So you all know that I am a fan of the Twilight books. Mostly because I am a fanatic for vampires. For me there's just something sensual about them. So of course I was going to see the new movie by Summit Entertainment. I went opening day at 4:30pm with my sister Lindsay.
I like reading user reviews on Yahoo before I go see a movie. For those of you who don't know what those are they are ordinary people that have seen the movie and write and rate what they saw. Yesterday I started reading the User Reviews of Twilight and I felt very disappointed about what people were saying. The first 4 reviews posted that I read rated the movie a D! The average rating was a C+, so some were better and some were worse.
I'm rating this movie a B-! And that is being generous. As my sister Lindsay put it, "It was just what we expected it to be, not great". However, if you are a young teenager you will probably really like it. The movie was absolutely catered to that crowd. It was full of immature moments and cheesy lines, some of which are direct quotes from the book. The theater had lots of young teenage girls that kept screaming at parts throughout the movie. They made the movie worse by being so distracting.
This movie's greatest downfall was it's director, Catherine Hardwicke. She did not do a good job. If and when they make another movie, which the movie ending eludes to, they absolutely need a different director. It is the directors job to direct the actors, to inspire and get the right performance out of the actors, and she did not do that. She didn't have the right vision or ability to lead the actors to where they needed to go.
So if you can't tell, some of the acting was bad. I actually didn't mind Kristen Stewart's performance. Bella in the book is awkward and not too interesting. That's what makes her so ordinary and loved. I felt Kristen achieved that and did okay. My biggest problem was with Robert Pattinson's performance. It felt very forced most the time. The most irritating thing was his facial expressions. They portrayed ideas and emotions that weren't accurate with what I think he was trying to. He confused me! His performance is one of the reasons I blame the director, because sometimes he achieved the right reaction, but there were many key times he confused the audience with his facial expressions. There were many lines that could have been delivered better or maybe just written better, many left the audience laughing instead of helping the story along. Also, if you haven't read the book many of Edwards reactions to Bella at first won't make any sense to you.
Last, the special effects weren't too bad. I thought it was fun and added to the movie, but you could tell there wasn't a big budget for them. They basically used a lot of wire rigs. The FX when Edward is in sunlight looked weird to me and didn't dazzle me. :( I kept waiting for him to dazzle me.
I think Robert Pattinson was cast as Edward just because he has a great smile, since that was the only time I felt he was dazzling. Also, Rosalie should have been a lot more beautiful!!! They should have cast someone that is a natural blonde. Nikki Reed didn't suit the look. Emmett (Kellan Lutz) and Alice (Ashley Greene) were fun. Peter Facinelli did a great performance as Carlisle. Billy also did well. He pulled it off with some great humor. Jacob's wig wasn't as bad as I had heard, and I think Taylor Lautner is a better actor than Robert Pattinson.
Since this blog is already way too long! Thanks for reading! Take this all for what it's worth.
