OH Twilight...Twilight

Rating: 9/10 (2 December 2008)

I have a love and hate relationship with this Saga. I'm sure i know exactly why. It's like Death and Taxes...but in here it's Sex, Death and Taxes all summed in one. The books are horribly written, but the characters are amazing. Some of the plots are stupid, but mostly it was intense and interesting. The development of their love in the first book was awesomely executed by Stephanie Meyer (as badly and redundant she was with her writing) We (the readers) were able to believe it and love it. But that is one of the Major flaws in the movie. The character development between Edward and Bella was cut short. The scene in the Meadow (and it is a holy scene to the Twilighters) was absolutely destroyed. It should have been done a bit slower. BUT above all the chemistry between Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson is AMAZINGLY good...not too many movie get well casted actors together...last years was Atonement's Keira Knightley and James Mcavoy (It was like they were on fire or something of that sort) Anywho back to Twilight.
The Cast. Well casted, all fit the bill, especially Pattison and Stewart. But there had been some moments of bad acting for everyone! since everyone had these moments i believe that the director..whom fabulously filmed Vanilla Sky..did a really bad job at Directing a new and upcoming cast. Yeah yeah...i know we've seen them in other movies but they still need more training to become better actors, and in this movie...I don't feel like they were challenged enough. I've seen Pattinson before in other movie and Stewart too as well as Nikki Read and they all were superb actor in their roles...why??...because they had good directors...this one..i don't know what happened..but she lost it somehow...This series needs someone even more passionate to direct the story properly.
The story to the movie. Greatly done! Most of the major plots are there, some scene were combined to save time, but which movie doesn't do that to book they adapted? BUT thanks to Stephanie Meyer's bad dialogue and writing some of her worst lines ended up in the movie...and oh my lord did i ever want to run. nevertheless as the movie went on, everything from the baseball match to the end was dead on.
That's all i have to say really, love it, but hate it at the same time. and to be honest, if Pattinson and Stewart weren't in it,i don't think i would have watched it.
Cheers Hala