"And the lion fell in love with the lamb."
Edward Cullen.
Script Logic; 1/2
Pace; 1/2
Acting; 1/2
Aesthetic; 1/2
Originality & Intention; 1/2
Final Score; 5/10
Just to be clear: I am not ‘down’ on Twilight just
because it’s popular. I watched this with a very open mind (believe it or not).
Not scary enough to be a horror. Not romantic enough to
be a romance. Not dramatic enough to be a drama. Not acted well enough to be a
character piece. Not original enough to deserve its influential status- this
story doesn’t have a single original or inventive idea to call its own, and
anybody who’s even slightly interested in the vampire genre should know better.
Not even a ‘Jack-of-all-trades’, more like a folded and dog-eared five-of-clubs.
I’m not sure I understand how or why this is so popular, all I can surmise is
that teenage girls these days are really fucking stupid, border-line mentally
retarded (I’m not sure who should be most offended by that comparison), or just
really thankful to have a film finally aimed at them that’s not released sorely
on the Disney channel. It's not terrible, it's just not great either.
God, I despair. Someone call in Blade, or Buffy.
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