TWILIGHT (2008)

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"Where's the blood?!"

Well, this was better than I thought. I wasn't expecting much, even though most of the reviews were positive. I am not into "teen" movies that are geared toward teens, therefore get a PG-13 rating, though need an R in order to be taken seriously... for me at least. I find them cheesy and lame. This was not the case with Twilight. While I felt it might have been better, if granted an R rating, it was still decent. I thought it needed blood, since there was none. I mean, what kind of a vampire movie has no blood? This kind, I guess. Also the movie was almost TOO EASY to follow, and since this is a geared toward teens film, they need to make it blatantly obvious to the teens, who aren't too bright, in order to get the storyline. They pretty much spelt everything out for us. I am not saying it's bad, I'm just saying, if this would have taken an adult route, the film would have been better if taken more seriously. But I know many disagree.

The story is well, you know. A human 17 year old girl falls in love with a vampire boy at school. That type of story has been done before. But that's ok with me. I found that it seemed like the story was too simple, and could have used a little more depth, but it was still an ok plot. One that is obviously geared toward teens, because you can sum it up in one sentence.... haha. Am I insulting myself here? Because I am a teen? I don't know.

Anyway,

the acting was good by Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella. Not amazing, but definitely good, especially considering she's so young. I gave it a 2 star, because while she does good, along with everyone else, there was this one annoyance. His name was Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward. All the girls think he's hot, but I think he's a TERRIBLE actor, and one of the ugliest guys on the face of the earth. I mean the guy's forehead is deformed!! But that's another story... His acting just sucked. It's like Kristen Stewart was open to be good in their relationship, and she wanted them to have good chemistry, but this moron was stopping them from having such a relationship. I heard that they were in love, and all this hype about them, and how cute they were. But while Kristen Stewart was trying to live up to it, this guy was stopping that from happening. I mean, I still thought they were ok as a couple, but could have been better. Don't get me wrong, I've seen worse, so they did ok. In other words, she was good, he was bad. Not just their relationship, but everywhere else, he sucked.

The directing is... like I said, made it obvious it's a teen thing. I mean for a teen movie, this film is excellent, but as far as movies in general go, it's pretty average if ya ask me. Also, I hated the fast moving vampires. Unlike some, I didn't have much of a problem with the effects, they were fine. It's just the fact that he actually moves that fast, and just the way it was shot was kinda cheesy.

Overall, not that bad. Better than I expected. Kinda cheesy in some areas, but cool in others. The biggest problem I had was when the Cullens (hate that name) were playing baseball, and if you haven't seen the movie, you have no idea what I am talking about. But when you do, you'll know what I mean.

I do recommend this movie, however, I don't give it a high recommendation. It's decent.

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