Movie: Twilight

I have never read any of the books of the Twilight series, but I decided to check out what the hype was all about when they relased the DVD for Twilight. Um, after watching it, I still have no idea what the hype is all about. Since it was so popular, I honestly thought that it would have a captivating story, and if not that, then at least characters that I would fall in love with. However, it was neither, so I was rather disappointed. I felt that the "romance" in the story was rather lacking, I could barely tell that Bella and Edward were in love with each other. The obsession that they should have had for each other really didn't come through for me. I thought that the dialogue was boring and simple, but then again, that probably suits the language of today.

In terms of the acting, I think that Kristen Stewart did a pretty good job or portraying Bella Swan, mind you, I haven't read the books before, but from what I see, Kristen's Bella was totally believeable. Probably the most critized is Robert Pattison as Edward Cullen. From what I hear, he should be this totally handsome, breathtaking guy, and apparently Robert Pattison does not fit that role. In my opinion, I would almost have to agree with what I hear. Somehow Robert Pattison lacks the attractiveness that I would expect from a super mysterious vampire. As for the acting, it was all right, I'm not sure if Edward in the book is supposed to have a little emotion, but the Edward in the movie sure didn't.

What I did like about the movie was the action sequences, they were pretty good, there were times where I would think "oh no! someone is going to get hurt!" However, other than the action sequences, the movie was at most okay. Am I going to look forward to the second movie? Probably not.

RainbowSnow's rating: 1/5

Movie: Dadnapped

Hmm... where should I start with this movie? Well, first things first, it's a Disney Channel Original Movie, so you really wouldn't expect it to be absolutely amazing. I really only watched it for the cast, as it starred many of famous Disney Channel Stars such as Emily Osment, Jason Earles, David Henrie, Moises Arias and Phill Lewis. It was kinda nice to see Emily Osment do a role other than Hannah Montana's best friend. In Dadnapped, Emily Osment plays a girl named Melissa Morris who has a busy writer as a father. Throughout this movie, Melissa battles an inner antagonist, the fictional character in her dad's book, Tripp Zoome, as well as the "dadnappers", Maurice (Phill Lewis) and Skunk (Charles Halford).

Dadnapped really is a fun filled movie for younger children. As I see with recent Disney shows, having all sorts of goo slammed into the faces of celebrities seems to appeal to the younger generation, so if you like that, you'll like this movie, since there's tons of that. This movie also contained the typical smart bad guy and dumb bad guy, which seems to be common in Disney movies, or well, any movie designed for children.

Now for the things that I didn't like about the movie. The plot, well, it's not that I didn't like it, but it really wasn't outstanding. I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but if you think about it after you finish watching the movie, what Wheeze (David Henre), Andre (Moises Arias) and Sheldon (Denzel Whitaker) did at the carwash kind of lacked logic. Well, I dunno, maybe it's normal for crazy fans, who knows.

So all in all, it was a decent Disney Channel movie, it gets boring at times, but yeah, like I said, it's a Disney Channel movie.

RainbowSnow's rating: 2/5