TWILIGHT
"B+" Rating by Robert W. Hammerle
Catherine Hardwicke's "Twilight" reflects all the wondrous awkwardness and charm of teenage angst. It is innocent, beguiling, stumbling and romantic. It makes you long for the days when most of us suppressed desires to become teenage vampires!
For those of you who are clueless concerning the plot of the "Twilight" books series, it follows the tale of a group of young vampires and their relationship with the local populace. To the extent anyone would dismiss such a premise as lightweight fluff reflects to a great extent how out of touch one is with today's youth.
Kristen Stewart, who stood out as the earthy waif in Sean Penn's memorable "Into the Wild" (2007), plays Bella Swan, a young girl who leaves Phoenix to live with her divorced father in the State of Washington when her mother decides to relocate with her new husband, a minor league baseball player. Her father (Billy Burke), a small town sheriff, is as excited to have her back as he is incapable of emotionally showing it.
Arriving at her new school, she is instantly mesmerized by a fellow student, Edward Cullen, played with understated ferocity by the incredibly good-looking Robert Pattinson. Pattinson and Stewart begin an exotic social dance around one another, which culminates in a pivotal scene where he saves her from certain death in a car crash that clearly demonstrates that he is anything but normal.
Without giving anything materially away, Mr. Pattinson's group of vampires belong to a family that feeds only on animals to satisfy their blood lust. Despite that fact, darkness begins to descend on the entire local community as people start to show up dead as a result of suspected animal attacks. Thereafter, vampires turn on vampires as humans become allied with one side.
I must admit that there are some marvelous dramatic moments as Ms. Stewart is put in harm's way as a result of the mutual commitment between her and Mr. Pattinson. What fascinated me about "Twilight" is that it is one of the rarest of Hollywood movies in the sense that it is directly aimed at teenage girls, an almost forgotten Hollywood demographic.
Clearly, as much as you can rightfully praise movies such as "Knocked-Up" (2007), "Superbad" (2007), "Pineapple Express" (2008) and this year's wholesomely demented "Role Models," young women are an afterthought as a target audience. Like it or not, these films are aimed at young men, and the various studios count on women to go along as their long-suffering dates.
"Twilight" is different. It is demonstrably obvious from the emotional response of the many teenage girls attending this movie that they not only thought it was splendid, but clearly viscerally related to the various relationships portrayed on the screen. Following that thought, I don't see how a so-called adult can properly review this film without being in the company of young people anymore than one could adequately review a Tyler Perry film without sitting in the midst of a largely African American audience.
Having seen this film with my Saudi exchange student, "Z," it was clear that he and the other teenagers in the audience knew exactly what was going on. All of them exhibited a joyful reaction to this fine little film from beginning to end.
Given Ms. Hardwicke's wonderful work in previous films such as "Thirteen" (2003) and "Lords of Dogtown" (2005), it is not surprising that she would capture the essence of the convoluted nature of teenage existence. Languid in its pace and extraordinarily beautifully photographed, she has produced a poetic reflection of teenage romance.
As I left the theater and contemplated the surprising dramatic quality of "Twilight," I was reminded of an old Mark Twain quote, "Youth is such a wonderful thing. What a pity that it is wasted on the young." Set aside your skepticism and go see "Twilight" and dare to experience the mixed blessings of being young again.
"B+" Rating by Robert W. Hammerle
Catherine Hardwicke's "Twilight" reflects all the wondrous awkwardness and charm of teenage angst. It is innocent, beguiling, stumbling and romantic. It makes you long for the days when most of us suppressed desires to become teenage vampires!
For those of you who are clueless concerning the plot of the "Twilight" books series, it follows the tale of a group of young vampires and their relationship with the local populace. To the extent anyone would dismiss such a premise as lightweight fluff reflects to a great extent how out of touch one is with today's youth.
Kristen Stewart, who stood out as the earthy waif in Sean Penn's memorable "Into the Wild" (2007), plays Bella Swan, a young girl who leaves Phoenix to live with her divorced father in the State of Washington when her mother decides to relocate with her new husband, a minor league baseball player. Her father (Billy Burke), a small town sheriff, is as excited to have her back as he is incapable of emotionally showing it.
Arriving at her new school, she is instantly mesmerized by a fellow student, Edward Cullen, played with understated ferocity by the incredibly good-looking Robert Pattinson. Pattinson and Stewart begin an exotic social dance around one another, which culminates in a pivotal scene where he saves her from certain death in a car crash that clearly demonstrates that he is anything but normal.
Without giving anything materially away, Mr. Pattinson's group of vampires belong to a family that feeds only on animals to satisfy their blood lust. Despite that fact, darkness begins to descend on the entire local community as people start to show up dead as a result of suspected animal attacks. Thereafter, vampires turn on vampires as humans become allied with one side.
I must admit that there are some marvelous dramatic moments as Ms. Stewart is put in harm's way as a result of the mutual commitment between her and Mr. Pattinson. What fascinated me about "Twilight" is that it is one of the rarest of Hollywood movies in the sense that it is directly aimed at teenage girls, an almost forgotten Hollywood demographic.
Clearly, as much as you can rightfully praise movies such as "Knocked-Up" (2007), "Superbad" (2007), "Pineapple Express" (2008) and this year's wholesomely demented "Role Models," young women are an afterthought as a target audience. Like it or not, these films are aimed at young men, and the various studios count on women to go along as their long-suffering dates.
