Good - if you're a 13 year old girl

Rating: 4/10 (7 July 2010)

**Warning - small spoiler alert**
Last week, I finally sat down to watch the first two Twilight movies - to find out what all the craze has been about.
I've never read the books, so it's possible that there's much more to be gained from the films if you have some background reading to work with.
But as one that came into the Twilight series cold, my impressions were...well...unimpressed. Twilight IMHO, comes off as a run-of-the-mill teen angst film (done a million times before), just with a few rather uninspired Gothic characters.
Honestly, vampires and werewolves have been done a million times before - in Underworld, and recently in True Blood to name just two.
And the romance? Absolutely no charisma there at all, especially with Edward. (Okay, Jacob has great abs - that was probably the best part of both the films.) But as an adult, I find it practically funny that *both* characters (in their own ways) vow eternal love to Belle...without even getting to second base...! In other words, this is a great, platonic teenage romance for 13 year old girls into brooding. So I guess if you're the parent of one, you'll end up having to watch the whole series.
As for the rest of us - it's pretty much a waste of two hours.