Yes I Am Going to Talk About Twilight. SUCK IT.

So I saw Twilight earlier tonight. For background information on my history with the series, I received Twilight four Christmases ago, in a Gap box. My parents always did that sort of thing, so I never knew when they got me a book. It never worked because I ended up rattling the boxes. Anyway, I was young, but I was pretty into it. I liked it a lot, and couldn't wait for New Moon to come out. I am also protective, as most people know, and enjoyed the fact that the book felt like it was mine, in a way. I only had one friend who read it, because of my suggestion, and no one else cared. We read New Moon in 8th grade, two years ago, and I remember her leaning over every day during Spanish class and whispering, "Did Bella jump off the cliff yet?" The two of us had a strange relationship with the series. We loved it to the point where mocking it didn't necessarily mean we hated it. It was sort of like teasing a close friend. It didn't mean anything harmful. With Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, the series exploded, without warning, and I was bitter as all hell. Breaking Dawn not included (didn't even finish it, the book was so horrible), I still loved the series, I just wasn't goddamn insane. I would never admit how much I enjoyed it in public.
I was bitter about the idea of a movie too. My friend and I suggested standing in the middle of a road in Hollywood, just to protest against this movie. I went into it expecting it to be horrible. I was sick of all the goddamn girls in Twilight or Edward shirts, sick of all the media around the entire project.
In some ways, I was proved wrong. All of the characters fit. They really did. All of them. Everyone looked how they were supposed to look and the atmosphere was perfect. It was generally dark, which was expected, but the Cullens house was the perfect balance. Everything just fit like that. It was sharp. Even the graduation caps lined on the wall was a nice touch. Visually, the movie was exactly what I wanted. Everything else...not so much. Most of the acting was extremely flat, aside from, say, Emmett or Alice. Edward and Bella kept the same tone of voice and expression throughout the whole movie, and I swear to God, if Edward's eyes widened any more, or Bella's face twitched more when she talked, I was going to wet my pants laughing. It was a genuinely funny movie, but it had little substance. The jokes were great the first time around, but it's not going to be the kind of movie I'll watch over and over. It will get old easily. There were parts that weren't funny, but I laughed anyway. I couldn't help it.
Some of the most significant parts were overdramatic, even the first two minutes. I loved the movie opening with the deer, with it being such an important symbol. Although I don't know if anyone else picked up on this, I figured the deer was a symbol of Bella and her innocence. Deer are always considered innocent animals, as if accidentally hitting a deer with your car is ten times worse than hitting another animal. I liked how right before the story started, the deer was taken away by someone who looked a lot like Edward. I might be wrong about that, but it relates to how everyone thought Edward was going to hurt Bella, and kill her or get her killed. Like how in that first minute of the movie, when the deer took off running, I was sure it was going to be killed. But it wasn't, it was just taken away. By keeping Bella human, Edward was attempting to preserve this innocence and purity she had. That first two minutes was so important, but it was overdone. It looked overdramatic, such as the part when the Cullens first appear. We don't need slow motion to see them clearly. The "suspenseful" moments were too much.
However, the last scene, the scene we're they're dancing outside at the prom, that part really moved me. The feeling I was hoping to get throughout the whole movie came in those last five minutes. It wasn't boring, but it wasn't overdone. It ended on a really great note, setting the stage for New Moon without getting too far into it.
With the characters and setting being amazing but everything else being almost weak, I'd say the movie was alright. Decent, and quite entertaining, depending on your mood. It will never be amazing and timeless, like Harry Potter, but that doesn't mean it's horrible.