Twilight, no spoilers, I promise
November 26, 2008 | Jenny Recommends
I thoroughly enjoyed the Twilight movie. You definitely have to be in the mood for high drama, but if you’ve read all 3000 pages of the series like I have, clearly you’re in the mood for high drama.
I thought everyone was well cast. Originally, I didn’t think that Robert Pattinson was hot enough to play Edward, but after seeing the movie, um yes. Yes indeedy. He is plenty hot. When he made his first appearance in the cafeteria on Bella’s first day of school, the audience totally squealed. It was awesome. It was like they were trying to keep it in, but they just couldn’t.
Speaking of which, the particular crowd at the 8:30 showing on opening night was mostly full of grown ups, which made me feel bad. As I was calmly printing out my tickets from the Fandango machine, that of course I had purchased online earlier that day with my grown up debit card, a group of teenaged girls was just getting the sad sad news that Twilight was sold out. One of them shrieked, got a hold of herself, then proclaimed in a shaky voice, “You have NO IDEA how upset you’ve just made me. We took two busses to get here, in the rain, I straightened my bangs, it CAN’T be sold out.” Her announcement caused more cries of despair from other teenagers in line, who slowly began peeling off and sulking away, back out into the rainy night. Yeah, sorry about that ladies.
Anyway, I thought they did a good job if staying true to the book. It was really almost exactly the same, with just some stuff left out, but nothing really added in. I give it two enthusiastic, adolescent thumbs up.
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November 28th, 2008 at 12:16 am, beth c Says:
I also thoroughly enjoyed the movie, although not always in the way the filmmaker intended. There was a lot of snickering from me and the women I went with, especially whenever Jasper was on camera. I agree though, it was a good representation of the book. Fun in the same ways, campy in the same ways. And I thought it was well-cast too. I had fun discussing it with the girls in my sophomore English classes on Monday!
November 28th, 2008 at 8:13 am, Peter Says:
“…I straightened my bangs…” I know this was a teen saying this, but it’s just another piece of evidence proving I will never truly understand women.
My sister’s seen it twice already, fwiw.
November 28th, 2008 at 10:10 am, Marguerite Says:
I liked the movie minus the insane overacting by Edward at the beginning. I got sucked into the spirit of it shortly after the trip to the Vampire Family’s AWESOME house. Am now reading leaked copy of “Twilight” from Edwards perspective online at the Author’s website. Pre-teen CRACK!
If you would also like to read the “other” Twilight click here:
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partialdraft3.pdf
December 1st, 2008 at 3:06 pm, Jenny Says:
beth c: Your students must thin you are SO COOL.
Peter: Hi friend! The straightening of one’s bangs for a movie you then can’t see, I can imagine would be disappointing.
Marguerite: Dude. Thanks a lot! That’s all I need.
December 1st, 2008 at 6:34 pm, hliv Says:
YEEEEEE! I cannot wait. I think Robert Pattinson is plenty hot! It is the Bella I object to, so I am hoping she surprises me.