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Release Date:
21 November 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
When you can live forever what do you live for? more
Plot:
A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire. full summary | full synopsis
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19 wins
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6 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(1182 articles)
'New Moon' ticket pre-sales breaking records
(From EW.com - Hollywood Insider. 19 November 2009, 3:02 AM, PST)
Could original 'Twilight' movies not based on the books be on the way?
(From Hitfix. 19 November 2009, 1:58 AM, PST)
(From EW.com - Hollywood Insider. 19 November 2009, 3:02 AM, PST)
Could original 'Twilight' movies not based on the books be on the way?
(From Hitfix. 19 November 2009, 1:58 AM, PST)
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So bad it's ALMOST good.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kristen Stewart | ... | Bella Swan |
 | Sarah Clarke | ... | Renée |
 | Robert Pattinson | ... | Edward Cullen |
 | Matt Bushell | ... | Phil |
 | Billy Burke | ... | Charlie Swan |
 | Gil Birmingham | ... | Billy Black |
 | Taylor Lautner | ... | Jacob Black |
 | Gregory Tyree Boyce | ... | Tyler |
 | Justin Chon | ... | Eric Yorkie |
 | Michael Welch | ... | Mike Newton |
 | Anna Kendrick | ... | Jessica |
 | Christian Serratos | ... | Angela |
 | Nikki Reed | ... | Rosalie |
 | Kellan Lutz | ... | Emmet Cullen |
 | Ashley Greene | ... | Alice Cullen |
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Rated PG-13 for some violence and a scene of sensuality.
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122 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #44786) |
UK:12A |
Ireland:12A |
Finland:K-13 |
Australia:M |
Sweden:15 |
Norway:11 |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
South Korea:12 |
Malaysia:U |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Czech Republic:12 |
Brazil:12 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
New Zealand:M |
Argentina:13 |
Germany:12 |
Denmark:11 |
Netherlands:12 |
South Africa:13V |
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Spain:13 |
Iceland:12 |
Mexico:B
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When Bella and Edward are lying in the meadow, the sun coming through the trees makes a heart between them.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Throughout the film, various vampire's faces are paled out, but not their ears and necks. In one of the cafeteria scenes, Robert Pattinson's ears are extremely red.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Isabella Swan: [voiceover] I'd never given much thought to how I would die... But dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go.
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Isabella Swan: [voiceover] I'd never given much thought to how I would die... But dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Tim McGraw/Ludacris/T-Pain (#34.9)" (2008)
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Soundtrack:
Eyes on Fire
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FAQ
Is Forks a real place in Washington?Is there going to be a sequel?
Why aren't Jasper and Rosalie's last names Cullen?
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NOTE: This review is the fair and unbiased opinion of someone with extremely little knowledge of the Twilight series. I watched the movie with a few die hard fans who I talked to after the movie, and I will work some of their thoughts into the review.
Another much loved book series has been brought to life in the form of Twilight, which despite having nothing in common with the Harry Potter series, will undoubtedly draw comparisons because of the furor and craze surrounding it. The main difference between the two, however, is that the Harry Potter films are generally good and solid films. Twilight, despite having done a couple things right, is not.
As a story, I will admit, Twilight is very catchy and interesting. Now I see what all the hype is about. If I was a young girl, I would go nuts over this stuff too. It's not just a vampire and a human falling in love with each other, but because of the two leads, it's one of the best on screen romances of the decade. This, however, is severely hurt by the fact that Twilight boasts easily some of the worst writing and editing I've ever seen. Let's not forget about the horrid VFX and pasty makeup, either. It's one of the cheesiest films of the year, and can definitely be put in the category of "so bad it's ALMOST good". Yes, I just invented that category.
The 'allure' of the film appears to be the character played by Robert Pattinson, who ironically was previously known for his role in the Harry Potter series. Pattinson succeeded there and he more than succeeds again, as he more than fit the bill for what he needed to do with the character. Most actors would believe the only requirement of the character is to be good looking, but Pattinson takes it a step further and makes Edward Cullen very likable, trustworthy, and in the end, a good hero for the audience. Kristen Stewart is sort of the queen of not showing facial expressions, so she's perfect for the role of the awkward teen Bella Swann. However, there were sometimes where her lack of emotion bothered me.
Our supporting players...Well, none of them are noteworthy like Pattinson is. The villain of the film is lame, cheesy, and played by an actor I can't take seriously. Nikki Reed is probably the best as Rosalie, Edward's 'sister', and the antagonistic vibe felt from her adds a different side to the movie.
Okay, I don't really know what possessed the writer of this screenplay to make it so horrible (was it the source material?), because the dialog is just so bad that I laughed at serious moments. There's a lot of intentional humor, mostly in the beginning when Bella and Edward feel like awkward teens in love. I guess the movie moved along okay, because I wasn't bored at all. I was either laughing at how stupid the dialog was, laughing at some of the mildly funny jokes, or getting pulled in by the electric chemistry between Stewart and Pattinson.
That, folks, is the reason most people will be able to sit through this movie. The chemistry between the two leads, romantically and sexually, is amazing. In this respect, Pattinson and Stewart are perfectly cast and it makes me wonder if they could end up together in real life some day. I was very surprised by how much I liked seeing their one on one scenes, as cheesy and bad as the VFX and editing are.
As far as these visual effects go, I've seen a few vampire movies in my day. I'm going to assume director Catherine Hardwicke has seen a few. Well, she needs to watch a few more. Her fight scenes are horribly choreographed, terribly shot, and lack the intensity required to successfully rouse her audience. I could almost notice the wires the actors flew across on. I noticed a ton of errors with the editing as well, such as basic stuff like mouths moving and no words coming out, and words coming out when no mouths were moving. The fight scene at the end has wicked bad editing too, as the sound mixing also suffers as well.
All in all, with Twilight, as bad a movie as it may be, I couldn't help but stay interested in it because of the electric chemistry between the leads. That alone kept me in the seat the whole time. It is technically one of the worst films of the year, but the entertainment factor in the above respect keeps it out of the company of movies like Disaster Movie and College. I was actually lucky to see it with some of the fans of the book, and all of them (5) described the movie as a 'disappointment' and that the film went 'half way' with some subplots, either starting and dropping them, or randomly starting them halfway through an individual subplot. They were not happy at all with this movie, but agreed on one thing: Robert Pattinson was the perfect Edward Cullen. I'll agree with them on all those points and say that Twilight is exactly what I thought it would be: so bad it's ALMOST good.