the twilight review

so i left the newborn with the daddy and had a girls night out with the mom, sister and sister in law. we left at 8:50 for the 9:00 show and had prime seats. we were pumped with popcorn, soda, sour patch kids, dibs, cell phones on vibrate... as the lights went down we all screamed "edward!" and chuckled like school girls. can it get any better than this?

let me start by saying that as a low budget film, it was satisfying. could it have been more satisfying had it had great effects and a make-up artist who knew what she was doing, yes of course, but still - i was content with what i got.

of course investing your heart and soul into all these characters through out the four books, naturally a thorough dissection of characters will inevitably come about. having said that i will give credit to the casting director, she did a great job on 95% of the characters. loved and yes this is in a particular order:
• edward. i will say that no one on this earth will ever be the perfect edward i imagined in my mind through out the books, but rob did a good job. although at times the angle of the camera made his nose look like he just got slammed with a 2x4. beside this, he was the perfect intensity i imagined edward having, and yes he was hot.
• bella. she was good in a layed back, i'm pretty but i don't realize it way.
• carlisle. HOT. if he was 10 years younger and didn't bleach his hair, he is getting very close to my edward.
• jasper. he always had this "holy crap" look on his face, but i loved it. if you read the books and know what he was going through, you get it.
• charlie. great casting. funny and perfect for bella's father.
• laurent. good acting.
• james. perfect bad boy. hot and yet a bit disturbing. great acting.
• mike and eric. good playing off of each other. wish they had more of it in there although i understand why they didn't.

besides the characters themselves there were some great scenes...
• the we're cooking for bella scene in the cullen kitchen.
• loved the awkwardness between bella and charlie. just like in the book.
• i liked the part were bella puts the pieces together and edward takes her into the woods. "say it!"
• liked the save bella in the school parking lot scene and how edward tries to play it off.
• the ballet studio scene definitely the best. check out alice ripping james' head off. wow.
• dancing in the gazebo scene. great song, great scene.

there is more that i liked about the movie, but i don't want to get out of hand here.

i believe that the problems i have with the movie, besides casting, are a result of the low budget issue. here's hoping they get their act together for movie #2 and spend some of the millions they surely made off of this one.

there are some casting issues i have...
• jacob. i just didn't picture jacob looking so odd. i hope the actor really grows up before the second movie like the character does in the book. he kinda bugged, and that's too bad cause jacob is such a lovable character.
• rosalie. she wasn't what i imagined. enough said.
• alice. needed to be shorter and more spunky.
• victoria. wish she would've had auburn hair and more of a classical beauty. (yes i'm being very picky).

i had issues with some of my favorite scenes from the book. they didn't come to life like i had hoped...
• sparkly edward in the meadow scene. totally ruined. what was that all about?
• save bella from the creepy guys in port angeles scene. edward's chivalrous entrance and rescue didn't do the book justice.
• the baseball game scene. didn't pull it off for me. was lacking something and i can't put my finger on it.

and so there ya have it. i'll probably buy the movie when it comes out, sure, will i spend another $10 to see it in the theater? probably not, i'd rather just read the book again.