'Captivating Love' set in a 'Modern Vampire Story'

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2009)

So this movie was on the list when my girlfriend and I rocked up at the Box Office and said, 'ew, not another romantic vampire movie'. We clearly hadn't read, or even heard of the books.
But to the hell with it (sorry for the pun), we decided to give it a try since the only other movie playing at the time was High School Musical.. (just... no). Oh, and we felt like popcorn.
About 2 hours later we emerged from the theater dusted in salt and tiny pieces of popcorn in a state of be-wilderness, still captivated by Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's amazing chemistry on screen.
This movie has it all, the mystery, the action (with in my opinion excellent special effects with the budget they had), the comedy (I'm British and love that dry humor), the romance... being the centre of the movie, and also that flow- the story keeps you on the edge of your seat, while not moving too fast -brilliant direction.
The only problem I found with the film was the open trails left behind by the storyline, which of course is unavoidable- still, we can expect a far-fetched over-the-top sequel which will fill those gaps.
To anyone who gave this movie a bad review, I strongly suggest you take a second to think about what Catherine Hardwicke set out to achieve and ask yourself one simple question, did she succeed, or fail?