Hi,
Vampire films are one of my favourite sub genres, so got round to watching Twilight last night and I was not that impressed really.
I haven't read the books, so I can't comment on Book Vs Film, and after watching this I doubt I will bother reading them anyway.
The main problem I had with it was it that I couldn't figure out what it wanted to be. A horror film, a romance, a teen-drama or all of them. It felt so empty in the end and it never really went anywhere or did anything. As a film, the script was poor, the acting reflected the script, the action wasn't great. Scene's where the vampires used there powers reminded me of the Bionic Man, I was just waiting for the "boing boing sound effect" to start.
Vampire lore was torn to shreds, ok certain aspects like garlic, holy water, crucifixes have been played about with in other films, but they really turned it on its head this time. Sunlight's always been the biggest natural threat to a vampire. Here vampire + sunlight = diamond skin effect! What is that all about!
Anyway even the scary vampires weren't that scary, and to keep the rating down and not scare all the teenage girls the vampire killings were kept to description only, again taking away the horror! So really what was the point!
Fair enough I am not in the main age group or gender that this film is aimed at but it's a vampire story, made well this should have had some appeal to a wider audience. And to prove the point my daughter liked it - the film hit it's mark. Wait till she's older then I'll show here some decent vampire movies, like Near Dark, Interview with a vampire, Blade, and The Lost boys.
I'm sure I'll have to take her to see the 2nd one, maybe it will improve. I hope so!
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