I think it's with New Moon where the anti-Twilight heat REALLY cranked to 11, that's when I remember it getting really heated. Because honestly, this first one really...isn't...all THAT bad.
Sure, it has its cringey moments when it comes to some of the Edward/Bella scenes after the 1st hour mark, and Robert Pattison really does stink up the joint (until Jackson Rathbone shows up, LOL holy *beep* no wonder TLA bombed), but I gotta be fair...I just couldn't bring myself to hate it. For what it was, it was kind of okay. Get a more talented writer involved/send this script through a few more rewrites and you could've actually made this series work.
Like, if you were to display Edward's increasing protectiveness/possessiveness as a BAD thing, you could slowly evolve him into the villain of the series that screws everything up for his vampire friends. It could intertwine with the whole conflict with the Native American werewolf/European vampire rivalry that Jacob brought up and have Bella be the one to A) realize what's going on and how everything's about to be *beep* up since she's on the inside with vampires, and B) be an important part of stopping it all by realizing what Edward is doing; she could grow as a character from just being an object of his obsession (because of her own insecurities, maybe brought upon by depression? You could make a case for Bella = depressed) to using his obsession with her against him during a pivotal moment and save both the vampire and werewolf tribe from tearing each other apart and getting themselves and the town of Forks destroyed. She starts out as a weaker character that falls for Edward's manipulation (which is what vampires are indeed known for) and evolves into a stronger one that's able to break free from it once things turn for the worse. There's a neat idea in here if you've got a good enough imagination.
But alas...Stephanie Myers instead cranked up the bad romance angle up to 11, throwing all that potential intrigue out the window, so the rest of the series suffers for it.
This first movie here, it's a 5/10. Right in the middle average. Not "OMG THE WORST THING EVER", not really good either, but it did have potential to be saved in better hands, so I'm counting that for something.
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