Twilight in the Twilight

I had been fully planning on waiting at least a week before going to Twilight the movie to avoid masses of teenagers, but on Thursday evening at about 9:00 I received a call from my brother. The group he was going with had a couple of extra seats for the 12:40am showing, so Bret and I went. There were a lot of teenagers, but I was happy to find that there was a couple dressed as vampires sitting in front of me. The whole theater sang happy birthday to someone which was pretty neat.

I would like to mention that movies are not as good as books to me. I prefer my own imagination, and being in the characters head to know what they are feeling and thinking. With that said, the movie was okay.

I loved seeing the characters on the big screen. The acting was good, and I liked that there was tons of nature shots. Most of the characters were cast well. But not Rosalie...she is supposed to be the most beautiful woman alive, and she wasn't even the most beautiful in the movie. Carlisle was very attractive the way a vampire should be. Also, Jasper was so funny, and I loved the way he was portrayed. Alice really was so likable.

The sub par special effects were hard for me to swallow. If the movie budget was too low to have good special effects then they should have cut back on them. Also, there was a superhero feel to Vampires, with whooshing sounds as they moved. Vampires are not superheros, don't try to make them.  Also, I was not a fan of how the Vampires climbed trees like spiders. Vampires are strong and fast, but more in a super predator way. My last thing I will complain about is how there was a twinkling noise in the background every time Edward's skin sparkled in the sun.

They did have many good parts and I would recommend it. It was fun and I really do like the story.

I think I will like the movie more the second time I see it.