Not of the dead.

Twilight

A vampire searches for his mate for a 100 years and finds her. That’s the premise behind Twilight. He’s kind of a vampire I guess, although the sunlight doesn’t kill him, it turns his skin to crystal. Yes you read that right, he’s not a monster. I guess vampirism isn’t what it used to be…that being a CURSE. Anyway, this is basically a teen movie with vampires in it (they aren’t really vampires, but they have powers, so I guess its an even trade).

Anyway, Bella starts at a new school (typical teen movie act 1) but this time in a strange turn of events Bella is not picked on, or made fun of, or becomes an outcast…nothing happens. She just starts at a new school and makes a couple of friends and that’s it. That was something I really enjoyed…the not typical stuff. Her father (parents are divorced) is a good man and the town sheriff. He is not death. He is just a good man, and he and Bella get along fine. No stupid teen rebelling against parents…which I also really liked. Edward is the hot guy at school (not sure why, he is pretty ugly) but he is not really a bad boy. He just wants to be left alone…again, I really liked that! He is not trying to be cool, he just doesn’t care – actually he was pretty much me during university (but not as good looking as me – duh). His father is a vampire and he’s pretty cool too. Just a normal family.

All this set up is really nice. I liked all the main characters and I liked how they set up the story. The story is typical from then on, with bad vampires vs good vampires and hints of werewolves – who appear in part 2, etc.

The fights are ok, nothing to die over, and the main villain comes in too late to really be considered a threat – plus he is beaten pretty easily. And other than the stupid crystal skin, this was an enjoyable movie. I will buy New Moon when it comes out to continue the series.

The big plus points are Edward, Bella, and the fathers of both. The big plus is when Edward and his family play baseball. It’s kind of like if the JLA played baseball. Really cool scene.

So all in all, not too bad. Lets see how the werewolves play a role.

3.5/5

J-Man.