Twilight<\/a><\/em> doesn\u2019t have a single redeeming factor.<\/p>\nTwilight<\/em> is the much anticipated film adaptation of Stephanie Meyer\u2019s novel of the same name. The film follows Bella Swan, a clumsy high school outcast who moves from her beloved Phoenix, Arizona to dull and rainy Forks, Washington. After adjusting to her new situation, Bella\u2019s life is thrust into chaos when she falls in love with the \u201chottest guy in school,\u201d Edward Cullen. The only problem is that Edward and his family are a coven of immortal vampires. As Bella and Edward’s relationship develops, so do their problems. Not long after they confess their love to each other, a group of nomadic vampires threaten Bella, forcing Edward to fight for the human he loves.<\/p>\nBefore I suffer the wrath of every person who is deeply dedicated to the Twilight<\/em> series, please understand that I am a fan as well. I read all four books and anxiously awaited this film. I was so interested in seeing this film that I even went to a midnight showing. The words disappointment and aggravation can barely cover my reaction. This film was so poorly put together that I actually found it hard to stay in my theater seat.<\/p>\nMy laundry list of failures begins with the script. Melissa Rosenberg\u2019s screenplay adaptation was so poorly conceived that the viewers find themselves actually laughing at the dialogue. Over an hour into to film, we are still hearing exposition that should have been covered right from the start. Mixed with Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson\u2019s mediocre portrayals of the teen lovers, this leaves the film on a fast track to disaster. Now we arrive at what can be considered the most important aspect of a motion picture: the visuals. Although you can see the director and cinematographer were striving to provide interesting imagery, the whole production comes off as a high budget \u201cYoutube\u201d clip. The film is dotted with random and completely unnecessary montages, and when we finally hear some worthwhile dialogue, the awkward camera angles and abrupt cuts make the film utterly unwatchable.<\/p>\n
If you are a fan of Twilight<\/em>, my best advice is to reread your copy of the book. The movie you create in your head will most likely be ten times better than this one. From what I\u2019ve read, Twilight<\/em> seems to be on a sure fire path to franchise-status and I can only say it will take a lot of changes to make me go to any sequels. I had high hopes for this film and they were completely and utterly annihilated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Reviewed by William Conlin. Viewed at the Camino Real Theater, Santa Barbara. I like to think of myself as an understanding and thoughtful film watcher. I rarely say, \u201cI hated that movie\u201d and I frequently say, \u201cI really enjoyed that movie\u201d. Many times I am the only person in a group that finds a redeeming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}