So as the title says it, we were supposed to do a movie review article and well I've been dying to write it Twilight so I did. This is the final version, after our editing sessions in class.
Oh and to all the Polyvorians, now you know my reasoning for saying Twilight Sucked and it was downer when compared to the movie. I shortened the summary as much as I can.
Twilight: Disappointment; Too Fast Too Short
When seventeen year-old Bella Swan leaves the sunny Phoenix, Arizona to live with her father in the small and always rainy town of Forks, she does not expect to like it. After all she has made many excuses not to go there several times in the past. Although Bella hates the rainy weather and anything wet, she chooses to do this for her mother, Renèe so she can travel with her new husband, Phil Dwyer, who is a minor league baseball player. Although Bella was an outcast in Phoenix, she soon makes some new friends at the school. To her dismay, several boys in the school compete for her attention. When she sees a boy named Edward Cullen, sitting with his brothers and sisters in the café, she is instantly intrigued. Edward is stunningly attractive, and inhumanly beautiful, yet he is an outsider too. Although the Cullens have lived in Forks for two years, they have never really been accepted by the townsfolk. When Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in her Biology Class, on her first day, Edward seems utterly repulsed by her. He even tries to change his schedule to avoid her, leaving Bella completely puzzled about his malicious attitude towards her. After tricking a family friend, Jacob Black, into telling her the local tribal legends, Bella comes to realize that the Cullens are Vampires. Realizing his secret changes nothing for Bella, because she knows that she is still in love with him, even though he‘s not human. She also finds out that the Cullens are “Vegetarian”, that instead drinking human blood, they drink animal blood. How their relationship is thrown into chaos, when another vampire coven sweeps into Forks, and James, a tracker vampire, decides that he wants to hunt Bella for sport.
After a long wait, the anticipation, and the excitement, all I got was disappointment. Whether it was the bad acting, bad directing, or the terrible special effects, the movie was a total let down.
Kristen Stewart is a very good actress, and I am a fan of hers, however I am very disappointed with her in Twilight. Bella Swan always doubts herself and is unsure of her relationship with Edward. Bella shows her love for Edward every second of her life, in the book, but Kristen acted as though she was certain about everything. She portrayed Bella as a strong girl and positive about her relationship with Edward Cullen.
Edward Cullen played by Robert Pattinson appeared very rough at times. The gradual friendship between Alice and Bella, and Bella and Jacob was completely wiped out.
However Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) and Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale) were the perfect choices for their parts. Kellan Lutz was exactly how I imagined Emmett, and Nikki portrayed Rosalie very well, being a complete bitch towards Bella. My favorite part of the movie is the only good part, the Baseball scene. The special effects in this scene were okay. I really like the part when Rosalie says “My Monkey Man” and also when Edward and Emmett collide. I also loved the choices for Jacob Black (Taylor Launter) and Dr. Cullen (Peter Facinelli).
However, I thought the movie was only half-complete. There were too many parts of the book that were cut out, which made the movie jumpy, as it jumped from one scene to another. A lot of very good parts were emitted. For example, I was really looking forward for the airport scene, when Bella runs away from Jasper, but in the movie, Bella just leaves the Hotel, when Alice and Jasper are downstairs in the Hotel. This was really disappointing. There were many other cool parts that were emitted. The movie was too short and too fast.
The special effects were terrible, especially in the meadow scene. When I read that part, I imagined Edward glowing like when a prophet’s face is shown, however in the movie I could barely notice him sparkling.
The costumes were awful as well. I had imagined a very stylish Alice Cullen, however in the movie; her outfits were no different than everyone else’s. The make-up was the worst part of the movie. It was overly done and it looked terrible. I could see the lipstick on Pattison’s lips. The white-powders were also too obvious. It was just too much.
The music and the sound effects were great. I absolutely loved Pattinson’s voice. Totally unexpected! However, for Bella’s lullaby, I didn’t like the movie version, I liked Pattinson’s version, which was on the web.
Twilight is the new Harry Potter, and it is not something you would want to mess with. The film was very lame and unprofessionally directed, and I now know that my year is officially ruined, as the movie was a huge downer.
Below is one of the questions asked Peter Facinelli, who plays Dr.Cullen, in an interview with Twilight Lexion. Facinelli’s reply is totally true. This is not just another Vampire story, this is so much more. Also about Catherine being a passionate person. All the cast have said this. I think that she was too passionate. She wanted too much, wanted to make it to good and ended it up screwing it. In the interviews, she appears so into it, so passionate, but sometimes, when you are passionate about something, you end up screwing it, because of its expectations. He is also accurate about the book, the first time I picked up the book; I finished it in a one day as well.
Lexicon - Would you tell us about your audition process for the movie?
Peter - There were a few scenes that I had gotten, but no script. I was not interested in doing a Vampire movie, as I am not a huge fan of gory Vampire movies. But then I read the book. I sat down and read it in one day. It was a beautiful love story set in a Vampire tale. I loved how Stephanie chose to explore the human side of vampires in the Cullen family. I fell in love with the story, and was determined to get the part. I read for Catherine, and the audition went well. A few weeks later I heard that they offered the part to someone else. I was devastated. But their deal fell through, and they came back and offered it to me. I was elated. I had already thought the part was gone, so it was a very happy surprise. I laugh sometimes because I read somewhere that originally some of the fans thought I was too old for the part, but the actor they originally offered it to was a decade older than me. (lol)
When asked if she is not self-assured, Kristen replied: “I am, but it takes me five more hours to get self-assured than it does her.” Not knowing her, this would be very hard to believe, as she totally acted confident in the movie.
Rating:
(Rate on a 0-5 scale)
Acting: 3
Character Designs: 3
Story: 5 (based on Book)
Music: 4
Overall Rating: 3.5
Buy/Rent: I’m definitely going to buy the movie, only because I am fan of the books. But I’m not impressed by the movie at all. However, I think the movie is worth watching.
Ending Comments: I can only hope that The New Moon is not as bad as Twilight. In fact, I hope I could be impressed with the werewolf sequel instead of disappointed.
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I have some pictures too, but i don't know how to upload it, so it falls right bellow my article. so sorry
