The Critical Review of Twilight
Chelsea Reynolds
ENGL 1013
2014, February 10
Twilight The Twilight film series, based on Stephanie Meyer’s young adult novel series, are poor excuses for blockbusters, because of the incredibly poor acting, terrible dialogue, and no plot; and it portrays women to be subservient to men. The movie was a big disappointment to me. When Twilight the movie came out, I was really excited about going and seeing it; every young teenage girl was. When I went and saw it, I was very disappointed. It was nothing to what I thought it would be. The movie was ruined because of the poor acting, terrible dialogue, and the fact that there was no plot. If Twilight had better actors or actresses the movie would have been a lot more intriguing and would have gone further with bigger audiences. Kirsten Stewart is one of the worst possible actresses; you could have asked to play Bella, because the whole movie was all over the place because of her. For example, in the scene after Edward had saved her from getting hit by the truck, her dialogue was very lengthy between each sentence and she seemed not to be happy or thankful that Edward had saved her. In the entire movie Stewart was wandering around like she didn’t have any idea what was going on. Don’t get me wrong, there are other reasons why this movie was bad, but poor acting is a major cause. Another reason why Twilight was a poor film is because of the moral point of view in the movie. As the movie went on, Bella followed Edward like a lost puppy; which portrayed that women are supposed to be subservient to men. That to me sends the wrong message to young women. I feel that the “moral” lessons are confusing young minds and teaching them to do or be something that is not right in today’s society. The third reason why Twilight was a poor blockbuster is because of the poor dialogue. When I say poor dialogue, I mean that the conversations between the actors/actresses were poor. Every time someone said
ENGL 1013
2014, February 10
Twilight The Twilight film series, based on Stephanie Meyer’s young adult novel series, are poor excuses for blockbusters, because of the incredibly poor acting, terrible dialogue, and no plot; and it portrays women to be subservient to men. The movie was a big disappointment to me. When Twilight the movie came out, I was really excited about going and seeing it; every young teenage girl was. When I went and saw it, I was very disappointed. It was nothing to what I thought it would be. The movie was ruined because of the poor acting, terrible dialogue, and the fact that there was no plot. If Twilight had better actors or actresses the movie would have been a lot more intriguing and would have gone further with bigger audiences. Kirsten Stewart is one of the worst possible actresses; you could have asked to play Bella, because the whole movie was all over the place because of her. For example, in the scene after Edward had saved her from getting hit by the truck, her dialogue was very lengthy between each sentence and she seemed not to be happy or thankful that Edward had saved her. In the entire movie Stewart was wandering around like she didn’t have any idea what was going on. Don’t get me wrong, there are other reasons why this movie was bad, but poor acting is a major cause. Another reason why Twilight was a poor film is because of the moral point of view in the movie. As the movie went on, Bella followed Edward like a lost puppy; which portrayed that women are supposed to be subservient to men. That to me sends the wrong message to young women. I feel that the “moral” lessons are confusing young minds and teaching them to do or be something that is not right in today’s society. The third reason why Twilight was a poor blockbuster is because of the poor dialogue. When I say poor dialogue, I mean that the conversations between the actors/actresses were poor. Every time someone said