserably. Key elements were skipped over and the story that played out on screen isn’t a fraction close to the story in the book. Edward and Bella’s blossoming love through time spent together was lost somewhere along the way…maybe in the trees. The key elements that I missed the most were Edwards glorious meadow and the trip that lead them there. The amazing struggle he faced in the meadow as he let Bella get closer to him was lost to a small patch of grass off school property. What happebned to the time spent in her room and the conveniently overlooked confession from Edward that he stays at night and listens to her sleep. The revelation that she speaks the words “I Love You Edward” in her sleep, where were all of the key elements that lead us all to adore this couple? What happened to the times he hummed her to sleep while holding her, when the love grows stronger and deeper than either could possibly imagine? The prom was another total loss, right along side the whole James fight scene. What happened to the revelation about Alice? Someone over at Summit thought of a teen audience and stopped there, these people need to have other projects to work on during New Moon’s production! I would have gladly sat through a low budget 3-4 hour film at double/triple the cost for some insight as to why they love each other play out on screen! The cast however was a great choice, no complaints there! Abc, CBS, NBC could have done better! I wish there was some way for a REMAKE!
Sorry I am so late with my review for viewing number four for the movie twilight, but I just been so busy, that I haven’t been able to do anything else but chores, work and schoolwork!!!
Anywho! Reading all of your replies about the warnings of watching twilight movie so much got me to think!!! I am promising that after this last viewing of twilight(my fivth), I will wait until the dvd comes out. I am starting to realize that I am watching the movie more than reading the twilight books and that is bad for me. That is bad only because as a reader, I yell at others who would reather watch a book on screen than read the book and because of that, I need to start get back onto the train of reading and less on the train of watching movies. I am not saying the watching movie is not a bad thing, but in a book vs. movie debate I would be fighting on the book side!!!
Also I am part of a book club were the members come back to discuss the twilight movie and I feel that the more you view the movie, the more detail you catch!!!
(Coming up next Tina’s fivth and final review of twilight, so please stay tuned!!!)
This movie was downright horribal. Listen kid’s if you want to see a good vampire movie with all the vampyric romance and intrigue,with half of the teenage cheese…check out interview with the vampire,or even bram stoker’s dracula….there are far better movie’s out their worth watching. All this movie is is a trend setting over-exposed piece of crap aimed at teenage girl’s hungry for a story that’s almost as alienative as they are.
Let me start by saying I am a HUGE fan of the books; all of them. I (like always) never expect the movies to be as great as the books. It felt so rushed and squished. It was like the main actors were board and wanting to leave. In my opinion, there was no connection between bella and edward, they made it out to be a high school crush, not two madly in love, infatuated teenagers that new they were destined to be together forever. I completely see were the director was going with the transfer from book to movie, naturally you are going to loose detail, so why not put in the small things. For instance; Victoria, in the book the author descibed her hair as ” A startling shade of RED”, “brilliant orange”and “fire like”, why not dye her hair red/orange? These smaller details are what bothered me the most. The scenery was my favorite part.:<
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i loved the twilight saga. it was amazing i just couldnt stop reading it. when the movie came out i didnt get to see it until two days later, but my friends all hated it. i went into the movie theatre suspecting a train wreck but i absolutely loved it. Edward (in the movie) didnt seem creepy. he was doing a good acting job. in the book is said he looked like he was in pain from being close to bella. and he did a good job acting like that. if u read the book reallt closely than maybe u could understand that they hit the spot in acting. and stephanie meyers even helped with the movie and so obviously she would want to make it like her dream she had in 2003 that started this.
I commented earlier and it wasn’t that great of a review, but I saw the movie again with other family and it was so much better the second time around, b/c I was able to relax and enjoy it for the essence of the film, as opposed to nit picking it apart. I really loved it and despite some little flaws (like the meadow scene could be better) I appreciated it for what it was.
Also, the director noted that many scenes had to be cut due to time and weather restraints, so that is one reason why the meadow scene wasn’t better.
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I thought it was a crappy movie but I kind of found it endearing in a way. I like the whole indie thing though. Surprisingly 3 adult friends who hadn’t read the books saw it and love ‘the love story’. Two went and saw it a second time and the third said she would have gone right back if she could have.
I see many complaints about Kristen’s acting. I liked her shuttle performance. I thought she really nailed some of the scene just like the book, ie the way she hesitated before saying she wasn’t afraid just to make sure it was true.
