About Twilight

I can imagine you raise one of your eyebrows (or maybe both) when you read my post's title. And I know it is kind of lame. But yeah, I'm guilty as charged. Ha!

It's not that I'm such a hardcore twihard - believe me, I'm not one of those crazies who think all of Twilight movies are the best (I still wonder how they manage to win The Best Kiss Award consecutively every year since Twilight), but I just feel some people who dislike them dislike them too much. You know what I'm saying? No?

I mean, sure, it's not the best movie in the world, it's a little bit boring (I've just finished re-watching some scenes of Twilight) and sooooo for teenagers. The reason why I want to talk about this because I read many comments (Okay, A LOT) bashing on the actors' acting skills and whatnot. I remember the first time I watched Twilight, I remember how disappointed I was back then. And I thought Robert Pattinson's act was ridiculous and OTT.

But then I watched Water for Elephants and well, there he was, with Reese Witherspoon, acted the way an actor should act. And then it all became clear. There's nothing wrong with the actors' acting skills - I'm not sure about Taylor Lautner though. I mean, honestly, whenever I read Twilight, there has always been this - well, you can call it rejection - force that screams disagreement towards many parts of the story or the characters. Like how vampire sparkles when they were exposed to the sun. Or how it seems that only The Cullens are the beautiful vampires. Or how it was stated that Bella should be a teenager who was much older than her actual age, but all of the emotions that she felt showed how much of a teenager she was.

And this force didn't just stop there. New Moon is a torture, even with the book. I mean I just finished re-read Twilight and I couldn't even bring myself to continue to New Moon, I skipped right to the end. With Eclipse, it's just plain annoying, because if there's one thing Stephenie Meyer can't do, is to be able to make the readers - me - accept Bella's feelings for Jacob. And Breaking Dawn.. What can I say? I love the first part, but the ending disappointed me just as much. The Twilight Saga, no matter how romantic it was (and crazy too), can never win against Harry Potter. At least in my heart.

So back to my point, the actors' acting skills are good. I can see it with Kristen Stewart's performance in her other movies. There's nothing wrong with them. But there's something wrong with Twilight. I don't know whether they tried too hard to absorb the characters' emotions, or that's how they were directed to act - and in this case, directors, you are at fault - but their performance seemed strange.

So really, people, Twilight is ugly because that's how the story actually went. Edward's many painful expressions (yes, he had many painful looks towards Bella in the book), Bella's I-have-no-emotion face. It wasn't without a reason. They just tried to make the book alive!

Anyways, about the movies, I love Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I and I don't get why so many people hate it. I think it was the best Twilight movie so far. Maybe because I'm a girl and I love weddings, and I think it's romantic, and I know what to expect - I don't like Bella's wedding dress though - from Twilight. I mean, Twilight is cheesy at its core. It has never been about action or adventure, and it will never be one. It's a romance-drama. Accept it. And if you're a guy, just don't watch it. :)

But I do agree that Breaking Dawn could actually be done in just one part. But I'm not complaining here, I love details about wedding haha! :p

Oh, and before I forget, one thing that is good about Twilight is the soundtracks!! They're one of the best compilation after Spiderman soundtrack. Seriously, if people check my iTunes they'd be surprised. Bruno Mars, Paramore, Muse, Sleeping at Last, Iron&Wine, Christina Perri, The Black Ghost.. I hope there'll be more for Breaking Dawn Part II!