One of the Worst Movies of the Year

Rating: 1/10 (27 April 2011)

After 'Twilight', I didn't think these movies could actually get any worse. I was, unfortunately, wrong.
The first problem with this film is the acting. I'm sorry to say this, but neither Kristen Stewart nor Robert Pattinson could act to save their life. Stewart's problem is that she's never actually acts--she just plays herself, over and over again, in every film she's in (not something to aim for when being an ACTRESS, mind you). She stutters, blinks and breaths unnaturally heavily the entire time, while speaking with literally no emotion whatsoever. Robert Pattinson at least attempts to play a character; I'll give him that. He instead takes what I like to call the 'constipated' approach: he scrunches up his big eyebrows, wriggles his nose around for a minute and then, finally, after taking a good five minutes to think his line over, speaks in a pained voice. Neither one of these two could muster up any chemistry whatsoever, which makes a movie about a love story difficult to watch. Taylor Lautner, on the other hand, showed a bit of hope. I could see him actually being an average actor if he didn't look like he was trying to remember his lines most of the time. Maybe, with some experience and a different cast, he could grow as an actor (although I'm not counting on it--but his abs will probably get him far).
The next problem is the script. The majority of the lines in this film were downright ridiculous and unrealistic, much like a soap opera from twenty years ago would have. The plot felt rushed in some places, and incredibly slow in others.
The last problem I have is the message it sends to young girls; normally I don't even bother with this, but since this movie is targeted at such a young audience, they should know better. Curling up into a ball and more or less allowing your brain to leave planet earth and die is not something we need to be teaching tween girls is acceptable behavior. Seeing as how Stephenie Meyer copied the Vampire Diaries in entirety, dumbed them down and published them (and no, I'm not exaggerating with that statement) you'd think that she could use her brain to come up with something that wasn't completely offensive to women everywhere. The makers of this movie, without a doubt, should have taken that bit out.
Finally, as a whole, I would give this movie 1/10 stars... and that's not even being harsh. Anyone with a shred of dignity would not have made this movie, and anyone hoping not to stain their reputation permanently would stay as far away from it as possible. I walked into the movie theatre with impossibly low standards, and yet this film still managed to thoroughly disappoint me.