My translation of the cast: 

Peter Facinelli as Carlisle

acting chops: Can't Hardly Wait, Law and Order, Riding in Cars with Boys, Dancing with the Stars, Fastlane, Scorpion King-basically a bunch of low-budg movies and tv episodes, nothing too impressive but he is a hottie! but then again, he does not look good as a blonde (5th one from the left in the picture below)
my opinion: I think this is a good choice, he looks very fatherly and i can totally see him in this role as a doctor. but again, i really hate the blonde hair-it looks way too unnatural. then again, i guess that's part of the role-to look inhuman. hmm... we shall see...




Elizabeth Reaser as Esme

acting chops: everybody knows her from Grey's Anatomy but she was also in The Family Stone (which was a pretty good movie) and one episode of Scrubs---not bad
my opinion: i never liked this chick-didn't like her on Grey's Anatomy and i didn't like her in the Family Stone, but i can see how she would be a good mother-there's something about her that is very maternal-but a vampire? definately not. it's gonna sound shallow, but Esme needs to be GORGEOUS and almost regal, and Elizabeth Reaser does not seem right for the role. plus i pictured her as taller. at least as tall as Carslile. bad choice--i don't care what anyone says. 

Jackson Rathbone as Jasper

acting chops: not that anyone gives a flying fuck, but to be fair--he was on the short-lived series Beautiful People (i remember watching it and thinking, "What a pussy") and he was on the O.C. for half a second and some other random shit
my opinion: i hate this casting choice. he looks like a chick. super feminine. not like a sexy ass Vampire at all. none of the swave-ness of Jasper. plus isn't Jasper supposed to be older? and does this man look like he went through the damn Civil War. i don't fuckin think so. . plus he looks even gayer (literally not just to be funny, he looks like a flamer with that blonde Rachael- from-Friends-in-the-90's-haircut. last one from the left in the picture.bad choice.

Nikki Reed as Rosalie
 
acting chops: Mini's First Time and Thirteen (pretty intense movies-she has my respect for doing such a good job with both roles-it shows that she's got the skillz), again The O.C. (it seems everyone's on that show) and Lords of Dogtown--overall a pretty hefty portfolio-she should be good in this role cause all she has to do is look pretty and be a complete bitch-if she can do intense roles like in Thirteen and Mini's First Time, then she can definately do a good job with this movie)
my opinion: okay, first of all, is the chick in the pictures for Twilight and the girl in the pictures above even the same person? she looks TOTALLY different. (second person from the left in the official photo) see what pancake make-up and hair dye can do? apparently wonders. i think she could do a good job with this role. overall, good choice.

Ashley Greene as Alice
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1786941440/nm2230865
(couldn't find a photo of this chick, so here's a link)
acting chops: not much, she's relatively new to the acting scene-a model before she got into acting, the only thing that anyone would recognize is that she played someone's girlfriend on an episode of Punked! this movie might propell her into more acting roles. it might be her debut performance to go on to do better things. we'll see.
my opinion: well, she's definately pretty enough. i have know idea if she can act, but she definately looks the part. (except for that bad wig she's wearing-or maybe it's just a bad haircut. but it'll probably look better in the movie. she's the second to last one from the left in the picture at the top)

Kellan Lutz as Emmett


(last one in the picture from the left)
it was hard to find a picture of this guy with a shirt on. but just for kicks and hormones...




GOOD LORD!
okay, acting chops: i remember seeing him in a couple of episodes of Heroes, Accepted, Stick It!, and a couple of shallow teenage tv shows like Summerland and soap operas
my opinion: despite his roles in kinda shallow movies, i think this is a perfect casting choice. i mean look at him in the official photo of Twilight (last one in the picture) he looks like a sexy vampire in the photo. he's got the right haircut, and god knows he's got the right body. i think this is the only casting choice that was DEAD ON. i think he'll be perfect for Emmett-that kind of strong and testosterone-driven guy. he's perfect for this role. 

let me just make a quick comment on Robert Pattinson, the guy who's gonna play Edward-the guy in the center of all the pictures: i don't like him as Edward-i think that the casting directors could have gotten someone better looking and a better actor. HOWEVER, i am forcing myself to keep an open mind. i'll judge when we see the movie. i'm just really excited they finally cast the movie. now i just want them to cast Jacob. i literally cannot even wait. i'm beside myself with excitement.

peace.

jigga jigga

UUHH! It's Sunday night. Just got back from a volleyball tournament and I'm in a weird mood. My feet hurt like hell. I hope I don't wind up like one of those old ladies who has to wear orthopedic shoes. UHHHH. Shoot, I don't care how uncomfortable those shoes are, they are just too ugly for me. I'll be wearing pumps at 95 years old. I don't care. Anyway, it's snowing, so it's all good. I hope we don't have school tomorrow, but that's probably not going to happen because that would just be too convenient. I hate high school. 

 

woke up singing Gangster's Paradise by Coolio. don't ask me why. "As i walk through the valley of the shadow of death/i take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left...fool."