A fair argument?

Rating: 8/10 (15 January 2010)

I admit (rather proudly), I was a fan of Twilight before the movies were made. The story, although unrealistic, has got many things many girls wish for: the perfect relationship with the perfect guy. Okay, so there are a couple of twists here and there but it's basically Romeo and Juliet with vampires.
I had no trouble accepting this concept, because it had already been done a million times with other people (just few done with vampires) and when I heard that it was being made into a film, I read through it again. Now, we all have different views of Edward, Bella and the rest of the clan (and in my opinion I didn't think they were the best people for the job) but those actors did try to make it work. Not forgetting they were under huge amounts of pressure, from a very wide fan base ready to kill for the movie of their beloved book. If I had been any one of them, then I would have been hiding away until months after the premiere, in case people didn't like it.
The fact that they were transforming a book into a movie was a project itself. Most of twilight (and the rest of the saga) is Bella's thoughts. If they had had that all in the film then Bella would have been staring at nothing most of them, with the weird narration, and it would have been very visually boring. Also, with this 400 page strong book, there had to be cutbacks because it would have been very unappealing to those who haven't ever (or wanted to) read the books. They were trying to please the fans yet appeal to the rest of the audience, a very hard act.
Admittedly, I did see the flaws that the movie had compared to the book and I did come out slightly disappointed but I still felt the thrill when I saw the characters from the book come onto the film screen and, after seeing New Moon, the actors seem to be developing their characters better. I believe that this film was relying more on the fan base than the grand visual effects of the film but it still had many good features that often go unnoticed, besides in this mystical world where vampires sparkle in the sun, how would this have ever been easy?
After seeing the DVD extras, you do see how much hard work went into this film. I know many people do detest twilight, mainly due to the wide (and often hysterical) fan base, but as Stephenie Meyer said, she had only wrote this book for an audience of one, the fact that there are many people who love it, surprise her. And now, this and the rest of the twilight saga are number one bestsellers, and the movies so far have proved extremely popular. Say what you wish about the effects not being completely up to scratch and the idea being overused, so many people love it, and in this case, maybe the awards have to speak from themselves.