Twilight - movie review

Yesterday, some of my friends and I watched the much anticipated movie, Twilight – based from Stephenie Meyer’s novel of the same title. Yeah, finally after watching several trailers and teasers on YouTube, I’ve fully seen it on the big screen.

Of course, I did my assignment on reading the book first for comparison purposes and to excite me even more. I have actually bumped into this novel like a couple of years back and was planning to buy it, but never had enough motivation to do so. Although, I have been quite a vampire aficionado for quite some time now because of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, I had second thoughts of buying Twilight for fear of not being able to match Anne Rice’s craft in writing. Anyway, fast forward to the present, it was a good book, less gory and flowery than Anne Rice’s descriptions. But I will always love Anne Rice’s Lestat just perhaps because Stephenie Meyer’s Edward is too young for me! Hahaha!

Anyhow, I went to the mall 2 hours before the screening time to pick up the tickets as required when you reserved in advance. Good thing I did so because when I got to the cinema counter, the line was long and winding!

After an hour or so of waiting for my friends at a coffee shop, we excitedly headed to the cinema; we got good seats of course! Thanks to me! Every now and then we were exchanging giggles and such like we were in high school again!

The part that I liked most was when Edward saved Bella from Tyler’s van. Yeah, I’ve seen that on the trailer but seeing it on the big screen was awesome! But like many other movie adaptations, there were some alterations, like Bella and Charlie dining every meal at the café as opposed to Bella cooking at home; surfing at La Push versus having a picnic and beach bumming to name a few.

Nevertheless, I loved the following characters:

Charlie – The best! He’s so thoughtful and protective. So funny, too! I can’t forget his persistence about the pepper spray.

Alice – She looked like just how I imagined her.

Jasper – I loved his character just because he looked really ridiculous and barely said a thing.

Edward and Bella – I really didn’t like them much but they looked good together.

Before I forget, I didn’t like the chiming sounds when Edward’s skin sparkled into the sun. I find it kinda corny; they should’ve omitted the sound effect and just let Edward’s skin shimmer.

All in all, it was great seeing the novel come alive. Now, don't hate me for patronizing Twilight Saga. I'm not emo at all as what most fans are. I simply adore vampire flicks and novels!