I warned you it's epic Twilight weekend
It wasn't awful awful. It wasn't a cinematic masterpiece either (not that expectations were ever that high). In short, it was faithful to the spirit of the book.
1.
That image pretty much sums up the first HOUR of the movie. Edward's pained look popped up so much that we (and other members of the audience) couldn't help but crack up: the man looked like he had something really bad for lunch.
2. Pattinson and Steward did justice to Bella and Edward. It was just amusing to see their relationship played on screen, because it reminded me of every painfully awkward moment in middle/high school. Does he like me? Why can't I tell what she's thinking? Why is he avoiding me? Why can't he at least say 'hi'? OMG he saved me from a moving truck that would've made me into a pancake!
3. I have a new favorite vampire: ZOMBIE JASPER!
That picture's decent, but in the movie, I love whenever he pops up, because he just looked stoned.
4. I wish there was more of the Cullen family. The movie zooms into Bella and Edward so much that the rest of the Cullens are kinda reduced to beautiful and filthy rich undead people. Which is a shame, because they're the only characters that are as fleshed out as Bella and Edward--Meyer sure didn't care about the Mikes and Jessicas of Bella's human world.
5. Don't judge my preference for Jacob based on this movie. HIS WIG WAS ATROCIOUS. I could see where they pasted it onto his forehead.
6. Edward's dazzling moment in the meadow was...underwhelming for me. I wanted more sparkles! But then again, I'm not exactly the target audience the director has in mind when she instructs RPattz to unbutton his shirt to capture the moment.
7. Ridiculous lines that made me choke on my popcorn:
Edward: Hold on, spidermonkey!
--
Edward: And so the lion fell in love with the lamb. [Yes, that was in the book, but I had the same reaction to the movie version too.]
8. The fathers were priceless. E.g. Billy Black's line: "Just keep it real, son."
9. Will Hardwicke do all the films? I feel like she'd go gleefully nuts filming Breaking Dawn's Birthing Scene From Hell. Because Bella writhing around in agony was already making me queasy.
10.
Wow, she just showed up in her own book's movie. Really, Smeyer, really? I think I respect authors more for staying AWAY from movie adaptations of their books.
What'd you think? Was it worth the hype? I'll never really understand the frenzy the books and the movies will drive its fans to. I can see why the books absorb you for the week or so it takes to read them, but after that, peace out, guys. I'm done, thanks.
I think I like the soundtrack though.
EDIT: Since Jacob got such short shrift in the movie (well, understandably, because he doesn't have the spotlight until New Moon), this week's quote is going to be from Twilight too. Eclipse, actually. I love it not for any brilliant literary reason (ha), but I just felt gutted for Jacob--as this is when the Jacob-and-Bella-ship founders into oblivion.
Jacob and Bella outside the cave:
For one brief, never-ending second, an entirely different path expanded behind the lids of my tear-wet eyes. As if I were looking through the filter of Jacob's thoughts, I could see exactly what I was going to give up, exactly what this self-knowledge would not save me from losing. I could see Charlie and Renee mixed into a strange collage with Billy and Sam and La Push. I could see years passing, and meaning something as they passed, changing me. I could see the enormous red-brown wolf that I loved, always standing as protector if I needed him. For the tiniest fragment of that second, I saw the bobbing heads of two small, black-haired children, running away from me into the familiar forest. When they disappeared, they took the rest of the vision with them.
-Eclipse, pp. 529
God, I'm a sucker for soap operas.
1.
That image pretty much sums up the first HOUR of the movie. Edward's pained look popped up so much that we (and other members of the audience) couldn't help but crack up: the man looked like he had something really bad for lunch.
2. Pattinson and Steward did justice to Bella and Edward. It was just amusing to see their relationship played on screen, because it reminded me of every painfully awkward moment in middle/high school. Does he like me? Why can't I tell what she's thinking? Why is he avoiding me? Why can't he at least say 'hi'? OMG he saved me from a moving truck that would've made me into a pancake!
3. I have a new favorite vampire: ZOMBIE JASPER!
That picture's decent, but in the movie, I love whenever he pops up, because he just looked stoned.
4. I wish there was more of the Cullen family. The movie zooms into Bella and Edward so much that the rest of the Cullens are kinda reduced to beautiful and filthy rich undead people. Which is a shame, because they're the only characters that are as fleshed out as Bella and Edward--Meyer sure didn't care about the Mikes and Jessicas of Bella's human world.
5. Don't judge my preference for Jacob based on this movie. HIS WIG WAS ATROCIOUS. I could see where they pasted it onto his forehead.
6. Edward's dazzling moment in the meadow was...underwhelming for me. I wanted more sparkles! But then again, I'm not exactly the target audience the director has in mind when she instructs RPattz to unbutton his shirt to capture the moment.
7. Ridiculous lines that made me choke on my popcorn:
Edward: Hold on, spidermonkey!
--
Edward: And so the lion fell in love with the lamb. [Yes, that was in the book, but I had the same reaction to the movie version too.]
8. The fathers were priceless. E.g. Billy Black's line: "Just keep it real, son."
9. Will Hardwicke do all the films? I feel like she'd go gleefully nuts filming Breaking Dawn's Birthing Scene From Hell. Because Bella writhing around in agony was already making me queasy.
10.
Wow, she just showed up in her own book's movie. Really, Smeyer, really? I think I respect authors more for staying AWAY from movie adaptations of their books.
What'd you think? Was it worth the hype? I'll never really understand the frenzy the books and the movies will drive its fans to. I can see why the books absorb you for the week or so it takes to read them, but after that, peace out, guys. I'm done, thanks.
I think I like the soundtrack though.
EDIT: Since Jacob got such short shrift in the movie (well, understandably, because he doesn't have the spotlight until New Moon), this week's quote is going to be from Twilight too. Eclipse, actually. I love it not for any brilliant literary reason (ha), but I just felt gutted for Jacob--as this is when the Jacob-and-Bella-ship founders into oblivion.
Jacob and Bella outside the cave:
For one brief, never-ending second, an entirely different path expanded behind the lids of my tear-wet eyes. As if I were looking through the filter of Jacob's thoughts, I could see exactly what I was going to give up, exactly what this self-knowledge would not save me from losing. I could see Charlie and Renee mixed into a strange collage with Billy and Sam and La Push. I could see years passing, and meaning something as they passed, changing me. I could see the enormous red-brown wolf that I loved, always standing as protector if I needed him. For the tiniest fragment of that second, I saw the bobbing heads of two small, black-haired children, running away from me into the familiar forest. When they disappeared, they took the rest of the vision with them.
-Eclipse, pp. 529
God, I'm a sucker for soap operas.