Twilight (movie)

UPDATE Nov 24, 2009:  For more Twilight fun, check out my list, You might be a Stephenie Meyer Vampire if....

Before I begin, two caveats:

1) SPOILER ALERT:  This review contains spoilers... all over the place.  If you're a 13 year old girl and want to be surprised to find out the really pale super dreamy troubled teenager is actually a vampire... stop reading now.

2) I'm not a 13 year old girl, so  I may not be the target audience for this film.  I also have not read the book, so I'm reviewing this movie based solely on the movie...  I thought this was supposed to be like "Harry Potter" for Vampires, but it really felt like an episode of Vampire 90210.

So... Twilight is about two star-crossed lovers, Edward and Bella, who fall deeply in love with each other...   Bella is attracted to Edward because he ignores her and he is mopey -- Edward is intensely attracted to Bella because she smells really really good to eat (FYI... Edward is the vampire).  Once the two profess their love for one another, Edward reveals why he must stay out of the sunlight -- not because he would be burnt to ashes like most vampires, but because he glitters and sparkles in the sunlight.  So this particular brand of vampire's risk from exposure to direct sunlight is significantly lower than that of an Irish boy on spring break in Arizona.  Edward also reveals that although he looks 17 years of age, he is actually several hundred years old.  Does no one else find it a creepy that a several hundred year old man is pining after a 17 year old girl -- while he constantly reminds her that he could easily kill and eat her?  If you replaced Edward's Abercrombe and Fitch wardrobe with a "wife-beater" tank top and replaced "blood lust" for "could really go for a beer", you'd have the same movie on Lifetime about domestic abuse and women living in fear.

Anyway, all is going well until a trio of vampires from the other side of the tracks decide to crash in on Edward's family's Traditional Vampire Baseball Picnic and sniff out Bella in their midst.  I'm already bored of talking about the "plot" of this movie, so if you're still hanging in suspense, I've done a poor job conveying my opinion of this movie, so go get the movie and enjoy yourself.  There's quite a bit of foreshadowing to future plotlines including more vampire on vampire hate crimes,  vampires vs. warewolves, and how to make senior prom even better than junior prom.

If you're looking for a good vampire fix, I think you can avoid this movie.  You'll probably get more of a thrill from reading 'The Celery Stalks at Midnight -- The story of Bunnicula".

The Twilight Books have become popular all on their own.  They've made a huge dent in the literary world (albeit, for all the wrong reasons, but see my reviews for that).  With becoming such mega huge bestsellers, it's no suprise that they opted for a film.  And while my expectations for the film were low heading in, I'm sad to say that they couldn't even fulfill that.  As I kept watching, my only real thought was... how much worse can it get?

Normally at this point I'd provide those who haven't seen the buzz with a trailer.  But I decided to skip it.  Why?  Because it's Twilight!  If you don't kno what it is... you've been living under a rock.  Plain and simple. 

Bella Swan has just moved to Forks, Washington. She's the new girl in school.  Far be in from Stephenie Meyer or the director to make Bella seem like an awkward girl.  The moment she sets foot into Forks... all the girls admire her and all the boys want to date her.  But Bella is just too good for them.  Instead she has her eyes set on Edward, who immediately thursts for Bella's blood.  Despite treaing Bella like pure and utter crap, Bella feels attracted to him... and it isn't long before the feeling becomes mutual.  As it turns out, Edward is a vampire... but not the typical vampire.  He and his family feed on animal blood.  There's something strange about Carlisle feeding on a bunch of teenage vampire but we're able to ignore that for the most part. 

While this is going on, another group of vampires is roaming around and killing innocent cavillians.  It all comes to a head when Bella, Edward and his vamp[ire family are playing baseball.  Suddenly it becomes a race to save Bella. 

I'm a good sport about adaptations.  I'm not the kind of person to complain that a movie isn't like the book.  As Stephen King said, "Books and films are like apples and oranges.  Both are delicious, but taste very different."  For the most part, I didn't think the books were terrible, but they are far from being literary expertise like some say.  The movie, on the other hand suffers from problems that stem mostly from the acting and the written script.  Many a time you'll find yourself laughing not because of a comedic moment, but because a part of the movie was done so terribly you can't believe it got into the final cut. 

To begin, the acting stands out first and foremost as being one of the flaws of the film.  Bella Swan (played by Kristen Stewart) is a wooden character.  It's bad enough she's unbelievable by being admired by all the girls and being hit on by all the guys, but it's a lot worse when you watch her on screen and say to yourself, "she must've been in my woodshop class in high school... she was the board of wood."  But Kristen Stewart comes off as that unbelievably bland.  In the scene near the end when she's in a hospital bed saying Edward can't leave her she uses the same monotone voice she uses throughout the film despite that she's supposed to be in love.  

