Funny, paranormal romance

Rating: 10/10 (22 November 2011)

I wonder if anyone realizes these books that spawned the movies are labeled for "children,' and not adults. The books have received many awards under the child category. If adults cannot get into them that may be the reason. I think the films are great and I am neither a child nor one of the young adults constantly complaining about something with these films. I am a senior and I thoroughly enjoyed all the films. As for the books, well Meyer is a good story teller and a beginning writer. Books cannot fully translate to the screen and after all they are made to make money. My daughter works in management in a movie theater and the film is popular, so much so in a theater that doesn't generally have a lot of attendance it has been packed for days to view this film and more people keep streaming in. I believe they toned down the film for the sake of younger people who have read the books and would like to see the movies. Even Meyer was made to tone down the books by editors. It has always been geared generally for a younger audience but when put into film it really should have been reconciled and gone for the adult audience is my only criticism.
I laughed through the wedding in various parts not because it was silly but it was cute the way they did the speakers part. I knew what was coming and I think they did a good job. This is a romance movie that has vampires and shape shifters in it. This type of genre is generally labeled paranormal romance. The last part should be more to the taste of die hard vampire movie fans but let me tell you, all vampire stories are fiction and made up. So people should get over ridiculing these stories. What they show is very clever and entertaining.
You have to take the films on their own merit and not judge them by the books at all. I found Stewart and Pattinson to be good at carrying over the way they portrayed their characters. I think this movie shows the vampire in a more humanistic manner which throws off many people but that is what I like about them...to me it makes sense.
I also liked the fact they brought in other vampires as an extension of their family and how they mixed everyone together getting along for the sake of the two who just got married. I didn't feel the movie dragged on at all and liked the detour to the island off of Brazil to be very tender in nature with each main character dealing with their insecurities and Bella being a virgin with no prior idea of what to expect and especially with a vampire that didn't want to hurt her. The dynamic is unusual and makes for the entertainment value of the movie. Over all I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and await the second half. Try to keep in mind the story is an extension of a vampire clan that has made their choice not to kill humans but it is a side issue to the romance between Bella and Edward so therefore if you don't like romance movies with a paranormal twist, you won't like this movie. I think it was excellent.