Twilight is your typical girl-meets-reformed-vampire romance, only with hoards of insane fans, going crazy over 'R-Patz' and 'Jac-Abs'.
brilliant...
I wanted to really like Twilight, and it's not a terrible movie. But not being a crazy mad fan of the books (never read them) or Robert Pattinson, who is sort-of-handsome but not really as a pasty-faced, moody vampire. It's only when Bella (Kristen Stewart) figures out that Edward is a vampire halfway into the movie that Pattinson gets to let loose a bit and shows flashes of something great, but this is tempered by the general woodness of the script and misery of the direction. I liked spotting the people I knew in the supporting cast, like Up in the Air's Anna Kendrick, Dr. Cooper from Nurse Jackie and the tasty Cam Gigandet, who has the scene's only hot topless shot. Taylor Lautner's Jacob is only a minor character in this movie, he'll come back in force later on as far as I understand it, but his brief scenes here, with horrible long hair, add a spark that I wasn't expecting. His storyline is one of the more interesting bits. Oh and Edward's vampire family is fun too.
The main flaw in Twilight is the morose, sullen heroine, Bella. I can see why teenage girls identify with her, but she's incredibly difficult to symathise with or give a shit about. She's miserable for no discernable reason and rarely cracks a smile. And then she's lumped with some poor dialogue and an interminably long, drawn-out prelude to romance with Edward. This film could really do with some editing, and some excitement. Especially considering this is a vampire movie there's very little action, you have to wait until the closing 20 mins for all the real danger and thrills when Gigandet's evil vampire smacks Bella around a lot.
briefly...
Twilight is OK. I would like to watch the later films to see more of Lautner, to see if he lives up to the promise he shows here, and to maybe see Pattinson kick things up a notch - maybe different directors will help with this. Otherwise, if I want to see a vampire-human romance I'll stick to a story with bite, like True Blood or Buffy.
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