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| Twilight Let me preface this by saying that in no way do I fall into the demographic of Twilight's target audience. I have never read the books, I am not a 14 year old girl, nor am I a same-sex oriented male who finds Robert Pattinson dreamy. I am, however, an admirer of Director Catherine Hardwicke. I'm a total sucker for her brutally in your face Thirteen and believe she's truly a talent to watch out for. It's because of her skilled direction that I found myself not repulsed...and dare I say it...slightly intrigued and entertained by Twilight. Choosing to focus more on high school first love than the battle between two vampire clans, Twilight tells the story of Bella, the new girl in school who quickly becomes infatuated with the mysterious Edward. Edward is pretty, pale, and cold as ice to the touch. I think it's pretty damn clear...except to the space cadets who inhabit the high school apparently...that Edward and his family are vampires. Not just any kind of vampires though. Nice vampires who feed off of animals instead of killing humans. Vampires that when they're exposed to sunlight they...WTF? Why is Edward sparkling like he was dipped into a vat of body glitter?! You read right, they SPARKLE in the sunlight! Umm...ok... Anywho, after over an hour of developing the love story between Bella and Edward, we're finally introduced to the villain vampire who sets his sights on killing Bella solely for the hell of it. Now it's up to Edward, with the assistance of his nice vampire family to save Bella before she becomes dinner. While Hardwicke's beautiful directing is clearly the driving strength of Twilight, strong performances from the capable cast didn't hurt. Kristen Stewart has proved a few times now that she can give strong performances in mediocre movies (The Messengers for example). She's definitely come a long way since playing Jodie Foster's son in Panic Room. I really enjoyed Robert Pattinson's portrayal of Edward. When he first started talking to Bella he was awkward and quiet, very high school 'boy has crush on girl'-like. He was very relatable. For a brief moment, I found the sarcastic, cynical, asshole that is my current self break down to the insecure 17-year-old that I once was...and then I gave myself a swift quick in the ass and snapped out of it. The supporting cast had very little to work with since the movie almost solely followed Bella and Edward. Which is a shame since Edward's vampire siblings were probably the most interesting characters in the movie, especially Rosalie played by Nikki Reed (whom I've had in my spank bank for quite some time now...thank you Twilight for a new deposit). I can only hope that these characters roles will expand in the inevitable sequels. Twilight's downfall either lies in the script or the source material. We're given an entirely-too-long love story, so when the main conflict arises it's resolved far too quickly in order to maintain the two hour running time. You can't create a moody teen angst drama for two thirds of a movie then quickly switch over to vampire action film for the last third and not expect it to come off forced. The dialog between Bella and Edward became laughable towards the point where she finds out he's a vampire. Again, having never read the novels, I'm not sure who to blame; the scriptwriter or the author. I'm also semi-disheartened by the existence of a PG-13 vampire movie. I know if this movie was rated R it would have lost most of its business, but I couldn't help feel that if it had been darker and showed more brutality from the villain that the film, as a whole, would have been more effective. In the end, this movie wasn't made for me so I can't bring myself to be too hard on it. The groups of young teenagers in my theater seemed to be enthralled by the movie so in that respect, it was a success. OVERALL
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I read the book and the movie did justice to the book (proven by the legions of fans). If you are looking for vampire horror...look else where (maybe 30 Days of Night or Let Me In). If you are looking to watch a pop culture vampire romance...this is your movie!
What is wrong with these little kids thinking that Goth or Emo is a race? Grow up and try to educate yourselves, you can't live in mommy's basement forever! What the hell?
Twilight Is All About Edward Cullen. A Vampire Who Falls In Love To A Woman - Bella Swann. Edward, His Foster Father - Carlisle, His Foster Mother - Esme, His Foster Sisters - Alice And Rosalie, His Foster Brothers - Jasper And Emmett Fight - For This - Love. What A Family-Oriented Movie Twilight Is. So Merry. So Gay..
i love this movie especially the hottie edward the movie had an excellent plot.love it cant wait until new moon....
Ok, Yesterday i went to the store to buy this film, and wTF , these freaken, preppy money pelting assholes are grabbing five copies a piece and wearing their little t-shirts that say "i love edward" and "I kissed a vampire" i just wnted to beat the *** out of them, especially when one preppy dude tried to grab one from my hand saying " I could only find four and my daddy gave me enough money to buy five and thats what im gonna do" so i punched him ing the face, i believe that that twilight has destroyed everything the goth race stands for , all these little preps buying twilight shirts saying " oh look im goth now, yaaaaay" NO! I will not stand for it!
i love edward he is so cute and i love all the books and the movies
OMFG! WTF r u talking about??? Twilight was completly romantic, sweet and adventurous. I meant hey ripped his *** ing head off and through it into a fire!!!
this isn't horror, this is not even a decent movie. why is this on here?
Twilight isn't a horror movie at all it is a teen romance pretty much i saw the movie i thought it was good but everyone else said to me they didn't think it was good at all.
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