So this is Twilight? The Hollywood adaptation of “the hottest books since Harry Potter”? Because, to run the risk of pissing off the same contingent that took offense to my Trailer Review of High School Musical 3, I’m not really feeling this one. To me, this looks pretty cheesy, with some half-baked vampire mythos and second-rate, TV-ready special effects. Come to think, the whole trailer looks less like a spot for a would-be blockbuster than an ad for a new series on the CW- impossibly pretty characters who are sexy yet sensitive, plenty of self-aware “hip” dialogue (the “radioactive spider” line is a real groaner), and so on. Nonetheless, I’m hoping that this movie will allow Kristen Stewart the opportunity to do more substantial work in the future.
