I must admit I’ve been bitten by the Twilight bug. Why? I have no idea! My husband rented the movie way back when it came out on DVD. After he bought it home, I was asked him, “Why did you get that movie?” I had no desire to watch it. When the movie was being made I heard all the hype about Twilight and the crazy fans. I thought, “Oh great another vampire movie.” I didn’t want to see it, because I thought it was just a teen fad thing.
Well, Twilight is a teen fad thing, but I was intrigued by the popularity of it. When “New Moon” came out and I heard all the money it was raking in I became curious. So a friend of mine sent me her copy of Twilight, I wanted to see what Stephanie Meyer wrote to cause such a crazy turnout and so many rabid fans for “Team Edward” and “Team Jacob.”
I started reading “Twilight” the day before New Year’s Eve and finished it the next day. This is how I spent ringing in the New Year. I’m revealing the exciting life I lead. Anyway, I couldn’t put the damn book down. The obsession began after I couldn’t remember how Bella finds out Edward is a vampire, so I kept reading. By this time, the romance between Edward and Bella is developing in the book. So I kept reading! By 4 a.m., there was still over 100 plus pages to read and I tell myself to take my ass to bed!
After finishing Twilight, I had to watch the movie over again, because I couldn’t remember what parts of the book are in the movie. The first time I watched it again, I hated it. But, I never like movies where I have read the book. The very first time I watched Twilight when my husband rented it. I loved the movie. After I watched the movie for the second time, I watched it again. Yes, this is how I spent my New Year’s Eve. I loved the movie after watching it for the third time and understood the reason why so many teenagers are crazy over Twilight.
New Year’s Day, I dragged my husband to watch New Moon. I had to see the movie before reading the book otherwise my immediate reaction would be this movie sucked when really it didn’t. If I’ve read the book and it’s made into a movie, I watch the movie comparing it to all the details that are left out that were in the book. Every John Grisham movie I’ve seen where I’ve read the book prior, I didn’t like the movie.
Anyway, I wanted more Twilight after seeing New Moon. Robert Pattison wasn’t in New Moon as much as the first movie, but this is because Edward leaves Bella. Edward believes that his presence will bring Bella to her death. Well, he is a vampire and she is a human so danger does lurk even with him. But hey, all relationships are complicated.
Two thumbs up for New Moon, it was action packed and the werewolves make for an interesting twist in the vampire story. Bella finds herself in a love triangle and I was shocked by Edward’s marriage proposal at the end. If you haven’t seen the movie, sorry for the spoiler, but the movie has been out since November so I assume there have been many spoilers leaked.
On an ending note, my opinion of Stephanie Meyer the mad creator of Twilight, I’ve read many negative reviews of her writing style. My immediate thought of her writing as I read Twilight was its simple. This said simple is not a bad thought. I think James Patterson writes in a simple manner. I prefer this style. What I look for in books are does the story keep flowing and is it interesting, Twilight definitely kept my interest. It didn’t take several chapters to catch my attention. There have been books that put me to sleep and took half the book before I was interested. Other books just didn’t make it past the first chapter, before I abandoned finishing it.
Despite the critics of Meyers writing, she had a concept that was marketable. In the literary world, a marketable book is all that matters. You don’t have to be a fabulous writer to be a best seller. Meyer was able to touch on what teenagers are interested in, the things they deal with in their teen hood and she created interesting and desirable characters. Edward Cullen is a man/vampire that seduces the female reader. He doesn’t exist, but female readers wish he did! This is what Meyer hooked her readers with!!
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