Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the premiere of Twilight at the Twilight Ball! I think it was a great success! We ate food inspired by the movie, listened to Stephenie Meyer's playlist, judged a costume contest, tested our Twilight trivia knowledge, and discussed whether we liked or disliked the movie.
I went and watched the movie Saturday evening, and my verdict is: I liked it!
I was very skeptical, especially after watching the previews. I didn't think Robert Pattinson was a good choice for Edward from the start, and he just looked...weird in the previews. But watching the film as a whole I think he did a remarkable good job. There were some awkward moments, and his accent was a little strange sometimes (but come on, he's British and he was supposed to talk like a Chicagoan from the early 1900s!), and his initial reaction to Bella was a little over the top.. But he was very good at showing how much he thinks of himself as a monster, something that never really struck me fully in the book.
For those of you who disliked the movie, I can only offer this advice. This is from someone who has been disappointed by film adaptations quite a bit, so I like to think I'm wise. :P Watch movies like this with a grain of salt, the creator's may not be going for complete 100% accuracy with every scene, but they are trying to portray the..how do you say..essence of the book. Don't get me wrong, there are some movies where the moviemakers seem to have taken the basic premise of the book and run in a completely different direction, but I don't think that's the case with Twilight.
I'll get off my soap box now, sorry! As you may know by now, I think about books and movies a lot! :)
Now, as a prize to those of you who have read this entire entry, if you came on Saturday you know that there were quotes from Twilight posted all over the walls and some people got to take one home for themselves. Well, I happen to have an extra quote that was too long to put on the wall. So the first person to post a comment on this entry gets to have it! The quote is: "His fingers were ice-cold, like he’d been holding them in a snowdrift before class. But that wasn’t why I jerked my hand away so quickly. When he touched me, it stung my hand as if an electric current had passed through us."
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 2, p.45
I went and watched the movie Saturday evening, and my verdict is: I liked it!
I was very skeptical, especially after watching the previews. I didn't think Robert Pattinson was a good choice for Edward from the start, and he just looked...weird in the previews. But watching the film as a whole I think he did a remarkable good job. There were some awkward moments, and his accent was a little strange sometimes (but come on, he's British and he was supposed to talk like a Chicagoan from the early 1900s!), and his initial reaction to Bella was a little over the top.. But he was very good at showing how much he thinks of himself as a monster, something that never really struck me fully in the book.
For those of you who disliked the movie, I can only offer this advice. This is from someone who has been disappointed by film adaptations quite a bit, so I like to think I'm wise. :P Watch movies like this with a grain of salt, the creator's may not be going for complete 100% accuracy with every scene, but they are trying to portray the..how do you say..essence of the book. Don't get me wrong, there are some movies where the moviemakers seem to have taken the basic premise of the book and run in a completely different direction, but I don't think that's the case with Twilight.
I'll get off my soap box now, sorry! As you may know by now, I think about books and movies a lot! :)
Now, as a prize to those of you who have read this entire entry, if you came on Saturday you know that there were quotes from Twilight posted all over the walls and some people got to take one home for themselves. Well, I happen to have an extra quote that was too long to put on the wall. So the first person to post a comment on this entry gets to have it! The quote is: "His fingers were ice-cold, like he’d been holding them in a snowdrift before class. But that wasn’t why I jerked my hand away so quickly. When he touched me, it stung my hand as if an electric current had passed through us."
Bella Swan, Twilight, Chapter 2, p.45
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