Runtime : 100 Min.
Genre : Fantasy, Romance
Director : Catherine Hardwicke
Movie Stars : Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez,Virginia Madsen, Lukas Haas, Julie Christie
Country: USA
Language : English
I had higher hopes for this film. The trailers and love triangle looked awesome. Plus it's a fairy tale. Who doesn't like fairy tales? The movie theater was packed when my friends and I went to see this. Then the projector broke so we had to wait till the other screening was done or they fixed the projector. We were the very first in the theater so we got first pick over the seats, so yeah. Going through standing in lines in the cold and then waiting was not worth this film.
I've become quite fond of Amanda Seyfried since I saw her in Dear John, another fail in my book, and Letters to Juliet, a win in my book. Our little Karen Smith from Mean Girls has grown up. The acting could have been better on everyone's part. Shiloh Fernandez (Peter) looked like the Edward rip off. It's ironic that he auditioned for the part of Edward. I'm not going to go off on how this film was meant to attract the die hard twilight fans because it's quite obvious and annoying when that's all people can say about a film. Another actor flaw was Max Irons (Henry) kept letting his English accent slip up though out the movie.
Some of the actions did not make sense at all. This freaking director should have checked her common known facts first. When normal people are stabbed it takes time to heal! Peter is stabbed in the chest by Virginia with a knife. A few minutes later he comes in and saves Virgina from the werewolf. There is no blood or cut marks on him and he is able to fight off the wolfman with almost no trouble with this should be fatal wound. Henry is shot with a bow and arrow in the upper chest cavity by his armpit. The next day he's great and just fine with no trouble moving his arm or anything. I know this is a fantasy film but these guys are not vampires, werewolves, or any supernatural creature so the rules of nature should apply. I like how they put in the famous line from Red Riding Hood "Grandma what big eyes you have..." my sarcastic voice. Really? You strayed so far from the book why bother with that line. The CGI wolf was unbelievable; the hairs looked like little gel spikes and nothing like fur.
In a nutshell this was a ill attempt at taking a classic and turning it into a smash hit.
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