Twilight (2008)

When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.

Director:

Catherine Hardwicke

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)

Stars:

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke

29 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristen Stewart	...	Bella Swan
Sarah Clarke	...	Renée
Matt Bushell	...	Phil
Billy Burke	...	Charlie Swan
Gil Birmingham	...	Billy Black
Taylor Lautner	...	Jacob Black
Gregory Tyree Boyce	...	Tyler
Justin Chon	...	Eric
Michael Welch	...	Mike Newton
Anna Kendrick	...	Jessica
Christian Serratos	...	Angela
Nikki Reed	...	Rosalie
Kellan Lutz	...	Emmet Cullen
Ashley Greene	...	Alice Cullen
Jackson Rathbone	...	Jasper

Storyline

Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarries and Bella chooses to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like any boy she's ever met. He's nothing like anyone she's ever met, period. He's intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance - unorthodox because Edward really isn't like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he's immortal. That's right - vampire. But he doesn't have fangs - that's just in the movies. And he doesn't...

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | phoenix arizona | love | school | high school | 

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Taglines:

Forever.Begins.Now.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence and a scene of sensuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stephenie Meyer wanted Henry Cavill for the role of Edward Cullen and Tom Welling as Emmett. Both actors have played Clark Kent/Superman. Furthermore, Robert Pattinson would later be cast as Bruce Wayne/Batman.

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Goofs

When Dr. Cullen treats Bella in the E.R., the x-ray on the upper left behind him is upside down.

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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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Connections

Referenced in Killer High (2018)

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Soundtracks

I Caught Myself
Written by Hayley Williams and Josh Farro
Performed by Paramore
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

User Reviews

Twilight! Twilight! Oh, my... Twiiiiiiiiliaaaaaaaaaaght!

That was my interpretation of this weekend that I had to endure working at my movie theater, all these little hormone crazed brace wearing under developed young girls who I think would've just about died with the anticipation of seeing Twilight, I'm not kidding, I personally witnessed a twelve year old say that she wanted to have Robert Pattinson's baby. OK, so how I saw the movie, my sister, ironically my older sister has been just raving about the Twilight series with her friends and told me that I have to read these books, after weeks of bugging me with it, I finally broke down and read them. Actually it's kind of a fun series, it reminded me of the same love that I had for the TV series Buffy the vampire Slayer when I was a young teen. But of course she has to take me to the midnight premiere with 100,000 crazed fans who were knocking each other down and crawling all over each other just to see a movie.

Bella Swan has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and beautiful Edward Cullen. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands - and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he's immortal. But he doesn't have fangs, and he doesn't drink human blood.

So, my opinion about Twilight the movie... honestly, it's average, it's my junior high romance with a vampire. I hate, beyond hate to say this, I'm a hypocrite for saying this, but because I read the book before I saw the movie, I had this completely different interpretation of what the characters look like and how they say certain lines. Twilight the movie made me laugh more than anything simply because of the actors, Robert and Kristen are not bad actors, but the way they talked, I just couldn't take their "love" seriously. Peter Facinelli who played Carlisle Cullen, Edward's father, was exactly how I pictured and pulled in the best performance of the film. Is it worth the watch, absolutely if you're a fan of the books, otherwise, I would say if you just wanna see this movie, I recommend the matinée price because honestly, I think I may have lost my hearing after this weekend of the none stop screams from crazed teens.

5/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 November 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Twilight

Filming Locations:

184 South 6th Street, St. Helens, Oregon, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$37,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$69,637,740, 23 November 2008

Gross USA:

$193,962,473

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$408,430,415

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Temple Hill Entertainment, Maverick Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1