Twilight - Movie Review
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By Anne Brodie Nov 21, 2008, 16:55 GMT
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I'm so excited for this movie!!!! I get to see it tomorrow!!! I don't care what some 50 year old critics say about the movie!!!! They've never read the book!!!
I saw this movie last night, and i cannot believe how horrible it was. I love the books, and i've read all of them. I'm a huge twilight fan..but that movie was poorly made. They took out all of the little things that made the book good. & the chemistry between kirsten and robert didnt work for me.
Im sorry for all the devoted fans that say otherwise, but this movie could have been 100x better.
I know its main audience is teenage girls, but i'm 17 and there wasn't one part in the movie that redeemed itself.
The movie was HORRENDOUS! for multiple reasons:
1) What ever happened to Bella's worrying of Rosalie? Usually, she's obsessively asking Edward whether Rosalie has it in for her. Where was that?
2) Jessica, Laura and Bella? A little catfight would be nice. Make the plot a lot more juicy. Where WAS Laura to begin with?
3) That wig on Taylor Lautner was disastrous! FAIL!
4) Robert Pattinson looked like he needed to use the bathroom for the whole movie.
5) There was NO chemistry between Edward and Bella in the movie. And that's what made the book so good.
6) What was with Robert always looking away from Kristen? He kept disconnecting and it made the scene just people spitting out words. No eye contact.
7) The sparkles were so juvenile. If you were to step outside with the sparkles they put on him people wouldn't think you were a vampire. They would think you were some deliquent running out the house with a bucket full of glitter thrown on your body.
8) The prom scene was to die in laughter.
9) I LOVE ALICE. But the way they potrayed her in the movie was disastrous. She acted like a five year old. Or a hippie? Something that was not Alice.
10) Jasper? What was with his eyes?
11) I find it pretty sad that Carlisle was hotter than Edward.
12) The fight between Edward and James was confusing. And the burning of James. When they were burning him in the background they seemed like they were dancing around the fire like some deranged Indian.
13) If they burnt him in the dance studio wouldn't the dance studio be on fire?
14) Where was the sitting with Edward at lunch and the tension with Jessica's insane jealousy, Rosalie's pure hatred and the family's concern? That would have at least made it interesting!
This is all i have for now but I might have more.
This movie was utterly terrible!!
As a devoted fan who loves the books I was so excited for the movie. It was, to say the least, tragic. No chemistry between Edward and Bella, terrible screenwriting, and AWFUL interpretation of the book. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong!! Save yourself the trouble. Stick to the books.
i loved the book and saw the movie lastnight, i hated it. They missed some of the important things like how breathtakingly beautiful edward was. They missed the whole getting to know eachother chapters and they skipped edwards song. They didnt show the history of alice and carsile. The times edward and bella were together were never happy, they were actually extremely ackward and hard. edward looked very very good though :], but all together it was cheesy and had bad side effects
Hahaha, you know what's funny about what all the critics have to say? You're older than ancient Ejypt. Seriously, there's so many adults out there that can appreciate a movie or a book that isn't as perfect paramount as Babel and what not. It's about the story, not about the studio perfected effects and oscar worthy acting, it's about the story that IS Twilight, it may be very unrealistic but that's sort of the point. Let your imagination get away with you. Nice job to all the greasy criters by the way, you get paid to be an anus and voice your no good opinion to all the other 70 year olds out there. :)
It wasn't even terrible, the reason all the 14 year olds are saying that is because it wasn't the book and they went in with too high expectations, 70% of the fans absolutely adored it.
I am a Huge Twilight fan! I loved all of the books and even felt that they changed my life. With that said, I absolutely hated the movie!! It was awful. The acting was awful and they did not do the book justice at all. There was zero chemistry between Edward and Bella. They didn't even act like they liked each other! I was so disappointed. I really felt like Hollywood could have done a better job with such a fantastic book. It was poorly done and it was obvious that the creators had a very small budget. The book was slaughtered. They added scenes that never took place and removed scenes that were very important. I think another studio should get a shot at remaking it and doing it some justice.
People need to keep an open mind. They had a small budget, they worked hard. It may not have been 'the book' but really, the independent film did fantastic with the limitations it was given. Remember, this is all from Bella's perspective. We may have pictured Edward one way, but Kristen chose Robert for her partner, she felt chemistry and it worked for them. I was just pleased to have some visual to all that I had read. I think using your imagination and giving some room to not fit some hollywood version of perfect is a good idea. This story wasn't hollywood...it was raw and real and powerful. That's why we all loved it so much.
