I finally got a chance to watch the Twilight movie this past weekend. I went in to it with an open mind and I have to say I was disappointed. There were a lot of things about the movie that I disliked so I thought I would start off with what I liked.
- I like the actress chosen to play Esme. I felt like she was very close to what I pictured in my head. I think probably I pictured someone a little closer to Bree from Desperate Housewives but this actress was close enough to make the character believable.
- I like the actors chosen to play Jacob and Billy. Both were just what I pictured in my head. They were very believable and I loved them.
- I loved the Cullen House that was chosen. It was very close to what I pictured from the book. Maybe more modern than I pictured but I think that is because I was stuck in the vampire stereotype that I couldn’t get a really modern house in my vision.
- I loved the choices for Rosalie and Alice. Both were just what I expected.
- The actors chosen to play James, Victoria and Laurent were PERFECT. They were almost my exact idea of what they would have been.
Now to the things I had issues with:
- I totally didn’t get the actors that played Bella and Edward. They both were so far from my visions that I had trouble with believing anything they did.
- I didn’t like the choice for Charlie at all. He was way too young and reminded me of a mall cop. He just didn’t seem like a police chief and his appearance didn’t fit with the Charlie I had in my head.
- I don’t think they got any of the friends right. They all were just way off from the ideas I had. They were just so off I couldn’t even get in to their story lines at all.
- I was SO disappointed with the choice of Dr. Cullen. I pictured someone older and more mature looking while still being devastatingly handsome. I would have thought the actor who played Dr. Cullen looked more like my vision of Jasper.
I think that they had to cut out so much of the storyline in order to make it fit in to the time constraints that much of the story didn’t make sense to someone who hadn’t read the book. This made me feel like the storyline was disjointed and fractured. I didn’t get the emotional pull from the story like I did from reading the book. The actors who played Bella and Edward didn’t have the chemistry I would have expected from the book. I think the draw for me of the series is the emotions that the author is able to get across through her writing. I don’t think the movie captured this and so I found myself waiting for it to end. I also felt like the movie was made for teens. I realize that the books were written for teen aged girls so I guess I should have expected that to transfer to the movie.
All in all I wish I hadn’t have watched the movie. I think it affected my feelings about the series as a whole. I doubt I will be renting the next movie in the series. I still love the books but I just don’t think I want to see them on the big screen.
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OK, I purposefully looked for a site with a negative slant on the movie. I totally agree with you. I am so behind on this whole Twilight thing, but I just finished the book and watched the movie. I was so disappointed. I assume you are not a teenage girl. I’m in my 30′s. I think the movie must be slanted toward teens. Do teens really act like that now? I thought Bella’s character was terrible. She was constantly over-acting. She was so edgy that she seemed like she was on drugs or something. I pictured Edward as much more confident and a lot less weird. The story line was terribly disjointed. The emotions were not there. I agree with your thought on Charlie, also. Your mall cop comment made me chuckle. It seemed like a B movie. Not up to my expectations. If teenage girls are so crazy for Edward from the movie, they should really read the book. They will get so much more!