DjfunkmasterG
15-Apr-2009, 11:43 AM
Ok, I know some of you may be looking at this thread shaking your head saying, what is Dj, the round mound of unbound sound, doing watching a chick flick like Twilight? Well, to answer that question is easy. I dig Vampire flicks.
Twilight is the romance horror drama set in the town of Forks Washington, USA. A Pacific Northwestern town with a population of around 3,000 people. The story begins with Bella, a high school student who resides in Phoenix, AZ with her mom and Stepfather. When her step dad is invited to try out for Minor league baseball, the parents want to pack up and roadtrip, whereas Bella opts to live with her dad who she hasn't seen since she was 9 years old.
After she arrives in Forks, the meeting with her dad is very awkward, and she realizes this small town with no sunshine, might be great place for her to just be a loner, although the kids at the local high school see things differently. One of the nice things about Twilight is that Bella, an outsider is actually welcomed by students, the film actually shys away from the typical yet cliched lets pick on the new kid banter and opts to go with a more welcoming and civilized approach.
As Bella makes her way through school and meets a group of different students, she learns about the Cullen family, a group of kids adopted by a local doctor who works in the hospital, this family of course is a bit strange, and stick very close together, until she meets Edwards who she is immediately smitten with, and this is where the story falls into a bit of the cliche realm in that Bella is automatically attracted to the dark quiet type.
When Bella and Edward first meet, it isn't exactly the formula for a long lasting relationship because as we know from the hype, Bella is human, Edward is a Vampire, but this is where the story became somewhat original, or at least didn't follow the normal pathos of Vampirism. The Cullens are a breed of Vampire I have yet to come across in cinema, they can survive during the day, but in direct sunligh instead of turning into a pile of ash, their skin turns into a complexion of diamonds, and When Bella start to learn of Edwards secret, she isn't scared or afraid, yet he is because he has to feel what it is like to be the true monster he could be.
Now as the story progresses, Edward feels drawn to Bella as she is to him, and another great moral in this story is that, sometimes different things aren't so scary, but yet beautiful when looked at and learned from, something we as humans fail to do as most of us are uncomfortable with what we don't understand.
Since Bella and Edward develop a connection, he is always at her aide, whenever she is in trouble. You can see why swoons of tween and teenage girls flocked to this movie, Edward is the man every woman wants, not because he is attractive or ominous, but because Robert Patterson who plays Edwards actually did a great job of conveying an emotion most of us aren't in touch with... Love. Plus, show me one woman who wouldn't want a man who listens to her, wants to know what she is thinking and generally intersted in something other than what is between her legs. This is plain and simply why Twilight will be the Titanic of Vampire films.
Now, the Cullens aren't the only Vampire clan roaming the countryside so to speak, their is another group, very savage, unrelenting, and pretty much put the bite in Vampire. One of the clan, James, a tracker stumbles upon the Cullens, spending time with Bella, which is another irony in that the film actually has the vampire clan accepting Bella as one of the family, and not just another snack. However, James, is in it for the thrill of the hunt, and when Edward gets wind of this, he is in a constant race to keep Bella safe... (See why Women love this movie)
Now James is what I consider the badass Vampire of this film, this cat is pretty much the scariest thing in the movie, and the actor who plays him, just sells the evil inside James to a perfect level. You couldn't ask for more.
Now, the technical side, Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, known for Lords of Dogtown, 13 and some other flicks does a decent job of keeping the story in check, but her overuse of moving the camera becomes distracting. I can't think of single point in the entire movie where the camera sits still for ever 10 seconds. She films twilight like some dark gothic music video, which works until you hit the one hour mark and you get tired of the constant dollies, pans, swoops and helicopter shots. This to me was so distracting it almost killed the films enjoyment.
I think Catherine has never done a romance drama before and kind of just ran with whatever movie she watched last, which seems to me would be Transformers, as the camera moves nearly mimic that film, but Twilight doesn't have that Michael Bay pizazz. Catherine, stop moving the camera, find a spot, stick to it and yell action.
All in all, the acting is decent, although some dialog sounded a bit forced. The script.... was ok, no academy award material here folks, but the story is interesting enough for anyone to check out at least once.... evn if it is to just check the evilness of James.
The gals are gonna love it, it has everything women want in a romance, while guys into horror will be disappointed as their is no gore, no sex, and its PG-13.
I for one am holding out that there is unrated directors cut in their somehwere, because there are some kill scenes in the film but aren't flushed out do to the PG-13 rating.