I kind of liked it, but Edward needed to act a bit more, it felt like he just said the words and very little acting with them. Even a little more conversations would of be nice between Edward and Bella. Other then that i thought it was pretty good. I do think it could be a little bit longer and fit some other stuff in there as well, like the blood testing in lab. I wanted to see the face Mike would make when Edward took Bella to the nurse.
I saw the movie with my two daugters 14 and 25 and we all loved it! If you read the books and watched the movie all you had to do was use your imagination! Use what you read and now what you can see in the movie! We wanted to go back the next day. So it wasnt perfect but it was twilight! We loved robert and he and bella had so much chemistry, you could only wish some boy would look at you that way! I can bet my bottom dollar you will search for the rest of your life and never find someone like that!
Ok, I am a thirty-something mother of two and I absolutely LOVE the books (maybe I have a young adolescent girl inside me secretly admiring Edward- who knows). I can only praise Stephenie Meier for her imagination and creative wit. I actually read all four books in one week and upon which, I could hardly wait the 1 1/2 months for the movie to debut. But I was quite disappointed!
Although the movie company was on a tight budget, I felt that so much was missing in the movie and it lost its appeal to me. Perhaps it needed to be longer for proper character development – what about the explanation of the Volturi and Alice wasn’t the only other Cullen family member other than Edward with a special ability – what about Jasper, who actually creped me out in the movie – he appeared to be in a psychotic state during the film.
What about the blood typing scene, which never was mentioned in the film? I felt like that was an important event in the book with Edward sweeping Bella off her feet and it revealed Edward’s and Mike’s jealousy over Bella. That was completely missing from the film. The van scene was defiantly underplayed in the movie – Kristen didn’t even portray Bella hitting her head – how then could we believe she may have had a concussion like what Edward was trying to convince her of?
Robert is a handsome man but makeup was too obvious with so many close-up shots and he portrayed Edward improperly. It seemed as if he had constipation throughout 2/3rds of the movie, which was quite distracting an annoying. I don't want to put Robert down as I know I could not act myself, however, he lacked that special something, perhaps the charm and charisma of Edward – simply stated, he was not Edward, period.
Another annoying scene in the film is where Edward and Bella kiss- that was soooo outrageous and comedic!!! But probably the most important element missing in the film was Edward’s promise to Bella that he would never leave her – (so long as it is what's best for her), which is the prelude to New Moon. He only promised her he would never leave her, while she was in the hospital.
Finally, the finite things like Billy Black driving the truck - how could he drive - he's in a wheelchair -Jacob always drove in the book. And what about Kristen's prom outfit - how could Bella have worn the spandex pants under her dress with a cast on her leg?
My final judgment, Stephanie Meyer is a genius, like J.K. Rawlings. However, unlike the first two Harry Potter films, Twilight the movie failed the creative work miserably. I can only hope that Stephenie Meyer decides to finish her Midnight Moon novel and we can see 'Twilight' through the Eyes of Edward with the funding needed to produce a film to its utmost potential. I say the producers have to do soooo much better, for die hard fans like myself, with New Moon or the marketing for any additional Twilight Saga movies is just a waste of money.
