Although I have been a vampire fan from the days of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and am more than a little in love with the True Blood storyline, I never thought I would be a 'Twilighter'.
Wasn't Stephanie Meyer writing for a bunch of teens?
It sure didn't start out that way either.
My first 'taste' came when I watched the "Twilight" movie on Foxtel Box Office (sometime last year). I thought it was terrible, but all the hype about the books meant that I had to get myself a copy to see what all the fuss was about. Clearly the movie didn't do it justice? There must be more to this?
I didn't think too much of the first novel either. It was an easy read, which, given that I had two young twins, was a plus, but I sure wasn't dying to read on.
As the third movie was being released, in May or June this year, the Mums at school were all discussing a 'girl's night out' to go watch it. I declined. One of the Mum's got me talking about it though. She was a big fan (of the books) and insisted that I try "New Moon". She brought it to school the next day, and I read it (you can't argue with her). I got hooked.
I don't know if it was Jacob, or the complexity of the Bella/Edward saga, but I suddenly decided I liked them. I polished New Moon off in a week or so, followed by "Eclipse" and, now I am in the middle of the fourth gripping book, "Breaking Dawn". I'm in. I'm loving it.
There are just three things I want to say about all this Twilight series buzz:
- The movies are crap (I watched New Moon after I finished the book and it was extremely disappointing. They tell me Eclipse is MUCH better with the injection of a new Director, but really. I doubt I will see it.)
- And Kristen Stewart. *cringe* Well, she's not my Bella. She is truly awful. Read this post for some excellent Kristen bagging.
- I am impressed with the secrecy about the books. At over 600 pages into the final book, I still don't know what the end will bring. I've never heard boo about the plot. That's pretty cool considering how huge the marketing campaign has been for the series.
8 comments:
I have a huge fan of the twilight books, it’s almost an obsession. I have read all four 7 times each. I had to stop reading them when I was quotes Edward to my husband and he started getting annoyed hehe. I agree the movies don’t do the books justice. But I really enjoyed Eclipse, it is the best one that they have made so far!
oops should say I am, instead of I have!
Bizarre. Really.
I love the twilight books (phew, I said it out loud) but the movies leave a lot to be desired. My daughter has seen Eclipse and is trying to get me to go too, I'm procrastinating for now. Will probably be on dvd by the time I say yes.
Hmmm. I read the first one. Nothing will get me near the movies. And I have no desire to read on. So you can be the only Twihard in the family. I am keen to try True Blood though - have heard good things - and I LOVE Buffy.
It's interesting (and heartening) to hear you make a distinction between the books and the movies.
I've never been a big vampire fan - I read one Anne Rice book, and that's as close as I've come to any of the media in the past 15 or so years.
I don't know how it was in your corner of the world, but scores of grown women lined up outside the theaters to see the midnight movie premiers for the Twilight series. I just can't imagine... :)
But maybe I'll consider giving the book series a chance...maybe a good vacation read one day...if nothing else so I don't feel so lost with all the Facebook chatter. HA!
I'm probably the last one on the planet that haven't read a single one of these! I am missing out!
I was a reluctant twilighter too. Very against getting into the "in" thing is me, and when a friend brought and sent me a copy from America, i couldn't say no and not read it, you know? So i read the first book and quite enjoyed it and decided to read on the next 3.
The movies are AWFUL aren't they? I mean the third was at least bearable, but with the main character being played by a talentless actress such as Kristen Stewart, it makes the movie incredibly hard to enjoy.
I saw her get interviewed on Oprah about her role as Bella Cullen and the first thing out of her mouth was "As a huge fan of the books..." WTF? All this time i put her shitty portrayal down to the fact she simply mustn't have read the books!! Lol.
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