Mediocre flick

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2008)

I found out about Twilight when Paramore were posting about their new songs in the film a a few months ago before the huge parade of Robert fanatics appeared.
I told my girlfriend because it's the kind of thing she'd be into and she read all the books in just under 2 weeks before the film trailers were released and was insanely hyped up about the film (not about Robert Pattinson).
As soon as the trailer was released I instantly saw what it was, just one of those really successful novels turned into a Hollywood abortion full of terrible script and dialogue and poor representation of what the fans actually read in the books, just so the production companies can make some money off the fans. Sigh ...
So I endured the horrible screams of girls (and a few lads) at every corner and waited for it to come out.
When my girlfriend forced me to see it, I literally couldn't think of a worser way to spend two hours of my life.
So heres the negatives: - Bad acting - Pattinson and Stewart (I think is how you spell it) did not work as a good combination. Her blankness ruined pretty much 3/4 of the film and Robert tried to compensate with his fairly OK acting, but it seemed to fail with her around. The scenes with just Edward were fine, but there were not many. Everyone else had minor parts, which were fairly OK, but James (the Tracker vampire) was a really bad villain and seemed to ruin the last speedy minutes he was in.

Sped up scenes - Even though the film is 2 hours long, there is a lot of scenes which just move way too fast for you to really catch everything or start to enjoy them. The first hour and a bit were really strung out though even though the scenes were really short.

Far-fetched - Some things were really far-fetched especially when Bella is bloody going off to meet James. No person would be that stupid would they? And so many of the things in it are just hard to believe during the social things (like Bella when she first meets Edward, I wont ruin it too much.

No colour and depressing - I don't know what it is, but the film is SO colourless and depressing right up until the Prom which was definitely a saviour of the movie. So don't watch this if you're suicidal or scared of grey and black.

There's a lot more things that you can figure out yourself, but thats not all.
Positives: - The musical arrangement - There was a lot of good composition during the movie that really did help the mood, but some of the songs did not totally fit. Such as Muse in the baseball scene really didn't work for me.

The "climax" - This film was so anti-climactic, but I think the climax with the fight scene between James and Edward was quite good but was over WAAAAAAAAAAY too quick. That was a highlight

I can't really think of anymore but it was definitely more negative than positive. Bella really ruined it along with her acting and unconvincing social skills.
But for Twilight fans and movie-goers not as serious as me, it's one for you.
For non-Twilight fans and serious movie-goers, give it a miss, its really not that special.
Overall : 4.5/10
AKA: "S'alright"