Comments on: Melissa Rosenberg talks about New Moon, David Slade, and Dexter

By: SC

SC — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:23:32 +0000

In otherwords, as I watched it in more detail and really thought about it, my original opinion if Kristen as Bella was off and I grew to love her as Bella

By: SC

SC — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:21:12 +0000

I agree with everyone’s opinions. I was disappointed at first with Kristens portrayal as Bella and I thought they rushed through too much, leaving out the minor details that made the strength of their love obvious. On the flipside, readers have much more insight into Bellas head. From the outside, she was not “goo goo gaga” obvious. The look on her face in biology when they start talking was a dead giveaway that she was really falling for him. I’m not a huge fan of KStew because she does act the same in all her movies, but to me she’s Bella in all her movies. She makes a great Bella because you can see the internal turmoil but can see she’s trying so hard to hide it- to be that “martyr” as Edward called her

By: Meemomoo

Meemomoo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:22:11 +0000

I agree. Little things like Edward kissing Bella on the forehead in that scene when he left because Billy and Jake were coming or his hand in the small of her back every now and then would have made a world of difference too.

By: Mel

Mel — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:10:21 +0000

I get what you’re saying, but I don’t think Kristen intended to play Bella exactly the way she did. When you listen to the commentary you can hear her annoyance at how much she blinks when she talks and some of the looks on her face. Even with the scene when Edward is sucking the venom out, she said that nobody told her she had gone cross-eyed. I think that we will see her portray Bella a little differently now that she has had this insight.

By: Maelina

Maelina — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:29:00 +0000

I understand why people don’t like Kristen’s portrayal of Bella, but in my opinion she did a good job with it. Kristen’s Bella might not be what many of the fans expected, but that is unavoidable as everyone has their own idea of the character in their heads. I dare say we all put a lot of ourselves in our idea of Bella’s character and Kristen even more so as she has to actually play the role. Kristen brought HER Bella to life. I’m sad that so many people don’t seem to get what she’s doing with the character, she’s always criticized over her expressions. People are different, you know? Individuals. Kristen’s I’m-in-love -expression is going to look totally different from anyone else’s. Twilight the movie is Kristen and Rob’s version of the Bella/Edward love story (well, kind of, Catherine and Melissa’s in the first place actually), they brought their ideas and opinions to the characters.

By: Peeps

Peeps — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:20:53 +0000

anh
you said “I disagree somewhat seeing as the decision to put music in lieu of conversation is a directorial one… there was obviously dialogue during those moments in the movie… ”
If you listen to the the director’s cut when they are talking over the movie, CH says that she just told them to look like they were talking so I don’t believe that there was actual lines that they took out.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:00:40 +0000

I hope Bookie is right, in that she’s getting Bella more now as she’s going through the series. I don’t think I was ever more dissapointed with a character portrayal as I was with her Bella. In all honesty though, I’ve seen Kristin’s other movies and she acts the SAME way in those movies as well. I am not at all trying to bash here at all. I think she looked like a lovely Bella. I think the Prom scene was very good (mostly in part to the setting and the music… for once, romantic music in this love story and not alternative rock. Except for the Rob’s song in the restaurant scene… loved that!). I know this movie isn’t completely about Rob… or Edward. It’s Bella’s story! That’s why I was so dissapointed w/ Kristin’s portrayal. I think someone can play Strong (and not love sick) with still showing an emotion that doesn’t look mad and confused throughout the whole movie. I was so excited when my husband agreed to watch Twilight w/ me… and he actually liked it a lot Except he got the same thing as me… “why does the girl look so mad all of the time? She looks annoyed and confused the whole movie. She has the same expression throughout the WHOLE movie. She doesn’t ever smile or look like she’s in love at all… even when she’s alone w/ Edward. She looks like she’s trying to hard with her acting.” I am very hopeful for the remaining movies, and can’t wait to see them as I LOVE the books so much!

By: Singing Moon

Singing Moon — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:58:27 +0000

I think that it was right of her to potray Bella as strong rather than love-sick in Twilight. You’d have to be strong to fall in love with a vampire, especially someone who wants to drink your blood so badly. You’d have to be strong to walk into a room, knowing you’re going to die, to save your mom. You’d have to be strong to want to become a part of the Cullen family, to leave everything about your human life behind. I think Bella’s love-sickness & strength were shown at the right times. I also think we’re really going to experience her love-sickness in NM, but we’ll experience her strength when she saves Edward & goes before the Volturi. So in all honesty, I think she’s playing the part perfectly & I’m very glad she’s the one playing Bella.

By: Bookie

Bookie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:28:23 +0000

M.P…its not that we dont like Kristen,we just feel the ‘love’ between Edward and Bella wasn’t totally portrayed by her acting as Bella. She got the clumsy, shy,caring etc bit but not the i’ll-die-without-u love bit. Kristen even confessed in an interview that she played Bella as a more ’strong’ female as oppose to a love-sick girl. She also said in an interview during filming of New Moon that she is only beginning to fully understand Bella’ character.But you’re right, i LOVE how she stood up for RPattz and TL!

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