Just as bad as Robert Pattinson as Edward.  He's just as lifeless when he's Edward.  His lines are delivered in the same monotnous manner.  If the two weren't the leads it might ot be so bad, but when every dialog exchange is so wooden it's hard to get into the magic of film making. 

Perhaps what also hits against the movie is that it doesn't go into enough depth on all the characters.  We begin to learn a lot about Bella and Edward, but we hardly learn anything about Edward's vampire family.  They're just there.  With the emphasis that's put out there about his family, it's a wonder we don't learn much more about them.  That's a shame.

If you're a fan of set designs, however, you might be pleased to know that Twilight is as gloomy looking as it was meant to be.  The skies are mostly overcast, the streets are dreary.  Each and every scene looks as though it was filmed right after a rainstorm, but this is what it's supposed to look like.  Some of the special effects might come off as a little cheesy, but at least the look of the movie isn't so bad. 

For the most part Twilight isn't any better as a film than it is as a literary novel.  The acting is wooden, and the script tasteless.  When you sit down and you're hearing lines such as, "Your mood swings are giving me whiplash," that can't be a good sign of what's to come from the films in the future of the franchise.  It isn't so much that Twilight is a bad movie as it is that if feels like a complete and utter cash in on the famous novels by Stephenie Meyer.  It might please some of the most die-hard of Twilight fans, but not much else beyond that. 

 

Being a vampire lore enthusiast, I have seen a very good amount of vampire films. Of course, I would check out this vampire movie based on the best selling book by Stephen Meyer called "Twilight". Please understand that I have not read the book (yet) and obviously this type of movie would attract audiences based on the book's popularity and that this film does know its intended audience--teenage girls or hopeless romantics. I will try to be as objective as I can, I do admit that I am not fond of romantic films--all of them are so full of clichés and perfunctory elements that does un-interest me. However, I can comment on how well a film is made and its entertainment value.

Bella (Kristen Stewart) is a young girl teenage girl who had just moved into a small dreary town where there is an almost enormous daily amount of cloud cover and her dad (Billy Burke) is the chief of police, who's also divorced from her mom (who had also re-married). Bella meets the usual batch of school buddies and none of them really sparked her interest; that is until she met Edward Cullen (Robert Pettison), a mysterious young man who keeps to himself and hangs out with his family most of the time. One day, Bella is almost hit by a car and Edward amazingly deflects the accident. Shocked and curious, Bella figures out that Edward is in fact a vampire--inhumanly strong, fast, and immortal; but as with his "family", he gets sustenance only from the blood of animals. Plus, Edward is very much interested in her. The two begin an uneasy friendship that soon blossoms into love. Bella is accepted in Edward's "coven" of vampires and she is shown a world beyond her imagination. Life is good, until other vampires who are passing through complicates things….

Director Catherine Hardwick has two misfires in "The Nativity Story" and "The Lords of Dogtown", now, she tries to redeem herself with an adaptation of the very popular romantic novel. Expect me to say "romance" quite a lot, because "Twilight" only uses the supernatural elements of vampires ONLY as its backdrop or setting--the movie is for the most part about teen romance and throws away its development of subplots with "human-preying" vampires and even some of the established groundwork of vampire legend. Yes, sunlight has an effect on these blood suckers but it doesn't kill them (but just makes it obvious that they're different by looking pretty?) and they can enter your house without invitation. I don't really mind some of the changes and I kept an open mind.

The film's set-up is so full of cliché, and serves up the usual teen oriented tone. Then it abandons that premise and becomes more like a romantic flick. The teenage issues of popularity, high school politics, social issues and infatuations are hinted at but the movie focuses more on Bella's own issues such as "will Edward eat her or not?" and "will Edward really love her?". I know it sounds sappy and for the mature audience, it is. I meant it when I said that the vampire thing is only a backdrop--all the film is about the young lovers and any other stuff about vampirism is just a complication or some hurdle to overcome.

