5 Criticisms Of The Twilight Movies That Don’t Hold Up Today (And 5 That Do)

The first Twilight movie was released 14 years ago, and some criticisms of the movie have grown outdated, while others hold up. It remains incredibly difficult to name a more divisive franchise. Since the first film’s 2008 release, the franchise has been labeled everything from the greatest love story ever told to a blight upon popular culture. While these films, and the books they’re based on, are hardly groundbreaking, nuanced, or even necessarily healthy, in retrospect, the level of vitriol lobbed at them seems more than a little unfair.