I don't want to overanalyze the movie to death (even though I prob will anyways), but I thought I'd give you my take on it. Overall, I liked it more than I thought I would. It was fun to see a book "come to life" on the big screen. Silly as it is--I was into it! The previews kind of had that "low budget" feel to them (climbing the tree looked so lame) so I didn't have my hopes up. And heaven knows my husband teased me every time one of them came on TV. :) How is this any more far fetched than Iron Man or StarWars? Anyways--here's the lowdown. THE CAST--I liked pretty much everyone except Jasper (what the heck were they thinking with this guy? he looked ridiculous!), Rosalie (she wasn't NEAR pretty enough as she should have been), and Jacob Black (he was one of my favorites in the book and I'm just not sure I like who they picked to play him in the movie. He might grow on me, though.) Alice was OK but she didn't really connect with me too well. Her "vision" was kind of portrayed in an odd way, I thought. I think lots of the cast didn't really know how to connect with their characters too well. There were many awkward moments. I was surprised that I liked "Edward" since I thought he was all wrong for the part. So that's good. Even though I thought he had some bad acting moments (like when the fan blew her scent across the room--I thought he looked strange). And a couple of times he did this weird eye-bulging thing. But I thought he got 100x better once they started "dating." Bella fit my imagination perfectly (thank goodness). I really think her character really carried the movie. She was probably the best actor in the film. I also thought Charlie, Bella's mom (just blanked on her name), and most of the schoolmates were cast well. I thought Charlie's house, the school, the prom, etc. was also a perfect match from the book's descriptions. I think with the next movie, New Moon, we will see a HUGE improvement since they will have LOTS more money to make it with due to this movie's success. I hear they made Twilight on a pretty tight budget (wasn't it an independent film)? It showed sometimes (a friend said at times it kind of reminded her of an after school special-ha ha), but for the most part they did a great job. Some of the story was out of order, but I figure they did that for time's sake. However, it did feel a bit rushed to me--but that is because the book is soooo much more detailed--and when is a movie ever quite as good as the book? Mostly I'd say it was entertaining, fun, and a very interesting love story. And a good time! Thanks, Krista, for joining me! I hadn't been to the theater in ages!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Twilight....my thoughts
I don't want to overanalyze the movie to death (even though I prob will anyways), but I thought I'd give you my take on it. Overall, I liked it more than I thought I would. It was fun to see a book "come to life" on the big screen. Silly as it is--I was into it! The previews kind of had that "low budget" feel to them (climbing the tree looked so lame) so I didn't have my hopes up. And heaven knows my husband teased me every time one of them came on TV. :) How is this any more far fetched than Iron Man or StarWars? Anyways--here's the lowdown. THE CAST--I liked pretty much everyone except Jasper (what the heck were they thinking with this guy? he looked ridiculous!), Rosalie (she wasn't NEAR pretty enough as she should have been), and Jacob Black (he was one of my favorites in the book and I'm just not sure I like who they picked to play him in the movie. He might grow on me, though.) Alice was OK but she didn't really connect with me too well. Her "vision" was kind of portrayed in an odd way, I thought. I think lots of the cast didn't really know how to connect with their characters too well. There were many awkward moments. I was surprised that I liked "Edward" since I thought he was all wrong for the part. So that's good. Even though I thought he had some bad acting moments (like when the fan blew her scent across the room--I thought he looked strange). And a couple of times he did this weird eye-bulging thing. But I thought he got 100x better once they started "dating." Bella fit my imagination perfectly (thank goodness). I really think her character really carried the movie. She was probably the best actor in the film. I also thought Charlie, Bella's mom (just blanked on her name), and most of the schoolmates were cast well. I thought Charlie's house, the school, the prom, etc. was also a perfect match from the book's descriptions. I think with the next movie, New Moon, we will see a HUGE improvement since they will have LOTS more money to make it with due to this movie's success. I hear they made Twilight on a pretty tight budget (wasn't it an independent film)? It showed sometimes (a friend said at times it kind of reminded her of an after school special-ha ha), but for the most part they did a great job. Some of the story was out of order, but I figure they did that for time's sake. However, it did feel a bit rushed to me--but that is because the book is soooo much more detailed--and when is a movie ever quite as good as the book? Mostly I'd say it was entertaining, fun, and a very interesting love story. And a good time! Thanks, Krista, for joining me! I hadn't been to the theater in ages!
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I have to say that for me, after seeing it for the third time last night, I was able to take it a bit more seriously and not find fault with so many things. I wasn't bothered by the scenes I originally thought were "funny" the second and third times through. I was able to really notice facial expressions, and be able to really see what a great job the actors did do with their parts. I think the initial viewing was weird due to the way it was filmed, the camera angles and possibly the lighting. I am used to it now, and left the theater last night thinkig it was a really great movie. I can't wait for the next one and really truly hope the budget is a bigger, so they can fix some of the things. I did love all the cast though! I thought Alice was perfect, and I liked Jasper better last night.Of course, I have a huge movie crush on Edward now....
LOVED the movie! still thinking about it. I never thought the guy they picked for Edward was hot--but in the movie he was smokin hot--thet did an awesome job!!
Oh my gosh, Amiee! I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you about the food storage thing, but what's your email address??? You can post it on my blog as a comment if you want to. Or send it to my old email: ashrp83@hotmail.com & I will send the document to you! So sorry!
I also loved it. But, I am always up for a good cheesey movie. I agree with you on Jasper. He looked ridiculous! I think I am seeing it again this weekend. Hopefully I like it just as much!
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