Twilight not the highlight

Rating: 3/10 (22 November 2008)

I attended the Premiere of Twilight the movie. The theater was filled,I must say the casting director really did a great job. The cast members visually and physically reflected the characters in book perfectly. The movie played more like a comedy rather than a suspense or romance. The audience roared in laughter (myself included)to certain scenes that weren't necessarily meant to be funny. Such as the exaggerated facial expressions the main characters carried. The facial expressions although were funny were extremely distracting. Furthermore when Doctor Cullen's initially walked on screen everyone gasped, and not because of his dashing good looks but because of the clown makeup that covered his face. (Jasper's as well) The movie dragged in the beginning but then it sped through, one moment Edward hates Bella the next they're dating? If I hadn't read the book I would've been lost and demanded my money back. The cast was great their performance was fantastic but the movie got lost somewhere in the editing process. The movie didn't end with a kiss as the book instead with a long exaggerated focus on Victoria spying on our main characters at prom. Are you serious? How did director Catherine Hardwicke get away with this? Sure it was nice to see the characters with your eyes instead of imagination but other than that the story was lost.
I don't see how this movie will get a great review it was horrible. I enjoyed it because I read it. Those that haven't read the book and then went to see movie I'm sure were disappointed. Sorry but I sure hope Stephanie Meyers keeps the current cast members and request another director for the New Moon movie. Don't get me wrong I know as with any movie that evolved from a book some parts will in fact get lost. This time unfortunately the entire story and the characters were lost, we don't know why they act the way they do. We don't know why Edward is drawn to Bella, how they're bond was strengthened in such a short time etc... The screenwriter in this movie, director and the entire editing department dropped the ball. I'm unsure if this was a deliberate Spoff on the book or just a product of bad directing and editing. Perhaps 30 minutes extra would've helped, or in the end probably nothing could've helped prevent this horrible massacre.