Senin, 04 April 2011

T W I L I G H T

One of the most highly anticipated films of the year may well be a complete mystery to anyone over the age of 20. Stephanie Meyers series of Twilight novels have been a teenage publishing sensation, especially in the United States where over 20 million copies have been sold. The inevitable films now arrives, with huge expectation, and its easy to see what all of the fuss is about. The literary phenomenon has now become a massive film success .

Twilight is the story of Bella ( Kristen Stewart ), a 17 year old girl who relocates to a tiny town in Washington to live with her father, the local Chief of Police ( Billy Burke ). She is given a warm reception by a friendly new school, but soon becomes attracted to a mysterious classmate named Edward Cullen ( Robert Pattinson ). Edward’s family is equally strange : all adopted, all startlingly good – looking, if a little pale of face .

Its not giving anything away to say that Edward’s family is a clan of vampires : and there are inherent dangers for Bella is she follows a relationship with him, not least the fact that she herself may become one of them should the inevitable happen with her new love .