I just have to write this post because I think it's time that somebody is completely honest with the rest of the world. Twilight the movie was a horrible adaption of the book and could have been done better in so many ways. It has its moments of pure 'omg, that's so cute' and 'ahaha! that's hilarious', but its has just as many 'wtf' moments as well. I think its definitely one of those movies that you have to see on your own to establish an opinion and here's the one I put together. Movie reviewer James Berardinelli said it best, "Twilight isn't an especially good movie, but neither is it an abomination."
I recently read an article on yahoo titled`Twilight' sucks up $70.6M in box office debut . It should be written more like 'Twilight' sucks (up $70.6M in box office debut). It's easier to ignore stuff thats in parenthesis. The movie didn't do so well because it was good. It did well because teenage girls are ignorant and gullible. I can say this without being prejudice, because I count myself as a part of that crowd. I, just like most of the girls I know, sat in the movie theatre at 12:01 am anticipating what I thought was going to be the movie of the year. Everything pertaining to this movie drew me in. The casting. The advertising. Posters, keychains, shirts (which i still want btw), and trailers all screamed blockbuster hit. The product, however, was very disappointing. It was a blockbuster alright. Shattering numbers and breaking records for females director, but I will not go as far as to say it was a hit.
A lot of things made this movie less than A quality. An inconcosistent plot for one. Everything jumped around. And none of the scenes ever really felt like they linked together. One moment you're looking at a scene in front of Bella's house, the next her school, then all of the sudden you are watching a scene in the forrest without having no earthly idea how the story ended up there. I read the book so I could pretty much followed what was going on. But the idea to stretch out James' antagonistic role to more than it was meant to be in the book was a mistake. Twilight the book's plot was more about Edward and Bella's budding affection for each other and the pros and cons (mostly cons) of that relationship. Playing up a minor part of the book so that movie watchers now have to follow two plots (a forming love affair and a psycho vampire) throughout the whole movie was a bit much.
This movie had its ups and downs. Even though the ups were fewer if I don't talk about them then this post will seem one-sided (and be inaccurate even). I don't care what anyone says, I think the casting for this movie was really good. Kristen Stewart's moodiness and teen angst breathed life into Bella and Robert Pattinson.....well he's just hot! The acting could have been better (especially for our main characters. i KNOW the actors have more talent than that. i've seen their other movies). Even though some moments weren't purposally funny, you will get a laugh. And the setting is excellent. Most people always think of that as an unimportant feature, but I think it really stuck out (thank goodness).
I'm not going to rant about the entire movie and break down ever little thing that was wrong with it, Robert Pattinson's acting for one. I'm sorry but they should have let him use his accent, poor boy was trying so hard to maintain the American facade (yes, it showed). Lucky for him Catherine Hardwicke's movies don't consist of much dialogue. I saw 'The Nativity Story'. Awesome and very moving movie, but there had to be about ten lines of dialogue total throughout the whole thing. Oh right I said I WOULDN'T rant. That's what critics are for.
What I can't understand though is why critics are being so nice to the movie. They are sugar-coating their critiques and blaming the success on teenage girls instead of focusing on the movie. Maybe they just don't want a horde of crazy Twilight fangirls coming after them (can't blame them for not wanting that). Two critics got it right though. I may not agree with everything either says, but they stay it, for the most part, like I would have if I were a critic. Check out their reviews:
http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=1394
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-11-19-twilight_N.htm
I hope this helps all of those who are still thinking about whether or not they want to see the movie. Ultimately,though, the only one who can really decide for you if its a good movie or not is you.
2 comments:
Yeah I was just going to say usuaally the critics would eat a movie alive like this.I think they got into the hype as well or they probably didn't want to anger the movie gods. And if there's one thing I hate to see is a english boy struggling through an American accent it just gets to me in a big way.It could have been worse however because Edward is from Chicago they could have made him to a mid-western accent!:0
i know right. theyre afraid of the crazed out twilight fangirls. i mean some people really liked this movie. most of my friends think it was awesome. my friend jane called it "the best movie ever". i hope she was joking.
and the english boy american accent thing. you have a massive point. i mean didnt they learn from Orlando Bloom's performance in Elizabethtown. that was so much better btw. and don't even play about mid-western accents. im already scarred enough.
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