Oh, noez! I am being sucked into Twilight! SAVE ME!

[gategrrl]

Mermaid wants to go see this seminal preteen/teen/hormonal-married-woman movie. So, I'm going to go with (another) adult (male, and the father of-) her friend, and two other friends.  Yeah. It'll be interesting to see how bad the story is, firsthand. I usually have little to no interest in "One and Only Soul Mate" romances...and with a dead guy who sparkles in the sunlight (?). How can he be a vamp if he doesn't go poof! in the daylight?

The news interviewed a bunch of girls and adult women (you'd think they were adult, but I don't know...one of them gushed about how she'd LOVE to do Edward) who were behaving as if the Beatles were in town, or Mick Jagger. It was *weird*.

I'll let you know what my reaction is tomorrow after the morning matinee. I don't promise to be fair, but I'll try, since I *know* I am not the audience for whom this movie and book series is meant.

Comments

[khek.livejournal.com]

I just got home from seeing it with some of my co-workers. I did read the book, so I'll be interested to see what you think, since you didn't.

Look for young Jack! (Michael Welch) He plays Michael, a regular teen with a crush on Bella. I didn't recognize him at first; he looks different. Older, and bulkier. And blonder. (I told my friends I thought he would have made a better Edward, but was voted down.)

Prepare for very loud music at all the significant emotional points. I wanted to put my hands over my ears, it was so much louder than the dialogue.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

The sound problem wasn't there in the theater I was in.

I've heard that the author had a cameo in the movie. Do you know what scene she was in?

[khek.livejournal.com]

It's in the diner, in the scene were Bella's eating with her father, and the four old guys at the next table lean over and ask him what's going on with Waylan's murder investigation. Stephanie Meyer was the woman sitting at the counter in the establishing shot, who asked for a vegetarian meal. She was wearing a red or maroon sweater.

I'm wondering if the sound problem was because we were right under one of the speakers.

I'm glad you enjoyed it!