I think without the chemistry between her and Rob (even in interviews/photo shoots they seem like two magnets with a push and pull between them) and her keeping the story grounded it might have been a complete disaster (like the completely beautiful but so boring Phantom of the Opera - way to ruin a great stage play). I like Kristen as an actor but I think having to wear such dark brown contacts did make her eye flat, and she was stripped of so much of her character by the screenplay/editing? In many places, i.e. when Edward says he’s been watching her sleep, Bella doesn’t even have a line! I thought Kristen did a great job there and in a few other scenes with just her looks. Also I loved her voice overs. I wonder if Billy Burke (Charlie) or Rob (Edward) would have been as good if they’d cast a light weight actress to be Bella? Guess we’ll never know for sure, but we’ll get to see how Kristen does with the heavy stuff in New Moon. Hopefully she’ll gain some new fans.
Just one thing to say about this movie - SEXUAL TENSION, from the momment Bella meet Edward to the end… Damn, i enjoyed this film a lot, and i’m glad to say, i haven’t read the book yet. Best scene, the baseball game xD
I just came back from seeing this movie with friends, and to be honest, it was pretty much as bland as I expected.
I personally think there was some major over-acting going on, and too much push on making everything awkward.
I found the actors suited the characters in the book quite well.. and who knew Jacob’s hair was THAT long
I felt that Charlie was done perfectly. Bella seemed more mature in the movie than she in the books - which I found to be a surprise, and a great relief. Also, I found that the Swan house was practically exactly how I pictured it from the book. However I had a different idea of the Cullen house, but in the books it’s pretty much left up to the readers imagination.
Personally, I think the movie was alright… but nothing to rave about. I don’t see why people are spending money to see it four times.
As you noted.. the graphics where terrible! I was watching in pretty much shock, wondering how and why they didn’t fix it up. The speed ups lagged, which made it look quite strange. And personally, I didn’t really like the way the sparkles looked on Edwards’ skin.. It looked very touch and go so to speak.
The books were an entertaining easy read, and quite hard to put down. The movie is on the other end of the spectrum. It was almost painful as some stages.
I’m hoping New Moon is better… but damnit, someone PLEASE with Jacob a haircut! I knew his hair was long.. but I though shoulder length, not elbow!
(Btw, you made a few minute spelling errors, like think instead of thing, but nothing too major :] I’ve probably made a fair few myself)
I Just want to say are you made, the film is amazing and yes we already knew its not going to be as good as the book but come on its a bloody good shot and i cant wait for new moon. i give it 5.
btw courtney i have been to see it 6 times and i never get bored. but everyone is entitled to there opinion.
i just think its the best movie of the year.
I am Glad that the actors put there own thoughts into the characters because i think it give a little more depth to the film, also i want to say what a grand job they all did, i think the casting crew have made a great job of picking the right people.
Also i want to say what a magnificent singer/songwriter Rob is. What can’t he do. lol
I just want to say thank you stephenie meyer for giving us the Twilight saga.
Hello, sorry for my late respond with my last viewing of the movie. I regreat seeing the movie for the fivth time. I don’t regreat falling in love with the series, I only regreat seeing the movie too many times. During my last book meeting I out of the nine members of the group, didn’t say a thing and I had seen the movie more than anyone there. What does that say to you?
It says to me that I need to really start rereading the twilight series again. Just to refresh my memory. No I am not old!!!
That is all!!!
I agree with the comments above that the film was an average one while the book did a better job with discriptions, the movie didn’t.
Not only that, the characters potrayed in the movie wern’t exactly how they were described at in the book. Some important scenes to show the sequence in the film were missed out and other extra scenes were added in, which confused the audience.
But there were good points - the special effects were rather good for an average film, and there was a basic story line and there was a good ‘feel’ towards the movie.
Overall, it was a good one, despite the negative points but the book still would receive more thumbs up than the movie!
I watched the film first and i absolutely loved it, thought the film was great. I told all my friends in college to watch it, and some of them told me they are reading the book, so i decided to read the book yesterday.
The book is nearly 100 times better than the film i can assure you. In the book you read about their love and it makes you tingle. There is so much missing in the film and i think the director left out the main bits from the book, but i think thats what happens when a book is made into the film, for example, the Harry Potter books have some amazing chapters, but arent in the films which dissapoints the audience.
I thought the acting was good, but i thought Kristen’s portrayal of Bella was a bit awkward, she seemed a bit stiff and in the book she seemed a bit more happier and alive, so i was dissapointed at that.
I think the movie would have been better if there werent any “improvised” scenes, and that the director would have stuck to the scenes in the book instead of going off on a different track and adding bits in that werent relevent.
Before reading the book, and watched the film, i gave it 5/5, brilliant!
Then i read the book and decided the film was more of a 3/5, okay.
