When I first saw the previews for Twilight, there was a part of me that really wanted to watch it. I’m a huge fan of vampire and zombie movies, especially when they are done right. I had no idea that it was based on a very popular series of books that mainly catered to the teeny bopper and tween set. When I was told of this, I decided to wait for the DVD release. I asked many of my friends who have seen the film to give me their review and they were split into two extremes. They either loved it or they hated it. I thought it was funny that there were no gray areas with how they felt about the movie. So, I decided to see it for myself.

At it’s most basic point, Twilight is a teen love story with vampires sprinkled in for good measure. That’s it.

Right away, it was painfully obvious that this was a teeny bopper movie. The dialogue not only required you to leave your brain at home, but it was cheesy and filled with cliches. The performances by the actors were decent…as long as they did not have to talk! The acting was so bad that there were unintentional laughs created because of the way the actors delivered their lines. At least they look good.

It’s quite easy to see why the tween and teen set would enjoy this movie. It was built specifically for their age group the same way “She’s All That” catered to mine when I was in high school. You can probably view Twilight as this generation’s Romeo & Juliet. And oh yes, Robert Pattinson [one of the main characters], will have young girls claiming he is the greatest actor ever. He reminds me of the female version of Jessica Alba. Good looks. No talent.

Since this is based on a book series, and the movie has already made a bucket load of money, we can expect more sequels. Hopefully the story matures. Even though the movie was pretty bad, it was easy to see that the series does have potential to be good. There is a bit of a charm to be found. There were times where Twilight entertained me, too bad those moments were unintentional.