The vampires in "Twilight" are for the most part treated as "super-heroes" (has that "X-men" feel somehow) or some very cool and hip folks. They play baseball (vampires playing this sport during a thunderstorm is a nice touch), have very cool cars and own a very beautiful house. They even try to cook an Italian dish in order to show their acceptance for the mere human in their midst. Edward's coven is a bunch of friendly vampires who had established a pact with the native Americans who live in the reservation nearby. They're peaceful but I rather thought it would have been much cooler to go into the conditions and terms of this treaty and the film missed this opportunity (there are very subtle hints of "Skinwalkers" in the last act). As with any group of people, the vampire covens are different--some are satisfied in feeding off animal blood while others regard humans as their food. I guess I should be impressed but this actually came as no surprise.

The acting is decent for the most part. Kristen Stewart pulls a very strong performance as "Bella", although I have to admit I wasn't exactly interested in her character. Robert Pattison does steal the show as Edward the vampire. This role would definitely elevate Robert Pattison to "teen heartthrob status"--the young man does fit his role and I can just see this movie doing to Pattison what "Titanic" did for Leo in the hearts of female fans. The "tortured soul" gimmick is played out but not as efficiently as I would've wished because it lacked much needed groundwork--he shouldn't be acting like a 17 year old when he's much OLDER (being 17 for a long time). Edward is the hunter of the group, and he has a very acute sense of smell--and Bella well, smells very appetizing in more ways than one. What's interesting is the fact that Edward meets another hunter (played by Cam Gigandet, Never Back Down)--clearly an exposition in vampire rank and that they hunt in packs.

The movie does look good, the movie has that eerie bluish atmosphere and the cinematography is also quite decent. The special effects are also fitting for this type of movie, and Hardwick's direction may be a little uneven, it left too many plot gaps for readers of the book to fill in. It is rather very difficult to say that "Twilight" is even a good vampire movie, but I have to admit the film knows its intended audience and focuses its strength on the stuff teenage girls and hopeless romantics like. It is watchable, but has too many undeveloped factors introduced as devices just to throw in a few hurdles for the young lovers and the teen romance just overshadows any other concept. The best way to look at "Twilight" is as a romantic fantasy-"chick flick" (if you will) and not as a vampire film; purists of vampire films had better stay away. I was expecting more of a similar take as in "Buffy" TV series but it does play its strengths well for its intended audience. Again, this is NOT a vampire film but a teenage romantic film built on the vampire concept.

For a vampire film fan, I would say Rent it! since one viewing would be enough, but for the romance fans, I would say Recommended! Purists of vampire lore is better off skipping it.
It all depends on what you're looking for and I am not fond of teenage romance movies.
[2 Stars]

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Vampires and humans have been falling in love with each other for years either one falls in love with the human so he can drink her blood whereas the girl is most likely under a trance and does not know of what she is doing.  While those types of stories are interesting they only serve a purpose as a mere plot device to push along the real story of the vicious vampire   trying to   regain power or destroy as many humans as he can. Stephanie Meyers' "Twilight", while interesting in its idea, takes this old tale of the blood feud between vampires and werewolves and romanticize it. I would be lying if I did not tell you that  I was enthralled for the first two halves of this movie  the story of  an introverted  teenage girl named Bella Swan  was interesting for the most part. Watching her  go through her daily routines  and slowly but surely finding  love, which is interesting for the most part  but  this shallow,  and soulless adaptation of the mega popular  books   quickly takes a nose dive  from being ingenious and refreshing. Turning into the titular teenybopper movies of modern cinema.

 

 

 

 

"Twilight" is a miscalculation on every level the story is good in its own right and the plot of the film about a young girl falling for a vampire is interesting but does not hold your attention long enough for you to enjoy it. It drones along at an agonizingly slow pace setting up the romance that fans of the books know is coming and that non-fans   can see coming from 200 miles away.  It holds it own for the first half but once Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) makes his appearance onscreen, it quickly turns into an empty, poorly made film that feels more like a T.V. movie than a big screen film.  If the  there was a better director, a better actor and a better screenplay and screenwriter this film could have been the start of a new era of  stylized vampire films instead of a sour  film that leaves you with a bad feeling afterwards. 

 

 

 

Kristen Stewart is good for the most of the film but she is shallow at best it is as if she wants to do more than just read the lines she given but can't. You cannot connect with her character Bella Swan simply because of the way Stewart acts. She makes it impossible to form a bond with Swan because of her mousy voice and shy attitude, which I like in a girl but here it is just shameful.  I've read that is how Swan is suppose to be  Stewart  lowers the bar even further  taking the character to below  the average of the teenage girl  making Bella Swan an  unlikable  and unsympathetic character.  I will say this in her behalf Kirsten Stewart for trying her best, if only for a little while. Robert Pattinson in my book was a complete and utter miscast as the vampire Edward Cullen Pattinson cannot act or hold his own in a film he is a complete and utter eyesore and only there to do nothing more than just please the millions of female fans out there. If he had at least tried to  act in this movie  I would give him a  tip of my hat. Sadly, he did not but I will say this he did try for at least 20 minutes to be professional and then he went right into being just plain awful. The rest of the cast are as emotionless and talentless as the leads they provide no good support except to just stand there and look good.

