TWILIGHT
With
Kristen
Stewart,
Robert
Pattinson,
Peter
Facinelli,
Billy
Burke,
Ashley
Greene,
Kellan
Lutz,
Nikki
Reed,
Cam
Gigandet,
Gil
Birmingham
Written
by
Melissa
Rosenburg
(based
on
the
book
by
Stephenie
Meyer)
Directed
by
Catherine
Hardwicke
Twilight
is
a
teenage
love
story
set
in
beautiful
rainy
Forks,
Washington.
Bella
Swan
(Kristen
Stewart)
relocates
to
Forks
to
live
with
her
dad
(the
chief
of
police).
She
is
instantly
liked
at
her
new
high
school.
The
Cullen
clan
makes
quite
an
impressive
entrance
into
the
high
school
canteen
and
Bella
is
instantly
drawn
to
Edward
(Robert
Pattinson)
a
pale,
beautiful
creature.
The
Cullen
clan
is
striking
and
has
a
presence
that
everyone
in
the
canteen
is
instantly
aware
of.
They
are
a
“family”
of
vampires
making
the
choice
not
to
feed
on
humans.
Edward
is
overwhelmed
by
Bella’s
scent
and
he
has
to
fight
a
constant
battle
with
his
primal
self
to
not
prey
on
the
girl
on
whom
he
has
waited
90
years.
Twilight
is
the
kind
of
story
that
teenage
girl
fantasies
are
made
of.
There
is
lots
of
romance
and
intrigue
and
the
story
takes
a
sinister
twist
when
another
clan
of
vampires
set
foot
in
Forks.
Not
your
typical
vampire
movie,
nor
a
typical
romance.
5
/
A
-
Sonja
Ruppersberg
...the
2nd
opinion...
TWILIGHT
Twilight
is
the
first
in
a
series
of
popular
vampire
books
written
by
Stephenie
Meyer.
The
success
of
this
first
filmed
installment
further
galvanized
the
drive
to
commit
the
entire
series
to
motion
pictures.
Moving
up
from
production-
and
art
design,
Hardwicke
made
her
directorial
debut
with
the
controversial
Thirteen,
concentrating
on
a
stormy
youth-
and
teenage
perspectives
(also
doing
The
Lords
Of
Dogtown).
So,
taking
on
the
angst
of
teenage
vampires
seemed
logical.
My
expectations
of
Twilight
skirted
that
of
The
Lost
Boys
(which
very
much
set
a
template
for
most
new
school
youth
vamp
flicks
to
follow).
But,
in
stead
the
subject
is
approached
very
maturely
and
with
not
as
many
clichés
as
you’d
expect.
As
with
most
vampire
tales
it
involves
a
love
story
(set
in
motion
by
Bram
Stoker’s
Dracula
in
the
late-1800s).
A
young
girl
moves
from
warmer
climes
to
live
with
her
father
in
the
wooded,
hazy
Pacific
Northwest.
Here
she
is
mesmerized
by
Edward,
one
of
the
teenagers
of
the
strange,
isolated
Cullen
family.
At
first
he
seems
to
be
repulsed
by
her,
but
as
they
grow
closer
it
becomes
apparent
that
he
is
fighting
an
urge
–
an
urge
to
suck
her
blood.
The
Cullens
are
vampires
who
made
the
conscious
choice
not
to
prey
on
humans.
While
the
bloodlust
can
be
suppressed,
it
cannot
be
eliminated...
In
this
green
and
misty
part
of
the
world
this
very
effective
vampire
teen
love
story
makes
for
entertainment
beyond
high
school
hormones,
with
the
expected
threat
thrown
in,
endangering
our
protagonists
and
their
already
dangerous
relationship.
Emotionally
charged
and
visually
captivating,
this
new
generation
gothic
tale
of
agonized
emotions,
burning
impulses
and
sexual
awakening
is
tailor
made
to
fit
the
sensual
theme
of
vampires.
While
Twilight
didn’t
make
an
impact
at
the
more
“serious”
awards
like
the
Oscars
or
Golden
Globes,
the
people
(of
its
target
audience)
spoke
at
the
2008
MTV
awards,
voting
Twilight
as
an
all-round
favourite.
The
only
extra
feature
on
this
DVD
is
a
commentary
track
by
Hardwicke,
Stewart
and
Pattinson,
which
is
not
exactly
a
bonus
as
their
annoying
(possibly
nervous?)
giggling
and
silly
comments
couldn’t
get
me
beyond
the
8th
minute(!).
4
/
B
-
Paul
Blom
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