Twilight

Rating: 5/10 (30 January 2011)

Vampire based movies and TV shows were popping up everywhere when this film based on the popular series of books was released, but afterwards it has had mixed reviews, so I had to see why, from director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown). Basicaly Isabella 'Bella' Swan (Panic Room's Kristen Stewart) is moving with her father Charlie (Billy Burke) from Phoenix, Arizona to the quiet and gloomy Forks, Washington, and she didn't expect much to change. That is until she starts the new term at high school, and after getting to know a few of the other students, she sees and is interested in meeting the mysterious but good looking Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). He and his family share a dark secret, and when he falls in love with Bella, Edward feels comfortable to reveal it to her, and she promises to keep it. It is of course that he and the whole family are vampires, but she is not afraid of the fact that he has a thirst for blood, obviously not for her, and the rest of the family get used to her to. It is in fact the opposing vampires that she is to be afraid of, as they find it a challenge to try and catch Bella and feed off her, she is severely injured near the end, but Edward saves her and they attend the prom. Also starring Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, Peter Facinelli as Dr. Carlisle Cullen, Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen, Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale, Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper and Kellan Lutz as Emmet Cullen. Stewart is reasonably attractive and alright, Pattinson is okay too, they do have good chemistry, and though he isn't on screen as long in this first film Lautner is supposedly the pinup for young girls. As for the film itself, there are some okay moments of scary movie based stuff, the dark love story has some alright dangerous moments, I think this appeals much more to easily impressed teenagers and girls, but it's not a bad romantic horror fantasy. Worth watching, at least once, in my opinion!