Nice movie, but a bit overrated

Rating: 7/10 (13 December 2008)

I went to watch Twilight with my friends, and I was excited to see it from all the good hype, the dark theme and the aspiring trailer. And guess what, I wasn't disappointed. As I am the critic between my friends, they went by my opinion and some of them REALLY liked it as some other thought of it as "Yeah, it was good."
For me, Twilight was good, but not as great as people overrated it. Teens used to overrate things like High School Musical and its sequels, which I find silly from my side, mainly because of their lightweight storyline and constant teen-pop, but also rated well Hannah Montana, the nice show with not-bad pop-rock and good comedy and plot. I was confused whether to watch Twilight or not at first, but when I saw the trailer and also continued to know the plot spoiler from here, I had to watch it. It was fun.
Pros and Cons:
PROS:-
-The dark theme is well done, and Pattinson is good for Edward's role.
-The cheesiness is much cut out, unlike Disney movies, and the characters do actually suite what teens are today (e.g. Eric)
-Effects, semi-intense scenes, soundtrack and emotions are well presented and well done.
-The relationship is more realistic than in other teen movies, and is truly deep.
CONS:-
-The entrance of the movie was partly bad and confusing. For people who did not read the book, it did confuse a bit. Thanks God I understood what was happening because I read a synopsis earlier.
-The chase of Bella Swan was given good timing, but is a bit disappointing for who saw the trailer. It is not given enough time to make it a good movie chase, but it is not that bad.
-If you can wait for a DVD, it's better if you want quiet watching. The hype of teens completely ruins the movie with constant laserpen pointing, girly screams, fights, booting and other mess. I hate hyped movies, especially when they're good to watch but not in theaters.
To be or not to be, to watch or not to watch?
TO WATCH OR NOT TO WATCH
-Watch if you like dark themes, thrillers, romance, drama, action, vampires, dark but not horror, semi-horror, serious teen movies.
-Don't watch if you like constant action, constant effects, or hate corny-joke movies, dark movies and instant-relation movies.
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That makes it up for me and you all out there. I tried to be as fair as I could, and that's what I came up with. :)