Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope every ones Thanksgiving was wonderful, mine was pretty good. My dad and I went to get spiral Christmas trees for our front yard, and then we put them out. After that we ate. (and it was all delicious so I overstuffed myself x_x.) Then I passed out on the couch for an hour and spent the rest of the evening playing Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, and taking care of the neighbor dog who I'm petsitting currently.

I'm going to do two posts tonight. One on Twilight, and the other on ToS:DOTNW. That game...has made me laugh, and smile SO much. Not as good as the first, but it's definitely one I'll treasure.

I realized earlier that I hadn't done a post on the Twilight movie. So I decided I'd post some of my personal opinions up.

I'll admit..if you didn't get this from my one post, I wasn't going in expecting it to be great. So I wasn't surprised when I was disappointed with a lot of it. There WERE elements I liked though. Very much.

I'll list those first. I thought that Kellan Lutz as Emmett did an AMAZING job. Every time he was on screen he actually FELT like Emmett. Even the way he held himself was in character to Emmett Cullen. He was the only actor I was actually THRILLED with in the movie. I really wish they would of given him more screen time even though Emmett didn't really get a lot of attention until Breaking Dawn.

The other characters I was OK with were - Jacob, Alice, Esme, Carlisle, Mike, Charlie, James, Victoria, and Jessica.

While Charlie was the complete OPPOSITE of how I pictured him I actually enjoyed every time he was on screen. I never thought Charlie got enough attention in the books. Especially the first. So the subtle threatening of Edward, and the added pepper spray stuff was amusing.

I thought that the way they opened the movie with the deer running in the forest and then having a vampire attack it was very well done. I wasn't excited UNTIL that started. Then I felt the static electricity of excitement shooting through the room and it was affecting me as well.

The Baseball scene was epic. I thought that it was extremely well done, and very cool. Especially when Emmett and Edward collided in the air. Along with the added scene in the kitchen where they were making Bella something to eat when she was coming over. "How do you know she even LIKES Italian?"

"Her names BELLA!"

Now onto the disappointments-

Edward and Bella. I flat out didn't like them. Whenever they were on screen it felt DEPRESSING. I thought their way of speaking sounded MONOTONE. There wasn't a very large range of emotion. Even when they were happy it felt exactly the same as when they were in the hospital having that little fight.

I also thought that Edward just seemed so AWKWARD. In the books Edward was more 18th century than modern teenager. In the movie he was just an awkward teen with the urge to drink blood. I couldn't even THINK of him as Edward. Same with Bella. They weren't the characters, they were just people with the same name. I was cringing when they had Edward even mention the word sex because it just felt so out of character. He couldn't even say it in the third book when he had been with Bella for over a year, let alone for a couple weeks/months.

I thought they were concentrating too much on the high school scene in the movie. They had 2 hours to work with, and most of it was Bella at school. They completely botched the ending, but they managed to make room for Jessica to say that her boobs looked great in a dress. Let alone the fact that they made Angela seem so SHALLOW. UGH. Oh, and that Eric was completely different. He was funny, yes, but he was supposed to be a DORK. I hate the fact that they manage to change almost every character just because they can. WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CHARACTERS BEFORE? The teenage lingo was overdone as well. Nobody, and I mean nobody talks like that. At least no one I know.

I don't think they touched down on the subject that the Cullens were vampires. They didn't even MENTION that Jasper had a special ability. Alice's was barely used. Edward said he read minds and that's how he found her at Port Angeles, but that was IT.

Let alone that they did the ending all backward. They basically took out Jasper, and Alice's most important parts. If you've read the books you would know that Alice doesn't have a vision of something until AFTER a person makes a decision. In the movie they had her see the Ballet studio before Bella even DECIDED to go. In the movie Bella gets the phone call after Alice see's the Ballet studio, and THEN she decides to go. She also sits there saying whatever she wants into the phone instead of the well thought out strategy that Jame's had in the book. Jasper, and Alice SHOULD have been able to hear her, but no. Suddenly Vampire's hearing is the same as anyone elses. Go. Figure.

Then at the airport when Bella had to use some brain power, and sneak away from Jasper by slipping out the other exit of a bathroom, and then hailing a taxi as fast as she could. Then RUNNING to the ballet studio so that they didn't get to her before she made it and stop her. Do you think they did that? No. Do you think they even TRIED to make it look challenging? No. SHE WALKS OUT THE DOORS, AND GETS IN A TAXI. THAT. WAS. IT. It's almost INSULTING to the characters. It makes Jasper and Alice seem PATHETIC. It also took away how much of a genius James' REALLY was. Instead they just had him as a bloodthirsty Vampire who wanted a fight. The thrill of the hunt was barely there.

The battle scene, even though it wasn't necessary, was entertaining enough. I don't have much to say on that part. I understand that they were going to make it as appealing as they could. It would draw more of an audience if there is some epic battle at the end. I can live with that. The noises Bella was making before and while Edward was sucking her blood was creeping me out though. xD; I wish they would of just LET her have her eyes closed like she was supposed to. I, as horrible as it is, started laughing at one point. When she crossed her eyes...it just made me laugh. You just wanted to go "GIRL, JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES YOU PSYCHO."

I DID find it amusing that it was Alice that went over and broke James' neck. Alice you badass you.

Then the prom. It was cute. I got bored when Edward, and Bella were dancing. xD It just seemed to never END. I did get exasperated when they walked in and I saw the back of Victoria's head, and then when she was upstairs looking out at them dancing. I'd like to point out that EDWARD WOULD HEAR WHATEVER SHE WAS THINKING. I KNOW they wanted to make sure people knew there was more to come, but REALLY. EDWARD WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE!

So as Twilight being turned into a movie I give it 2 and 1/2 out of 5 stars. Maybe 3 stars. Emmett gets a whole star for himself.

As just a regular movie it would be a 3 and a half to 4 stars from me.

It just felt rushed in my opinion. It could of been worse. Much much worse.

So Happy Turkey Day everyone, and if you see Twilight then I hope you enjoy it more than I did.

Peace~