So last night I went to see Twilight with an over excited group of friends. No before I get to the review let me just clarify how crazy it was at that midnight showing on a THURSDAY night!!  There were girls EVERYWHERE everywhere from ages 1-80! I had friends who walked out of the movie crying at how “beautiful” it was.

No I have never read the books, so I really wanted to give twilight a chance. But from doing a lot of research on the story and characters I felt like I was getting a very watered down version of the story. It felt like the movie would jump through time and space to the next scenes and that sort of strained my view on the films outcome. I almost feel gypped that the movie had so many holes throughout. The group of girls I had come with were in deep turmoil because half thought it was a great adaptation and others were appalled at how much was left out. It seemed like the majority of the people who enjoyed the film were the ones least involved with the story, or haven’t read any of the books. I definitely think the movie could have been paced better and maybe even made a bit longer to add more  scenes of interest. As a film in general I say that Twilight was not a masterpiece, but it seems like it would bee a great date movie. But as an adaptation and as a film that was suppose to be one of the best of the year, I believe that Twilight was to over hyped and that’s what killed it.

What do you guys think of Twilight?

Film Grenade gives Twilight a dud… 6.5/10

 

Check out the Twilight character guide HERE.