Twilight the Movie: an Ultimate Fail
So, ya, I'm a total fan girl. I've read all the Twilight books. So, of course, I was at the midnight showing of Twilight last night--all amped up and ready to be entertained. Instead of entertainment, I got the most overwhelming feeling of disappointment ever experienced from a book-turned-movie. What a disaster this movie was! I don't know how a movie could miss the mark on so many levels. I left the theater in complete and utter disbelief.I know there is usually some disappointment associated with seeing a movie made from your favorite book; but, that kind of disappointment is usually because they left out some of your favorite parts or just kinda had a character a bit off from how you imagined him or her. But, this movie, it failed on EVERYTHING...the ultimate in failure. I'm sorry, but I'm not exaggerating.
If you have not seen Twilight yet, please DO NOT see this movie! Just read the book! This movie literally played out like a made-for-TV special. The dialogue was horrible, the music was atrocious, the photography was horrid, the effects were unrelentingly disappointing. Sparkling vampire--ah, more like sweating vampire. The sparkle effect probably had to be the most disappointing aspect of the not-so-special effects.
You know a movie is bad when you're noticing the music and saying to yourself, 'What is this?' The music did not fit the feel of any of the scenes. The filming/photography could only be defined as amateur at best--felt like a film student's project, or like I said before, a made-for-TV movie. BAD BAD BAD!
I know I might get a lot of criticism from other fan girls out there, but anyone who happened to be at The Bridge Theater in LA last night will know exactly what I'm talking about: the crowd was all excited, screaming out, "Edward, I love you!" or "Team Jacob!"... even a dude shouted, "Team Bella!" Then, as the movie plodded along, the excitement slowed, and slowed, and slowed...and then literally crawled to a pathetic ending with absolutely no response from the audience.
I'm telling you-- I am (unfortunately) NOT exaggerating. You know how if you see a Star Trek or Potter film, the crowd usually applauds and gets a little energized at the end? All still excited to have been a part of the premiere movie-going excitement and energy? This film? Not one clap from the audience--it was almost as if we were all sitting there stunned; just sat there in complete silence. And not because it was an impactful ending or anything like that. It was more like we were just sitting there thinking, 'What? ... Did the movie just end?' -- in that moment, I know, we were feeling so cheated.
The disappointment was like nothing I have ever seen in a movie theater before. We just sat through 2 1/2 hours, at a midnight showing, of a really bad NBC or ABC Family Special and these horrible movie makers really really duped us, trying to pass this off as a real movie. Boy, were we dumb to get caught up in the Twilight movie frenzy. And how awful were they to let us down so blatantly? I think they knew it was this bad and that's why they put so much effort and money into the marketing--get people to pre-buy their tix, cuz once the word is out on the steet, it's gonna be bad.
It's too late for me, but maybe not for you--if you haven't read the book, please please please don't see this movie--it'll only turn you off. And, if you have read the book, I know that you'll likely still see the movie because you're curiosity and hope will drive you to, but I'd be shocked if you actually reported back that you liked it.
