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Twilight (2008)

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

Teenage girl meets and falls in love with most beautiful boy in school. But, turns out he's a vampire. But not just your average blood sucking, burns in daylight, only awake at night vampire. Edward Cullen (Pattinson) is a vegetarian vampire, only feeds off animals, never sleeps and sparkles in the sunshine. Bella (Stewart) moves to Forks, WA to give her mother and new husband some time alone, and spend more time with her father, Chief Swan (Billy Burke) the sheriff of this small, nearly sun-less town. To the surprise of this humane vampire, Bella turns out to be the most appetizing of all other humans. He struggles with his desire to get the know this seemingly insignificant girl and killing her. The Cullen family supports Edwards in whatever he feels is the best way in dealing with the "Bella" situation, but the more he gets to know her, the more his feelings for her change. Bella is also quite intrigued by Edward and eventually finds out his secret. To is complete dismay, she actually pursues a relationship with him. Though it is Edward's struggle with this new relationship that is greater. He finds he is always saving her from peril, dangers he takes full responsibility for.

First I have to say, if you have read the book, you may be highly disappointed. Personally, I watched the movie and went out and bought the first book of the series the same night. Immediately I was hooked. But upon re-watching the movie, I found that so much of the storyline had been cut from the movie and that we didn't get to see the deeper levels of the relationship between Bella and Edward. Nor did we really get to know Alice Cullen, Edward's adoptive sister (Ashley Greene). The supportive cast is good, but not great. The location where the film was shot was excellent. If you are a Twilight fan, you are going to "like" this movie, not love it. This movie is definitely geared more to the young adults.

Favorite Scene:

The scene between Bella and Edward in Biology class. In this moment, Edward lets his guard down and tries to get to know Bella.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etXBoFKkxNw&feature=related