Last Friday, Carson came home from work and promptly sent me on my way to go see Twilight. I had no intention on seeing the movie opening day for a few reasons. 1) I hadn't read the books so I was therefore not invested in the story at all. I wanted to see it at some point, but I didn't have any reason to see it opening day. 2) I wasn't interested in squirming through the hoards of teenage girls who were most likely up past their bedtime anyway and probably seeing it for the second time that day and would inevitably be screaming every five minutes. 3) I didn't want to be one of those people. I'm comfortable being an eternal non-conformist so I would have been fine doing exactly what I did with Harry Potter-not jumping on the bandwagon for a few more years. By about 5 minutes into the movie though, all of those reasons went out the window. I was fine being there with the teenage girls because I was screaming right along with them. It didn't matter that I didn't know the story, I was going to read the books anyway. It's okay to go with the flow every now and then and be pulled in the direction of the majority-in the this case, the majority is all of the moms at playgroup.
Like I said, I hadn't read the book. Most people would probably not go see a movie made from a book if they hadn't read the book. I'm totally different. I actually prefer to see the movie first because I don't have a really active imagination so it helps to see someone else's vision of how I should be picturing it. I'm also not a big reader, so there you go. I'm also able to go and watch the movie and enjoy it without having to dissect it for everything that is different or wrong from the book. I tried that with The DaVinci code and I came up disappointed. Eventually, they become separate entities to me and I can enjoy them independent of each other.
Long story short, I loved the movie. Sure some of the effects were less than stellar and some of the acting was slightly melodramatic. But I don't mind that so much because what movie doesn't have those flaws at some point? I'm excited to see it again while we're in Utah. I think that I might actually be going twice while we're over there for Thanksgiving. Once with my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law and another time with Carson for date night (hopefully).
My friend Emily lent me Twilight last Wednesday in hopes that I would read it time to see the midnight showing. While I appreciated the offer, that wasn't happening. I had a hard time getting into it at first. But I saw the movie on Friday and then really got into it Saturday night. Sunday we were home from church due to illness so I took advantage of my resting time and read over 200 pages. I finished on Monday night. I think that's a record for me. This morning I picked up New Moon Amy and I am now close 150 pages in. I can't help myself. I'm not sure what I'm going to do on the way home from Utah. I'm sure I'll have it done by then. Maybe by the time we get there. 
Oh, and also, I love Fonzie. (that was for Carson)
4 comments:
AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I am so happy you have joined! I am truly obsessed. I've already read the books like 3 times each and now seeing the movie, I am reading them again. I love those books. We have to talk Twilight sometime! ASAP, (I know it's the holiday weekend, but we have to talk soon, when you're not busy)!
I'm so glad you've decided to join too! It'll make our playgroup conversations much more enjoyable for you.
I will see the movie one of these days...I loved the book I just have not had time to see the movie yet.
i loved the books in an i'm totally embarrassed i love these books kind of way. it really didn't bother me until kyle asked me what they were about and i had to explain it to him. the plot sounds SOOOO ridiculous!! regardless, they are a fun read!
Post a Comment