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Old 12-09-2008, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by breathesgelatin View Post
My understanding is that Catherine Hardwicke had an EXTREMELY limited budget for special effects given to her by the studio. Thus the subpar renderings of flight, climbing, diamond-like vampire skin, etc. I saw an interview with her about this somewhere.

Really? I had not heard that, but it explains a lot. I will have high hopes for movie 2 after the financial success of 1 (and yet, am really surprised that the phenomenal success of the books didn't spill over to the movie budget!) I hope whoever negotiates, etc on movie 2 can deliver!
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