Discussion: Twilight, The Movie: Likes, Loves, Hates, & Ehs

"I liked what they did with the vampires' skin tones. To me, their complexions were only a little whiter than Bella and her Dad's, which are a typically Pac NW color of complexion. I live about an hour and a half's drive away. If you live here long enough and you're not a sunbather, you end up as white as a vampire. To illustrate, my daughter, my best friend and I all wear either the very palest or the second palest foundation colors, depending upon the line.
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"Yea i know he has he does still have a baby face like you said
but i think alot of people would have been disappointed not 2 see
him as jacob. I will probably see New Moon in theaters. Out of all the
characters in the Twilight Saga i liked Jacob. I still didnt like the books very much. "

"OK. Twilight the Movie has grown on me with every viewing. I hate to say it but I like that Pattinson kid as Edward. Not too hot about the Bella actor. She comes off the same in every movie I've seen her in. I didn't like the Rosalie actor either. Rosalie is supposed to be the most beautiful woman in the room. That wasn;t the case. I liked the actors who played the bad guys and the high school kids. I think the sexual tension is nice between edward and bella. I like stories about forbidden love -- no matter what."

"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. "

"Show a little fang... love it. :)

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