 

 

 

"Twilight" is entertaining in it's own  way for fans it's there dream come true, for non fans it's a kind of take it as it is type of movie or don't take it at all. How you view, the film is   for you to decide if it is as a shallow heartless exploitation film or as a deeply rich and emotional one, (The latter is more believable).  "Twilight” can entertain you if only for a little while.

i will say this: had i never read the book, i may have liked this movie. but to bad for summit entertainment, i did read the book and so did a WHOLE lot of other people. it was (or at least seemed to be) really low budget. aside from pattington, who had some notable acting experience, the rest of the acting was really bad. some of the minor supporting actors shined brighter than Bella's character as far as acting goes. and the vampire makeup effects were awful. it looked like baby powder mixed with glitter and thrown on their faces. and for those of us who read the book, most members of the Cullen family look all wrong compared to the literary descriptions. the book was fairly well written and the story flowed pretty well, but for some reason when it came to movie production time they decided to add all these extra things that were never written in the book, and many of the things that did happen in the book didn't make it into the movie version.

OK now that I'm done bashing the things i didn't like about it, there were some things i did really like about it. the filming location was like someone took my version of Forks right out of my head and put it on film. it was the same was as Meyer described it, even though they didn't do the actual filming in Washington, it was pretty amazing. i also really liked the guys they used as Jacob and his father. and of course if you overlook all the extra crap that was added the love story that made the book famous comes out really strong towards the middle. i felt like they did a good job portraying the emotions between Bella and Edward on screen especially since in the book alot of the story goes on in Bella's head.

all in all i would say feel free to buy the movie, it will be a good addition to the rest of the collection once all of them come out, but if you find it in a sale bin somewhere, you will get more for your money than if you pay the full $20 for it.

I know this is uber popular but if you go beyond the mush, you get to the utter stupidity. 

Seriously, a vampire who's been a dr for many many many more years than most of us have lived and he doesn't think to check the blood level-  umm yeah, I buy that.  But a werewolf with no experience of pregnancy figures that one out.

She has to drink the blood- sure, because there is no such thing as an iv I guess.

Someone she was uber involved with imprints on her child-  yeah.

Just-  unbelievable. 

While  Twilight has an amazing premise  and a great story to back it up, it can't help but fall prey to  the terrible script  and bad acting from the leads. Stephine Meyers' Twilight  has a morbid energy level that resonates with a tale of forbidden love, and the story is highly interesting but it is extremely let down  by a bad script, under direction and bad acting from the entire cast. What could have been an amazing Gothic, fantasy romance  instead turns out to be nothing more than another teeny bopper romance film.






Twilight  is dark, complex and at sometimes  it has it's moment where it really dazzles and amazes. But it falls short on an illogical script, unbelievable events  and a story at times that defies all reason.  But for the most part Twilight is an interesting film that does  manage, in some strange  way, to hold your attention for the first two acts of the film  but  it losses it momentum  and  strength  in the third act and turns into a bad chase thriller. But all in all Twilight is a good idea and story muddled by  everything imaginable in  a film, but still is quite enjoyable even if it is preposterous and illogical.




Kristen Stewart  for the first  act of the film(Before the entrance of Edward.) delivers a good performances, the second act  she kind of starts to lag a little and in the third act  her acting abilities are completely gone and she acts like an escape mental patient.  Robert Pattinson  is terrible in this film from his introduction to the end, he can't hold  up the dramatic part he is assigned and really brings down the film  causing Stewart to really try  hard to keep it afloat , but sadly  Pattinson brings Stewart down with him  and the film fails to please  except for   it's dark style  and the source material. But none the less the cast tries but fails to elevate this film  above  average and is just an average teen romance.





Twilight is stylish and  fresh but it wears out it's welcome by the third act  and it becomes quite irritating  and contrived. But all in all  it's just another example of a good story and idea gone bad. Twilight is passing entertainment.

this movie almost killed the saga (movie version) for me! It is loosly based on the written version, the acting is bad, the make-up effects were worse. i had free tickets to this and still wanted a refund!

If I had to watch this film again I think I'd stab my eyes out and be happy doing so.

