Review #344: Twilight.
Cast
Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Peter Facinelli (Carlisle Cullen), Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen), Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen), Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen), Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), and Cam Gigandet (James Witherdale) Directed by Catherine Hardwicke.
Review
Ah, yes, Twilight. It has been nearly five years since this film had been inflicted on the sorry masses of people and nearly eight years since the novel by Stephanie Meyer was released. When I first heard of the film nearly two years ago, I had no idea of what it was...and I had the (now unfortunate) chance to watch it back then. It didn't leave much of an impression, but over time, I started to groan at the strange following for this film, so I decided to give this film a watch. And how is it? It is undoubtedly the most mind numbing film ever made. But not for its visuals, but for how the story manages to be so...stupid. How it manages to ignore logic and manages to annoy and depress you at the same time. Trying to compare the acting can be very easy simplified like this: Stale, weird, meh, forgettable, silly, ?, etc, etc. I also wonder why no one questions why when Bella is saved, no one other than the two notices a car door got crumpled and she hadn't had a scratch. But what bugs me the most is how anyone can be invested in the main character or the *spoiler?* vampire. She loves a being who 100 years old in a 17 year old body that creeps at her and "can't read her mind". She may monologue, but I don't think there's one moment where there's any interest for or by the character. Its not much of a love story, more a weird tale to...Trust a guy who follows you and is older than you? Pattinson does his weirdest, but sometimes it gets too laughable. Sometimes it gets to the point where the person who watches it has to chide it for being almost as silly as Batman & Robin, and when you do that, your film is doomed. But of course, not all films suffer for silliness and some get sequels. It's a sad film when you realize that no matter what, this "monster" of a film got sequels. Notice how I didn't mention the vampires, and that's only because if I did, this review would last nearly an hour. But oh- Never mind. Countdown to 350 Reviews: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6...
Overall, I give it 3 out of 10 stars.
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