Extras: Charlaine Harris's Books, Spoilers, More

Since the DVD was released and I was able to watch it with less distractions (first viewing involved a theater full of crooning, screaming, giggling pre-teen children) I thought I'd bring up a movie criticism discussion.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS.

I don't want to discuss the book here (there is a long thread for that already) but I figure I should state this for my frame of reference: Yes, I have read all 4 books. Twilight itself was my least favorite in the series. I find them juvenile and poorly written, but entertaining nonetheless.

This is my version of a cheers/jeers post! I encourage replies to have the same format....

Likes: Any scene with Billy and Jacob. He was less scrawny than I remembered (from my first viewing) but still kid-brother-ish. Hopefully he's hitting the gym hard in preparation for the sequels. Any scene with the Cullen's cars. Laurent's dreadlocks. Victoria's lunacy/vengeful gaze. The soundtrack.

Loves: Casting for Alice, Rosalie, Jasper, and Emmett. I thought they were perfect, and well acted. Okay, "better" acted. My favorite scene was when Alice gently pranced up to James and snapped his neck.

Hates: Terrible make-up artistry. Really? Whiteface for vamps? That's original. Perhaps we could have blended the necks, ears, and hairlines a smidge? Also, EVERY character except Bella had blond highlights. When they showed a close up of Edwards black eyes, you could clearly see the edge of his cosmetic contact lenses. The direction & scene editing was awful. I started to think my dvd player was freezing up! I've seen better film editing on Youtube.

Ehs: Dialogue between Edward and Bella. Felt forced. Perhaps Kevin Smith can direct the sequel(s) LOL. I really didn't care for the actress that played Bella. Her enunciation is awful, she has perhaps two facial expressions. She fell over her lines rather than acted them.

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