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Just finished the 5 film Twilight series, which I feel was part of the OG “review bombing” cycle when people trashed it without seeing it because they were sick of hearing about it and its romantic leads. This is also mostly why I avoided it all this time.

First things first, they soundtracked this thing excellently. Superb song selection throughout to where I was Shazaming quite a bit, mostly because many of these songs were created just for the series by artists I know and love.

There are definitely some romantic moments, as well as some corny moments, but many intentionally and unintentionally funny moments. It doesn’t really take itself too seriously, but feels alarmingly serious when it needs to be, and there are plenty of strong and off-the-wall performances here that help strengthen that direction (Michael Sheen just chews scenery like it’s his hobby, Billy Burke plays the concerned dad-cop role admirably). The atmosphere also feels unique to this world and not like another Marvel movie being carbon-copied to the big screen.

It gets a lot more violent than I anticipated, vampire heads being ripped off is now something I’ll require of all my movies, and all loose ends were seemingly tied up neatly and to audience satisfaction (one well-placed twist helps achieve this). I see no reason why this should be seen in any different light as other teen adventure dystopian tent poles such The Hunger Games or Divergent.

*this review paid for by my wife*
 
Just finished the 5 film Twilight series, which I feel was part of the OG “review bombing” cycle when people trashed it without seeing it because they were sick of hearing about it and its romantic leads. This is also mostly why I avoided it all this time.

First things first, they soundtracked this thing excellently. Superb song selection throughout to where I was Shazaming quite a bit, mostly because many of these songs were created just for the series by artists I know and love.

There are definitely some romantic moments, as well as some corny moments, but many intentionally and unintentionally funny moments. It doesn’t really take itself too seriously, but feels alarmingly serious when it needs to be, and there are plenty of strong and off-the-wall performances here that help strengthen that direction (Michael Sheen just chews scenery like it’s his hobby, Billy Burke plays the concerned dad-cop role admirably). The atmosphere also feels unique to this world and not like another Marvel movie being carbon-copied to the big screen.

It gets a lot more violent than I anticipated, vampire heads being ripped off is now something I’ll require of all my movies, and all loose ends were seemingly tied up neatly and to audience satisfaction (one well-placed twist helps achieve this). I see no reason why this should be seen in any different light as other teen adventure dystopian tent poles such The Hunger Games or Divergent.

*this review paid for by my wife*
I legitimately get the appeal of the first film but I remember feeling very lukewarm on the sequels, as bugnuts as they eventually get.
 
Just finished the 5 film Twilight series, which I feel was part of the OG “review bombing” cycle when people trashed it without seeing it because they were sick of hearing about it and its romantic leads. This is also mostly why I avoided it all this time.

First things first, they soundtracked this thing excellently. Superb song selection throughout to where I was Shazaming quite a bit, mostly because many of these songs were created just for the series by artists I know and love.

There are definitely some romantic moments, as well as some corny moments, but many intentionally and unintentionally funny moments. It doesn’t really take itself too seriously, but feels alarmingly serious when it needs to be, and there are plenty of strong and off-the-wall performances here that help strengthen that direction (Michael Sheen just chews scenery like it’s his hobby, Billy Burke plays the concerned dad-cop role admirably). The atmosphere also feels unique to this world and not like another Marvel movie being carbon-copied to the big screen.

It gets a lot more violent than I anticipated, vampire heads being ripped off is now something I’ll require of all my movies, and all loose ends were seemingly tied up neatly and to audience satisfaction (one well-placed twist helps achieve this). I see no reason why this should be seen in any different light as other teen adventure dystopian tent poles such The Hunger Games or Divergent.

*this review paid for by my wife*
Counterpoint, they made vampires be creatures that turned sparkly when the sun shone on them.
 
Just finished the 5 film Twilight series, which I feel was part of the OG “review bombing” cycle when people trashed it without seeing it because they were sick of hearing about it and its romantic leads. This is also mostly why I avoided it all this time.

First things first, they soundtracked this thing excellently. Superb song selection throughout to where I was Shazaming quite a bit, mostly because many of these songs were created just for the series by artists I know and love.

There are definitely some romantic moments, as well as some corny moments, but many intentionally and unintentionally funny moments. It doesn’t really take itself too seriously, but feels alarmingly serious when it needs to be, and there are plenty of strong and off-the-wall performances here that help strengthen that direction (Michael Sheen just chews scenery like it’s his hobby, Billy Burke plays the concerned dad-cop role admirably). The atmosphere also feels unique to this world and not like another Marvel movie being carbon-copied to the big screen.

It gets a lot more violent than I anticipated, vampire heads being ripped off is now something I’ll require of all my movies, and all loose ends were seemingly tied up neatly and to audience satisfaction (one well-placed twist helps achieve this). I see no reason why this should be seen in any different light as other teen adventure dystopian tent poles such The Hunger Games or Divergent.

*this review paid for by my wife*

My favorite Black Keys song "Chop and Change" is originally from one of the Twilight movies
 
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