So I know I blogged about now knowing what Twilight is. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore. See, I was in Los Angeles the latter half of last week and after hanging out with old coworkers on Wednesday, ended up going to see Twilight with them on Friday night.
Now, as I think I noted last time around, this all started out as a book or a series of books. Having now seen the movie I can understand why it may make for an interesting read. So much so that I am likely going to pick up a paperback copy of the book and give it a good read through.
However, that doesn't mean is translated well to a movie. And it really didn't. For the fan of the book series, yeah...They'll definitely be happy with the movie. With the uninitiated like myself...It was riddled with bad special effects and worse dialogue. I'm not going to nitpick the acting because, in truth, it's fine. They should have let that Cullen boy smile a bit more. And man is high school ever so high stakes. I feel like I got off so easy.
The stars of the movie, for me, were the characters of Jessica and Doctor Cullen (played by Peter Facinelli by the way!). Jessica is kind of a valley girl secondary character...But everytime she talks I just laugh. Her character is great and the actress protraying her makes it even better. She reminded me a lot of a young version of Kristin Wiig's character in Knocked Up. And that's a great thing in my book. And I mean, Peter Facinelli! I was shocked when I saw him pop on screen as the good Doctor. And his character was excellent.
So in the end, there are plusses and minuses. And something that's evidently covered in ther book but is SKIPPED in the movie is you have to throw away any and all vampire conventions you know of. Garlic, stakes, etc. Toss it. It doesn't apply to this world's vampires. They feed on blood. Don't throw that one away. Other than that...It seems they're kinda' like Superman.
So the movie has a few ups and some downs as well, but in the end...
5/10
Though I may revise this after I read the book and get a better picture of how this will shake out. And naturally, they set it up for a sequel.
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Gotta love the dialogue!
Edward Cullen: You see, every person smells different, has a different essence. If you locked an alcoholic in a room full of stale beer, he'd gladly drink it. But he could resist, if he wished to, if he was a recovering alcoholic. Now let's say you placed in that room a glass of hundred-year-old brandy... How do you think he would fare then?
Edward Cullen: Maybe that's not the right comparison. Maybe it would be to easy to turn down brandy. Perhaps i should make our alcoholic a heroin addict instead.
Isabella Swan: So what your saying is, I'm your brand of heroin?
Edward Cullen: Yes, you are exactly my brand of heroin.
Can't blame the screenplay writers for that bit of dialogue. I think that's pretty much straight out of the book. It sounded so LAME in the movie though.
You're right, Chris, it DIDN'T translate well to film. I left wishing I'd stayed home and read the books instead.
And I agree, Jessica was TOTALLY cute. lol
She really was. I want to see her spun off into her own movie.
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