Twilight. Hmm..

Okay so after hearing months of people talking about this movie Twilight, I finally sat down and watched it.
For those of you who are not familiar with Twilight (You must live under a rock you lucky person you), here is a hard and fast review.
Twilight is a movie based on the Twilight books by Stephanie Myer (No I have not read them.)
These books and the movie follow the saga of two teenagers in love, Edward and Bella. Same old, same old, Right? Well...with one difference. Edward is a vampire.

In the movie, Bella has come to live with her dad for a bit while her mom (they are divorced) goes off to chill with her new hubby. Bella makes some preliminary friends but seems to find a certain boy very odd in an interesting sort of way. Edward Cullen. He seems to have a problem with her but seems to be drawn to her in an odd sort of way. He tells her vague ominous things, tells her they shouldn't know each other. But Bella refuses to back down and they fall in love. But falling in love with Edward has its price. See Edward is a vampire. He lives with other vampires. They all seem to be good guys. the problem is that not all vampires are good like Edward. Take James for instance. James likes to eat people. James catches wind of Bella (literally) and begins to hunt her. Its a thrill for him. And no one will be able to stop him. Except for Edward and his vamp buddies. They bond together to protect Bella from James. They do and it all ends with Edward promising to stay with Bella. I know. I suck at recapping. Just go watch the movie. Now, if you are sensitive to Twilight bashing, I apologize. I have my reasons though. Let us count them!

(These are in no particular order.)
The Acting. Aside from Edward and Carlisle, the acting in this movie lacks ALOT. The girl who plays Bella seems to have a lack of any emotion except hysteria and pain. Patterson (edward) isn't all that good but he just has that creepy vibe down.

The Plot
The plot just seemed kind of lacking. Since I have not read the books I do not know if its merely the interpretation of the books that is lacking or if Myers isn't that great of an author. (I have a hunch its a mixture of both). The plot seemed tired and forced. It moved so fast, refusing to slow down for any real character development. It felt like the directors/ writers were saying "Heres the characters, take em or leave em". I felt no real attachment to any of the characters.

The Eddy/Bella Relationship
I think this is more my issue with the actual relationship of these two characters. I don't know, maybe the book establishes why they love each other in a better way than the movie did. Let me make this clear. I am not a feminist who hates all chick flicks. I love them actually. I am a girl after all. So this is not me bashing this movie for being a love movie. I have an issue with the fact that the Ed/Bell relationship is not a loving one. I know I might get flack for that but its how I feel. Their relationship was an abrupt one, they seemed to be "In love" in a matter of minutes. Really for a while I could not tell if Bella liked edward or was terrified of him. I could rant on this for hours but I will just summarize by saying, Their relationship was less of a romantic one and more of the relationship between a fateful piece of cake and its consumer. They seemed drawn to each other for no other reason than he was a vampire and she was unique to him (he couldn't read her mind and Eddy can read everyones mind)

So thats it. The Special Effects were amazing. The scenery was breathtaking but overall I did not like Twilight. I am tired of Twilight actually. Tired of seeing its posters and shirts. So please just let it pass. Give me some peace until its sequel comes out (I hope not but the realist side of me knows one is coming...*sigh*)