Stewart does Bella justice with her constant clumsiness and her serious gazes. Clearly, the real story is the Bella-Edward romance, and in that respect the film should appease hardcore Twilighters (the on-screen kisses are even more passionate than in the book). But moviegoers who have no idea why so many girls in the audience are wearing 'Team Edward' tees will find aspects of TwilightВ silly and superficial. But cosmetic issues aside, most of the characters - right down to the villainous vampires led by James (Cam Gigandet) - act like their counterparts in the novel.ДЇrom Edward's shiny silver Volvo and Bella's beat-up red truck to the glittery meadow scene, the lullaby and the longing looks, Hardwicke and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg have included most of the book's essential details. In Rathbone's case, he's a statue with overly gelled locks and a permanent look of irritation that got many laughs. While some of the supporting cast is spot-on (Ashley Greene is pixie-ish and graceful as prescient vampire Alice, and Burke's Charlie is exactly the kind of loving-but-hands-off father Meyer describes), other characters - like Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) and Rosalie ( Nikki Reed) - are reduced to one note. But while the Bella-Edward romance is appropriately swoony, other parts of the film are quite schlocky and even unintentionally funny (like Edward's facial expressions at his first whiff of Bella's intoxicating scent).

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