Twilight (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3 in DVD
• Brand: Universal
• Released on: 2009-03-21
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 122 minutes

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The big-screen adaptation of Twilight, Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance, is aimed squarely at its key demographic: teen girls whose idea of Prince Charming is a brooding, pale, undead teen who could kill you instantly at any moment. Such a prince is more fascinating than frightening to new girl Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), who moves to the rainy-gray town of Forks, Wash., to live with her dad (Billy Burke), the local sheriff who's puzzled by a series of "animal attacks." On her first day at school, Bella appears to (visibly) nauseate her lab partner, Edward (Robert Pattinson). Turns out the scent of her blood is this vampire's "brand of heroin," and his struggle not to kill her causes an irresistible pull toward her. Whether he's attracted for the normal reasons or because she smells especially sweet to him is vague in the book and even less clear on-screen; nonetheless, Bella falls hopelessly in love with Edward, which sets her on a dangerous path when a few nomad vampires show up in town, one particularly keen on tracking the human. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen), Twilight is full of funny moments--not all of which are intentional--and the casting, from Stewart to Bella's self-absorbed friend Jessica (Anna Kendrick) is spot-on. The weakest link, unfortunately, is Pattinson. While he certainly looks the part, his Edward could have used an extra injection of testosterone (Pattinson, who is British, used James Dean as a model for his American accent). In scenes where he growls about the temptation to kill those who would harm Bella, or flitting around a forest warning her how dangerous he is, he comes off more like a whimpering puppy than a debonair monster. The good news is, his chemistry with Stewart (particularly in their big kissing scene) is palpable, which, let's face it, is really what matters to Twilight fans most. --Ellen A. Kim

On the DVD
The special features for Twilight kick off with an audio commentary with director Catherine Hardwicke and stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. There's some mumbling and groaning from Stewart (one gets the impression that Stewart is quite similar to her reserved character in the film), some standard behind-the-scenes observations from Hardwicke, and a lot of awkward self-deprecating remarks from Pattinson (of their big kiss, he opines: "This is quite difficult 'cause I have a really flat head, and so it's quite difficult to get a correct angle."). What's funny is Pattinson stumping Hardwicke with some basic plot questions, like "Why doesn't James just kill [Bella when she's packing at her house]?" While Hardwicke and Stewart attempt to answer, Pattinson doesn't appear satisfied. The deleted and extended scenes include an additional dream-sequence kiss (rightly cut because it took away from the buildup to their first kiss) and more footage of Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre). The seven-part documentary is a pretty thorough look at the development of the film, including stunts, special effects, and the involvement of author Stephenie Meyer. Another featurette looks at the Comic-Con frenzy; however, it spends no time on how the actors were cast, which would have been fun for fans who did all their own mental casting while reading the books. Also included: three music videos and trailers. --Ellen A. Kim

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Customer Reviews

Financial advisors failed to recognize demand, Twilight dimmed
The popularity of the books should have been trusted. There should have been no hesitation by executives to plan big. They should have had a cross section of Junior and Senior High School kids act as the, "money men", and budgeters on this one. The movie industry's money moguls should have had their grandkids make policy. The geezers, that spent too little, should be put out to pasture, not even consulted on modern movies, especially of this genre, but left only to make decisions about black and white films where they speak with old English accents and star one of the Barrymores or Lawrence Olivier. The geezers who make budgeting decisions so off the mark, as with Twilight, cannot be allowed to even be in the same room with those in-the-know, in this case, the 13 to 16 year old girls of the world. Hollywood's grandpas have no clue why the subject of vampires is even hot right now. Being clueless, there was a minimal budget allotted for this first film, the first of many which will someday be one of the biggest grossing franchises ever.

As a result of the fear of failure, the budget did not reflect the recognition of the large group of fans already out there, pre-sold on any film representation of what they must like, since primed and accepting of any attempt, however pathetic. They still came to the theaters in droves to see the halfhearted effort handed them, cheating them, since it was about their addiction to, and profound love for, these stories. Who did not see that coming? If the budget planners had consulted their demographic studies, and/or grandkids, they would have:

1. Hired actors instead of what was done, using volunteers from the local High School Drama Classes.
2. Used real film instead of the way it was shot, with handheld video cameras, piloted by the kids of the local High School Audio/Visual Departments.
3. Consulted a qualified company with experience, and associated modern resources, to do the Special Effects, instead of having the local High School Art Class members doing it all.
4. Hired screenwriters with experience doing dialog that demonstrated some indication they knew about the art of movie dialog, rather than what they did, using the local Junior High English Classes to contribute their term papers, saving money using that level of incompetence.
This is a movie for those actual age groups but cannot be made by them. Get input from all those groups in all those areas, but pay the price and let talented filmmakers actually make the movie. It takes the indefinable talent of the best and the brightest that Hollywood has to offer to get it right, even if everything is done for the 13 to 16 year old. If it was done with little effort and money invested because all those involved knew the kids would like anything they made, because of the popularity of the books, and they intentionally spent as little as they could, knowing that spending a lot would simply decrease net, then they did a disservice to us all, dishonestly and with premeditated deception. The box office gross cannot be the only measure of the success of the art of filmmaking.

good move even if your not a teenager
purchased for my 13 yr old daughter who "had to see it" after reading all the Twilight series.....I watched it online "Amazon on Demand"(they sent me the freebie before the movie came in mail with the purchase) good teenage girl movie, no sex, some violence, nothing horrible, no drugs....can't really recall much profanity either.
Cute 'chick flick'. MY 13 1/2 yr old daughter and her friends LOVE the movie, my 15 1/2 yr old SON hates anything to do with Twilight....go figure...lol.

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The movie was excellent especially if you did not read the book, but if you did read the book you'll find that many situations were changed and or added. I realize that Stephanie Meyers approved the movie and changes, so who am I to complain. Outside of that it was a very good movie.

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