back in brisbane

twilight.

a.k.a the time of the day immediately following sunset.

a.k.a the name of stephanie meyer's vampire-based fantasy novel, also adapted onto the silver screen.

today, after relentless searching the entire world wide web for video links to the movie and not to mention several 'fan ban' dvd stores back home for the dvd, i finally paid a good $6.50 to savour it (legally, lol) @myers. i didn't harbour any high expectations for the movie because i have seen sneak previews of scenes online and it was a bit of a let down. but anyways, i was still curious and being an avid fan of the written work, i desperately wanted to watch it, to see words brought to life.

verdict:

i thought the cast was quite the eye candy. i did expect 'rosalie' to be so much more gorgeous though (no offense to the actress, which by the way, looks so much more gorgeous as the brunette that she is in real life). despite my thoughts of rob pattinson not being really THAT adonis-like, i couldn't picture anyone else pulling off as 'edward cullen' physically. kristen stewart, i really heart and think she's one of the most beautiful woman i've seen. everyone else fit their roles fairly well.

acting-wise: well, in all honesty, i reckon rob and kristen could have done better. it could be their slight frigidness of the character's potrayal, or kristen's constant stammering and lip-biting that got me pretty distracted. it was somewhere in the middle of the movie that i felt like i finally, truly, saw 'edward' and 'bella'. i began to regret actually reading the book before the movie. it's always been that way for me, even with the harry potter books.

i must say though, the producers stayed very true to the book. given, of course, some scenes had to be re-written, but the gist of it was always there. i liked that. i left the theater feeling not entirely satisfied. the film was not as memorable as i would have wanted it to be. nonetheless, i was content that my burning curiosity was finally tamed. i do look forward to its sequel, definitely, just to see the pairing of rob and kirsten again. lol. like i said before, i pretty much despised 'new moon's' story.

i don't comprehend the rave reviews of fellow 'twilighters' who have seen it at least twice 5 and possibly even 7 times. maybe it's the handsome cast or maybe i'm just NOT that of die-hard fanatic. and maybe there's something i missed in my interpretation of the novel. oh well.

by the way, guess who completed her twilight saga??? :)

P/S: i can't help but wonder .. would a brunette brittany snow play a better 'bella swan'? *ducks rotten melons by kristen and twilight fans*!

P/P/S: i think i might be graduating earlier than expected ... AWESOME! :)