I went to the movies this weekend.
Actually, i drove four hours to go to the movies. I went to Asheville to visit Nathan and Heather for a brief stay, pretty much for the sole purpose of seeing Eclipse with them. More accurately, with Heather. She and i have bonded over a mutual crush on Jacob Black, and this isn’t the first time we’ve finagled a way to see one of the Twilight movies together.
And it was fun. There are two more movies in this series (Breaking Dawn is going to become two movies; it’s just too big of a book for only one), and i hope to be able to see both of them with Heather. It may be difficult, since she and Nathan are planning to move to Alaska this year. But i have a feeling there may be a trip to Alaska next year that coincides with the release of Breaking Dawn The Movie Part 1. And then i can say i flew out of the continental US in order to see the shirtless hunk that is Taylor Lautner.
All of these movies should be seen with other Twilight fans. The giggles and squeals can best be appreciated if you have someone else giggling and squealing along with you.
We went to the Saturday afternoon show, and the theater was not full. There were seven of us; five true fans and two hangers-on who sat on the end together and mocked the movie, having their own fun.
It has been a year and a half at least since i read the books, and i had forgotten many of the details. So i had fun re-experiencing the story. The movie did an excellent job playing up the love triangle. It was by far the best of the movies, so far. Kristen Stewart even had a few moments of actual acting.
All-in-all, it was fun watching this story come to life. I’ll be eagerly awaiting the final movies, particularly because i loved the last book the most.
July 27th, 2010 1:53 pm
Hey Audrey! I don’t think I have ever heard anyone say that Breaking Dawn was their favorite of the books. I really enjoyed going to the movie with everyone. Congratulations on your bridge tourney. You guys did excellent. Hope to see you soon.
July 30th, 2010 10:29 pm
Really – most of the people i know agree with me about Breaking Dawn!