I've been watching vampire movies for as long as I can remember, from the classic Hammer movies to the surprisingly good Wes Craven's Dracula 2000. I was suckered by the imagery for Twilight and was brutally disappointed when I realized that it was not a vampire movie, but a teenage chick flick with vampires in it. Oh my gaaaaaah!
It took me about ten minutes, but I rolled with it and sort of enjoyed it for what it was. A teenage chick flick, another take on starcrossed lovers, an exploration of the loneliness of a 'boy' who can never love without the danger of killing his mate. Yeah, utter tosh, but I had to rationalize it somehow.
Coming soon to a theatre near you: Twilight Ferox, Night of the Living Twilight, I Spit On Your Twilight, and The Twilight Chainsaw Massacre...