i FINALLY watched twilight!!! (i know right? i'm always behind for everything..)
WARNING: LONG POST AHEAD!!
so, even though i loved the book (im working on 'Eclipse' right now), I was already kind of preparing myself for the fact that the movie was probably going to suck. and well... it kind of did, lol. it was mostly the first half of the movie that bothered me.
i guess it doesnt help that im not the biggest kristen stewart fan (the way she talks just kind of annoys me) and im one of the few people who doesnt think robert pattinson is hot (im sorry, but his hair just looks like a mop) so already i went into it knowing that the ideal edward and bella that i had in my head from reading the book weren't going to be on screen.
but that aside, i just found the entire first half of the movie really poorly done. it just felt so choppy and really akward at times. it felt like they took all the important points of the book and slapped them together and got to the action. they didnt develop edward and bella's story properly AT ALL.. edward came accross as this creepy stalker, and bella switched from annoyed to in love without much explanation. they rushed the most important parts of the book and basically missed the essence of the story.
i was also bothered by how much they changed and how many scenes they left out. I KNOW that turning a 500 page book into a 2 hour movie means a lot is going to get cut out, but i just felt like there was SO much good material and dialoge from the book that they could of included, and they chose not to. the meadow scene had a completely different tone from the book (they turned 2 scenes into one, and edward just looked angry for the whole thing), there wasnt enough of alice, jasper's powers arent mentioned, the story of the volturi isnt told (its kind of important considering new moon), and there was one montage (after the kissing scene) of them talking on the bed and it bothered me that we don't hear what they are saying.. edward and bella had a lot of meaningful conversations in the book and it felt like most of them were left out. how are we meant to believe that bella is "wholeheartedly and irrevocably in love" with edward when we never got to see or hear anything that really shows why? she just suddenly IS, even while he's telling her that he basically wants to kill her. it just doesnt make sense in the movie as it did in the book.
now you might think, "well you just didnt like it because it wasnt exactly like the book", but i think if i had watched the movie WITHOUT reading the book, it would have been worse... i would have thought it was the most retarded thing ever created. it just would not have made ANY sense. i think the fact that i read the book made the movie a bit more tolerable because i knew how it was SUPPOSED to be and it was just cool to see the characters in my head come to life.
really, i blame the director for the poor quality of this film. and the screenplay could have been SO much better considering the material she had at her disposal.
all that being said, even though im not rob and kristin's biggest fan, they did alright job, considering. the two main things i didnt like from them was robs over the top reaction to bella's smell in the bio lab, and kristin stuttering at the hospital scene at the end when edward suggests her leaving. most of the actors were pretty good at matching up to the characters.. i really liked charlie surpsisingly, rosalie was an awesome biotch, and the rest of the cullens were great (except for jasper who looked like she was constipated for the entire movie!) the school kids were good, tho mike could have been cuter, and eric kind of annyed me, lol. angela seemed just as sweet as in the book, and jessica was spot on.
i should probably mention that i really LOVED the baseball scene and basically everything after that. i DO like that they added the fight scene that didnt exist in the book., and victoria lurking at the end. and there were some funny moments, like charlie with his rifle right before meeting edward, the cullens graduation caps, and edward in the restaurant with the "sex.. money.. sex.. cat.", lol. it was mainly the just the first half with the (non)development of the relationships that i didnt like..
im totally planning on watching new moon, and im hoping that the new director and a bigger budget will help make that movie WAY better than this one. im also excited cuz i actually REALLY liked jacob. which reminds me, about taylor lautner... when i first heard that he might be replaced for new moon, i felt bad for the guy. but after watching the film, to be honest, i wont feel THAT bad if they recast him cuz he wasnt THAT great and he kind of talks like valley girl, lol!
OH OH AND! they didnt play "decode" until the credits! that made me sad. BUT rob pattinson has a pretty awesome voice! i loved "let me sign" and it fit PERFECTLY into the scene... i actually almost teared up at that part..
ok this is long enough... feel free to comment and let me know if you agree or disagree! despite everything i said i hated about the film, i will probably watch it again and decide that it wasnt so bad...