Utterly Disappointed

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2008)

With great displeasure I have to admit that I was utterly disappointed with the outcome of the movie Twilight. To me, the main characters had very little on screen chemistry. Seeing as the plot revolves around their undying love for each other, I was extremely dissatisfied with the choice of Kristin Stewart as Bella Swan. Her lack of emotion and inability to portray the character as I would've imagined ended with a feeling of sheer disappointment. Robert Pattinson, or Edward Cullen as the neurotic preteens and teens know him, grew on me after a while. I enjoyed his performance and his ability to persuade me into believing he was an actual vampire. I realize that movie makers do their best to depict the novel as accurately as possible and that it must be conveyed within only a couple of hours, but I didn't sense any fluidity to the movie. Anyway, I'm no expert. I'm merely a fan of the book who was let down by what could have potentially been a great film. Hopefully the second will persuade more chemistry from the leads and portray the storyline more sinuously.