The REEL Addict 

I saw Twilight this weekend and I loved it. It was different from the book at times, but that didn’t really bother me (in fact, there were times I found myself wishing that the parts that were different in the movie were part of the book, I enjoyed them so much!). I thought they did a great job conveying the story, even while still changing a few things around. Granted, it’s been a few months since I read the books so it wasn’t super fresh in my mind - and I think that helped since I wasn’t comparing every little thing. I thought Rob Pattinson was the perfect Edward, and I liked Kristen Stewart as Bella as well. I thought she did a great job, and I thought the two of them had great chemistry. The baseball scene was very entertaining, and I loved the ballet studio scene as well. I am definitely looking forward to the next movie, and I hope they eventually make all of the novels into films.

So, I’m a huge fan of the books and was totally looking forward to seeing the movie. I gotta say I really enjoyed it! I was actually really afraid that I’d be disappointed but I loved it and definitely would recommend it to others. I think that sure there were some things that they could of done better but they got the casting down and the chemistry between the actors was great. There are always going to be things that don’t translate as well from novel to screen, like seeing Edward Dazzle so not what I pictured but then there was the Cullen’s entrance in to the cafeteria so what i pictured, you just can’t make everyone happy, but over-all it was great . I figure that NEW MOON will be even better now that they’ll have a bigger budget. Can’t wait to see it.

I read all 4 books in one week, just to see what the hype was all about. I became obsessed immediately. I’m almost 31 years old but felt like I was 17 all over again. I had to see the movie right away …and after leaving, I was fairly disappointed. I felt like the movie lacked character development - a big part of the books. I needed to see the chemistry between Bella and Edward to really feel the way I felt when reading the books. It wasn’t there. Don’t get me wrong, there were definitely some spot on scenes (i.e. baseball, the van scene, prom)…those were all as I had pictured. But the scene in the lunchroom where she talks about how he dazzles her…I was so bummed that wasn’t in the movie. I needed to know why they felt so strongly about each other.
Oh well, maybe w/ some more money and some better understanding of the characters by Kristen and Rob - we’ll see a better #2. For some reason though, I’m dying to see the movie again…must be that Rob Pattinson - he’s a looker!