Two immature people, one a 100 year old vampire who should know better, get involved in sparkling skin, super baseball and racial overtones against Native Americans who happen to be werewolves (shapeshifters actually). Poorly written and achieved. Not recommended.

not the greatest movie i've ever seen but it had potential to be so much worse.

No...just...no.

I think that what they did with the whole vampire/human thing and going through changes was unexpected, and that is what made it really good.

Twilight is another movie I had no intention of seeing but watched it anyway and actually ended up absorbed in the story. Not in love, not necessarily recommending it, but absorbed. I've not read the books. Not that I don't want to, I do. But I've been told that I'll need to set aside time because once I start I won't want to stop.

I've seen a few vampire movies. As far as Twilight in the vampire department...the gore is minimal as is the horror. Its there, bubbling under the surface and busting out during some scary moments. So, I'd say the story includes vampires but doesn't live out all vampire all the time. I appreciated the lack of rank language and sex, too. Pretty innocent overall. Not necessarily good and healthy relationships between Bella and her parents (a little sneaking, a little what they don't know won't hurt them, a little meeting with the vampire in the bedroom.) Bella and Edward don't have the healthiest of relationships either...more drama than substance. 

The key plot is the budding relationship between Bella and Edward. And that may have been my least favorite part of the movie. Some cheesy dialogue and scenes annoyed me, some more than others. And Edward and Bella have been done before...teen misunderstood bad boy (okay, with a twist) and girl who just wants to be loved and cherished meet and connect. But Edward's mood swings and Bella's persistent crush almost don't make sense because they go a bit over-the-top. Some of the special effects were jarring as well.

The legends and the underlying mystery...oh, those were the absorbing things. I was fully sucked-in (pardon the pun) and will be very likely to watch the second movie, not opening night but eventually. And I plan to read the series. If the books are better, the prophecy that I'll have to marathon read them will probably come true.

More than any other movie released last Fall, I so wanted to hate Twilight & actually made a special point to avoid it at all costs. You might even ask what changed my mind or why I'd bothered going at all. Hell, why write a review for the film? Surprisingly, this was actually somewhat better than I thought & somehow I felt compelled to write up a small one for you guys. Hmm. Empty spot in my schedule, right? Ha!

As anyone will tell you, Twilight has been the craze of every 13 girl on the planet for several years now whereas grown-ups still thump their Anne Rice classic novels or have moved on to writers like Laurell K. Hamilton or perhaps Charlaine Harris, whose books have been utilized for the TV series True Blood. Needless to say, Stephanie Meyers may have created a phenomena with the teenage vampire novel but her ideas are anything but revolutionary  irregardless of how well her books may sell. Again, the mere idea of pop culture taking the front seat should be enough to send me far away from this movie but somehow I can push that thought aside atleast long enough to digest a relatively simple film such as this. Right?

Twilight is a fairly entertaining & touching film about teenagers which re-inforces a lot of the beliefs we may already have about youngsters today. Sure, they have their issues & many of them struggle daily with their complex problems which aren't always clear to the adult world yet there is something endearing about this generation nevertheless. It's a wonder any of us are truly sane after all we have to go through in our most formative years. Let's think about it. The football games, the lipstick, peer pressure, etc. Need I say more? It's a jungle out there for damn sure & teens are doing extremely well if they can just manage to hold their heads up at the end of each day. That, itself, often is a labor of love so to speak.

Meyers does indirectly hint at a lot of which most teens have experienced at some given point in their lives but may not be quite comfortable in sharing with anyone outside of their norm peer group. Yep, what teen at some point didn't give suicide careful consideration during moments of utter depression & hopelessness? What kid probably doesn't have unnatural thoughts of morbidity such as death or leaving this world? If that weren't enough for our fragile little minds to digest, there is always sexual frustration which can run neck to neck with eerie thoughts of dying young. Although I congratulate Meyers for briefly exploring these topics in her first novel, neither the book nor the film can really address them completely which keeps my overall verdict at a mere three stars unfortuantely.

I do, however, believe the young talent here is quite promising. Kristin Stewart & Robert Pattison do show a great deal of potential although the film itself limits their abilities. We can expect greater works from both I'm sure in the near future.

The story itself is kinda sweet ofcourse & I can expect to be accused of being a softie here but what the f*ck. Yes, who the hell doesn't dream of finding that one true love who will stand up for you when the chips are down & stay in the picture once those deep connections are made atlast? Do we not also find it slightly romantic when the significant other tells us he/she has always been fond of hearing or watching us sleep? I know I once did. Ok, enough said. I can feel the tears coming & I'm not even a fan of this series.

