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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Theaters)

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All I can say is, “I want more”! We enjoyed every moment of the film–just about every scene leaves you at the edge of your seat, wondering what’s going to happen next. Even the ending makes you crave the next sequel (“Eclipse”).

Now that Bella (Kristen Stewart) is 18, the rest of the world seems to change before her eyes. Secrets revealed, nemeses return, and jealous rage takes a new form. Edward (Robert Pattinson) decides that he wants Bella to have a normal life–one without him–so the Cullens leave Forks without a trace. Bella is left behind to deal with her extremely broken heart and dreams beyond her measure. Somehow, her broken heart leads her to a closer relationship with Jacob (Taylor Lautner) who turns out to be someone – or something – else. But you’ll have to watch the movie to find out the rest.

Since I don’t have the luxury of reading all the books, I’m really looking forward to watching Eclipse (expected to be released June 30, 2010).

Twilight (DVD)

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Before I begin with my review I just wanted to mention that I’ve never read any of the Twilight books, so I am unable to judge the fidelity of this film from its origins. As some of my regular readers already know, I am a huge fan of any story featuring vampires, but opted to skip this in theaters because it seemed more like a chick flick than an actual vampire feature.

To start, I’m calling Twilight your average teen romance. I felt that Twilight set the tone for its upcoming features, and after watching the first of five films (assuming they release one per book), I’m actually looking forward to its sequel. This franchise has the opportunity to put out some excellent films in the future, and it ultimately rests in the hands of director Catherine Hardwicke the producers (thanks NDO for the update) to make everything come together.

The sticking point for me was definitely the forbidden love relationship between Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). There are few films that cast members with chemistry as good at these two, and I think that their pairing was an excellent choice. Pattinson definitely is THE draw for the films female fanbase and is without a doubt the biggest part of this films success. I do acknowledge that Stewart is as important in her own right, but lets be real here, without Pattinson, its hard to imagine this film performing as well as it did at the box office.

Back to the story, I really liked how they portrayed the vampires as much more than just blood lusty monsters. The Cullen family portrayed as “Vegetarians” was an interesting take on vampire lore, and vampires living in daylight (and glittering in the sun) rather than being restricted to the nightlife was a nice twist. I’m curious to know if there are any actual weaknesses for these immortal beings, because it really seems like they have nothing to fear but being murdered by their own kind.

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Twilight (Theaters)

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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.