Twilight

2008, **, PG-13
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke

By: Meredith A. Iager

This flick is based on the Stephanie Meyers novel. It is a very mundane teen vampire romance-drama, despite the 70 million dollars it made over the weekend, due to the teenybopper girls that flocked to the theatre. “Twilight,” was very disappointing and I am a vampire movie connoisseur.

Bella, (Kristen Stewart, “The Messengers,” “Into the Wild”) who moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father, town Sheriff (Billy Burke). Her new high school classmates all have different agendas, especially one particular group of siblings, the Cullen’s. She takes a particular hot and heavy interest in the suave, yet awkward Edward Cullen (Pattinson, “Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire”). He takes a deep interest in her as well, and she soon realizes the kid is a tad freaky, and definitely hiding some dark secret. Women—curiosity makes us make bad decisions.

“Twilight,” is essentially a teen flick that provides no depth to the subject of vampirism, but offers a new twist: vampires sparkle in sunlight. Also, Robert Pattinson looks way too feminine— not sexy at all! I did think it was rather cool to watch the scene of the vamp family playing baseball—that’s different.

What happened to vampire flicks in the 80s? — scary, sexy, and sophisticated. I still remember “Fright Night,” starring Chris Sarandon and Amanda Bearse, a classic teen vampire flick—an excellent choice for a Saturday movie.

Don’t waste time in the theatre with this new one, wait for the DVD. Only for vamp-lovers.