Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2009 21:30:09 GMT
Goodness, that's a really long response. Most everything you listed as not liking, I actually thought worked well. Of course, I dislike the books and was expecting the film to be cheesy and low-budget and such. It didn't disappoint. I'll have to dig up my initial response from my computer, and I know I'll be watching it again soon so my opinion might change. This is all based off what I remember from my first and only viewing of the movie.
So far as rushing things, the books are about 2500 pages total, according to Amazon, and probably 80% of that is filler, so of course they had to cut it down and put the non-romantic plot in the middle of the story as opposed to at the end like in Twilight, the book. Plus there's been all sorts of trouble with directors and Summit wanting to rush New Moon for the monies. Your prediction that they're going to lose the feel of the series is probably spot on. Unrealistically, I really want them to skip New Moon and Eclipse and go right to Breaking Dawn and work on that one until it's perfect... and exactly like the book.
Also, re: 5. I think that was to help introduce the evil vampire plot earlier than in the books. I don't think it had much of anything to do with Bella and Charlie being endearing (as the movie actually does better making them seem like a family than the books), but was there to move the film forward. I don't recall that part well, so I might be wrong.
RPattz and KStew did well portraying what I view to be flat, unsympathetic characters and added a layer of emotion and likability the originals were lacking. Actually, most of the actors did that. Everyone in the movie seemed like real people instead of plot devices, static characters, or sociopaths. The supporting characters really did steal the show, though. The movie had some great little quips here and there, and they got the majority of them.
That scene in the biology class where the owl's wings look like their sprouting out of Edward's back made me laugh. It was so obviously intentional. His reaction to Bella's scent, too, was wonderful. He looked like he was going to vomit. Actually, a lot of scenes made me laugh. The sparkle one, however, was sadly too short. At least he made twinkling noises to make up for the length.
RPattz did say he was going to play Edward as he read him, in other words as a manic-depressive who hates himself, and I feel that he lived up to that promise. I honestly kept expecting him to suddenly slap Bella for some random reason (Midnight Sun really shows this aspect, which is where I think he got the diagnosis). Because of that, the tension between Edward and Bella, and the danger Edward posed, seemed a lot more natural as opposed to forced and awkward, like how it was described in the stories.
Random stuff: I actually dressed up as a version of Edward for the midnight viewing in my area. Unfortunately it was the obscure Spanish Influenza Edward so I don't think anybody realized who I was supposed to be. And, since this is a discussion of the movie, I feel I must link to Twilight in 15 Minutes.
So far as rushing things, the books are about 2500 pages total, according to Amazon, and probably 80% of that is filler, so of course they had to cut it down and put the non-romantic plot in the middle of the story as opposed to at the end like in Twilight, the book. Plus there's been all sorts of trouble with directors and Summit wanting to rush New Moon for the monies. Your prediction that they're going to lose the feel of the series is probably spot on. Unrealistically, I really want them to skip New Moon and Eclipse and go right to Breaking Dawn and work on that one until it's perfect... and exactly like the book.
Also, re: 5. I think that was to help introduce the evil vampire plot earlier than in the books. I don't think it had much of anything to do with Bella and Charlie being endearing (as the movie actually does better making them seem like a family than the books), but was there to move the film forward. I don't recall that part well, so I might be wrong.
RPattz and KStew did well portraying what I view to be flat, unsympathetic characters and added a layer of emotion and likability the originals were lacking. Actually, most of the actors did that. Everyone in the movie seemed like real people instead of plot devices, static characters, or sociopaths. The supporting characters really did steal the show, though. The movie had some great little quips here and there, and they got the majority of them.
That scene in the biology class where the owl's wings look like their sprouting out of Edward's back made me laugh. It was so obviously intentional. His reaction to Bella's scent, too, was wonderful. He looked like he was going to vomit. Actually, a lot of scenes made me laugh. The sparkle one, however, was sadly too short. At least he made twinkling noises to make up for the length.
RPattz did say he was going to play Edward as he read him, in other words as a manic-depressive who hates himself, and I feel that he lived up to that promise. I honestly kept expecting him to suddenly slap Bella for some random reason (Midnight Sun really shows this aspect, which is where I think he got the diagnosis). Because of that, the tension between Edward and Bella, and the danger Edward posed, seemed a lot more natural as opposed to forced and awkward, like how it was described in the stories.
Random stuff: I actually dressed up as a version of Edward for the midnight viewing in my area. Unfortunately it was the obscure Spanish Influenza Edward so I don't think anybody realized who I was supposed to be. And, since this is a discussion of the movie, I feel I must link to Twilight in 15 Minutes.