Just because a movie is about vampires, it shouldn't be an excuse for bad film making.

The Twilight books, as horribly as they are written (including all the gag-worthy descriptions of Edward) are at least entertaining in their own trashy romance sort of way. I can totally see the appeal in the books.

But the movie, it was just bad.

Probably one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. And that includes High School Musical.

Instead of going for that smoldering trashy love story avenue, or even the, "hey this is ridiculous but let's have fun with it anyway" route, it was just sitting there. Like a dead lump of a movie. Yawn-inducing, cringe-worthy, etc etc. The only saving grace of the entire movie was that Edward is nice to look at.

In the care of more talented and capable hands, I really do think that this could have been a much better film. I watched it with low expectations, but even with movies with a premise as silly as this, I expect to be entertained. I wasn't.