Twilight

Twilight is the 2008 vampire movie based on the saga of novels by Stephenie Meyer. I haven't read the books so keep this in mind throughout this review. I decided to check out the films due to the very mixed reviews from the general public that i've observed. As well as having a huge fan base there is also a massive 'anti-fan' base (childish and stupid i know, but what can you do), And of course i just adore vampire movies.

My own opinion on this movie is fairly neutral. I would be somewhere between the group of people who love it so much and the rest who hate it with a passion. It had some aspects that i likes and other aspects that i hated. As i said i haven't read the books but i do assume they would be better, as i'm sure some of you would know, Hollywood is notorious for either completely messing up or just doing okay when making adaptions of novels, comic books, etc. (some similarities to this and Lord Of The Rings, the ones who read the books and saw the movies loved them, the ones who saw the movies but didn't read the books either enjoyed it, hated it or just didn't get it, just an observation)

I'll start with the things i liked. First of all, it does have a fairly interesting story (which could have been told better) and the visuals are pretty impressive (such as the forest, atmosphere, action and fighting scenes). The characters are pretty good, but the acting on some could have been alot better (the main characters of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen i did not find convincing at all, which is pretty bad for main characters, most of the scenes with them felt like i was watching a bad soap opera) i really liked the characters of Dr. Carlisle Cullen (played by Peter Facinelli) who is the towns physician and father figure of the Cullen family (who are vampires in case you don't know). The Nomadic Vampires were just deadly in my opinion and once they go on the hunt for Bella is when the film gets interesting (they also make appearances early on).

The things i disliked about the film now, and i may have said this earlier, but for the most part its like a feature length American teen soap opera like One Tree Hill or something similar, only with vampires put in to make it more watchable or something. And the fact that the vampires sparkle like diamonds in the sunlight i thought was just laughable (like, come on). To be fair though, maybe it was just another take on Vampire fiction, but it just didn't do it for me.

All around, it had an interesting story and interesting characters, but it could have been directed and acted a bit better, maybe the books are better as i said already. Some scenes are pretty funny (like the baseball scene) but all around its just somewhat decent. Not a masterpiece but also not the worst movie in the world.

5/10