Okay, this is it everybody. It's time.
I just finished watching Twilight
with my wife. Full disclosure, I've read all of the Twilight
books and enjoyed them for what
they were, a vapid romance about teenagers and one of them happens to
be a vampire. I've only ever seen the first movie before now, so
partly out of curiosity, and partly because I figured it'd be fun to
do a review of all the movies, I've finally decided I'm going to sit
down and try to watch all of the Twilight
films.
Now,
I could repeat the same arguments about how terrible this movie is
that you've all heard a thousand times, but that would be easy and I
hate life so instead I'm going to do something different. Taking a
nod from Maven of the Eventide, I'm going to try and find some good
in this movie. Why? Because if you want to have people rip on
twilight, you can go just about anywhere. I mean, it's a bad
movie. There's no disputing that, but given what they had to work
with it's not surprising. The books were bad even though they were an
easy read, so the actors, screenwriter, and director only had so much
they could do to try and salvage it. Although, the more I keep
hearing about the original twilight adaptation the more I wish I had
been sitting there watching that
movie instead of what we got.
Still,
there were a few good points in this movie. I really thought the
music was done well in this film, and there are definitely some
points in the score that I really enjoy, even if the Muse song in the
baseball scene is kind of annoying. I also thought the few moments
where the character Alice, played by Ashley Greene, was on screen
were always fun. Particularly, I enjoyed the scene in the ballet
studio where Alice gets some of Bella's blood on her hands and she
has a little moment where she looks like she's about to chow down for
some cardboard stew. There's a reason why Alice is listed as one of
Maven's best female vampires, and that little character moment is one
of them. Alice is one of my favorite characters in the books, so I'm
looking forward to where they take her.
But
lets be honest. Did I enjoy this movie?
Well,
yeah. It's silly, and there's some utterly ridiculous moments in it.
It's good for a lark, and is a bit of silly fun. The only thing that
really pains me about it is that there was some real potential for
some wonderful subplots that get ignored. I'd love to see how Bella's
relationship with her father develops, or see more Alice. Actually,
I'd take more Alice just for anything. She's a blast, and one of the
only characters who has any real depth to her, despite having almost
no screen time in this first film.
Anyways,
tune in next time for New Moon!
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