It could've been a lot worse...

Rating: 6/10 (30 November 2008)

I was a little generous when I rated Twilight, I'll be the first to admit that, but it isn't fair how low people are rating this movie. OK, the movie wasn't the best, but it wasn't for a lack of trying. The movie only had 37 million to work with and even though that isn't an excuse, you still need to take that into consideration. Twilight kept everything that was essential to the story, even when re-writing the script or changing location or overlooking certain details would've saved them lots of time and money. Which is more then I can say for recent film adaptations of books, Eragon*cough,cough*.They did the best they could with what they had. And as for people calling it cheesy, well read the books, they're a little cheesy too, but in a great way. Now lets talk about the elephant in the room, the acting. Was it the best? No. Could it get better? Possibly. Would I recast Kristin Stewart? Maybe. Rob (Pattinson) WAS Edward Cullen, he did an amazing job with his character. Kristin, however, probably should have read the book. You heard me, she did not read Twilight. And it showed, she was dead on screen and not in the sexy vampire way either. She was monotone, unresponsive and had ZERO emotional depth. I was so disappointed, I was expecting great things from her, heck, I would have even settled for mediocre. Kristin got by in this film by the skin of her teeth, but if she doesn't figure her life out by this March for the filming of the sequel, it won't matter if New Moon has a bigger budget or not, the main character won't be strong enough to keep the movie together.