“When you can live forever what do you live for?”
I’m late in getting to this review – partly because I wasn’t excited to see it in the first place. We saw Twilight while on vacation a few weeks ago, when there wasn’t anything else worthwhile to see. We were pleasantly surprised that it was pretty entertaining, but teenage vampires really don’t do it for me. I prefer adult vampires who can have great vampire sex and not just LONG for it. lol… that being said, Rob Pattinson did a great job displaying the yearning and intensity that any male vampire seems to feel when they fall for a human woman [or in this case, kid] and needs to protect her, not only from himself, but from his friends… and enemies.
When we saw this, it was in a tiny theater in the back of a 14-theater megaplex, and it was my husband and I, 2 dozen teenage girls and a strange row of teenage boys down front. Every time Rob Pattinson had a closeup and said one of his intensley conflicted romantic lines, inevitably, one or two of the girls around us would pine, “he’s sooo coool!” or “he’s sooo awwwwesommmmeee!” Needless to say, we felt really REALLY old. lol…
This was decent entertainment and because I’m a big vampire fan I enjoyed it, but I also had a HUGE beef with the movie [and I suppose the book series, that I have NOT read]… there are certain rules that must be followed to qualify a person as a vampire and this series breaks 2 of them, that in my opinion aren’t breakable. So I did leave somewhat annoyed. But also infatuated with Rob Pattinson and his magical hair, making me feel kind of pervy because he’s so much younger than I am [how did that happen???] lol…
Anyway… sorry, this review is terrible, I know… back to business: The visuals were decent, the story and action wasn’t bad, the acting for the most part was pretty good. The lead girl Kristen Stewart who played ‘Bella Swan’ was a better fit than I initially expected, but her acting style got old pretty fast for me – like she went to the ‘party of five’ school of acting with the confused stuttering while looking hurt thing. Pattinson, who played Edward Cullen did a great job and he’s probably the only reason I’d see the sequel, if and when it comes out. [seems like a done deal, though...].
As an adult fan of vampire flicks I’d say Twilight is just a 2 1/2 out of 5.
Worth a rent if you love vampires – especially if you read ‘paranormal romance’ novels… If you don’t fall into either category, or if you’re older than 18, I’d say skip it.
Add’l Info: Release Date: Nov 21, 2008 • Runtime: 122 minutes • Rated PG-13 for some violence and a scene of sensuality • Photo credit: © Summit Entertainment, via movieweb.com
