Where have the Romance gone?

Rating: 9/10 (30 November 2008)

Im not disappointed but Im not thrilled either.
I loved the actors who did quite the job (well maybe except for Taylor whose too bright smile and terrible wig were quite distracting just like Nikki herself). especially Billy Burke was awesome. and I couldn't take my eyes away from Rob.
but the script was so confusing. some of the things were said just for the sake of saying them, without any consecution or sometimes even sense. and then there were funny and very well put scenes and it was irritating. the same problem I had with directing. I wish all the scene were as awesome as the baseball scene, as beautiful as the prom scene or as dazzling as the conversation with Bella, Edward, Angela and Jessica in front of the restaurant
a lot of emphasis was put on the mystery and on the action. and it worked quite well. but the romantic undertone that was the most important part of the story was missing. Rob and Kris have amazing chemistry but other then that it was sometimes hard to comprehend why they would fall had over heels for each other. other times it was hard to see the love at all. they were barely touching. there were no sweet gestures to show us how important the other one is, thing the book is basically built on. this is even sadder given the fact that the few really couple-y scene they had were beyond awesome.
it seems that Im only complaining but there was another part that I liked and that was the music. it was very well chosen especially the two songs by Rob and also Linking Park.
it was just like watching HP again. the casting was great, the visual was breathtaking but the emphasis was on the wrong things. at least for me. but I liked it still. I was just expecting a little more of a love story.