Okay so...

Rating: 5/10 (28 December 2008)

I have to say, I didn't think paying to see this movie was an option... generally because it was my friend, who had read the books and said I would 'LOVE' Edward, who suggested it. So I downloaded it.
And I have to say I have watched it now, countless times. Not because it is good however, but because I can't take my eyes off of it. Seeing the inconsistency, the random scenes that make no sense, the AWFUL, truly god awful make-up, and Bella...
Oh my god can she NOT close her mouth? Can she even act at all? Robert (Eddie) carried the entire movie, which is saying something when he seemed to look like he wanted to puke on Bella the whole way through. And the venom scene, I'm sorry but that looked more like constipation, I was laughing myself stupid. Oh and he really did not seem that torn up about it.
However I have to say, the background characters were all wonderful, I wished I could have seen more of them. Which is why I plan on getting the books for their subplots, oh and maybe the background to Bella and Edwards relationship, anyone else wondering where that was? 'We shouldn't be friends' 'I'm in love with him'... Yeah kid, shut up and get some expression. But back to the background characters, I think they were adorable, and Jasper and Alice being my favourites, I feel, from reading other reviews, were caught almost perfectly. I thought James was annoyingly cheesy up until the scene in the Ballet studio.
I am hoping the books will leave me less, disappointed and more informed. As there is no character development in the movie.
Oh and then the quality of the movie, I admit my download was very very fuzzy, that didn't stop me seeing the make-up errors, where their face doesn't match their neck etc. And The scenes that didn't seem to fit in with each other, and the slow shots of faces with expressions that did not fit the music? In fact most of these faces were Bella's, honestly CLOSE YOUR MOUTH! Oh so annoyingly hilarious. Then all the effects were so 1990's, surely we have advanced beyond dummies on backs and blurry legs? The only scene I deemed good was the kiss scene in her bedroom, because the tension was brought across, but the scene still made no sense in the development of their relationship, nor technically why he stopped as he didn't go to bite her...
Anyway I may sound like I hated the movie, but you see, I am a soul who lives for terrible movies, they are my bread and butter. They make my day. And I have to say Twilight made my month. So bad, it is good :) So if you are like me and love to be appalled by book adaptations, watch it. Lol