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First of all, I do not like Twilight but, weird enough, I don't dislike it either. The Twilight series to me is just not noteworthy in any way but it's really not as bad as most people make it out to be. That being said, I do not understand why people talk about it a lot. But, ever since its release, most young-adult-novels-turned-films are all being compared to it which is pretty unfair (I'm a pretty casual Hunger Games fan :D). But then I saw the Warm Bodies poster and immediately dismissed it as Twilight: Zombie Edition. Now, I've actually watched the movie and can happily say, with full confidence, that Warm Bodies is NOTHING like Twilight. Don't believe me? Here are my thoughts and observations on the subject matter at hand:

#1: The narrative
Twilight has this strangely slow pace which lingers and drags and bores. Yes, I've watched ALL the Twilight films and they were all like this. Plus, in Twilight, we see everything from Bella's point of view... which sort of sucks because she whines a lot and doesn't really have anything interesting to say apart from "Edward is a vampire and I'm in love with him even though he's basically a hundred years older than me and, yeah, he kinda wants to suck my blood."
In Warm Bodies, although zombies are generally slow-moving and lifeless, the movie wasn't. The pace was pretty fast and the movie, in itself, was brief. And this time, the guy gets to narrate the story. So, yeah, a little less whining can go a long way. It also helps that R actually have some pretty solid insights on life and being human. This makes for a fun but not overtly sentimental flick which is refreshing after watching five movies about Bella PMSing.
Oh, yeah and props to Warm Bodies for the sense of humor. It's hard to come up with a ridiculous premise and not make it funny.

#2: The characters
Julie vs Bella: The main thing I liked about Julie is that she has a life outside of R. She has friends, she actually seems to care about her dad, and she had an ex-boyfriend she truly cared about. She's strong and independent. And her initial reaction to R's advances was, of course, sheer terror which is definitely how anyone would react to being stared at by a zombie. Compare this to how Bella reacted when she found out Edward was a vampire:
B:"I know what you are."
E:"Say it... out loud."
B:"Vampire."
E:"You scared now?"
B:"Nah. You're hot, who cares?"
What do we know about Bella's personality aside from the fact that she doesn't seem to care that her beau might want to suck her blood? Nothing.
R vs Edward: The fun thing about seeing things from R's perspective is that we get a good look at what he feels, what he's thinking about most of the time. I liked how at the start of the movie we already got to see exactly who R is: not just a zombie with feelings but a trapped soul looking for a way back to the world of pain and joy. To him, Julie was that escape.
Meanwhile, everyone's most loved (or loathed) sparkly vegan vampire Edward Cullen... well, I don't really know much about him, despite having watched all the Twilight movies. His character was pretty underdeveloped. The only thing I know is that 1. He's a vampire and 2. He's Bella's boyfriend.

#3 The story
Twilight is basically a teen girl's diary plus vampires (and werewolves). Warm Bodies, on the other hand, is set at a post-apocalyptic earth where humans are a dying breed and zombies rule the world. It's a pretty fun metaphor about how we're all losing our humanity and how emotions like happiness and love cannot be felt without first knowing pain and anger. Yeah, I'm deep like that.

#4: The cast
Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer CAN ACT. Period.


So, yeah, those are MY thoughts. Tell me what you think. Which film is superior or are these two movies too different to even compare?