After her mother remarries, Phoenix native Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) moves to the small town of Folks to live with her father. The pale-faced girl's arrival to the town has the locals talking. Adjusting to a new school mid semester is even more difficult thanks to the odd boy with perfectly coiffed hair. Strangely attracted to the equally pale faced Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), Bella will stop at nothing to get to him--only to ask--who does your hair?
All jokes aside, Twilight is a tween and desperate housewife phenom. The first book of Stephanie Meyer's vampire series makes it to the big screen with director Catherine Harwicke (thirteen) at the helm. Twilight is a harmless, cliched romance that unexpectedly charmed this viewer.
Bella actually falls for the mysterious, brooding classmate, who inadvertently endangers her life, because he's a vampire.
Twilight starts Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, but the real star of the show is Pattinson's luscious locks. Never out of place, Pattinson's hair delivers a gorgeous performance and reaches astronomical height thanks to, I think, L'oreal's new line. Pattinson is beautiful to behold with dark eyes and a powdery white complexion to rival a geisha. Equally beautiful and stiff, is Kristen Stewart. Her hair is just as gorgeous, but plays second fiddle. It's her faux sensuality and not-so subtle 'come hither' during the entire movie that's remarkable.
If Hardwicke had replaced all of these rolls with adults, we'd have a fun vampire dramady on our hands. But we don't. Instead, we have Twilight.
As I see it, Twilight is a mediocre story with beautiful people in a perfectly melancholic setting that the tween set and unfulfilled soccer moms will eat up. I, too, fell under it's spell thanks to unintentional humor, corny dialogue, Pattinson's brooding eye brows/amazingly hot car and a great soundtrack.
Seriously, the potential here is solid. Much like Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, Twilight sets up interesting mythology, enigmatic characters, and just enough ambivalence to make you want more.
Postscript 3.25.9 The comments on this post actually led me to watch this one again. I'm standing by the review. Perhaps it's all lost in context. Regardless, Twilight is mind-numbingly predictable and--no apologies--funny has Hades. It makes me laugh.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Twilight (2008)
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5 comments:
You gotta be kiddin!
To use a big word, this review is noncommital girl. You like or you no like? Don't hold out on me. :P
C'mon Sam, give me a break. The movie is corny as heck, but I liked it. The Cullen family--the vampires--especially Dr. Cullen was sexy cool. The aesthetic was gorgeous. It was the screenplay, casting, and direction that really blew.
Plus, the movie builds a back story of lycans, too.
Ha-ha, you're funny.
Guess I'll have to put a new label on selected post. Sarcasm. I was beginning to wonder about you, Sam. The movie is a joke. It's a waste of celluloid. Screenplay, casting, direction--what else is there in a movie?!
I'm standing by my review, which apparently was lost on readers. Can't win 'em all.
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