Torn

Rating: 5/10 (28 November 2008)

I am undecided as to whether or not I enjoyed this movie. First of all, I read all of the books within about 3 days, and I didn't read them faster because school interfered with reading time. Stephenie Meyer is a genius. I went to the movie on opening night, prepared to be let down, which I was. They not only cut some of the books necessary scenes, but they added their own. Even the book's humorous scenes became extremely melodramatic. But aside from that, the acting, camera-work, writing, and costumes were all laughably bad. Kristen Stewart (Bella) seemed like she wanted to eat Edward's head half of the time, and she always looked extremely angry. Her lines were either delivered without emotion or were over-acted. Her aside, the more minor characters (Edward included) did much better jobs. The camera was constantly shaking. Did the crew suffer spasms? The lines were ridiculous. "Hold on spider monkey"? What is that?? Lastly, all of the characters, save the vampires, were wearing horrendous clothing. For example, Bella's prom dress (which was gorgeous) was worn with a knit sweater covered in plastic flowers. My least favorite part was when Bella is bitten by James. She starts writhing on the floor (disturbing noises being made) which can only be described as sounding like giving birth to an especially huge baby. The only reason I give this a five is because of how hard I laughed, even though I wasn't supposed to.