Twilight the Movie

So what did I think? Well, where do we start. Hmmm. From the very beginning, like how I got to this point in my life. My friend Jenny did that, so I that maybe I should do the same. Back in December of 2006, I had had surgery, and a friend, Terri, came by and dropped off some books for me to read since I was taking it easy. My husband had read the blurb and asked, "Are you going to read those vampire books?" I replied with, "What kind of books did she bring me?" I let them sit on my side bed table for 3 days. One of my kids needed to go to urgent care. Knowing the long waiting time you experience in urgent care, I decided to take the book. Let's just say that the wait time for my daughter's appointment wasn't long enough! I was ready to volunteer to let someone else go before us. I figured CPS wouldn't smile on that. That was a Saturday. I finished the book by Sunday evening. Terri had given me New Moon as well and quickly started with that. I finished that book in 24hrs. Yup, stayed up till 1am to finish that one, and was sooooo disappointed I had to wait 9 more months till the 3rd book. I visited Stephenie Meyer's website to get me up to speed with this new phenomenon taking over my brain. My husband wasn't sure what had happened to me. I finally explained that this was my hobby. UH Football was his, the Twilight Saga was mine! He really couldn't argue with that. I did scale back my passion, and made sure that they didn't interfere with family time.
I of course couldn't stop thinking and talking about them. I passed the books along and in no time, quite a few women in the ward were hooked. A lot of the men in the ward weren't sure what had happened to their wives. We advised them to get together and form a support group for each other. LOL. Some thought it funny, others didn't.
We finally decided to have a book discussion at my house. We had one for Twilight & New Moon together. After Eclipse came out, we held another one. While waiting for Breaking Dawn to come out, I had heard that Jenny Taylor was really into Twilight. I got talking with her about it, and her son about had a fit when he saw that Sis. Sasaki was into it as well. She and I have become great friends since then. I moved away from AZ since then, but she and keep in constant contact through texting, gotta keep the passion alive some how. 21 days before Breaking Dawn came out, Stephenie Meyer's website put out quotes from her book. Jenny and I texted about the quotes, guessing what they were about. Jenny recorded it all and sent me what we talked about. When we finally got our hands on the book, we had fun seeing how right or wrong we were. I have to say, at the book discussion Jenny totally guessed what the storyline for Breaking Dawn would be, no joke. She said Bella would have a baby and that Jacob would imprint on it. We all laughed at her and told her she was crazy. Who's the crazy now, huh Jenny. Other than when Jenny and I were texting about the quotes, the most fun experience I've had was when I read Breaking Dawn. What made it so fun was that during the reading, I was texting back and forth between three different people the whole time. It was awesome, I felt like I was reading it with them.
When I went back in September, I was able to have the last book discussion for Breaking Dawn with all my friends from the ward there which was so fun.
The movie. Well, the first time I watched it, it liked it but was disappointed at the same time. Being a die-hard fan, I think makes it hard to watch a movie adaptation that is not exactly like the book. I was able to see it again, and I have to say that I ended up LOVING it this time. I LOVE the soundtrack. Truth be told, I do love rock/alt music, along with the other stuff. I do have some Paramore and Linkin Park on my ipod. But I digress. As for the movie, in end, I must say, that despite some disappointments, I loved it! Favorite parts, baseball scene, being in the treetops, and the hospital scene at the end.
And just when you think it's over, the Twilight world sucks (no pun intended) you back in with the talk of New Moon. New Moon isn't due to be out till 2010. Heaven help us all.