The Twilight film and a happy thing
Apr. 16th, 2009 09:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vickyduckyA friend of mine at work, who I lent Twilight the book to, and got her hooked on them, lent me her copy of the DVD and I managed to watch it this afternoon. All in all I enjoyed it. I do wonder how much of it would have made sense if I hadn't already known what was going on. The adaptation was a bit odd - in places it was lingering almost to the point of slow and yet other, actiony bits seemed really rushed and not given the emphasis and time they deserved (I'm thinking of when Edward saves Bella from being crushed by the truck and the climactic scenes with James).
Robert Pattinson was really excellent. I thought he really got into the skin of Edward. I'd like to know how his accent sounded to Americans because it seemed really good to me - but what do I know? I didn't like Kristen Stewart as Bella nearly so much. She looked right but she just kind of kept twitching and shrugging all the time - very off-putting. It took me a while to realise why she seemed so familiar and it is because she looks so like Sigourney Weaver. Are they related, I wonder? The rest of the Cullens (especially Rose) looked very like I'd imagined them, except Carlisle who reminded me of a character in one of the Star Treks. Jacob was younger than I'd pictured - but then he's supposed to be in book 1. How will they deal with him growing when he becomes a wolf, I wonder? I have a vague memory of reading someone on lj being very disparaging about the vampires make-up but I thought it worked well.
And Hip Hip Hooray! I got my first review for Indian Summer on FictionAlley.
Robert Pattinson was really excellent. I thought he really got into the skin of Edward. I'd like to know how his accent sounded to Americans because it seemed really good to me - but what do I know? I didn't like Kristen Stewart as Bella nearly so much. She looked right but she just kind of kept twitching and shrugging all the time - very off-putting. It took me a while to realise why she seemed so familiar and it is because she looks so like Sigourney Weaver. Are they related, I wonder? The rest of the Cullens (especially Rose) looked very like I'd imagined them, except Carlisle who reminded me of a character in one of the Star Treks. Jacob was younger than I'd pictured - but then he's supposed to be in book 1. How will they deal with him growing when he becomes a wolf, I wonder? I have a vague memory of reading someone on lj being very disparaging about the vampires make-up but I thought it worked well.
And Hip Hip Hooray! I got my first review for Indian Summer on FictionAlley.
