Quick Disclaimer: if you are one of my readers that would be appalled at a Harry Potter movie - you may not care for this post. For everyone else, there are no plot spoilers...
Is nothing sacred any more??? I saw a preview for Twilight (2008) and thought to myself, “Cool – A new vampire movie is coming out!” I NEVER would have imaged it to be a CHICK FLICK! Some of you may not know that I enjoy this particular type of movie, but vampire movies are at the top of my list of “types of movies I enjoy despite my being religious”. Most recently, I enjoyed I Am Legend (2007) – the book was vampire, the movie, not so much – Underworld (2003) and Underworld: Evolution (2006); I’ve seen all three of the Blade movies (1998, 2002, 2004) with Wesley Snipes although they weren’t very good; My all time favorite is The Lost Boys (1987) – they just don’t make classics like that anymore. I even sat through Vampire’s Kiss (1989) with Nicolas Cage which was one of the worse movies ever. Interview with a Vampire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel (TV Series), I could go on an on, but back to Twilight…
You can image how I would be excited about a new vampire movie. So, I went to see it. I was a bit suprised to see so many girls in the theater – I mean, this is a vampire movie, right? What I didn’t know was that the movie is based on a young adult novel by Stephenie Meyers (Twilight). The entire movie was filled with awkward teenage “saved by the bell” moments, which wouldn’t have bothered me if it weren’t for the constant giggling all around me. I felt like I was crashing a slumber party with a bunch of school girls (I’m a dad, there is nothing exciting about that idea for me).
As with every vampire movie, the were several twists to the traditional vampire legend – no garlic, I don’t remember seeing a single fang, and sunlight didn’t have quite the same affect as expected. They did elude to the tension with werewolves – which is traditionally the Hatfields verses the McCoys for vampires stories, but there were no actual werewolves in the film. I did have a favorite line in the movie:
Chick: I want answers
Dude: Yes… No… To get to the other side… 1.77245…
Chick: I don’t want to know the square root of PI!
Dude: You knew that was the square root of pi???
The movie itself, 2 1/2 out of 4 stars, the overall experince, 1 out of 4 stars…