I Love Twilight

We went into the theatre tonight with very low expectations. I mean, Antartica low. Hell low. The DIRT in Hell low. And guess what?

The movie exceeded our expectations! That's right... we actually didn't hate something related to Twilight. In fact, we enjoyed the movie. As self-professed Twilight haters, all of the crap the film makers changed from the book (which fans will despise), we liked.

So, on to specifics (spoilers ahead):

Likes:
At the beginning, the awkwardness between Bella and Charlie was portrayed very nicely, very believably.
Throughout the film, Bella keeps her friends around. She doesn't just ditch them because Edward says they're shallow. Although she's shown as a bit Mary Sue at the beginning, she quickly moves on (and so do the guys).
The scene where Edward confesses his vampirism. I know it wasn't in the book... but I thought it wa done beautifully. During the scene, the camera angles make it seem like someone is watching them, even though they're alone (I thought that was cool).
Bella has real dilogue. She sounds like a teenager (not a college graduate *cough*pemeable*). The only she used a word over four syllables was during a quote taken directly from the book... not criticize it or anything.
There was sexual tension!!! After Bella found out Edward was a vampire, there was a scene where he was an inch away from her... and the camera movd away. It was great...
THE KISS!!! It wasn't a chaste kiss, born out of fluffy meaningless crap. Before the kiss, Bella and Edward developed a relationship, and by the time they finally kissed, the sexual tension was off the charts. And the kiss was... not innocent.

James.

Dislikes:
The guy that played Mike looked compleyely star-struck by Kristen.
Rosalie. Her character was annoyingly one-dimensional... as were the rest of the Cullens. Of course, they couldn't help it- they had almost NO screentime.
While it was comical, the fight scene disturbed us. I mean, the camera was focusing on everyone swooning over Bella, while in the background Rosalie and Emmet were tearing James to shreds. That is NOT a background scene!
We understand that the ending had to be open... but the shot of Victoria at the end was overkill. Seriously.Just end it with Bella and Edward dancing.

This is why I should be president.

-TS and BJ