Rating of
1/4
Unnecessary and generic.
memento_mori - wrote on 07/10/13
I hate this movie not because I am a man or because I have two well-functioning brain halves, but because it's just BAD filmmaking.
There are so many reasons to hate this movie. It has gained notoriety as being the most hated movie by boys and most loved by girls (not all).
If you're going to make a romance, do it right. Nobody wants to see a bad romance, it's just awkward.
The actors in this film have zero chemistry. I cannot buy into the fact that Bella and Edward are in love. They look more afraid of each other than soul mates.
Vampires are a very good genre for a film. A vampire romance has been done before by Francis Ford Coppola, showing his take on Dracula in his eponymous 1992 film.
This movie leaves a stain on that genre by introducing the most wooden actor ever to play something that resembles a somewhat rabid Tinkerbell than a vampire. He sparkles! That's his big weakness, why he's a self-proclaimed monster. SPARKLES! This movie almost makes fun of vampires, using them to their advantage for… some reason, so that the socially awkward wood can get together with the sparkling wood.
I hate to admit it, but the camerawork and locations are actually kind of good, please don't hate. The movie is somewhat visually satisfactory. But that's it.
The climax and the misuse of suspense in this movie are completely underwhelming. And don't use the argument that this is a romance and not an action movie. If you're going to use vampires, do it right and make them do something.
I have nothing against a love story in general, but I do have something against it when it's done terribly wrong.
Look at it this way: Take away the love story from 500 Days of Summer. You're left with the main character who is desperate to meet his soul mate and to find out if real love exists in life. That's interesting. Take away the love story from Twilight. You're left with: a pale girl moves to a town where it rains a lot. That is not interesting.
Stupid premise. Stupid romance. Stupid use of vampires. Stupid movie.
I have no clue as to why the characters had to be vampires. Take away the teeth and the sparkling chest and you have the exact same story. Who thought this was a good idea?
