do i dazzle you?

i obsess on twilight so hard it's absurd. i believe you'd call me a "twihard". on friday night, after a friend's surprise party, i put in a movie to help me fall asleep. i chose penelope, one of my favorites, and there is a sneak peek for twilight on the disc. when i saw it, i had this insane urge to watch the movie so i made a plan to rent it the next night. wal-mart has those $1 rental machines and so after work, i made my way over. i must have messed with the machine for 10 minutes before i realized that the reason why twilight wasn't coming up was because someone already rented it. this means if i wanted to watch it, i'd have to buy it. i did and it was the worst 18 dollars i've ever spent.

no matter how much i try, or how much i want to, i will never like the movie twilight and you will never see it in any "favorite movies" category of mine. the director made so many awful decisions on what to carry over from the book and what not to. my favorite scenes in the book, scenes that i think are pivotal, were no where to be seen. for example, in chapter 8, the scene where bella is almost assaulted and edward speeds in on his silver volvo chariot to save her, bella and edward go for dinner and there entire relationship changes. he lets down his wall and they get past all their evasions. he asks her, "do i dazzle you?" and she says "frequently." IT'S PERFECT and no where to be found in the movie. actually, the entire dinner scene in the movie is lame, the whole "sex, money, cat" bit. in another section of the book, chapter 13, bella and edward spend the day together in a very floral and sunny meadow. here, edward confesses EVERYTHING: why he seemed repulsed by her in bio, how he feels about her and why he finds it so hard to be close to her. the chemistry the reader can feel from the words in the text doesn't exist anywhere in the movie. it was their first date, the first realization they couldn't be without one another. also, the whole ballet studio scene, bella gets her shit rocked. in the movie, she comes out with a broken leg. in that same scene, james tells her about alice and where she comes from. it sets up the second book and the director left it out. so many things are out of order, too, and it's just a mess.

aside from the bad choice of text adaptations, the acting is awful too. mainly just kristen stewart. i don't even going to tell you what i think about her but she needs to find another job. she ruined bella and doesn't do justice to the character in the book. rob pattinson is sexy and i need to have extra panties when watching him but his kissing scenes are too much. edward eventually gets over how he wants to drink bella's blood and he deals. the romantic scenes in the book kick the movie ones ass, hands down. OVERALL, THE MOVIE IS TERRIBLE. i'm annoyed with who they cast as rosalie too bc she's supposed to be this immortal blonde super model and nikki reed (the woman who plays her) has a big ass and her roots are showing. ugh, just thinking about it makes me irate lol. the soundtrack is bangin though, so pick that up. i will reluctantly go see new moon and with the new director, i'm allowing myself a tiny hope it will be no.1 at the box office material.

as for the book, i still love it and i'll be reading that until the binding breaks and the pages wear so thin, they tear.