Twilight Critique
November 25th, 2008 / No Comments » / by Amanda
Ok so I’ve been bursting at the seems wanting to give my side of what I thought about the Twilight Movie. I just saw the MTV person’s “New Moon” Wish list and thought I’d do the same with my post. First off let me just say this. I know it’s impossible to cram a 500 page book into a 2 hr movie.. On that note here we go…
First I want to say that overall I did love the movie, Chris even liked it so it must have been good. The movie did stay mostly with the book but there was a few things that I do wish they could have kept. So instead of me telling you what I liked I’m going to tell you what I didn’t like.
#1 When they introduced Jacob into the movie it was like he was instantly in love with Bella. This was fine but it was kinda overly obvious. In the book Jacob makes is obvious but not that obvious. I guess this kinda bothers me just because the first book isn’t really about Jacob and Bella, it took the focus off the main story.
#2 Bella’s room.. I know like all other Twilight fans I think that Bella’s room is a set for a lot of scenes throughout the whole series. Why was is so hard to not keep it the same, the old quilt, the lace curtains, the rocking chair? Something that did not have to be changed but was.
#3 Edward’s Character.. Don’t get me wrong the character was great but he was not the Edward that was in the book. His stiffness and cryptic tone bothered me. Edward laughed a lot in the book and was very fluid. To me in the movie Edward was hesitant, he paused a lot, was very quiet.. Where was the poetic dialect? Similar to what you would have heard at the turn of the century. Why was this not conveyed in the movie?
#4 The Meadow scene is one of my favorites from the book, and I really hate how the movie mucked it up. It’s a major scene in “New Moon” so why, why!? must they mess it up! It’s such a pivotal point in the book, where Bella and Edward really connect with each other… To me that scene would have changed the movie. It would have made it make more sense and it wouldn’t have made the weird sparkling effect they put on Edward not bother me so much.. 
#5 This is probably the last gripe I have. The characters didn’t interact much. You didn’t understand Edward and Bella’s connection. You didn’t see Bella and Alice become good friends, or see how Bella takes care of Charlie. Character development is a huge deal in a movie since you can’t see everything going on like in a book. They just need to give the Cullen’s a little more personality. Especially Alice she’s supposed to be happy and dancing around All the Cullen’s later have such major roles in the rest of the movies. They need to start character developing NOW!
So my advise for “New Moon” is this…
1. Character Development, make us fall in love with the characters and understand why they are with each other.. Why they are a family.. Why they are so important..
2. No Cheesy Special Effects, I know with it the wolves are huge but don’t make them look not wolf like, make them at least resemble a wolf.
3. Dramatic.. I want to see some drama!!! I want Bella to cry and I want to understand her depression, I want to see big drama from Edward when they are in Italy.. And the action scenes need to be HUGE!!
4. Don’t cut the cliff diving scene out!!
And there you have it those are my must haves for the sequel. What are yours?
