REEL REVIEWS
By Jaci Kohn
IV Leader Co-Editor, Sept. 2, 2010
The idea of a “Twilight” spoof sounded funny to me. I know I’m not the only one who is a little sick of all the vampire stuff that has been produced since the first “Twilight” movie came out. Though I love the books, the movies always came out cheesy and laughable; and Kirsten Stewart’s twitchy performance and constant blinking did not help the movies.
I was looking forward to seeing the movie “Vampires Suck;” however, .,I was a bit disappointed.
The movie goes through the events of the first two books of the series, Twilight and New Moon. Becca Crane moves to Sporks, Wash., to live with her dad where Becca meets the mysterious Edward Sullen. Becca finds out Edward is a vampire, yet still falls in love with him. Edward saves Becca from the bad vampire James. The Sullens attack Becca on her birthday. Edward leaves Becca. Becca gets depressed. Becca turns to Jacob -White, who then falls in love with her. Then Becca must go save Edward from the Volturi, who want Edward to bite Becca. That’s pretty much it in a nut shell.
“Vampires Suck” was probably one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen. I know that was the point of this movie, but it was pretty bad.
Sitting in the theater Tuesday night, I could hear many of the audience members speaking aloud the words that were running through my mind the entire movie: “This is so dumb.” Though the movie had many laughable moments, I felt my IQ dropping throughout the duration of the movie. Plus, a lot of the scenes that I thought were the funniest were the ones that were shown in the commercials.
Becca Crane, the character who is supposed to represent Bella Swan in the Twilight series, is played by Jenn Proske. Proske does a nice job of imitating Stewart playing Bella. Proske does all the weird twitchy movements and blinks every second perfectly. She also has the constant, awkward act of pushing strands of hair behind her ear every five minutes down pat. I think one of my favorite lines in the movie is when Becca’s dad tells her she’s not good enough for Edward because she’s “too twitchy.”
The play on words with the names of the townspeople and the town itself was clever. And I also liked that the werewolves were actually Chihuahuas, but some of the scenes were really random and kind of weird. Alice in Wonderland pops up out of nowhere. I was a little confused at that part.
If I were you I wouldn’t waste my money. Though the movie was funny in parts, it’s not worth the $5 I paid. Go rent it for a dollar later.