Twilight (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD]

As a lover of the Twilight series, how could I not enjoy this film! I just find it odd that the first film is chargeable, but the 2nd and 3rd are not, and the others are!! Weird pricing structure!

I'm a 26 year old straight guy and I loved this film, well all of them so far.Several of my friends have read the books and films, they recommended them to me so I thought I would give this film a try.I borrowed a DVD of the first film off of a relative, loved that so I brought the Blu Ray of this and New Moon, I love them both, I've since got the paperbacks of the first 3 books (I'm waiting for breaking dawn to come as it's not released in paperback 'til 19/8/10), I have to say I'm hooked and absolute fan.I will say that Twilight the film has changed quite a few bits from the book, certain things are left out (I won't give specific spoilers), though I guess that's true of all of the films so far (I watched eclipse in the cinema yesterday and loved it, I'm only at the beginning of the book but I can already see things have been changed which I think would have made for an even better film, but hey it was still awesome too me).Well worth a watch if you like a broad range of films, great characters, a different than usual take on vampires.Overall it has a good story, believable actors, kept me glued the whole way through, I can fully understand why it's loved by so many people.The only negative for me is that the film didn't follow the book totally, I would say the film is a good companion to the book and makes the story more real.Played through a PS3 on my Panasonic HD ready 100hz LCD tv it looks great and brings the forests of Forks beautifully to life.If you have a HD set up I recommend getting this on Blu Ray, although DVD upscaled still looks pretty good, just much softer, with less detail and crispness.

Fantastic film

This is the story of Bella Swan. She used to live in Phoenix with her mum and her stepfather, but decided to move in a small town in Washington called Forks to try to live with her father for a bit.Bella, 17, feels different from the other students, and this is noticeable even by just looking at her features: Extremely pale and beautiful in a different way than other girls.At her school, a family called the Cullens are different. They are all extremely pale and beautiful. They are adopted by the beautiful blond doctor in town and his wife. The family consists of Dr.Carlisle Cullen and Esme, Rosalie and Emmett, Jasper and Alice, and finally the mysterious Edward.Bella and Edward are attracted to each other straight away. The film is very nice, but I have to say that the 4 books from Stephanie Meyer are amazing.Bella senses that Edward is different from her, because of his eye colour changing to gold and black, his speed and strength. She then researches and learns that he is a vampire, as well as his family. He warns her to stay away from him, but they can't. Edward and his family are different than others because they don't feed on human blood, but hunt animals instead. They don't want to be "monsters". However, there are other vampires who are just killers, or more precisely: "trackers". Edward and Alice have a power. He can read people thoughts (except Bella's), and Alice has visions of the future. They can go out during the day, but prefer bad weather, because when it's sunny their skin glows like diamonds and everyone would notice that they don't look natural, hence not human.Bella is not scared because she knows that Edward would never hurt her as well as his family. For Edward it's hard to be too close to Bella, such as kissing her for example, because she's like "his own personal brand of heroin" as he says. It's hard for him, because he would like to drink her blood, but at the same time he loves her. At the end of the film, Bella is still with Edward and would like to be an immortal as well so that they could be 17 and together forever. He asks her if one lifetime is not enough for her, and she replies that for the moment she can live with that. The film explores sexual tension for teenagers very well. It's also a very modern film about friendly vampires as we haven't seen since a long time. Maybe a bit in "Interview with a vampire", or in Buffy, but it's still very different.I recommend it, but if you can, read the 4 books first even if they seem huge, they are amazing and you will read them very quickly as they are extremely entertaining.

Good

I had never read the Twilight books when I went to see the movie. I vaguely remember the hype of Breaking Dawn's release, but it didn't mean anything to me. I saw the queues for the opening of the film and it meant nothing to me, apart from about 3000 people in Dublin being stupid enough to queue for hours in the rain to see a film.I love vampires and werewolves though, so, at a loose end one weekend, I convinced my boyfriend that it wasnt a horror, and there was nothing else to do. we laughed for about the first hour. it was very funny. But by the middle of the tree top scene I was hooked. we both were.I rushed home and ordered all four books that night. I read the series straight through twice, and dragged my mom to see the film with me. (I'm in my mid 20's, she's considerably older....)I sat, completely unmoving the whole way through the move. it was like I was greeting old friends. once I knew the story, all of the humour went out of the film, and it became totally engrossing. my mom thought so too.lots of little things were changed, obviously. the book is better. obviously. I didnt like Stewert (?) as Bella. she played her as too self assured, too graceful. it wasnt Bella for me. But Pattinson brought Edward to life in a way that was so different. I actually liked him more after seeing the film that in the books.Kellan Lutz is missing the dimples and curls but hes still the same adorable, deep as a puddle Emmet we all love.the film is more of a companion to the book, it makes the scenery solid. I thought that was actually a plus of the movie, I knew what the characters looked like, I was a little fuzzy on what their neighbourhood was like. the film filled that in. when midnight Sun is published the three will stand together to give a 360 view of Bella and the Cullens world.WIll I buy the DVD? yes. WIll I watch it a million times, of course. but I'll read the books one million and one ;)

Just something to watch for 3.99