I just saw Twilight, the movie, today. I was supposed to watch it with Noel, but he had to be with his dad who's still in the hospital. I got disappointed and I hate myself for feeling that way. It wasn't his fault. It's nobody's fault. It's just that it's shaken my equilibrium. Dunno why exactly. Maybe because I've already pictured myself watching the movie with him or maybe because I just finished reading Breaking Dawn last night (well more like earlier today - my eyes wouldn't stop reading until "the end") and I had this unstoppable urge to see the movie or maybe it's because I've been waiting for it since the 21st of this month. Anyway, Noel promised to watch the movie with me this Saturday (I'm not crossing my fingers on that one). But, I'm just so human and so weak so I gave in to the urge of watching the movie...by myself and I'm glad I did.
Good thing about movie reviews is that you can set your expectation level based on them. I read the reviews for Twilight (film) so I didn't expect much. Still, I was hopeful. It turned out to be okay and I guess that's the problem. I was really hoping or wishing it to be good. I don't know what the reviewers meant when they said "faithful adaptation" of the book. It was a good adaptation, but not faithful. The first kiss (as it was portrayed in the movie) for instance was not done in Bella's room. Anyway, the scriptwriter and the director were brilliant. If it weren't for these seemingly little things they overlooked, I might've considered the movie great. They were glaring to me. I read 4 books and nowhere there can I remember Edward Cullen having stubbles or being sweaty (in some scenes). And, I wish they did something to the camera so that the vampire faces wouldn't be too cakey.
Kristen Stewart played Bella so well. I couldn't have hoped for a better actress for this character. Wow! Alice was so likeable like in the book. Rosalie was not really the most beautiful woman in the world in the movie but yeah she was hostile to Bella. I guess Pattinson would do a better job on the next movie. Anyhow, I guess I'll be looking forward to that.
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