Twilight

5 stars - January 12, 2009 via DVD, although I did see it in the theater.

Alright, I give this movie ***** and I will tell you why.

I read all 4 books before the movie came out. I was a "Twilighter" and damn proud of it. The movie obviously had to leave some details out but I'm okay with that. I think it followed fairly close to the first book and I can't wait for New Moon to come out this year! But here are some more of my thoughts on the subject:

Bella is one of those idealistically realistic characters that you can transplant yourself into. She's the ordinary brunette with nothing special to offer really but being a reserved clutz living in her own dream world. Hmmm, how many of us can relate to that??? Hey, I'm mostly Polish so I know I can relate to the clutz part and guess what, I'm a brunette too! ;)

And on to Edward. Ah, wonderful, beautiful Edward. Can I say 'hey Rob great job on illustrating the man of millions of females' dreams!' Yeah, that's right, I went there.

The first time I saw Twilight, I dragged (actually she was willing) my big sister to the midnight showing. She couldn't follow along that well since she hadn't given in to the Twilight pull. After the movie, she ended up reading the series! Anyways, I was not thrilled with 90% of the casting. I think the only characters I really agreed with were Bella, Edward, Charlie, Jacob, Victoria and James. The rest really didn't agree with me. The second time I saw the movie, I started to really fall in love with the cast and decided that it was a great combination, except for one. I still didn't like who played Jasper. But I changed my mind the third time I saw the movie. Yes, 3 times.

I do think there were a few parts of the movie where our favorite vampire family were a little too pale. I know that they are vampires and all but being paper white really ruined a few scenes. Ruined??? Not the right word, took away maybe.

Oh, by the way. The bedroom kissing scene was one of my favorites. I can't wait for these guys to get closer and closer!

Kristen, Rob and the rest of the cast:
I can't wait to see the next installment and love you guys to death! If you are ever back in Washington, hit me up for dinner. LOL