Twilight (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192022272
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Summit Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishUnknownDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledSpanishDubbedDolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Summit Entertainment
MPN: SUMD66109318D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Summit Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 21, 2009
Running Time: 122 minutes
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 2008
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Editorial Review:Product Description:An average teen girl moves to a small town and falls in love with an extraordinary boy. Putting her life in danger by igniting a forbidden love affair between a vampire and a mortal. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (summit) Release Date: 03/20/2009 Starring: Robert Pattinson Rating: Pg13 Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Amazon.com:The big-screen adaptation of
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance, is aimed squarely at its key demographic: teen girls whose idea of Prince Charming is a brooding, pale, undead teen who could kill you instantly at any moment. Such a prince is more fascinating than frightening to new girl Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), who moves to the rainy-gray town of Forks, Wash., to live with her dad (Billy Burke), the local sheriff who's puzzled by a series of "animal attacks." On her first day at school, Bella appears to (visibly) nauseate her lab partner, Edward (Robert Pattinson). Turns out the scent of her blood is this vampire's "brand of heroin," and his struggle not to kill her causes an irresistible pull toward her. Whether he's attracted for the normal reasons or because she smells especially sweet to him is vague in the book and even less clear on-screen; nonetheless, Bella falls hopelessly in love with Edward, which sets her on a dangerous path when a few nomad vampires show up in town, one particularly keen on tracking the human. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (
Thirteen),
Twilight is full of funny moments--not all of which are intentional--and the casting, from Stewart to Bella's self-absorbed friend Jessica (Anna Kendrick) is spot-on. The weakest link, unfortunately, is Pattinson. While he certainly looks the part, his Edward could have used an extra injection of testosterone (Pattinson, who is British, used James Dean as a model for his American accent). In scenes where he growls about the temptation to kill those who would harm Bella, or flitting around a forest warning her how dangerous he is, he comes off more like a whimpering puppy than a debonair monster. The good news is, his chemistry with Stewart (particularly in their big kissing scene) is palpable, which, let's face it, is really what matters to
Twilight fans most. --
Ellen A. Kim
On the DVDThe special features for
Twilight kick off with an audio commentary with director Catherine Hardwicke and stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. There's some mumbling and groaning from Stewart (one gets the impression that Stewart is quite similar to her reserved character in the film), some standard behind-the-scenes observations from Hardwicke, and a lot of awkward self-deprecating remarks from Pattinson (of their big kiss, he opines: "This is quite difficult 'cause I have a really flat head, and so it's quite difficult to get a correct angle."). What's funny is Pattinson stumping Hardwicke with some basic plot questions, like "Why doesn't James just kill [Bella when she's packing at her house]?" While Hardwicke and Stewart attempt to answer, Pattinson doesn't appear satisfied. The deleted and extended scenes include an additional dream-sequence kiss (rightly cut because it took away from the buildup to their first kiss) and more footage of Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre). The seven-part documentary is a pretty thorough look at the development of the film, including stunts, special effects, and the involvement of author Stephenie Meyer. Another featurette looks at the Comic-Con frenzy; however, it spends no time on how the actors were cast, which would have been fun for fans who did all their own mental casting while reading the books. Also included: three music videos and trailers. --
Ellen A. KimTwilight at Amazon.com
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I thought this series would be very geared to teens but I am in my 30's and I love them. It really is a Love story and Bella and Edward are great together, has some suspense to it with the vampire stuff. But that is what movies should be fantasy and fact and fiction all combined. I'm hooked.
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Honestly, I wish I could give it a zero.
I read all of the twilight books and was really excited when I heard they were making a movie out of them. I checked her website every single day and sometimes even twice a day to see if there were any new updates on the movie. Then I saw the cast list. Right away I knew it wasn't going to be a good movie based upon the cast. The actors that they got didn't even look like the characters in the book! Edward is suppost to be hot, and instead he looks constipated throught the enitre movie. Many girls will argue however that he is amazingly hot (apparently the "unable to take a crap" look is really in). I'd say rent this movie just for a laugh, or as torture for someone you really hate because of the terrible acting and weak plot. This movie is a 100% waste of money. This movie made me loose all and any respect I had for the series and the author.
**Spoiler Alert**
Way off from the book, and painfully so. Bella was not stoned through the entire book, so why does the actress look that way? Also the way the vampires actually try to act cool? Hello! Not in the book they don't.
Edward- I thoguht he needed his own section because of how off he was. In the book Edward acts like he couldn't care less (Not constipated!!!) The biology scene is entirely messed up. First of all the way Bella walks in front of the fan looks really lame, I don't think anyone would ever stand like that and walk up to a fan just to stand there. Especially a new girl trying to make it through her first day. Also he dosen't act like he wants to hurl just by her sitting next to him. And (for those of you who havn't seen the movie but have read the books) he calls Bella "spider monkey" when he climbs up a tree with her. The character from the book would never do that. And the way he "sparkles" makes him look like he just ran ten miles and is all sweaty. Cheap glitter body powder would have looked better than that.
All of the characters in general looked and acted way different from those in the book, most of them couldn't even act. In my opinion they should have gotten a ton of unknown actors and actresses who were actually good actors and looked the part instead of paying a ton to get famous actors. Hello?!?! This movie didn't need faces you see all over the place for it to make money, the books were already popular enough to sell tickets. (And maybe they could have spent the extra money on better effects...like glitter body powder).
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I ordered the video and paid for the one day shipping rates and received it 3 days later. This was a last minute birthday gift which cause me to purchase another gift. I wrote Amazon concerning this incident with no response in return.
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Have read and heard all about the Twilight movies, books, Robert and Kristen, etc., thinking it was for just teenagers. Wow, was I wrong! The Twilight movie was on cable TV a couple weeks so I thought I'd watch it as nothing else good on. Well, I have watched it twice since then as absolutely loved it. And it's not just for teens...but for those of you 30+ years old that love a good love story! Who doesn't want to be swooped off their feet with your soul mate, etc.? Like everyone else adore Robert's brooding eyes and Kristen was awesome as Bella! Needless to say, I'm buying the DVD so to watch again...as very seldom see real chemistry between two actors which I felt immediately and think helped make the movie such a huge success!
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I think this movie was based on a great story. So what if the vampires are sparkly? It's about the relationship between Bella and Edward, sort of Romeo & Juliet-ish w/o all the family drama. If people can look past all the "cheesy" parts, then they probably could appreciate the story for what it is: a LOVE story.
Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.
