It was easy for me to like this movie because I'm into the horror genre, particularly vampires and werewolves, and because I'm a pretty undemanding moviegoer. What I can honestly say I didn't like about this movie was the lack of vampires doing vampire stuff, i.e. baring their fangs, hissing and sucking blood.
The book may have given more detail in scenes like those where Rosalie (Nikki Reed) and Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) described how they became vampires but in the movie Rosalie's initiation was more verbal than visual and Jasper's was literally over in a flash.
Rosalie's story, like Edward's (Robert Pattinson), is a sad tale of someone receiving a "gift" that she can't return, courtesy of Carlisle (Peter Facinelli), a well-intentioned menace with a heart of gold. Apparently being a vampire isn't as much of a burden to him as it seems to be to Edward and Rosalie -- especially Rosalie. Unless I've forgotten, than leaves Emmet (Kellan Lutz) and Esme (Elizabeth Reaser) as the only two who haven't told Bella (Kristen Stewart) how they came to be vampires. Continue reading ...
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