When I first read Twilight, I loved it. I was also fourteen. Since then, I’ve found the whole series to be progressively more ridiculous, but I LOVE them. Hilarious. Edward is such a creep. The only main characters who are not stupid and/or creepy are Alice and Jacob, both of whom totally rock. Except they would rock more if they both didn’t think empty-headed Bella was so great.
Anyway, the fact that my love of the books comes with a certain amount of humor means I wasn’t totally hung up on this movie and how close to the book it was (the differences between the Harry Potter books and movies make me cringe), but I found it to be a surprisingly good adaptation. It stuck quite close to the book, even taking out some direct quotes, and even when the characters weren’t exactly how I imagined them, they weren’t complete opposites, either–they did okay (except Esme. Totally not right).
The movie itself was well made. I enjoyed it, although my friend sitting next to me did not enjoy my muffled laughter (she thinks Edward is dreamy; I think he’s creepy). I loved it, though not without some amount of sarcasm. Totally recommended.
November 21, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Um, yeah. Edward is totally creepy. And I don’t find Robert Pattinson attractive in the least, even before the creepy vampire makeup.
November 21, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I have not read the book and everyone at my school says that I have to read it…
Should I?? All the girls are totalyy oooh and ahhhing over Edward. I thing he is ugly from the posters and stuff but they say u have to read the book to undersaned how hot he is !!
should ZI read it or not!!
November 22, 2008 at 11:24 am
My thoughts on the books exactly (thanks for that!)…I’m sure the movie will be fun but I have learned many many times that movies are NOT books. There’s just too much in a book to be translated into a movie unless you want it to be a miniseries. ;)
November 23, 2008 at 3:16 am
OMG NOOO I LOVE BELLA!!!! Seriously I don’t get why everyone thinks she’s so awful. I like her.
And yes, Edward is a bit creepy. Guess that’s the whole I-wanna-suck-your-blood thing? It’s like with Zac Efron… I just can’t be too enthused over them, even though every other girl in the world is.
I love Jacob though. Totally a Team Jacob fangirl. Plus he reminds me a bit of one of my friends. Haha awesome Jacob rocks.
And I’m going to see the movie FRIDAY AFTER WORK. Woo!
November 24, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I loved the movie and want to see it again. More vampire baseball please!
November 26, 2008 at 3:03 am
Can’t stand Twilight. I’m all about romance, all about silly fiction – and yet the whole series bugged me. I think because Bella and Edward were both such boring characters without a speck of humor. I got through the first book, skipped the rest.
January 16, 2009 at 6:13 am
I have to disagree. I love Twilight…the series. The movie, not so much. I found that they left far too much out. Like Alice’s backstory for example and the blood biology scene. I wasn’t happy with it at all and felt they could’ve done a lot better.
I admit that Edward is quite creepy but I guess that’s part of his appeal?
January 17, 2009 at 6:12 pm
twilight turned out being more enjoyable to watch than i would have expected; it’s a new take on the vampire phenomenon
January 19, 2009 at 10:00 am
twilight is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 19, 2009 at 10:02 am
i dont know why plp cant stand twilight.
i live breath and eat twilight. edward is hot!! get used to it
January 19, 2009 at 10:03 am
for all those peaple out there who are dissing twilight shut up .i love Edward .twilight is amasing.
January 19, 2009 at 10:04 am
SHUT UP!!! TWILIGHT IS THE BEST!!!!!!! EDWARD IS HOT.
January 19, 2009 at 2:35 pm
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February 18, 2009 at 8:42 am
edward is ugly
February 18, 2009 at 8:43 am
edward is sooooo UGLY =/
June 12, 2009 at 1:02 pm
I love this whole series… It is made for teenagers, but I still couldn’t get enough even though I’m 24. Love Love Love Edward Cullen (I want one of my own)! lol ;o)