Last night, I was one of the select privileged to see a screening of the much anticipated and hyped film, “Twilight”. Although the film was cinematically shot well, directed artistically, and had great actors, I felt it lacked some much-needed magic. It was a bit lackluster for me. Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen) and Kristin Stewart (Bella Swan) carried the film well. The connection between them felt right, but I wished there was a bit more to their romance. Their forbidden love lingered on and on for the duration of the seemingly longer than two hour film, without much excitement. The film has been touted as the next “Harry Potter”, but fell far short of that, in my opinion. Harry Potter was whimsical, had a magical feel, and many more action sequences. For all the hype Twilight has been receiving, I anticipated more special effects, and perhaps something awe-inspiring and unique; something never seen before. I would have also liked to have seen more screen time of the Cullen family. They were interesting to watch for the little screen time they had, and I desired to see more of their special powers. I guess that is what squeals are for. Bella and Edward only get as far as kissing in this film and that’s all they’ll ever do up until the 4th book. In the 4th book they finally go all the way but jeez that’s many films later and years away! For an introduction, the film was a good start. Fans were disappointed that their love Edward didn’t show more skin.
I asked a group of ‘tween die-hard Twilight fans what they thought of the film. They expressed that they expected to see more as well. They, too, wanted more action and interaction between the main characters and supporting and to have seen a little more sexier and passionate scenes from Bella and Edward. They gave it a 7 out of 10. I would have to agree. They appeared disappointed in the film version of Twilight and not completely satisfied. Their main complaint was that the book displayed much more detail and action. The film contained only a few dispassionate kissing scenes; not very blood pumping.
UGH doesn’t sound good at all. Reviews are starting to come out and they are all kinda negative.
The reason why there weren’t that many special effects is because they were on a budget. They didn’t have a lot of money like Harry Potter did. But you have to take it in consideration that the two only things that Harry Potter and Twilight share is the same actor and it was a book first before a movie. They are completely different! And of course it isn’t going to be just like the book….. What movie is?
And don’t worry about the reviews, I bet most of them are from old farts that didn’t read the books and don’t care about the characters like most of our Twilighters!!!
That really doesn’t sound good, not at all. Especially the little screentime of the Cullens disatisfies me. They play such a huge role in the book(s)!
And I disagree, just because we love the characters more doesn’t mean that the film critics cannot critize what the movie brought. And if it is not well shot and so on, that says a lot already.
ok…you are entitled to your own opinion..but i HAVE TO DISAGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes…the book is a tad bit better..but the movie was fantastic….edward was fabulous…bella too…The Cullen’s were in the movie just as much as they were the first book….so NO they didn’t need more screen time! AHEM* THE MOVIE IS ABOUT THE LOVE STORY BETWEEN EDWARD AND BELLA, NOT ABOUT THE “MAGICAL POWERS” OF THE CULLENS!!!!!!!! thats all for now….
I GIVE THIS MOVIE A 9 OUT OF 10!!!!!!!
..and i will be seeing it 10more times in the theater ;D
xoxoxo