Exceptionally Great

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2011)

When I watched this movie I had more doubts than I would like to admit to. People told me that it was cheesy and poorly made and when they said that there were very little special effects I did not even go and see the movie until it was released on DVD. I mean a VAMPIRE movie and hardly any special effects, I must admit I was beyond doubtful but I rented it anyway saying to myself that I would give it a chance. Low and behold it was a movie I ended up loving. The characters had undoubtable chemistry and it was as if the feel of the movie revolved around them as it should. Although I was not crazy at how much of the film the roaming vampires took up in this movie you could say that it did blend in well with the rest of the movie. After I returned the movie the guy at the video store and I were discussing it an reviewing it and he told me that it was not just Twilight but there was an entire series devoted to this unique storyline. After he told me that I headed to Books-a-Million (after a stop at Wal Mart to buy the movie) and purchased the entire series and started to read them right away. I do agree that the book was better than the movie, but everyone involved with the film did an exceptional job when it was time to put the words to the screen. It won itself as one of my all-time favorite movies and my all-time favorite book series. Before I went diving into the world Stephenie Meyer created I hated to read and now I read everyday. I only ranked this movie an 8 out of 10 because I feel that although it flowed very well there were still a few spots that needed explaining and you probably couldn't do it without reading the book and that the James story kind of took away from the main story considering how much time it took up in the movie. Overall this is a great movie and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys vampire or romance films because it has the best of both worlds.