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There's one reason why I'm really fond of Twilight. The story reminds me so much of the shoujo mangas I've read and gotten giddy over last year. I find the story of Twilight cute, actually, because they are two people so new to love. Add to that the supernatural element of Edward being a vampire and having the ability to hear people's minds. He's the extra-ordinary boy who falls in love with the ordinary girl; rich guy-poor girl pair up; a guy so new to love that he is willing to go great lengths just for the girl; the cool, aloof, demure, well-mannered guy, who happens to be the most handsome living creature alive, finally falling for a plain girl and not noticing anything else but her. I remember Hana Yori Dango somehow...
Bagay siya maging manga. Hahaha.
So anyway, I searched for the movie trailer and watched it. I couldn't connect the trailer with the book, though the words and actions matched. Somehow, something was amiss. Bella looked too frightened, for one, in the scene where she asked his age. I had imagined her to be a bit on guard but not really afraid since it was after she told him that "it didn't matter." I had imagined her to be the type of brave girl who, though afraid, could put on a mask of bravery. Second, the overall aura of the movie seemed too serious. I mean, there's nothing wrong with that, but even the tone of their dialogues seemed too serious as compared to the book's. I love their dialogues, actually, because it came to me as playful since they both liked to use sarcasm as a way of teasing one another... Oh, and they love teasing each other. Their talks were never serious. Most of the time Edward kept it as light as possible by making a joke of things. I could only count a few occasions when it did become serious.
Ah, I'm blabbering with my analysis and whatnot. I'm not sure I will like the movie. I was quite disappointed when I saw the trailer... "Ah, eto yung Twilight? O_o Ah... okay." I'd stick with the book instead. Haha. But then, who knows? The trailer's just a 30-seconds of the entire 2? hour movie. Haha.
Oh... One reason why I didn't like Stephanie Meyer's writing that much is because it lacked description. It relied too much on the dialogues most of the time. Sure, it made it easy to understand, but it made it harder to imagine. It felt like I was reading a simple narration of sorts, since the author wrote mostly about what happened, and failed to describe details clearly for readers to easily picture them in their minds.
It became hard for me to read Gone with the Wind once again. In Gone with the Wind, Mitchell wrote vividly that the moment you read, you could almost see the scene happening right before your eyes, hear the noises as if things were happening just right beside your ear, feel the emotions they were feeling. The descriptions were lengthy, but they helped you understand the story more. Mitchell wrote in a way that would help the story materialize in your mind, making you feel like you're a part of it even though it spoke in a third person POV.
Which leads me to the casting of the movie. When I saw the cast for Twilight, I wasn't sure if I was really seeing Edward and Bella or someone else because they did not seem like it. I only agree with Alice. I saw the poster and I was trying to identify them one-by-one. As I was doing so, I was quite unsure of myself except when I saw Alice. The moment I saw her in the poster, I knew it was her even though I couldn't remember if she had red hair or not. Happy and perky was written all over her face. Haha.
[Edit: And the connection is that... Well, because she lacked description, it is hard to have a clear picture of Edward, Bella or the other characters. That's why I'm not quite satisfied with their casting because I had imagined them to be a tad bit different.]
Okay, enough blabbing. I've said more than I'd intended to. XD