Reel Rewind: Twilight (Better luck next time)

As an admitted fan of the Twilight series, I decided that I had to see the movie. Bad idea. I'm actually more embarrassed now than I was before that I have read the books. I can't believe I paid money for something that looked like it was made for a 4:00 a.m. debut on UPN or the Sci Fi Channel. Not the epic love story that I was hoping for. Making a movie based on a book is usually supposed to boost book sales, no?

I still can't get over how bad the makeup was. The acting wasn't much better, although I expect that from a teen-centric film. And the effects? Unbelievably bad. The emotions that make the book worth reading were completely absent in the film. Hubby said he thought he was watching an old episode of Dawson's Creek. I wouldn't even give it that much credit.

I'm actually glad that the second movie, New Moon, will have a different director. It is hard to expect much more from Chris Weitz, but I do. He wrote and directed The Golden Compass and About a Boy, so I hope he can do something magical with New Moon. Magic is what it will take to turn this series around.