Comments on: Review: “Twilight”

By: Dr. Axe

Dr. Axe — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:17:43 +0000

Shittiest movie of the year. Period. ;)

By: Celine

Celine — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:43:45 +0000

Even with a higher budget, they would not be able to make a horrid novel into a fair movie.

By: coffee

coffee — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:12:55 +0000

twilight turned out being more enjoyable to watch than i would have expected; it's a new take on the vampire phenomenon

By: BloodSugar

BloodSugar — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:06:03 +0000

Brilliant review.
You said all the right things, mentioned the appropriate moments with just enough quirk.
Great job!

By: lissy

lissy — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:06:17 +0000

Wow there is a lot people that most be bother if they have time to write mean comments bout a movie.... I thought it was a good movie for a tight budget.... let me see u guys make a freaking movie wit a few millions... u gonna remember they gonna pay for the place where its taking place.... and actor or actress to play the parts and film etc.....

By: David

David — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:52:45 +0000

Jim, I feel for you, man. The only reason I read this book and watched the movie was because my girlfriend asked me to. I'm a fan of good literature and I like to write when I get the time. And let me tell you, it took me a month to read the first book. Why? because it was so god-awful that I kept falling asleep after reading only a page or two. The writing is so, to borrow a word from Bill Cosby, teenagery. I would compare it to some of Stephen King's worst (most juvenile) work minus the crudeness and the decent plotlines. I'm a male in my late 30s and I kept thinking that I felt almost like a pedophile reading it-- like I shouldn't be reading it because it sounds like a 13 year old girl's diary. I too think that if i hadn't read the book, the movie would have made little sense. Luckily, the few other people in the theater were middle-aged adults, and just about every scene was met with raucous laughter from one side of the theater or the other. It made me feel better! But my gf was enraptured. What the heck.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:50:51 +0000

I read the 1st book, and saw the movie. both at the request of a woman I know.

The book is badly written nonsense and the film, well I felt embarrassed to be in the cinema.

Both are about the intellectual equivalent of the WWF, but without it's ability to laugh at itself.

The idea of this pale faced paragon, with his pseudo Byronic posturing with all of the mystique of the vampire myth but none of the danger... It's just too awful, I hope people stay away from this thing in droves.

By: Kaylee

Kaylee — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:27:14 +0000

A sucky movie made from a sucky book. There's not much that could be done with it, which is a pity, given the original idea was kind of okay. smeyer just destroyed her own creation with her idiocy.

By: Twilight « (Mis)readings

Twilight « (Mis)readings — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:50:48 +0000

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By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:40:17 +0000

I hadn't read the book, and I knew exactly what was going on. Get real, haters.

By: sucker

sucker — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:39:48 +0000

I'll send in night watch to clean it up then.

By: jayr

jayr — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:46:25 +0000

its okay to complain. i paid for the movie ticket, you know. i hate the lines, the heroin-thing and other cheesy-stuffs. i laughed hard when i saw that dr collins scene at the hospital. and glittering vampire. okay, try to be objective, is this magic realism? NO! it was absurd. what the hell... and to think of it, it took an hour BEFORE you can understand what the hell is this movie about. and when a moviegoer is already LOOKING AT HIS WATCH a couple of times that is already a bad sign for this movie.

on the other hand, some even do advanced online booking just to watch this. so I guess, there's really a following. I bet the group of teens sitting next to us already wanted to "gut" me out when I commented that this should be retitled us: Twilight in Cheese Flavor.

But this is not an excuse. Not all people in this world are Twilight-readers. I also don't agree that the director and screenplay writer are blame-proof. Its there name up there in the credits you know. It doesn't say their, DIRECTED BY, ON BEHALF OF. I just don't buy it. They accepted this project hence they should accountable for it...

And the director, screenwriter, the novelist and all those people involved in Twilight should know that the only thing this movie has any relation to a vampire is that IT SUCKS!

By: Lynette

Lynette — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:36:26 +0000

I found that the book, as always, is better than the movie. Aside from the the bad acting, horrible make-up, and a strange cast pick, people still swarm to see it.The movie is marked as exceptional just because of the mandatory parts made on the big screen from the book. If not for these poorly acted out scenes, the movie would be nothing. Still, the movie infers that everyone watching it has read the book. Those who haven't just sit there wondering what the big deal is.

By: Meagan

Meagan — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:01:11 +0000

Just like to toss out that besides the awkward acting, the sweeping cinematography and the musical score weren't sitting too well with me. Why the sweeping arcs of the camera at such random times? It was a bit annoying to watch. The first half of the movie wasn't so bad, it just seemed to get worse as time went on and the vampire thing became all glitter, happiness, and baseball.

By: Kaityln

Kaityln — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:40:20 +0000

Gosh, the movie was FILLED with dead space, and dead lines and dead air. It was awful and awkward and also hilarious.

I feel as if it could've been better, but I can't imagine how.

Anyways, I don't understand how the movie could've possibly brought any depth to it seeing as the book is lacking. It pains me to read it.