Twilight (2008)

In director Catherine Hardwicke's blockbuster - this romantic-erotic fantasy vampire film was the first of five films in a long-running Twilight Saga franchise-series (from 2008-2012). It was an adaptation based upon the first of four novels published from 2005-2008 by author Stephenie Meyer, about burgeoning teenage sexuality.

The film's main plot was about the strained, teenaged love relationship - one of dangerous attraction - between pale, intrigued and mesmerized 17 year-old new-girl-in-school Isabella ("Bella") Swan and handsome, icy-to-touch, mysterious immortal vampire Edward Cullen.

• teenaged 17 year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan (Kristen Stewart) had recently moved to the small town of Forks, WA from Phoenix, AZ with her single parent father Charlie (Billy Burke), Forks' new Chief of Police; there, she entered into a problematic romance with 108-year-old, telepathic Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), immortally-stabilized in age as a teenager and a member of a dangerous coven of vampires; unlike most thirsty, blood-sucking vampires, the Cullens were "vegetarians" (who consumed non-human, animal blood) in order to co-exist with humans
• Bella had her first view of Edward in the Forks, WA High School cafeteria
• Edward rescued Bella from being crushed by a runaway van in the school parking lot
• Bella also established a relationship with her childhood friend, Native-American (Quileute) teenager Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) who lived with his father Billy Black (Gil Birmingham) on a reservation near Forks, WA; the Quileutes, descended from wolves, were enemy-rivals of the Cullens
• there were many smoldering, staring encounters and intense conversations between Bella and Edward without consummating their love (in school, in the woods, in a restaurant, in her bedroom) highlighted by a few quotes: Edward: "I can read every mind in this room. Apart from yours," "Your scent, it's like a drug to me. You're like my own personal brand of heroin," Bella: "I'm not afraid of you, I'm only afraid of losing you"
• their first dramatic kissing scene was in her bedroom, where he often watched her sleep because it was "fascinating" to him. He told her: "I always want to try one thing. Just stay very still. Don't move"; as he slightly gasped, he moved closer and pecked her on the lips, then she hungrily reciprocated and grabbed his head; they both panted as she fell back on her bed with him on top of her, still kissing; but then he suddenly jumped back and commanded: "Stop it"; she apologized: "I'm sorry"; he replied: "I'm stronger than I thought," but she felt otherwise: "Yeah. I wish I could say the same"; he revealed his major fear: "I can't ever lose control with you"; without sexually consummating their love, he remained with her for the night
• later, Bella held onto his back when he whisked up the mountain to view his sparkling diamond-like skin in the sunlight, and later he took her to the tree tops above his home: "You better hold on tight, spider monkey"
• Bella delivered a voice-over statement about him after Edward had revealed himself as a vampire in the woods: "About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him - and I didn't know how dominant that part might be - that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him" - after which she saw him standing outside her bedroom window
• at the home of the incestuous Cullen vampire family, they commented upon Bella's arrival, ("Here comes the human..."), worried that their family's heritage-secret would be revealed
• Bella soon became endangered in Forks by three rival, rogue and nomadic vampires: gifted tracker and sadistic hunter James Witherdale (Cam Gigandet), his partner Victoria Sutherland (Rachelle Lefevre), and Laurent Da Revin (Edi Gathegi), who were responsible for a series of 'animal attacks' in town
• once the menacing trio became obsessed with Bella's intoxicating scent and began to hunt her down, Edward and the Cullens, including Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene) and her mate Jasper Hale (Jackson Rathbone), unsuccessfully tried to protect her; Bella fled to Phoenix, where the insanely-predatory, blood-sucking vampire thug James tracked her at her old ballet studio, bit her arm, and infected her with vampire venom

Bella Whisked Up to the Mountain Treetops

Edward Standing Outside Bella's Window

Edward Saving Bella From Dying By Sucking Out Venom From Her Wrist

• four of the Cullens retaliated, broke James' neck and burned his body, while Edward sucked the venom from Bella's wrist bite to prevent her from dying and becoming an immortal vampire; Edward was cautioned by his patriarchal, physician father Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli) - a 300+ year-old vampire, to stop before killing her: ("Edward, stop. Her blood is clean. You're killing her. Edward, stop. Find the will")
• in the conclusion set back in Forks, soul-mates Bella and Edward attended the Forks HS prom; in a final tearjerking romantic scene between the young couple, they were dancing at their high school prom under an outdoor lighted gazebo; Bella professed her dying love for him, surrendered her neck to him, and they kissed; she suggested becoming a vampire to be with him forever, but he refused to make her into a "monster"; Edward refused Bella's fervent desire to become like him, while she wished he hadn't saved her, and instead had let the venom spread:

  Bella: "...Why did you save me? You should've just let the venom spread. I could be like you by now."
  Edward: "You don't know what you're saying. You don't want this."
  Bella: "I want you. Always."
  Edward: "I'm not gonna end your life for you."
  Bella: "I'm dying, already. Every second, I get closer, older."
  Edward: "That's the way it's supposed to be."
  Bella: "Alice said that she saw me like you. I heard her."
  Edward: "Her visions change."
  Bella: "Yeah, based on what people decide. I've decided."
  Edward: "So that's what you dream about? Becoming a monster."
  Bella: "I dream about being with you, forever."
  Edward: "Forever?" (She nodded) "And you're ready right now?"
  Bella: "Yes." (She surrendered her neck to him)
  Edward: "Is it not enough just to have a long and happy life with me?"
  Bella: "Yeah. For now." (They kissed)
  Bella: (voice-over) "No one will surrender tonight, but I won't give in. I know what I want."

• they continued dancing to the tune of "Flightless Bird, American Mouth," performed by Iron & Wine: ("Have I found you? Flightless bird, jealous, weeping, Or lost you? American mouth, Big pill looming"); eavesdropping on them, Victoria was plotting to seek revenge for James' death

Romantic Kissing Under Gazebo at Their High School Prom