The premise, though, is not new. Bella, portrayed as an independently-minded young woman, develops a dogged attraction to Edward that borders on obsession. Professing her trust in him not to eat her is one thing, but pushing the poor boy to the edge of his self-control is another. Though Edward refers to Bella as his own personal brand of heroin, it is she who seems to have an unhealthy addiction to the reticent vampire.
For teens determined to see their literary characters brought to the big screen, this adaptation contains only a trio or so of profanities. Yet pushed between the lines of stammering, often stumbling dialogue are the murders of at least two residents, a near fatal car accident, bloody injuries from a hand-to-hand struggle, and the dismemberment and burning of a vampire. Forced to move to a new school mid-year is unsettling for Bella, although her new classmates warmly welcome her.
Another group of students, however, remain on the fringes of the group. Two youth are sent to the hospital after a near fatal car accident. A group of beer-toting male teens surround a lone girl on a dark street and threaten her. A vampire bites the necks of his victims. Two men are chased, attacked and killed by vampires deaths occur off-screen. The covered corpse of one victim is seen. A girl is injured by a glass shard in her leg and nearly killed during a brutal fight between two vampires.
Bloody injuries are portrayed. Characters are thrown into mirrors, across a room and through windows during the brawl.
One character is beheaded, dismembered and burned without graphic detail. Illustrated depictions of death are seen in a book. A teenage boy asks a teen girl to a dance and she declines. A man talks about having dressed up as Santa when a teen girl was young and a woman describes him as "Butt crack Santa. A teen vampire boy and a teen girl flirt in several scenes. Three vampires threaten to attack a teen girl and other vampires snarl and hiss and threaten them.
A vampire threatens to kill a teen girl's mother. A woman describes a teen girl falling down a flight of stairs and crashing through a glass window and we see a girl imagining the fall. A vampire tracks a teen girl, and he stops and breathes in deeply sniffing the air for a scent. We see a frightened deer running through a forest and it is caught by someone we can barely make out the scene.
A vampire stands in the sun and we see his skin becomes translucent. A teen girl opens a car door and accidentally strikes a teen boy that's standing nearby. A teen boy is struck in the back of the head by a volleyball. A teen girl slips on ice and falls on the ground she's OK. Bella's dad and his friend stock up with cans of beer for an afternoon together but aren't actually shown drinking them.
Bella gives her dad an unopened can of beer in one scene. Parents need to know that this adaptation of author Stephenie Meyer 's youth culture phenomenon Twilight was one of the most anticipated movies of Millions of kids 10 to 18 have read the books, and many more are familiar with them. Like the novel, the film features an intense romantic relationship between a gorgeous vampire and a human girl. There are a few kisses and several stares, hand touches, and embraces. One make-out session takes place on a bed with the girl in her underwear, but it's abruptly stopped.
The movie's violence is mostly implied, but there's one particularly disturbing scene involving vampires, blood, a bitten human with a broken limb, and the destruction of an evil vampire.
Language and drinking aren't issues; product placement is mostly limited to cars -- Volvo, Hummer, Mercedes, etc. Add your rating See all parent reviews. Add your rating See all kid reviews. Bella Swan Kristen Stewart is a smart, mature teenager who moves from sunny Phoenix to live with her father, Charlie Billy Burke , in the rainiest city in the country -- tiny Forks, Wash. At school, Bella encounters five gorgeous, aloof, alabaster-skinned siblings.
One of them, auburn-haired Edward Cullen Robert Pattinson , is assigned as her science partner, and soon Bella starts crushing on the mysterious, charming, super-strong guy. He likes her, too -- in fact, he'd love nothing more than to suck her blood, because he's a vampire.
But unlike most evil undead, Edward and his family are "vegetarians" who stick to animal blood in order to live among humans. Can a human girl and a vampire boy overcome his kind's thirst for blood and find true love?
Director Catherine Hardwicke nails the teen emotions and relationships, and she stays surprisingly faithful to the novel.
But while the Bella-Edward romance is appropriately swoony, other parts of the film are quite schlocky and even unintentionally funny like Edward's facial expressions at his first whiff of Bella's intoxicating scent. While some of the supporting cast is spot-on Ashley Greene is pixie-ish and graceful as prescient vampire Alice, and Burke's Charlie is exactly the kind of loving-but-hands-off father Meyer describes , other characters -- like Jasper Jackson Rathbone and Rosalie Nikki Reed -- are reduced to one note.
In Rathbone's case, he's a statue with overly gelled locks and a permanent look of irritation that got many laughs. But cosmetic issues aside, most of the characters -- right down to the villainous vampires led by James Cam Gigandet -- act like their counterparts in the novel.
From Edward's shiny silver Volvo and Bella's beat-up red truck to the glittery meadow scene, the lullaby and the longing looks, Hardwicke and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg have included most of the book's essential details.
But moviegoers who have no idea why so many girls in the audience are wearing "Team Edward" tees will find aspects of Twilight silly and superficial. Clearly, the real story is the Bella-Edward romance, and in that respect the film should appease hardcore Twilighters the on-screen kisses are even more passionate than in the book.
Stewart does Bella justice with her constant clumsiness and her serious gazes. Pattinson is dreamy and intense, although it would've been better had the British actor perfected a more refined American accent.
When the star-struck couple first leaps through the trees together or kisses, brace yourself for applause and giddy shrieks. Those who don't mind teen love served with a side of cheese and bloodlust will enjoy it. And no matter what, it's going to be an absolute must-see for the series' teen-vampire-adoring fans.
Families can talk about the various themes that have made Twilight and its sequels such a huge success: first and forbidden love, restraint in getting intimate, everlasting and unconditional romance, and heart-thumping adventure. Do you think Bella is a good role model for teen girls? Why or why not? Do you think she and Edward have a healthy relationship? If you've read the book, did the film meet your expectations?
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