I just got one thing to say, I live in a small town so the worst part about it is, I havent got to see twilight yet and I made the dumb mistake to come and see what the reviews on here were. When I saw the previews it looked like a great movie. I have read all 4 of the books and one thing everyone has to remember befor you start completely tearing the movie apart is you cant put everything that is in the book in a movie you might have wanted everything in there and I know I would have liked to have everthing in there, but its not gonna happen its HOLLYWOOD people, if they dont think something in the book will work in the film then they arent gonna put it in there. one comment was about Bella continuosly askin bout Rosalie and where she stands so to speak..... well if you read the book you know where that stands and this movie was made for the fans you dont need to see her say that 100 times so forget that.I havent seen the movie yet but I will it dont come out here till the 29th, but seriously give the movie a break like I said look at what Stephanie Meyer said about the movie 'this movie was made for the fans'. Therefore read in between the lines you already know the story and they took the things that stood out from the book and put it in the movie cuz thats what they do in movies. Lighten up, no movie is a bad movie just bad critics and for those of you with the issue about the critics take a look in the mirror. and also in the book the 1st book Edward had a hard time being around Bella even when they were together he didnt start really getting completely comfortable till the end of New Moon!!!!! it was easier for him to hold her and touch her. Twighlight is the beginning not BREAKING DAWN.... really if you dont remember stuff like that then read the book again he showed more in his eyes that he cared in the book then his actions. Bad critics thats all some of you are putting down a good thing cuz you didnt like that certain subjects were left out..... seriously I am 25 years old and I have seen movies I downright hated but have the deepest respect for trying. Oh one more thing they said in the book that his skin shined like millions of small diamonds well they cant exactly tape diamonds all over him now can they.... really people if your a true fan lighten up and be happy that you were at least around to see this movie made.... cuz now your part of history. Like Edward
Edward promised that he wouldnt leave her it was what was best for her correct but Again you have read the book you know that you only need to hear it once in the movie.... and besides he sincerely doesnt promise much till the end of NEW MOON
Edward promised that he wouldnt leave her it was what was best for her correct but Again you have read the book you know that you only need to hear it once in the movie.... and besides he sincerely doesnt promise much till the end of NEW MOON
Edward promised that he wouldnt leave her it was what was best for her correct but Again you have read the book you know that you only need to hear it once in the movie.... and besides he sincerely doesnt promise much till the end of NEW MOON
I downloaded it from last night here Downloadanystuff.org. Just searched for the movie and got download links in
'Shared files' category. Totally amazing actually really liked it a lot! i LOVED it! haha! it was good! but the book was really amazing, and of course the movie didn't live up to the book 100% but like no movie really can,(which i saw the preview for that and i must say i'm very excited Hermione's hair is bushy again!) anyways, it was fast! but Jasper 'the one who looks like he's always in pain' lol! loved that part and Charlie was amazing!
Wow I never felt so stupid to go to a movie.... it sucked big time....where the hell did the plot even go. They seemed to through that out the window.. Charlie’s personality was nothing what it said in the book and all the chemistry was messed. I understand you have to change some things when making a movie but not the whole dame plot line.... Bella's personality was even different from the book. The actors... well they sucked. I was all excited because I thought Patterson was gorgeous but he acting was soooooo horrendous his looks kind of disappeared after I witnessed them. My poor boyfriend had to sit there the whole time, the poor thing.
I hated the movie. loved the books, they were amazing but the movie was ridiculous in so many ways. Im not even looking foward to the second movie (if there is one). I cant believe they made it so corny!. That is 2 hours of my life that i wont get back. They were horrible actors. They need a better director and actors.
Haha funny because what is shown in the movie is exactly what i felt while reading the books. Lol! it’s incredibly funny because fangirls who loved the books and E/B in the book, are saying the exact same things about the movie the book haters said about the book! that’s hilarious.
Edward/bella are definitely dull and cheesy. Both in book and movie. There’s no life to their relationship, and i’m not making a stupid joke, it’s just the truth. I don’t mean to say I hate E/B, just stating what i felt. The best thing they have is that their romantic dialogue can actually sound romantic instead of cheesy in the context, and that the vividness which Bella describes her feelings for Edward are felt by the reader. Oh, and that Meyer sets up these great things: romantic meadow, lovely sweeping-off- from Edward, vampire-human lust... But as an actual pairing?? As just two people rather than fated true lovers?? Taking of all the ornaments? Boo. I don’t think they have all that much chemistry, at all. Yeah, bella *tells* us the “electric passion” between them, but i never truly felt it. I just fell for it because Bella kept repeating and repeating and repeating, until the CONSTANT repeating only made me realise how stupid everything is, instead of dazzling me.
i'm pretty sure the book tension between e/b would have looked more or less like this from the outside, but bella's flowery, over-written lovey-dovey falacies made you go 'awww', even if you were conscious (like me) of all the bad points. but here?? only the bad points show. such a pity. i feel sorry for e/b'ers.
that may explain why Jacob and bella had more chemistry in the movie. i always thought they had more natural chemistry together, but bella isn't constantly describing the passionate torrent of love between them. even when e/b are just looking at each other, bella goes 'edward looked at me, my heart pounded', 'we could speak without words, because our love found each other and words were not needed anymore. The whole world had stopped, it was just us, forever and ever'. seriously, how can THAT be portrayed into a film? The chemistry is told, not actually shown. E/B, from the outside, just don't work. E/B just works when we're inside bella's head.
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