If you are planning on seeing this movie I would strongly urge you not to continue….
Not the Edward of my dreams... Not the Bella of my thoughts... And not the movie of my book!
For those of you who have no intention, as I had, not to see the movie because you felt that it just wasn’t going to live up to the book, proceed.
I have never read a book that was eventually made into a movie. Usually if there is going to be a movie I just wait for that to come out because I see no purpose in reading at that point. However, with the Twilight Saga it was a little different. I got into these books because so many people around me had said what great books to read and I would like them. So, one day last year as Chris and I were celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary up in Park City we came across a bookstore and decided to venture in. I noticed Twilight was in paperback for like 5 dollars so I decided to get it. It took me about 2 weeks to actually pick it up and start reading it after buying it and when I did it was history from there. I, like many others, was sucked into the Bella-Edward love story. (Excellent books)
When I heard they were going to be making a movie I was skeptical from the beginning. Usually Hollywood has a way of ruining things like these. Since, like I said before, this was my first book that was made into a movie for me; I knew I was going to be more critical. I started to think; well if they get a good cast then this may stand a chance.
The cast was picked and I knew from that moment this movie was going to be a disaster. That is when I decided I was not going to go. For the last 6-8 months I told everyone I have no desire I will most likely not go because I fear it will ruin my books.
Then my sister called me up on Thursday to see if I would like to go to that movie. I told her no, and she said that is was going to be a girl thing because the boys were going to the movies that night to see 007. (Which I liked that movie) I had been telling family and friends that I was not going to see this movie because I knew it was going to be disappointing but everyone thought I was kidding and being way to cynical. So, like she has he ability to do, she eventually guilted me into going. So yesterday, Friday, November 21, 2008 my concerns about the movie became a reality.
The movie from the beginning had stupid written all over it. Bella, even though she could have made that part work because she was average, does not really know how to act or at least doesn’t do it well. Edward who is supposed to be tough seriously looked like he was about to cry 5 times in the movie, he should of played Bella. Bella I don’t think has the ability to cry on cue because she is such a mediocre actress, if you can call her that (actress). Because the movie jumped around so much you couldn’t tell a lot of the bonds these people were supposed to have. For example Edward and Alice they are supposed to have this close brother and sister relationship and you don’t get that from the way this movie was set up. Jasper was a JOKE!!! He looked like he was in a constant state of fright and surprise. He looked like he was trying to portray Edward Scissor hands. We wish it were Johnny Depp playing Jasper because then who would care, right, at least we would have someone to look at. Carlisle looked like he had way to much makeup on I don’t know if it was the white doctors coat or what but it wasn’t good. We got that Rosalie was a B**** she actually did alright but was in the movie more than the book.
What was the most irritating thing about this movie? They skipped and jumped around so much that it was ridiculous. Now, I know that they might have to cut some things out so that the movie would not be 10 hours long but when you cut things out it should not be the story line, which was what they ultimately did. Where was the part that Edward and Bella fall in love? It seemed like that just came out of nowhere there was no real climax to it either. It seemed as though Hollywood was trying to put more action into this movie then what there really was. They should have stuck to the original story line. Had “Bella” narrate more, like she does in the book, it might have been a lot better.
This movie was done way to fast and way too early. They should have taken time to think about it rather than just do. I think the entire cast would have benefitted had they read the books before playing the parts, because I don’t think they did.
One good thing did come from this movie, I realized I don’t have any ill feelings toward my books and actually feel like I need to read twilight AGAIN ( for the 4..5..6..7.. time I don’t remember I lost track) to put the universe back into perspective.
