Ryan Scott
June 30th, 2010, 05:35 PM
I went to see this movie with my wife today. I've seen the other two movies as they've come out on DVD and to this point have read the first two books in the series on which they are based.
If you haven't seen the first two movies, this one's not really for you, so I'm not going to waste much time recapping plot and characters.
This movie was clearly the best in the series. It has a straightforward plot and is almost entirely an action movie. There's the continued love story/triangle from the previous installments, but the action generally moves the plot along. This is a positive.
My favorite character in the whole series is Charlie, Bella's dad. He's got a larger and more fleshed out role in this film, which I liked. I do like Robert Pattinson as an actor - he's not world class, but usually holds his own alright. They say acting is all about choices and the choices he made with the Edward character just continue to come out wrong. This being the third movie, we're all well over that by now. Taylor Lautner has improved in his acting ability and makes the occasional line almost believable.
No one is expecting a masterpiece out of Twilight, so lowered expectations certainly help the movie (along with the abysmal quality of the first one). The special effect are alright, but nothing great. I wasn't bored and didn't fall asleep. It didn't seem too long and the plot is mostly believable (within the world that was already created).
One thing I will give them a lot of credit for is the directing this time around. The final scene in the movie is sort of a monologue explaining some of the emotions of the main character. Normally these are cheesy, unimaginative choices by the director, in this case it really helps to put into perspective the more glaring question involved in these movies: "Why would this girl even be interested in this scrawny little guy, especially when she has the hunky werewolf as an option?"
The books do a better job dealing with those questions, now I'm willing to give the movies a little more credit in going there.
Overall, we're not talking awards season here, but its more than passable, not frustrating (for the most part) and I'm relatively ambivalent about it. Which, for me, is a pretty good review.
If you haven't seen the first two movies, this one's not really for you, so I'm not going to waste much time recapping plot and characters.
This movie was clearly the best in the series. It has a straightforward plot and is almost entirely an action movie. There's the continued love story/triangle from the previous installments, but the action generally moves the plot along. This is a positive.
My favorite character in the whole series is Charlie, Bella's dad. He's got a larger and more fleshed out role in this film, which I liked. I do like Robert Pattinson as an actor - he's not world class, but usually holds his own alright. They say acting is all about choices and the choices he made with the Edward character just continue to come out wrong. This being the third movie, we're all well over that by now. Taylor Lautner has improved in his acting ability and makes the occasional line almost believable.
No one is expecting a masterpiece out of Twilight, so lowered expectations certainly help the movie (along with the abysmal quality of the first one). The special effect are alright, but nothing great. I wasn't bored and didn't fall asleep. It didn't seem too long and the plot is mostly believable (within the world that was already created).
One thing I will give them a lot of credit for is the directing this time around. The final scene in the movie is sort of a monologue explaining some of the emotions of the main character. Normally these are cheesy, unimaginative choices by the director, in this case it really helps to put into perspective the more glaring question involved in these movies: "Why would this girl even be interested in this scrawny little guy, especially when she has the hunky werewolf as an option?"
The books do a better job dealing with those questions, now I'm willing to give the movies a little more credit in going there.
Overall, we're not talking awards season here, but its more than passable, not frustrating (for the most part) and I'm relatively ambivalent about it. Which, for me, is a pretty good review.