Final verdict: I can see the overall appeal here to younger audiences & adults alike but I will probably never purchase one of Meyer's books nor own a copy of the films in my personal video library. I will, however, watch the sequel(s) more than likely as long as I don't have to pay.

For a vampire/werewolf movie without much action, I was pleasantly surprised by Twilight.

It was so amazing. They made it so interesting, and to me they really captured the relationship between bella and kristen beautifully! It was so awkward and cold but at the same time it was true love. There were times when you wanted to be a vampire and times when you were scared of them. You went back and forth between Jacob and Edward. It was a thriller but it was the romance going on. I think they did a really good job with all of it, and i hope New Moon is just as good!

Anne Rice - Lite!

Bella moves away from Phoenix to be with her dad in Forks, WA, a place she clearly hates.  She's a social nerd with no coordination and an inability to make friends.  So far, just like the book.

 

The movie jumps quickly from scene to scene.  The characters she meets in school are wooden, lifeless.  The director does not have us care about any of them.  One kid asks Bella to the prom.  Do we care she ignores him as she stares at Edward?  Nope.

 

And even when Edward talks with her, little eye contact, lots of innendo and insults.  And that's just the first 20 minutes!

Special effects just OK.  Baseball scene was similar to the film.  That's about it. 
 

There are a few unexplained scenes of one guy getting killed and a deer being jumped on, but the viewer hopes these will be explained later.   And they do -- completely different to the novel.

 

Actually the high school kids look way more fun.  Why do we have to engage with the depressed, inept Bella? 

 

I guess this movie will appeal to socially inept teenage girls who don't have a clue about how to survive high school.

 

Horror fans, stay clear.  I'm cancelling my Tiger Beat subscription now. 

If only they stopped just staring at each other!  Man!
 

The only positive points:  The Indian reservation with the Indian guys and friends, they were the most interesting of the characters.  The rival pack of vampires was somewhat conflicting and gave some meat to the storyline.

 

The townsfolk being hunted and killed by rogue vampires was not in the book but was a welcome addition since the book was for the most part the worst, sappy teenage slop I've ever read.

 

Some romance -- she's the coldest fish and he loves to stare with those droopy puppy dog eyes.  Yuk. 

 

Feels like a college film school project than an actual romantic horror film.

 

From the Baseball Scene, follows the book fairly faithfully -- except no airport scene -- the mirror scene was pretty good. Despite almost getting killed by vampires, she wants to be a vampire herself, throw her life away and live for eternity with Edward, whom she'll probably break up with before she's 18. 

The Cullens on the other hand had enough white pancake on their face to make Paris Hilton jealous.

 

Not recommended.

 

 

You have no idea what kind of vampire movie this is. It is not your usual vampire movie it has a new twist and the 3 movies that will follow Twilight will really be keep you interested no gore and the ending is awsome. Other 3 Books New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.


                                                                    Jackie Wood

Isabella Swan: "About three things I was absolutely positive: First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him-and I didn't know how dominant that part might be-that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."

Short Attention Span Summary (SASS):

1. Girl moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father
2. The weather sucks
3. So apparently do some of the inhabitants
4. She makes friends with some Quileute Indians and one very pale face
5. Some girls just can't resist a tall, pale, handsome, unapproachable and seemingly unattainable guy
6. After researching old Quileute legends, she realizes that the new love of her life might in fact be larger than life.
7. Atypical teen romance of undying love follows, and of course this love is tested in many ways
8. Ending paves way for anxiously awaited sequel


This is a wonderful and unusual story of young romance, filled with dangerous passion, intrigue and dire peril. As a point of interest, these vampires are totally different to the Bram Stoker variety, so don't expect fangs, coffins, capes or bats, and what's more, this new and improved breed positively sparkle in the rays of the sun.

The young stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart share an undeniable chemistry, and although I haven't read the book, this movie made me put it on my wish list. Highly recommended for anyone who's a sucker for love.



Isabella Swan: "I dream about being with you forever."




Amanda Richards, March 22, 2009

One of the Biggest Insults ever to the vampire genre...

The book was long, boring, and involved far too much of people doing nothing but staring at each other.

The movie managed to put SOME action into it, and is fairly entertaining - absolutely worth watching if you're the type of person who likes girly romantic movies.

If you're not that kind of person, this isn't for you.

Most important thing to remember, this is NOT a vampire movie. It's a romance.