Hopeful for the next Installment... (Spoilers)

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2009)

I've given this flick a 5, purely because I am just hoping that the bad acting elements and total lack of chemistry between Pattinson & Stewart was just down to bad directing and an even worse script.
I love the twilight series... and I'm old enough to be grown outta all that stuff now. Still, it sucked me in (so to speak) and I was someone who was all of a sudden so anxious to see the film that I was almost hopping from my chair when I saw the trailer.
I was of course, like so many others, utterly disappointed...
Where was the build up and character development? Where was the story line??? Where was the romance... and most importantly... where the heck was the chemistry!!!
I know that this movie is somewhat about restraint, but seriously, the emotional divide here was as wide as the grand canyon. Pattinson, as other reviews mention, delivers a great & believable performance as Edward, feeding the emotional build up through his eyes and quirky responses to what is meant to be happening between his character Edward, and Bella... the beginnings of a great and strong relationship that cannot be stopped. Stewart on the other hand sadly looked like she needed to pass wind half the time to me. Did she even crack a playful smile once, save for a moment where she was a 'spider monkey!'?? She just seemed to blink a lot and let her mouth hang open. I simply wasn't convinced of her 'feelings'
I'm not sure if it was the awkwardness of what they had to work with, under a director who frankly should NEVER have been given this movie, or just the fact that they simply aren't suited to get that MUST have emotion between them which could have made all the difference to this flick!
I just hope that there is time to work on it and get that chemistry flowing hard, else round 2 is just going to make me lose all hope I had for this series and I'd rather keep my imagination than spend £12 ruining what I already have in my head from devoting a couple of weeks to the saga.
I think its totally salvageable. Harry Potters first outing sucked, now its pretty decent viewing, so hopefully it will turnabout for the better, especially now that certain people have been replaced!
As a fan though I will put in my two cents in a hope that the sequel will stick to the book. That when it comes around we won't find random scenes stuck in that don't work (yes I am talking about the vampire attack on the engineer!)... and, not saying its got to be easy or that I could do any better, but PLEASE get into proper character!!
I look forward to New Moon, but I think if I want to enjoy Twilight again I'll just go back to the book.
Sorry for harsh critique for anyone who really liked it.