New Moon Movie Weekend

For the first time in well over four years I found myself sitting in a theater this weekend for New Moon.  I was determined to go see the newest movie in the Twilight series of books and I didn’t care that I was going alone.  I wasn’t overly impressed with the first movie Twilight, but compared to the books, the movies just cannot possibly do them justice.

I normally have a hard time sitting down and reading much of anything and if I am going to read, it better capture my interest immediately.  I blew through the entire Twilight series in just 7 short days.  I had stayed away from the first movie for the sake of preserving my dreamy images of all the characters.  In Twilight, it took some getting used to staring at characters that didn’t fit into my active imagination.  The movie should have been four hours long though and I wouldn’t have cared because they would have been able to include a little more detail.  The movie is never as good as the book, with the exception of Gone With The Wind, and you saw how long that was!

Did New Moon change my outlook on the movie?  Well, it was definitely better than Twilight, and they left you hanging so you know they will come out with the next movie.  I thought it was good for movie representation standards, I still feel like they left too much out.  The movie’s portrayal of the Volturi was spot on and I love Alice.  There was a good amount of humor presented in this one, and it made the movie a little more likeable.  Overall, I would say it was good as the time limit would allow, but tack on another hour and it probably would have made A-list.

I still have the books to read again so I can slip into the awesome world of vampires and the Cullens.  My only hope is that Stephenie Meyer writes more! Ok, I admit Edward is growing on me.

Twilight By Stephenie Meyer I am Addicted

I will make this post a quick one because I have my nose in a good book. I haven’t sat down to read in well over 3 years and even though I don’t have a lot of time in my day, I have managed to read a thousand pages!

On a suggestion, I decided to read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.  I had the book and kept walking by it.  My parents came up to visit and my Mom being and avid reader snatched the opportunity to read it.  I knew that there was a movie, but as they say, the movies never does the book justice.  My Mom came to visit us for about 9 days and in that time frame manages to read three of the four books in the series and each of them were over five hundred pages.

I thought they must be good since my Mom was so engrossed.  My husband has been teasing me, since the book is intended for young adults.  Intrigues by the story line and all of the talk surrounding how good it was, I decided to start reading.  It only took about twenty pages and I was hooked.  I haven’t been able to put the books down and they go with me wherever I go in the house and every free moment I have my nose in a book.

Even thought the story itself could never happen, (sheepishly) I have found myself wanting to be wooed by a vampire  LOL.   Stephenie Meyer is brilliant at writing the story and describing each little detail.  The images in my head could not be more vivid.  I find myself feeling a little depressed that eventually the books will end and I won’t have anymore to read.  In the meantime, here’s to romance and vampires~I never though in a million years this would be something I would read.  In the meantime, here’s to romance and vampires~