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No wonder he’s irresistible and has stirred an entire craze.
Robert Pattinson’s Edward Cullen really is supernatural. Just think about it: ashen
visage, red lips, seductive eyes, breathtaking maturity (maybe because he’s
108) and an ultra-protective attitude. Who would stay away from such a guy?
Well, in “Twilight,” everybody keeps his or her distance from the mysterious
high school student. Except for the beautiful and naïve Bella Swan, who falls
for his obscurity and bizarre approaches on life… Perhaps because he is dead.
But she has no idea. And this is what “Twilight” is all about.
Thus, don’t get too excited thinking about vampires, because
the upcoming film based on one of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire novels is not as
blood-spattering as you might think. In fact, blood is almost absent, while the
story concentrates on the romance between Kristen Stewart’s teenage character
and Edward Cullen.
The movie is no horror flick and lacks anything that the
word “vampire” could possibly suggest, as vampires make plans for their big
prom instead of hunting people for blood.
“Twilight” strives to bring several vampiresque elements
into play, but one can’t possibly take blood-sucking seriously if characters
spend whole scenes talking about prom dresses or adolescent dates. Therefore,
Bella is on the one hand followed by a bunch of less peaceful vampires who have
stuck to human liquid, and, on the other hand, she thinks about her beau and
her teenage friend’s love issues, which fail to go further than “Should I ask
him out?”-like problems.
When Bella moves to Forks, Washington, in order to live with her
divorced father, she is inspired by her enigmatic classmate. What she does not
know is that Edward is the member of an adopted family of supposed vampires
who, nevertheless, have chosen to drink animal blood instead of their
traditional “meal.” Edward is one of the followers of Carlisle Cullen (Peter
Facinelli), a patriarch who was turned into a supernatural creature in the 1600s,
and has helped young people become vampires so as to avoid death ever since.
Although the love story between Edward and Bella is
forbidden, they don’t have power over their feelings and continue their
relationship. However, this gets the young girl into trouble, as three vampires,
who are aware of the relationship between the two, pursue her for her blood.
Now Edward has to save her from their pointed teeth, with the help of his
family. But can they do it? Well, taking into consideration the fact that
“Twilight” is a franchise, the answer seems pretty obvious. However, “Twilight”
might surprise us after all.
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