Monday, August 17, 2009

Movie Review: Twilight

About three things I am absolutely positive: First, I love Twilight. Second, I love Twilight. Third, I love Twilight.

Okay, I admit, when the movie, Twilight, came out a few months ago, I thought nothing sounded dumber than a vampire love story. With the exception of Harry Potter, I've never been into fantasy movies or books and I didn't understand why everyone was making such a fuss. Until the other day...

I cringed when Dave came home from Blockbuster with Twilight in hand. I love him dearly but I couldn't help but think he had wasted one of our perfectly good trades from Blockbuster.com on a teeny bopper flick. I should've known it was coming, I suppose. After all, he had just finished reading the first book in the series and he had mentioned how good it was.
The movie sat on top of our TV, untouched, for a few days. But then on Wednesday he asked the inevitable question that I'd been avoiding all week: Do you want to watch Twilight tonight? I dreaded the blood, guts and fanged men in capes that surely made up this silly movie, but how do you say no to the best husband in the world who willingly sat through 27 Dresses, P.S. I Love You and a myriad of other chic flicks that I've subjected him to?

And so we watched Twilight.

And then we watched it again the next night. And again last night. That's right, 3 viewings in 5 days. And now I won't let him return it to Blockbuster until we buy a copy of our own because I'm absolutely addicted to it.

I just started reading the book and I'm hooked on that too. Dave is on the second book, New Moon, which he said is good but not as good as Twilight. I hear the third and fourth books are excellent. Needless to say, I'm counting down the days until the movie version of New Moon opens on November 20th.

Yep, I'm joining the masses...I LOVE Twilight. If you haven't checked it out yet, give this one a chance.

5 comments:

Jesica Kemp said...

I thought the same exact thing!! But wait until you read the other three- you won't be able to put them down!!! Jess

daughter of wands said...

I have a total thing for vampires!

erika said...

Everybody keeps telling me the other 3 are great! Can't wait to read them!!

Open Channels said...

Why do you like it? What touches you about the film or the story?

erika said...

Good question, Open Channels. I hestitated writing too much about the movie because I didn't want to give anything away. But, since you want to know...

I thought the storyline was compelling and the actors did an unbelievable job. The videography was phenomenal - it captured the dark, sensual feel of the story so well. And the soundtrack injected the film with emotion at just the right moments.

I could go on and on but I hope that gives you a little better sense of why I loved Twilight so much!