"Twilight" is different. It is demonstrably obvious from the emotional response of the many teenage girls attending this movie that they not only thought it was splendid, but clearly viscerally related to the various relationships portrayed on the screen. Following that thought, I don't see how a so-called adult can properly review this film without being in the company of young people anymore than one could adequately review a Tyler Perry film without sitting in the midst of a largely African American audience.
Having seen this film with my Saudi exchange student, "Z," it was clear that he and the other teenagers in the audience knew exactly what was going on. All of them exhibited a joyful reaction to this fine little film from beginning to end.
Given Ms. Hardwicke's wonderful work in previous films such as "Thirteen" (2003) and "Lords of Dogtown" (2005), it is not surprising that she would capture the essence of the convoluted nature of teenage existence. Languid in its pace and extraordinarily beautifully photographed, she has produced a poetic reflection of teenage romance.
As I left the theater and contemplated the surprising dramatic quality of "Twilight," I was reminded of an old Mark Twain quote, "Youth is such a wonderful thing. What a pity that it is wasted on the young." Set aside your skepticism and go see "Twilight" and dare to experience the mixed blessings of being young again.
it's about bella's and edward's wedding night
My dream day was here
i was glad and excited
i felt like my life's meaning was clear
to walk down the isle with my sweet prince
i thank god for this gift
edward love of mine,
tonight i'm yours for the first time
just to think about it
sends shivers down my spine
put your cold hand in mine
so i can show you the way to a place you've never been
right there on my body
felling a way a woman should feel
when you touch me
when you kiss me
when you're deep inside me
the cold, the pain nothing matters
this night will not be in vain
My dream day was here
i was glad and excited
i felt like my life's meaning was clear
to walk down the isle with my sweet prince
i thank god for this gift
edward love of mine,
tonight i'm yours for the first time
just to think about it
sends shivers down my spine
put your cold hand in mine
so i can show you the way to a place you've never been
right there on my body
felling a way a woman should feel
when you touch me
when you kiss me
when you're deep inside me
the cold, the pain nothing matters
this night will not be in vain
The on-screen couple recently lit up the red carpet at the Twilight premiere on Monday night with the rest of the cast.
An insider reveals the secrets behind the set about the couple to the magazine: “Kristen and Rob bonded from the moment they met. They got along so well that people were convinced they were secretly in love. She [Kristen] and Rob had a lot in common, and it didn’t take long for them to develop a very close relationship.”
The insider also had to share: “They were very touchy-feely around each other and they seemed to share a lot of inside jokes.”
Maybe there’s more than just movie magic going on, but we highly doubt it. Kristen, 18, has been dating actor Michael Angarano for, as she puts it, “forever.”
in the mood to be random again. *sighs*
I wrote a Article Last week on how Twilight found me, saying that the Cover did in fact haunt me.
but since i finally cave in and read. i realize that the Haunting is not over.
I'm Obsessed it's true, but this is turning scaryyyyy
I'm a disney fan okay, majorly and well..i was watching "101 Dalma.." you know, anyways, i was watching it to get my mind off of Twilight for once...
and something just jumped up in my face i thought i would share.
one of the Charaters is named Jasper.
the "Call" that the dogs do at night to send a message, is called
TWILIGHT Bark.
yeah...am i going insane? i think so..only i put in "21" with Jim surgess okay..and at the end of the movie he did something completely crazy he said a line from the Book.
"so, do i Dazzle you?"
I decided to turn off the TV and go to bed..sad thing is, the only thing i dream about is Edward.
should i be scared? O_______o
I wrote a Article Last week on how Twilight found me, saying that the Cover did in fact haunt me.
but since i finally cave in and read. i realize that the Haunting is not over.
I'm Obsessed it's true, but this is turning scaryyyyy
I'm a disney fan okay, majorly and well..i was watching "101 Dalma.." you know, anyways, i was watching it to get my mind off of Twilight for once...
and something just jumped up in my face i thought i would share.
one of the Charaters is named Jasper.
the "Call" that the dogs do at night to send a message, is called
TWILIGHT Bark.
yeah...am i going insane? i think so..only i put in "21" with Jim surgess okay..and at the end of the movie he did something completely crazy he said a line from the Book.
"so, do i Dazzle you?"
I decided to turn off the TV and go to bed..sad thing is, the only thing i dream about is Edward.
should i be scared? O_______o
Okay so I was watching an interview that Twilight Lexicon did with Taylor Lautner when they were filming the scenes in La Push.
(you can watch it here link)
Taylor talks about the general things, what they're filming etc. We also find out that he's giving the truck to Bella.
And then it gets interesting.
Near the end he mentions the werewolf transformations, and how he wants to know what he's going to look like. He also says that hair and make-up and wardrobe are having meetings with the director.
Hmmm..do you think that we'll see the werewolves in this movie, or will there be a New Moon movie? Fingers-crossed!
Tell me what you think please.
(you can watch it here link)
Taylor talks about the general things, what they're filming etc. We also find out that he's giving the truck to Bella.
And then it gets interesting.
Near the end he mentions the werewolf transformations, and how he wants to know what he's going to look like. He also says that hair and make-up and wardrobe are having meetings with the director.
Hmmm..do you think that we'll see the werewolves in this movie, or will there be a New Moon movie? Fingers-crossed!
Tell me what you think please.