Such a shame

Rating: 7/10 (10 November 2012)

I really like the concept of this movie. The whole vampire theme interests me. However, it's such a shame they handed Kristen Stewart the role of Bella Swan, the actress who is often referred to as "stoneface" and who even received the "Stoner Award". Kristen Stewart shows about the same level of emotion in every scene she stars in, close to none.
This movie could have been great if the casting was done properly. Although Robert Pattinson isn't a very convincing 17 year old, the role vampire suits him. Jackson Rathbone and Peter Facinelli are both very convincing vampires too, in my opinion. The rest of the cast works, although the group of "friends" Bella has are quite bad. Storywise this movie is good, acting wise it's utterly shameful.
I like the concept and i'm certainly going to check out the books, but this movie just doesn't work for me.