"i'm team jacob, antha! not TEAM TAYLOR LAUTNER!"Okay. In a sea of people who thought the movie was awful, I feel like I should share my thoughts on Twilight. It goes like this:
I liked it. Loved it, actually. I thought it was great.
Really, a lot of what I've heard is that people thought the movie was a little ridiculous and all too cheesy.
But wait. Hold the phone. This movie is based on a novel about a teenage vampire who falls in love with a human who has a werewolf for a best friend and uses lines like, "So the lion fell in love with the lamb." Were you expecting anything but cheesy? I mean, there really was no other way they could portray the book as well as they did without making it kind of far-fetched and ridiculous, because the books are that way. As far as that "spider-monkey" line goes, though, I am completely on the other side. (Really, Hardwike? Spider monkey? Did you really think we would just miss that or something?)
I don't know, I just really liked it, personally. I thought Robert Pattinson and Jackson Rathbone brought a different look to their roles that I hadn't even really thought of before. I actually liked Jasper's pained-face-halfway-constipation look he had going on. I always overlooked the fact that he was still new and in pain in the first book, but that made me kind of feel a little bad for him.
Oh. And the sparkle thing? Personally, I just think if they had cut the wind-chime sparkly noise thing they had going on, it would have made the scene a lot better. Just let the effects do their work and cut the five year old cartoon sounds.
And. And. And! To top all of that off, Edward Cullen and I wear the same sunglasses. It's a sign we're meant to be, right? Of course.
And that is how I feel about all of that.
In other news, I am really excited to be home right now. It's been such a hectic week, I think I need a few minutes to breath.
We're going to the lighting of the Square tomorrow. Things like that are my favorite parts of small town life. I might even see Kylan there?
In a matter of a week, my Dad has read almost the entire Twilight series and is halfway through Breaking Dawn. It is entirely too weird and entirely too exciting all at the same time. Finally someone in my family to talk to about Twilight. And it's my Dad. A little bit hilarious.
Oh. And. I am in love with Luke Wilson. Always has been, always will be.
3 comments:
I just read a review of Twilight in our school newspaper that basically called it a good movie. It completely ignored the cheesiness and I feel like that is a major calamity.
I basically fell in love with Edward when he walked out in those sunglasses. That was the moment that I bought into the movie in a real kind of way.
That spider monkey line was a mistake though. I think we all knew that.
Love,
Kate
No, I think that it was a really good movie that needed that element of camp to be able to be any kind of based on that novel.
Remember that old IHarthDarth comic we used to love so much? When he walked out with that half smile and my sunglasses on, I literally said to myself, "Omg. Do me."
Now you guys know why I was so obsessed with him for so long. And. Okay, still am.
I think it was really enjoyable and I kind of loved it, but I don't think it was good. The cheesiness basically made it. I'm going to enjoy watching it with you guys at your house some late night and making fun of it.
I NEED TO READ ALL OF THOSE AGAIN NOOOOOOW. Ahaha.
Haha, I still question his ability to act.
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