Twilight, the movie I've been waiting for months. I should be going crazy about it, spazzing about it every minute of the day but sadly, I'm not. To be honest, I'm utterly disappointed with it. Not that I find it REALLY bad but it's on the dotted line between average and 'ok' so you could say that it's averagely OKAY.
DON'T READ THIS IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO WATCH IT.
Summary:Sigh... sounds beautiful, doesn't it? Lol. Well, it is! GO READ THE BOOK! Seriously, the movie did the book no justice whatsoever. I don't understand why some of my friends can say that the movie was awesome? Are you kidding me? The whole movie seemed so chopped up(like cut paste, cut paste) for me. There were too many areas and aspects that I thought weren't good enough. Everything moved too fast to a point where they couldn't really capture all the characters. Like, Alice only said.. what? 3-4 lines throughout the WHOLE 2hr movie? Jasper didn't even speak once. Emmett said a few words and mygod, Rosalie wasn't gorgeous enough when she was supposed to be the most beautiful being there?Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy, plastic girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarried and Bella chooses to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she didn't expect much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like any boy she's ever met. He's nothing like anyone she's ever met, period. He's intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance - unorthodox because Edward really isn't like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he's immortal. That's right - vampire. But he doesn't have fangs - that's just in the movies. And he doesn't drink human blood, though Edward and his family are unique among vampires in that lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. Somehow or other, they will have to manage their unmanageable love. But when unexpected visitors come to town and realize that there is a human among them Edward must fight to save Bella? A modern, visual, and visceral Romeo and Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair - between vampire and mortal.
Credits: Internet movie Database.
There was supposed to be more interaction between Alice and Bella too. They were supposed to 'bond' at the hotel the time when Bella was running away with Alice and Jasper from the vampire, James who wanted her blood. AND, the scene where Bella escaped from Alice and Jasper after receiving a call threat from James was like.. WTF? I thought vampires were supposed to have super hearing and smelling senses? How can she just run off like that? The original scene was they were on their way to the airport to meet Edward and having so many people in the airport, it was easy for Bella to just slip away because there were too many 'scents' around? At least THAT made more sense. Geez, what was the director thinking? The director obviously did not read the book before directing ==" GAH! There's so much to say but I'll just stop before I go crazy.
So anyway, let's all go on the bright side ok? As much as I find the movie disatisfactory, I still have a few fav scenes. My most favorite one would be the scene in the meadow where Edward says a famous quote from the book, "So the Lion fell in love with the Lamb." KYAAHHH!!! XD I squealed out loud in the cinema! haha.. It's like an indirect confession~ *swoons*
Robert aka Edward definitely DAZZLED me in this scene.
Coming close in 2nd place will be the scene where Edward swerves into the scene with his HOT Volvo to save Bella from these horny sick rapists-to-be. How Robert acted as Edward when he said the lines, 'Distract me or I'll be going back to kill them!' was effing HAWT. His facial expressions were to die for!! >< I couldn't sit still in my seat the whole time XD
Last but not least, the fight scene between James and Edward. it was pretty good. Almost as good as how I imagined it to be. Overall, I think Robert did his part well as Edward. Although I found him not goodlooking enough for the role, I guess he made up for that through his acting. If you find him familiar, Robert Pattison acted as Cedric Diggory in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire', the one who was killed by Voldermort and Harry was blamed for his death.
As for Kristen Stewart, I think she did okay acting as Bella. I noticed she was a bit stiff in some of the scenes though.
Oh yes, there was one thing that was totally unexpected for me in this movie...
CARLISLE!!
OHMYGAWD, seriously, he was HOT! I expected someone less goodlooking but hell, my heart thumped for him when he first appeared into the scene at the hospital. His voice is... *squeals* Carlisle is actually Edward's dad aka the one who made him a vampire. Yeah, HOT DADDY, BABY! XD I find it kinda weird that I'm swooning over the wrong person. I should be going crazy over Edward!
So yeah, that's basically what I have to say about Twilight.
I'll rate this movie: 2.8/5
(without thinking about the book)
They're filming the continuation, New Moon now and I hope that this one won't be as disappointing. I wonder how they're gonna do it though. Since New Moon was the most boring book in all of the Twilight Saga. We'll just wait and see. In the meantime, I'm gonna go reread the whole Twilight series again. XD