I recommend at least renting it and checking it out once.
7 out of 10.:evil:
Twilight is the romance horror drama set in the town of Forks Washington, USA. A Pacific Northwestern town with a population of around 3,000 people. The story begins with Bella, a high school student who resides in Phoenix, AZ with her mom and Stepfather. When her step dad is invited to try out for Minor league baseball, the parents want to pack up and roadtrip, whereas Bella opts to live with her dad who she hasn't seen since she was 9 years old.
After she arrives in Forks, the meeting with her dad is very awkward, and she realizes this small town with no sunshine, might be great place for her to just be a loner, although the kids at the local high school see things differently. One of the nice things about Twilight is that Bella, an outsider is actually welcomed by students, the film actually shys away from the typical yet cliched lets pick on the new kid banter and opts to go with a more welcoming and civilized approach.
As Bella makes her way through school and meets a group of different students, she learns about the Cullen family, a group of kids adopted by a local doctor who works in the hospital, this family of course is a bit strange, and stick very close together, until she meets Edwards who she is immediately smitten with, and this is where the story falls into a bit of the cliche realm in that Bella is automatically attracted to the dark quiet type.
When Bella and Edward first meet, it isn't exactly the formula for a long lasting relationship because as we know from the hype, Bella is human, Edward is a Vampire, but this is where the story became somewhat original, or at least didn't follow the normal pathos of Vampirism. The Cullens are a breed of Vampire I have yet to come across in cinema, they can survive during the day, but in direct sunligh instead of turning into a pile of ash, their skin turns into a complexion of diamonds, and When Bella start to learn of Edwards secret, she isn't scared or afraid, yet he is because he has to feel what it is like to be the true monster he could be.
Now as the story progresses, Edward feels drawn to Bella as she is to him, and another great moral in this story is that, sometimes different things aren't so scary, but yet beautiful when looked at and learned from, something we as humans fail to do as most of us are uncomfortable with what we don't understand.
Since Bella and Edward develop a connection, he is always at her aide, whenever she is in trouble. You can see why swoons of tween and teenage girls flocked to this movie, Edward is the man every woman wants, not because he is attractive or ominous, but because Robert Patterson who plays Edwards actually did a great job of conveying an emotion most of us aren't in touch with... Love. Plus, show me one woman who wouldn't want a man who listens to her, wants to know what she is thinking and generally intersted in something other than what is between her legs. This is plain and simply why Twilight will be the Titanic of Vampire films.
Now, the Cullens aren't the only Vampire clan roaming the countryside so to speak, their is another group, very savage, unrelenting, and pretty much put the bite in Vampire. One of the clan, James, a tracker stumbles upon the Cullens, spending time with Bella, which is another irony in that the film actually has the vampire clan accepting Bella as one of the family, and not just another snack. However, James, is in it for the thrill of the hunt, and when Edward gets wind of this, he is in a constant race to keep Bella safe... (See why Women love this movie)
Now James is what I consider the badass Vampire of this film, this cat is pretty much the scariest thing in the movie, and the actor who plays him, just sells the evil inside James to a perfect level. You couldn't ask for more.
Now, the technical side, Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, known for Lords of Dogtown, 13 and some other flicks does a decent job of keeping the story in check, but her overuse of moving the camera becomes distracting. I can't think of single point in the entire movie where the camera sits still for ever 10 seconds. She films twilight like some dark gothic music video, which works until you hit the one hour mark and you get tired of the constant dollies, pans, swoops and helicopter shots. This to me was so distracting it almost killed the films enjoyment.
I think Catherine has never done a romance drama before and kind of just ran with whatever movie she watched last, which seems to me would be Transformers, as the camera moves nearly mimic that film, but Twilight doesn't have that Michael Bay pizazz. Catherine, stop moving the camera, find a spot, stick to it and yell action.
All in all, the acting is decent, although some dialog sounded a bit forced. The script.... was ok, no academy award material here folks, but the story is interesting enough for anyone to check out at least once.... evn if it is to just check the evilness of James.
The gals are gonna love it, it has everything women want in a romance, while guys into horror will be disappointed as their is no gore, no sex, and its PG-13.
I for one am holding out that there is unrated directors cut in their somehwere, because there are some kill scenes in the film but aren't flushed out do to the PG-13 rating.
I recommend at least renting it and checking it out once.
7 out of 10.:evil: