Very predictable and cliche from the start, but also a very cute and rather funny movie. Not to mention Zac Efron is just irresistible.

I don’t understand the one or two people who did not think this was Worth Consuming. It was a wonderful, emotional drama that really pulled you in; I felt genuine anger towards the police force and, especially, the chief of police. I felt genuine sadness for Christine Collins and the children who were tortured and murdered by that self-obsessed psychopath. Maybe I understood that it was a true story, or based on a true story, more than other watchers did.

Having read the books, and enjoyed them, I’m sure I’m not the only one a bit disappointed. However, I actually expected it to be much worse, and that is surely a plus. It was worth consuming because I’m a fan, but for hardly any other reason.

The acting wasn’t bad, just… off. For me, I didn’t like the actress who played Bella’s style. Way too much blinking, sighing, and biting lips. She was a bit of an over-actor, as far as facial expression. Otherwise, none of the actors looked AT ALL like I pictured. Edward’s hair felt more like an 80s greaser from The Outsiders. He was good looking, but much more handsome than beautiful or gorgeous. Alice looked much too tall and old for the sprite-like description Meyers provided her. Rosalie was not nearly beautiful enough. Jacob was… downright ugly, unfortunately. Mike was way too cute, and Eric was Asian! I also never pictured Laurent to be a black guy with dreads. Victoria was in no form cat-like or wild. Carlisle was more creepy and unsettling than gentle. Jasper reminded me of a blond Edward Scissorhands. The only one close to fitting the bill was Emmett, because even Charlie didn’t work for me. Wasn’t he balding?

I really hated how Jacob’s father was portrayed as well. In the book he was a lot more hard and unlikeable. In the move, they made him into that pathetic father trying to be ‘hip and cool.’

The sequence was awful. Everything was so rushed. The very moment Bella finds out Edward is a vampire, he shows her what he looks like in sunlight [which you can barely see until the camera closes in, and I had no idea light made a twinkling noise]. Their love was way too fast. She fell in love with him practically instantly. It only seemed eerie, not sweet, when he admitted he watched her while she slept.

And the acting when Bella was about to leave for Forks was so bad I facepalmed. In the book she was throwing a fit and screaming, working up tears, in the movie she was as normal – sulky – as ever. Charlie didn’t even look that devastated. And the trip to Arizona skipped from driving to the hotel room without explanation. Two minutes later, Alice has her vision. One more and they’re ready to check out. Bella runs away there, not in the airport, and she does it easily, without thinking.

Even the little things like how their seat in Biology wasn’t even in the back and Mike wasn’t in front of them, and the whole climbing a tree thing bothered me…

Yeah, the effects were also bad. You could tell they were on a cable. And the ‘speed’ effect didn’t make them look fast, just blurry.

One thing I did love, though, was the camera shots. They were beautiful, artistic, and amazing. That and the scene where James bites Bella, and her acting when he breaks her leg and when the venom is in her blood. Those were her best moments. I liked the surreal, creepy flashes of her life and the vampires burning the body, as well.

Overall, not great. Maybe it’s because, as a fan of the book, I’m more critical. You might like it if you haven’t read it, but I don’t recommend seeing this first.

It’s true what the critics have been saying about this; it’s absolutely amazing and is probably, if not definitely, Heath Ledger’s best work. I say this not simply out of sympathy, like some people seem to speculate, but he truly did capture the deranged and insane manner of the Joker perfectly. Somehow, you still managed to love the character, despite him being a homicidal maniac. Definitely worth seeing – again and again and again.

The only reason I wouldn’t consider this ‘not worth consuming’ is because I think the concept is decent, probably even able to be turned into a worthy movie, although the director who took on the task surely did not do a good job. The beginning wasn’t terrible, but there were so many off things that it brought the whole movie down in the end anyway. There are still a few things unexplained, one of which I’m really curious about – why did the people insist on getting naked or at least taking off their boots before wandering off into the snow? It made little sense to me. Also, I had a real issue with the smothering scene, considering he went from struggling to dying in a matter of two to three seconds. He would have passed out before then.

But what really ruined the movie was when you saw the spirits of the fossils. That was one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen, particularly when the one dragon-looking creature carried Hoffman off into what is perceived as death.

I certainly wouldn’t recommend it, at least not unless you’re truly bored.

One of the best movies.
Ever.

See it.

Enough said.