Stephenie Meyer's vampires are not your parents' vampires. They walk around in daylight. They sparkle like diamonds in the sunlight. And they love baseball. Meyer's young love vampire series of novels became a veritable pop phenomenon among teen girls (and their mothers), and the very faithful screen adaptation was an unqualified hit with the fans. Kristen Stewart is the human damsel Bella Swan, who is uncommonly, instinctively, irrationally attracted to the brooding Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a pale, aloof high school dreamboat in a reclusive vampire family that has vowed to live in harmony with humans. Director Catherine Hardwicke celebrates the swoony emotional intensity of romantic delirium -- this is one heroine who is literally swept off her feet -- and delivers the goods when the feral vampire hunters (led by Cam Gigandet) target Bella to rouse the Cullens into battle.
Features an amiable but lazy commentary by Hardwicke, Pattinson and Stewart, who have a tendency to go on about little stories from the set and behind-the-scenes vignettes, as if struggling for something to say. Also features five extended scenes and five deleted scenes (with introductions by the director), and the 54-minute documentary "The Adventure Begins: The Journey From Page to Screen," which isn't all that well organized but does feature a lot of behind-the-scenes footage and numerous interview clips with Meyer (in addition to the cast and crew). Also includes three music videos and a short featurette from the cast and filmmakers' appearance at Comic-Con 2008, notable mostly for the nonstop screaming by the fans.
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