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Twilight: Director's Notebook: The Story of How We Made the Movie Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer

5 star:		(88)
4 star:		(34)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I'm still giving this 5 stars, but there were a few things that I found a tiny bit disappointing...

1. The book is 163 pages, but there is not much text and the pages are small. It took me less than and hour to read it from cover to cover.

2. The book is written in Catherine's handwriting which can be hard to read sometimes.

3. I thought the book could have covered the topics more in depth. I thought the chapters about how they shot various scenes were interesting, but they made me wish I could ask her questions (and get the answers!). There were so many more things I wanted to know about how and why she made different decisions in shooting the movie.

Despite those 3 things, I still thought the book was really interesting and fun to read. I saw the movie twice in the theaters and this book made me excited for the DVD release (especially the bonus material). I realized after reading the Director's Notebook there were lots of little details from the movie I had missed. Here's one example: After the nomad vampires kill the security guard they wear his clothes, James wears his jacket and Victoria wears his "Kiss me, I'm Irish" t-shirt. I never noticed that before.

This book also made me realize how difficult it is to a translate a book into a film and how budget constraints can really limit a director's vision. I feel sad that it didn't work out for Catherine to do New Moon because you can tell how much she loves Twilight and put everything she had into this movie.

Unfortunately I had to give this 1 star - it doesn't deserve that.

I saw this in the bookstores and am glad I didn't pre-order it. The book is no bigger than a postcard. $18.00 retail!?! It's not worth $10. For the price it should have been a poster book. This is just another way for Hardwicke to bleed more money out of Twilight fans. Definitely not worth the money.

"Twilight: Director's Notebook" has some insights, and photographs as well as movie trivia, but despite this, I found it lacking. This is because the book is purported to be the Director's Notebook, and I really expected a work of more substance, instead of something flimsy [it's postcard sized] and seemed like a book published to ride the series' popularity.

I'd rather recommend "Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion" which I felt to be worth my money, and provided deeper insights into the production of the movie.

I enjoyed the movie extras that show how the movie was made better rather than the book. If your someone that wants to get into film making it is good but just a Twilight fan might not enjoy it as much.

I'm a serious Twilight fan, so of course I have been spending my hard-earned dollars on any/everything Twilight. However, this director's notebook was REALLY not worth the money. I felt very ripped-off. Basically, if you've watched the DVD's special features, then you've read the notebook. No disrespect to Catherine Hardwicke, but other than just maybe one or two interesting little tid-bits, this book is just recycled information. Unless you are just trying to build a shrine of Twilight memorabilia, I wouldn't waste your money!

This is a cute book. Little book I read it in about an hour. Lots of cool pictures but I did not learn a lot from the book. I learned more from press releases etc. I am an avid Twilight fan and would suggest getting this if you have a collection going. Which I do and it fits right in. The book is cutsey in the handwritten exerts. I really expected more when I bought it but am not disappointed.

this book was okay, but if you purchased the dvd with the bonus features, it's the same thing.

I would like to know more about the cast, too. Didn't cover much.
Pix were okay.

I saw this next to the movie when I bought it at Sam's Club and I figured why not??? Pretty fluffy and silly but it entertained me for about the hour it took me to read it. The font in this book is ANNOYING. Not worth the full asking price by a LONG shot but worth borrowing from a friend if you're a Twilight fanatic. I don't think there is really all that much there that you can't find on the internet to be honest. I also am shocked that the director didn't mention all the Twilight Fans that stalked the filming since that's all I kept hearing about during the filming of the movie was the fanatics that were knocking on cast member's doors, running onto the set etc. That HAD to be a nightmare from a director's standpoint, yet it's not even mentioned in passing which I found odd. You DO hear a lot about how often the director had to stand in for Bella for various things when setting scenes up yet professing that she "doesn't want to be Bella despite how it looks" - thou doth protest too much???

I agree with the other reviewer with the things she was disappointed in. I'm not giving it 5 stars though. I'm going with 3. I think the book was cool. I loved seeing all the background stuff and effort that went into making Twilight. I just thought it would be more than a picture book. Like previously stated, it took about 45 mins to read cover to cover. Just don't think it's worth the $17.99 asking price. Maybe $10??

This book also made me realize how difficult it is to a translate a book into a film. Catherine did a good job with the limited time and resources she had. I understand more why she didn't want to do New Moon. She thought it was going to be rushed.