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Not a BAD movie (Ghost Rider) just ok.

My thoughts exactly. I don't think word of mouth will be all bad. My theater had a standing ovation from some people.

This is one of two movies that my teenage sister has taken me to this year. I would rather sit through Twilight on an endless loop for a day than see One Missed Call again. So yes, there's much, much worse movies.

Anyone catch The Soup this last weekend?

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this is pretty amusing too:

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How exactly is this done "right"? Since when does quantity mean quality??
Sure, they got the core audience of the book to flood the theaters.
And they made a profit. But let's see how well it holds up before you
declare it being done "right". Reviews are wildly mixed. And people I know
who have seen the film have said it's mediocre at best.

they said the full official total was 69.6 mil and change, but it went from a 34 mil opening day to a 12 mil sunday.

I went and saw the movie this afternoon. I read the books which I enjoyed since I am in a vampire kick lately. I had read rumors the movie didn't do the book justice though not as bad as John Carpenter's take on Vampire$.

I definitely was disappointed. I didn't agree with most of the casting. Alice was definitely hot but didn't feel like Alice from the books. I swear in the books she was younger which obviously would be tough to pull off if they do the sequels. I didn't care for Edward either or any of Bella's friends. The group of friends definitely made it feel more like a Lifetime or ABC Family original movie. I also didn't feel that Jacob fit the character.

Another thing that I noticed was the score which I thought was horrible. I usually never even notice the score in movies, but this one just stood out like a bad laugh track. I don't know which was worse though, the Doctor's makeup or the score.

Overall I definitely won't be recommending it to anyone I know, but I hope they do the sequels just with another director.

On the other hand, it pulled in another $10.5 million over Monday and Tuesday, which is somewhat better than QoS did following its opening. Twilight isn't going to be another Titanic, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it pull in $40-50 million over the long holiday weekend.

Caught this today with the family. I really enjoyed, and yes, I've read the book too, and they're two very different animals, but I thought this one worked quite well. I'm not exactly sure what people were wanting out of the movie. Some of criticisms in a lot of reviews I've found laughable, acting like you have to be a Twilight fanatic in order to follow what was going on. I liked the cast, and it had a decent score and good, though brief, fight scenes. I'll be seeing the next one definitely.

A friend gave me the book to read. Should I read it first or wait until after the movie? Or does it not matter (?)

I don't think it matters too much. They're just very different, the movie whips through a lot of the book, which you'd probably guess, but did some things I liked, like creating a subplot that works the antagonists in as more central to the story than the book did. The book is much more romantic (probably too romantic for my tastes at times, i.e. Bella gushing over Edward, a lot --that's not a spoiler, that's a warning if you don't like that kinda stuff. I like romantic stuff probably more than your average guy, but I was grateful for that part of the book to be over.), with some borderline obsession that doesn't translate well to the screen.

Saw it tonight. I thought it sucked. I was happy to hear that this was a huge hit for a female director but having seen it now I'm thinking that she is in fact a pretty lousy filmmaker. I can't believe how bad this movie was. It was like a poorly made TV movie. Why couldn't something like The Namesake (Directed by Mira Nair) be a huge hit and win Academy Award (say, Best Picture?). That would have made me a lot happier for the future of female directors than this mess of a movie.

I fully agree... I've heard they are going to start filming New Moon in January... and I have every intention of waiting till it comes to netflix to see it.

Catherine Hardwicke nearly ruined this entire movie with her pretentious and visionless style. I thought it was OK, fairly cheesy but had interesting supporting characters...but the colour palate of the movie was bland (typical), the camera work was horrible (why the swirly evil dead style camera work during the 'you're a vampire' scene...weak) and the makeup/effects were dollar store bad (Carlisle Cullen's first scene he has so much WHITE MAKEUP caked on it was distracting...especially because they MISSED part of his neck, and later he's wiped his brow without a makeup touch up). OK but not worth the fanfare - fire Hardwicke for New Moon and it has a fighting chance. 3/5.

I dunno about New Moons chances with the same director at the helm. Its a much more "visual" story than Twilight. You also have to consider that Twilight is the pinnacle of the series, the books get progressivley worse (and I'm a big fan of the series).

The Namesake was excellent but not in the same league as some of its competition.

What peeves me is I've been waiting for Fox to do a BD release of it for the past few years.

One thing the movie does well is make the "regular" classmates more interesting than the books do (not saying much but still). Easily the worst part of the books were reading about her classmates outside of the Cullens. Besides that, I think a better director could take this from being an "OK" film to "quite a good one", given a better budget as the stories are a bit more intricate as they proceed. Although it will be interesting to see how they handle Breaking Dawn. That could be down right uncomfortable for a lot of people.

Fully agree. I went into this hoping I would be somewhat entertained and wound up loving it. I'll be in line for the next film opening which says a lot since I typically see only two or three films Theatrically a year.

Hardwicke is out for the sequels.
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.co...ght-franchise/

Yeah, I read that on three different sites in the last hour. I'm assuming it's not just because some found her difficult. At the rate the box-office is going, the movie probably won't exceed 175M. Probably not exactly what the studio was expecting. Not to mention the bad reviews site bad direction.

Is the box office success of the movie really a question at this point? I mean, come on.

I will reserve judgment on the director switch until I find out who they hire. This makes me nervous though, as I really loved what she did with "Twilight" myself.

Given I read some were expecting Harry Potter numbers, then yes, I'd say the box office numbers are a question. Sure, it made money. But compared to HP numbers, I'm guessing the studios are being greedy. I haven't seen the movie yet. But, again, most of the negative write ups involved the direction and cheap production. I'm going to see the movie soon and will give my personal opinion. Just saying what I've read.

Thank God. As tedious as I found the books, they have potential to make fun films, but not if Catherine Hardwicke is in the director's chair. I felt like I was watching a shitty music video that dragged on for two hours. I might even see the next one if they hire someone competent.

This is a small, minor studio and its first big hit. The series is popular but nothing like Harry Potter. The first Potter movie cost $125 million, Twilight $37 million. I am pretty sure the studio is thrilled to bits with the results.

Only rabid fans thought it would touch Potter.

I just read here that Paramont pictures "at one time controlled the rights to “Twilight” but let them slip away because someone at the studio decided in 2006 that the series was a dud." That has to hurt.

She was dumped by the studio officially this weekend:

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b721...ng_sequel.html

Rumor is from one blogger that I read said she wasn't going to be offered the sequel for a while now.

Edit: Nevermind, lol