Twilight

When you can live forever what do you live for?

I’ve been debating for the past hour and a half trying to figure out whether I’d give this film a 2 or a 3 star rating. It wasn’t bad. But it certainly wasn’t all that good either. Bottom line -- I wasn’t impressed. Would I have liked it 10 times more if I was 10 years younger? Maybe…

Let me begin this by saying that I didn’t expect much from Twilight; I knew it was going to be a fantasy-vampire-romance-teen-flick. Truthfully, the concept, or the story, sounded intriguing and teen flicks are oftentimes underrated (e.g. Thirteen, The Lookout). After all, I was a teen once, long time ago…

What I did like, and thought was actually kind of cool, were the costumes, the cars (blood red CLK and the pitch black S550), and the post-modern luxury residence of the Cullen vampire coven, which made the Cullens look like the uber-cool Valmonts from Cruel Intentions.

Nonetheless, what bothered me about the film, was the lack of character development. Even though the characters were well acted on behalf of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, I wasn’t buying the romance. Bottom line -- it lacked depth. I have not read Stephanie Meyer’s bestselling novel, maybe I should, but I’m afraid I would have disliked the film more had I actually read the novel. I simply did not feel the love.

Another downside of the film was the Lifetime-B-Movie-like cinematography. Did anyone notice that? The sound was okay, and the performances by the leading actors were decent, but some scenes we’re a bit too Lifetime-movie-like for me. And lastly, Billy Burke as Bella’s father resembled more of a drunken lowlife than the Chief of Police. WTF!? Could they have picked any worse actor for that role?? I guess Gary Busey was in the rehab so they really had no other choice…


Twilight had a unique and interesting concept, but it was poorly executed.

* * (two out of five) -- Not impressed.


V.


Enjoyed Twilight? Viira recommends: Interview with the Vampire, Jumper, The Messengers.


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