Forget HBP and its most likely Snapeless movie, Twilight is making a box office phenomenon! All fall, people have been speculating the movie would suck and it’s true. Twilight sucks $money$. With a jaw-dropping $70.6 million opening in the US alone, not only has it joined the ranks of the 30 top openers of all-time, Twilight also managed to cover all their costs in only one (YES, ONE) day and beat Quantum of Solace by more than $42mill (say what you want, but teengirls rule this industry).

I’m not much of a critical person - I have a tendency to love all sorts of things. Therefore, expect major fangirl squeeing instead of an unbiased, critical review. This is just my gut reaction that is subject to change after many, many viewings.

Overall, quite a faithful adaptation of the book and lived up to the hype. It has tons of funny and cheesy moments. Aaand I LOVE cheesy! Sparkly Edward, so my cuppa tea;)

Granted, it could have been better and less choppy, editing-wise. I have a mixed feeling about Catherine Hardwicke as the director. I love some of the things she’d done but not so much about others. I wish they had kept things like Edward ‘dazzling’ Bella, ’stupid shiny volvo owner’ and other Twilighty quotes. BUT. what truly pissed me off was that Malaysian version cut through the kissing scene! OMG, it was just a PG rated kiss so I don’t get why they cut it, plus the sudden change of scenes was really weird. Technically, I saw Carlisle got more action than Bella (wow this comment sounds so wrong lol).

Yet, for the lil’ tidbits I didn’t like about Twilight, I loved thousand things more♥ Kstew and the rest of the cast delivered,, I’m super in love with

Jasper and Rob totally nailed it. His Edward broods just enough and is not always ~too~ over the top (gotta admit, that’s already part of his character description) and he’s so hot it’s unfair to gaze at other mortal guys afterwards. The soundtrack was of course, oh-my-god-amazing, been listening to them for weeks (also has my fave, Clair de Lune, score!!).Bottom line, watching one of my favorite books in live action with fellow squeeing fans was such a gratifying experience. I’m sooo happy the movie was a huge hit that they expect to start filming New Moon early next year. HALE YES!

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