Carolina Beach Today: Cinema Janes Movie Reviews – Twilight
Posted by russrob on December 3, 2008
Twilight
I love Vampire movies so I was expecting this to be like “Interview…” or “Underworld”. It’s not as sophisticated as either of those, but I thought the acting here was really good and the story was very sweet. Imagine, for those of you who were teenagers in the 90’s, that R.L. Stine and Judy Blume got together and wrote a book… TWILIGHT is what I would imagine they’d concoct.
The whole movie was shot like a music video; lots of extreme close ups and music montages. Although, I was surprised at how sophisticated the music WAS in this film. A few things were distracting like the bad vampire makeup and the occasional bout of forced dialogue. It was all a little too contrived for me. Lots of “Insert tense feeling here” moments, but overall, I suppose I liked it. Images and moments from the film kept creeping up on me for days after I saw it. This movie is definitely for the tween/teen crowd, but I appreciate that it is still wholesome and innocent, like young love.
I heard of a review for this film that said something to the effect of “If you liked the books, you’ll love the movie. But it’s probably not going to recruit any NEW fans just on the film alone.”
I concur.
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