started weirdly but later on it was really good

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2008)

OK before i start i apologise for the lack of punctuation and adequate grammar/spelling because i get kinda carried away when i comment on a movie.
well my first impression of this film was that it looked like a 80's teen movie with random sepia shots of animals so to be honest i wasn't impressed until... i saw Robert pattinson's acting that guys for a bright future ahead of him he is instantly likable and plays the role very well. until i watched the whole movie i couldn't see how clever the crew are i thought that it was poor music editing as there were some parts where there was complete silence and then randomly there was music in a different setting but i realised that this was because the non-musicy bits were where the characters were feeling uncomfortable e.g. Bella talking with her dad at the start and then there was music when Bella was at school as the other students were always bouncy and happy. one scene i loved was when Edward first saw Bella and her hair was being blown around by a fan (in most films when love at first sight is implyed the woman's hair blows around randomly but this scene had hair blowing with a reason) this was shown through Edward's eyes and was very powerful.
i must try to keep this brief as i have many points to make. i really liked the book and this film was pretty true to the book and the scenes were wise as it is a film based on a book with many fans. for the first 30mins i thought it was an average film with a very good actor and a good soundtrack but after that i really got into it and enjoyed it a lot. everything about the film was good apart from 2 things: 1) the beginning wasn't the best in the world and didn't set the story very well. 2) the scene where they go into the woods and what Bella says sounds very scripted as if she had a writer on hand and doesn't sound at all like what an intellectual 17 year old would say.
this movie had me in its grasp after 30mins and wouldn't let go until the end i felt really sorry for Charlie when Bella left forks and the scene is done in such a way that anyone can empathise with him.
this movie is a must see for people of all ages and genders, it is a romance with a little bit of everything which makes it extremely entertaining.