Twilight (2008/I)

Director:

Catherine Hardwicke

Writers (WGA):

Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay)
Stephenie Meyer (novel)

Release Date:

21 NOVEMBER 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

When you can live forever what do you live for?

Plot:

A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Love | High School | Blood | School

Awards:

19 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Kristen Stewart	...	Bella Swan
Sarah Clarke	...	Renée
Robert Pattinson	...	Edward Cullen
Matt Bushell	...	Phil
Billy Burke	...	Charlie Swan
Gil Birmingham	...	Billy Black
Taylor Lautner	...	Jacob Black
Gregory Tyree Boyce	...	Tyler
Justin Chon	...	Eric Yorkie
Michael Welch	...	Mike Newton
Anna Kendrick	...	Jessica
Christian Serratos	...	Angela
Nikki Reed	...	Rosalie
Kellan Lutz	...	Emmet Cullen
Ashley Greene	...	Alice Cullen

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence and a scene of sensuality.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44786) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Finland:K-13 | Australia:M | Sweden:15 | Norway:11 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Czech Republic:12 | Brazil:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Denmark:11 | Netherlands:12 | South Africa:13V | Taiwan:PG-12 | Spain:13 | Iceland:12 | Mexico:B

Filming Locations:

218 Rim Drive, Washougal, Columbia River Gorge, Washington, USA

Company:

Summit Entertainment

Trivia:

Kristen Stewart wore hair pieces so they didn't have to waste time doing her hair, and therefore had more time to shoot.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the very last scene, Victoria turns to leave the balcony overlooking the gazebo where Bella and Edward are dancing, with her hair tied up. As the camera cuts to her leaving down the stairs, her hair is flowing behind her. Victoria pulled out her hair pin at the top of the stairs.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Isabella Swan: [voiceover] I'd never given much thought to how I would die... But dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hierarchy (2009)

Soundtrack:

15 Step

Pretty Good for What They Had to Work With

I have read the books, and the first thing I noticed was that the story wasn't about a plot line at all. It's about the characters and what's going on with them. Stephenie Meyer focuses on interaction, not on dialog, plot, or setting, which is fine. But it makes for a bad movie.

Surprisingly, Twilight wasn't that bad of a film. I expected it to be much worse. As I said, there's very little plot or dialog in the book, so it's hard to make a convincing film. They had to over act looks to try and communicate without many words. I could probably count on one hand the lines in the movie.

Other than the over acting, it wasn't bad. There were some very good moments and some very "eh" moments. But overall I would recommend it to Twilight fans. But if you see it in the theater, go during a time when all the little junior high and high school girls are in class; your eardrums will thank you for it. And I swear I lost ten IQ points just listening to them.