I avoided this thread, I swore I wouldn't read it,,, but it's late, I'm bored, and waiting for a couple of pies to finish before I can sleep.
I haven't read the books, Steven keeps insisting I do that, my principal is reading them! I watched the movie at home with Steven the day it came it on DVD, didn't see it in the theatre which was a very good thing I would have been drawn and quartered by the teen scene. The acting was atrocious! When Edward makes Bella say "Vampire" it just solidified in my mind that the poor girl just can't act, there was no emotion, fright, nervousness, nothing. It's like they all over-dosed on Botox or something.
I did enjoy the kitchen scene when they go to all the trouble and she tries to be nice but he tells them she already ate. Then her comment about she'll be the meal if she says anything.
The bad vamps were parodies, but the tracker James wasn't too bad.
My favorite character though was Alice, she was very graceful and carried off her part very well I thought. She's a good pitcher too, good form, looks like she took ballet, and her facial expressions were good. I liked the part where she jumps on the tracker and rips his head off.
There is supposed to be so much tension between the vamps and the wolf clans, but they don't carry it off very well. Just glaring at each other doesn't make it work.
I had to get up and take a break a few times the first time we watched the movie at home, I watched it a second time and tried to have a more open mind considering it is written for a very young group. They don't look for plot, character development, story-lines or anything like that; they look for spiky hair, brooding eyes, and pale faces! Looking at it like a child, I enjoyed it more.
EDTA: Did you notice when running through the wood wearing Bella's jacket, Rosalee rubbed against the tree, but she also breathed on it, to purposely let the tracker know what they were doing?