I WENT TO SEE TWILIGHT AND LIKED WHEN EDWARD IS SUCKING THE VENOM OUT OF BELLA IT LOOKED REALLY FUNNY:)
I THINK THAT THEY WILL DO A BETTER JOB WITH NEW MOON BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE MORE MONEY! BUT ISWEAR I WILL NOT GO AND SEE NEW MOON IF THEY REPLACE JACOB BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE BOOK I HAVE TO PICTURE TAYLOR BECAUSE I ALREADY SAW HIM IN TWILIGHT.I THINK THEY COULD HAVE FOUND SOMEONE BETTER TO PLAY EMMET.BUT I THINK IT IS STILL A GOOD MOVIE
GOOOOOOOOOOOO EDWARD I LOVE U 4-EVER <3
Seriously, no movie can live up to the book.
The book was indescribebly amazing, i read all 3, on the 4th now.
So, in my opinion the movie is an A =]
Amazinggg….
Nice acting-portrayed the book well.
I saw Twilight this weekend (I’m English, so it’s not been out all that long) and I must say, despite not being a reader of the books (or even knowing this film was based on a series of novels) I was impressed.
Now, the whole vampire-turned-love-story isn’t new, in fact, it’s probably one that’s been around since vampires were first talked about (whether they do or don’t exist is something to ponder, right?) but Twilight really does it justice.
I agree with the majority of people here who say that the film feels awkward at times (I was trying so hard not to cringe during the first few interactions between Edward and Bella) but I feel the electricity between the two characters really helped to keep me and my girlfriend interested.
I feel the story was explained well, and there were plenty of moments where I felt as though I was able to work out future plot-lines for myself (Jacob’s family being werewolves, for example) which kept me saying “Ah! So that’s what it’s all about”.
I think a tiny aspect that I’m not sure I’m fond of or not were the visual effects. I didn’t know this, but after reading an older comment here earlier, Industrial Light & Magic were one of the SFX teams who worked on this film - that is, I must say, quite difficult to believe. Though I think the visual effects really did help to keep the modesty of the film throughout, and made the whole experience seem more realistic (or as realistic as a fictional story about mythical creatures can be!) they did have a slight ‘TV drama’ feel about them - again, they could’ve been better, but I’m not holding this against the film, no way. Actually, saying that, the baseball scene really did blow me away.
There’s nothing immense in the way of cinematography here (it’s certainly no ‘Sin City’ or ‘300′) but again I think this could help to preserve the realism here, and make it feel more like a drama, rather than a piece of fantasy fiction. The very basic blue filter that is used throughout most of the film also works well to keep the atmosphere ice-cold, and is very effective in creating the appropriate mood.
Overall, we both enjoyed this film very much indeed, in fact, my girlfriend went out the day after and bought the second book in the series, and now can’t get enough of them. The characters are effortlessly cool and portrayed perfectly (especially Jasper - he really stood out for me) the soundtrack fits excellently, despite the fact that I’m not so fond of Paramore, but never mind. I think, if I were to score Twilight out of a total of five, I’d be very quick to give it full marks, but I think that’d be a tad frivolous. I’ll give it a 4.25, just to be difficult. I’ll definitely buy the DVD.
i am a book fan and the film was well disapointing the first half was like some bad porno! cheesey music and awkwardness!
im surpised no one has said anything about the soundtrack which was awful.
music can really capture the feel of the film,. they failed with this.
effects were well bad.
the love i could not see at all.
edward was yummy but he didnt look like he loved bella.
it was sooo awkward to watch. dont remember it being like that in the book?!!?!?
the 2nd half was better but i had to explain things to my friends who had not read the book. alice was hardly in it and nothing was explained. basically i was pissed off. if they didnt have the funds to make it good why bother. they just ruined it. they prob remake it like they did with the hulk as the first one of that was shit in a few years times.
however the scenery was good and some scenes were like how i imagined. but acting was no good. effects bad soundtrack crap.
there was NO chemistry between them. apart from when they kissed. so it seemed like a physical thing really.
they focused alot on how bella felt for edward but not all the things edward says about bella which makes u see how much he cares for her.
i could have directed that better man.
I think that Nikki Reid played Rosalie very well.
I just don’t understand why they always kept blinking so much. Like when they were talking they were blinking non-stop! It was sort of funny.
The movie was okay, but could have been better. I’m glad they are changing the director.
Out of 5, I would give this movie a 4. Because it wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t excellent. It was surprising pretty good compared to what I had in mind. They changed some scenes, but I understand why they had to.
Watch the movie if you haven’t already!
I am a huge twilight fan and loved the movie, even though I was mostly watching Edward=)
For the record, you need to read the book first!
I saw the film advertised over here in the UK but read the book first. I was totally hooked after the 1st book and have read all 4 in the past 2 weeks (much to my boyfirends dismay).
The books are some of the best I have ever read, I loved the storyline and loved the explanations behind everything. As well as the romance I found everything else very interesting.
I have just been to see the film and actually felt sorry for my bf (who hasn’t read the books) for having to sit and watch it.
