Team Jacob The only thing that could tide me over while I anxiously awaited the movie release was ogling over the flawless cast choices (Taylor Lautner, anyone?) Despite the impeccable cast, and being an avid Twilight reader and what many refer to as a “TwiHard”, the movies inability to measure up to the novel was to be expected – I just didn’t want to believe it. The best aspect of Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight is her skill to compact dozens of important events, with great detail, into one work. It goes without saying that this did not happen in the movie. Alternatively, they took a few key events, clumped them together, and lessened their importance.
The big scene that everyone had been waiting for was the one in which Bella and Edward share their first physically intimate moment – a kiss in their meadow. Instead of staying true to the novel, they decided to rid Bella of her pants and place her and Edward in her bedroom. This never happens. Bella never takes off her pants. In fact, Meyer makes a point of having Bella change in the bathroom whenever Edward visits, due to her personal insecurity. Not only did they screw up the plot, but they also undermined a very important personality trait of Bella – her intense self-consciousness. Because of this, their meadow loses it’s meaning.
Despite the obvious awkwardness that was supposed to take place between Bella, Edward, and Jacob, it seemed like it went beyond the movie. The actors seemed uncomfortable with one another. There was no charisma, no visible allure. While I may be a little biased on the topic of Jacob Black, I feel Taylor Lautner did justice to his character. Not only did he look the part, but also he captured his personality, despite the all of three scenes he was in. Yes, his purpose was to have a little-boy crush on Bella and inform her about her sweetheart’s being a vampire, but they could have stuck him in the background to please all of Team Jacob, couldn’t they?
In a nutshell, the Twilight movie can be easily compared to a homemade, low budget film, in which the stars are prepubescent teenagers with raging hormones and no social skills.
Bottom line: There should have been more Jacob Black.
Meaghan Wray, Team Jacob.
Editor-in-Chief | Team Edward I feel like it was either a hit or miss: TwiHards either loved it, or hated its existence. Personally, I loved it.
Realistically, Twilight the movie was never going to be as good as the book, and there’s no way every piece of information could be flawlessly recreated for the big screen. Look at Harry Potter. That was a disaster.
I thought the casting was amazing, and despite all the negative attention, I thought Robert Pattinson did a great job at portraying my boyfriend the Edward Cullen. Granted, his initial cringe-and-twitch reaction to Bella in the bio class scene caused several giggles throughout the crowd (and not in a good way), but as the movie went on, Pattinson perfected his sexy-smouldering look and successfully stole thousands of hearts. But then again, I’m all for Team Edward.
In addition to her beautiful co-star, I think Kirstin Stewart played a great Bella, despite my hating on her deep voice, and her pronunciation of the word ‘irrevocably’. Her character, the clumsy, shy, anti-social, new girl in the rainy town of Forks shone through our lovely new actress. And hey, maybe English isn’t her best subject.
Of course, for the benefit of Hollywood, certain scenes were tweaked and accentuated. Yes, the first kiss scene was not only in the wrong location, but a little more, uh, Hollywood, shall we say? Despite Bella’s lack of clothing beneath the belt, and Edward’s, um, eagerness, I didn’t hear anyone complaining. Let’s be for real; the media has to live up to its negative standards.
I think the movie delivered. At the midnight premiere, TwiHards collectively swooned at the first dramatic entrance of the Cullens, our resident vegetarian vampire family, and sighed contentedly at our “the lion fell in love with the lamb” scene. As much as Hollywood impressed upon the movie, the director clearly worked at staying true to the novel, and the small changes that were made had little or no impact on the story itself.
As far as low-budget movies go, Twilight rocked it. I got my beautiful vampires, and a cheesy love story. Speaking for Team Edward, I have no complaints.
Brooke Delcorde, Team Edward.
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