I loved the Stephanie Meyer Twilight Saga book series and have been eagerly awaiting the release of the movie.
The official release date is today - November 21, but I was able to attend a midnight showing at a local theater. It was shown on two screens and both were sold out, so in terms of tickets sales I think Twilight is already on track to be a hit.
Twilight follows the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan who has just moved to Forks, Washington to live with her father.
As the new girl, she garners interest all around, except for the enigmatic Edward Cullen who seems to dislike her with a passion and at first avoids her like the plague.
There's a reason Edward wants to stay away from Bella: He's a vegetarian vampire (a vampire who only drinks animal blood and no longer feeds on humans) and Bella's blood (which he can smell) is exactly the type that is his favorite.
Their attraction for each other grows until Edward can no longer stay away from Bella and the two fall in love. Bella figures out what Edward is but doesn't care.
So, it's a teenage vampire love story. If you're looking for a vampire story laden with sex and blood, this won't be your ticket. This one is clean enough that you won't be embarrased if you watch it with your young teenaged daughter (or if you're watching with your mother).
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the movie stuck very closely to the original plot and storyline of the books. There was very little deviation and the few things that were rearranged were obviously done in order to cram the whole story into a two-hour movie - not an easy task when the book is nearly 500 pages long.
When we read a book first, we all get pictures in our heads of the characters, the houses, the backdrops. With Twilight, I had definite pictures in my head of the main characters and the Cullen's house. In most instances, the choices of actors fit nicely with what I pictured.
Kristen Stewart was a wonderful Bella. In my opinion, though, they didn't quite capitalize enough on her clumsiness as portrayed in the book - a trait that I found very endearing and could really identify with. I would have enjoyed seeing a bit more of that.
The official release date is today - November 21, but I was able to attend a midnight showing at a local theater. It was shown on two screens and both were sold out, so in terms of tickets sales I think Twilight is already on track to be a hit.
Twilight follows the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan who has just moved to Forks, Washington to live with her father.
As the new girl, she garners interest all around, except for the enigmatic Edward Cullen who seems to dislike her with a passion and at first avoids her like the plague.
There's a reason Edward wants to stay away from Bella: He's a vegetarian vampire (a vampire who only drinks animal blood and no longer feeds on humans) and Bella's blood (which he can smell) is exactly the type that is his favorite.
Their attraction for each other grows until Edward can no longer stay away from Bella and the two fall in love. Bella figures out what Edward is but doesn't care.
So, it's a teenage vampire love story. If you're looking for a vampire story laden with sex and blood, this won't be your ticket. This one is clean enough that you won't be embarrased if you watch it with your young teenaged daughter (or if you're watching with your mother).
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the movie stuck very closely to the original plot and storyline of the books. There was very little deviation and the few things that were rearranged were obviously done in order to cram the whole story into a two-hour movie - not an easy task when the book is nearly 500 pages long.
When we read a book first, we all get pictures in our heads of the characters, the houses, the backdrops. With Twilight, I had definite pictures in my head of the main characters and the Cullen's house. In most instances, the choices of actors fit nicely with what I pictured.
Kristen Stewart was a wonderful Bella. In my opinion, though, they didn't quite capitalize enough on her clumsiness as portrayed in the book - a trait that I found very endearing and could really identify with. I would have enjoyed seeing a bit more of that.
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I agree with that point, for the most part. I do think that the Harry Potter movies and books are on the same level, though. So I think I went in to Twilight setting myself up for the same expectations.
I'm going to keep hoping that (if they make) New Moon, it's better than Twilight. The first HP isn't nearly as good as the others, so hopefully this will be the (Twilight) cast's learning experience like that one was for the HP cast.
I agree that no movie-made-from-a-book is every as good as the book, but I thought this was a good attempt.
Well written review, but I definitely have to disagree with you. I was severly disappointed with the movie compared to the book.
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