I thought the film missed out way too much of the storyline. They didn’t emphasise the bond / connection between Bella and Edward enough. It made it seem like a soppy highschool romance.
The meadow scene was dissapointing to say the least, and they didn’t show the importance of Alice or the family that much.
I knew there would be a lot missed out however it seemed to miss too much out for the film to be able to truely encompass what the story was all about.
Overall out of 5 stars I would give it a mere 2. This is based on the excellent castings of some of the main cast. (However some of the acting left a lot to be desired)
My only issue with casting was Jacob Black, I am not sure it is because of his acting ability but more to do with he wasn’t what I envisaged for that character.
No doubt I will still buy it and watch it again and will go and see the sequal!
I’m going to see it….when it comes to my local theater next week…small town…small prices compared to the mall cinema! I buy myself a $9.00 ticket at the mall when I reeeeeally think the movie is going to be great! LOL!
I read the first book in 2 days…yes, it was like crack…. addicting. So, I have to see the movie, but I’m not expecting too much here.
I am going to read the rest of the series too….. one of my fellow teachers at work summed it up well: “ahhhhh to be 16 and in love with a Vampire”! Ha ha ha. Funny how the book is grabbing women of all ages!
I almost cried when I came out of the cinema!!!
What the he’ll was that film about?
I’m obssessed with all the books and I loved how the author expressed Bellas love for Edward but it really didn’t come across in the film
I’m utterly dissapointed in it.
Maybe if bells actually smiled more because I swear she’s suppost to be happy!!!
Also I agree that this should win the award for the most awquard silences just spit it out will you?!?!?
Wish a better person would have done it, hopefully new moon will be better??
X louise
Ok so twilight i thought was great even for the people who didnt read the book a lot of people are reading the Twilight sage because of the movie. i thought the cast was perfert for there parts
I had never read any of the twilight series or knew much about the story the first time my younger sister dragged me to go see the movie. i actually enjoyed it and read all four books afterwards. I went and saw the movie for a second time after reading the books and was disappointed. I hope that the new director for new moon will better capture the relationship between bella and edward and keep the story line closer to what actually happens in the book.
@plouise:
“I almost cried when I came out of the cinema!!!
What the he’ll was that film about?”
That bad huh? I’m going to catch it next week and then I’ll let you know what I think.
I have just recently read the book after recommendation from a friend, and i read it in 3 days flat, i couldn’t put it down, i think everyone who read’s it will become completely wrapped up in this romance.
Tonight I watched the film, and i was disappointed; the casting for bella swan i felt was not how i would have cast her, she has a certain appeal in the book-she almost feels like a friend you can relate too, and all I felt Kirsten Stewart portrayed was awkward acting. Robert Pattinson on the otherhand, along with his family i feel was really well cast, even though the way he “stunned” people wasn’t exactly as I imagined I still felt he was perfect for the role.
I’m looking forward to the next film however as someone has said, i would rather watch a 3 hour long film that gives more details etc then cut everything short and jumble it up. I’ll watch the film again soon and see if my opinions change, i’d give it a disappointed 2.5/5 .
Stephanie Meyers is truly a brilliant and strong author and so precise and detailed of the 4 books. And thats why its disappointing on how the movie turned out. It will never be fulfilling, just because the books is amazing.
The worst part about it is I think the movie is rushed to production and to the screens, and it sacrificed a lot of quality when it comes to story lines and characters. Thus this movie is 2 out of 5.
I thought Stephenie Meyers was great until I read the Sookie Stackhouse series ( True Blood) and it’s twilight for adults I swear , seems like Stephenie , had a good read and then had a dream that was just like the Sookie books lol ( BTW the Sookie Stackhouse series were released way before Twilight)
Tosh!
I went along with my girlfriend to see this movie. I didnt expect much but am willing to give any movie a go.
This however was the worst movie i have seen in a long time. Kirten whats her face should never be allowed to act again. Cedric Diggory wasnt much better. And most of the Vampire family were just awful.
The story was weak, the dialogue pathetic and as for the special effects; well lets just say Charlie Angels was better.
I had at least hoped as there was a vampire theme to the movie that there would be a few people done in, or at least be some real scary suspense. But the only thing scary or unnerving about this movie is the other kids on Bela’s first day of school. They all knowing who she is and taking so much interest is a bit weird.
The only redeeming feature of this movie was that some of it is soooo bad it actually really funny. The entire row i was sitting in would sporatically burst into laughter.
Unless you love the book or are 12 - give this movie a wiiiiiiiiiiide birth.
If you want to see a vampire movie go rent Interview with a Vampire or Dusk till Dawn.
This is teenage neurotic pap love story and a poor effort.
Stay well clear
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