What I thought...

{Continue with caution if you haven't seen it yet}
So, I have read a bunch of blogs about the movie and it seems that most of you are with me on this one. I am siding with my sisters: It wasn't that great. I have found that people who haven't read the books {and the teenagers} really liked it, though. I saw the movie with some girlfriends and all of our husbands. Pete wanted to go and see it, but even he was disappointed. I had to explain a bunch of stuff to Pete. One specific thing I told Pete about was the "there were three things I was absolutely sure of..." {or how ever it goes} And I explained that she says that BEFORE she talks to Edward and finds out that it is really true. Pete thought that was a stupid line where it was in the movie and after he knew that it was out of order, he thought that it would have been a MUCH better line. Anyway, things like that just totally ruined it for me.

I felt like they spent a lot of time, in the middle of the movie, on stuff that either wasn't in the books or wasn't really that important and they could've spent more time on other, more important parts.

And sorry for all you RPatz fans out there, but he still did not do it for me as Edward. I really tried to give him a chance! The others seemed okay, although we didn't see a lot of the Cullens or hear them talk much, so hopefully we'll get to see more of that in the next movies {if they keep going after New Moon}.

Pete and I agree that the beginning and end were great, but the middle was terrible. The fight scene was great. I think Cam did an awesome job as James. On many parts, the audience was laughing at serious stuff {I think every time Jacob showed up, we all laughed at his hair, right?}. I did like some of the characters and thought they were played well. Stephenie's cameo was horrible. Poor girl.

The one thing that really chaps my hide is the meadow scene. They totally ruined my favorite part of the book. And the sparkly stuff, just too cheesy. And the special effects--low budget for sure. Fast action should look better than that. You could totally see the white face paint on their faces sometimes and I saw Edward's contact on a close-up shot of his eye. Things like that should have been cleaned up.

I loved the scene at the end where Edward kisses Bella's neck. Done well, for sure. Except that sweater was hideous with her dress.

Well, I hope with some more moola, NEW MOON will be better. Here is the official announcement of that movie. Thanks to Destiny for the link and stuff.

(Source: http://www.summit-ent.com/)
SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES
TWILIGHT SEQUEL - NEW MOON

Los Angeles, CA November 22, 2008 — Summit Entertainment announced today that the studio is officially moving forward with the production of NEW MOON, the second installment of its filmed franchise TWILIGHT, the action-packed, modern day vampire love story. The movie will be based on the second novel in author Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series titled, New Moon. The first movie in the TWILIGHT franchise, the self-titled TWILIGHT, arrived in theaters this weekend to sold-out showings.

Stephenie Meyer stated, "I don't think any other author has had a more positive experience with the makers of her movie adaptation than I have had with Summit Entertainment. I'm thrilled to have the chance to work with them again on NEW MOON."