Twilight Series! - Page 11

srmom · #1 12-01-2008, 01:46 PM

Saw the movie over the weekend, and am on the 3rd book. I'm really enjoying them, but I'm getting to the point where I just want Edward to bite her already and get it over with!!!

IlovemyAKA · #2 12-01-2008, 04:31 PM

So my colleague saw the movie, and someone let her borrow the 1st 3 books. She started Twilight yesterday and is almost finished. She wants me to start reading it tomorrow, and we'll go see the movie together. I sat here & read this entire thread (lol) to see what the hype is about. I'll get back to you guys once I start the book.

SigKapSweetie · #3 12-01-2008, 09:25 PM

Okay, I read all four and watched the movie. The books I found insipid and predictable, and the movie was campy and unintentionally funny in all the wrong places. LJ Smith did this way better back in the 90s.

So WHY couldn't I put the books down?!?! I suspect secret mind control devices hidden in the books.

WinniBug · #4 12-01-2008, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SigKapSweetie

Okay, I read all four and watched the movie. The books I found insipid and predictable, and the movie was campy and unintentionally funny in all the wrong places. LJ Smith did this way better back in the 90s.

So WHY couldn't I put the books down?!?! I suspect secret mind control devices hidden in the books.

OMG! You read LJ Smith, too??

I loved her! I have a few of her books leftover from my teen days and they're in my classroom library. A couple of my Twilight fans have started reading them.
I'm still waiting for her last Night World book to come out!!

SigKapSweetie · #5 12-01-2008, 10:05 PM

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OMG! You read LJ Smith, too??

I loved her! I have a few of her books leftover from my teen days and they're in my classroom library. A couple of my Twilight fans have started reading them.
I'm still waiting for her last Night World book to come out!!

As far as I'm concerned, the best thing about the popularity of Twilight is that the LJ Smith books have come back into print - as omnibus editions, two or three novels to one book. Maybe she'll finally write that last book!

(Although I won't be happy until Heart of Valor and Night of the Solstice come back into print - those were the BEST!)

ΑΓΔSquirrel10 · #6 12-08-2008, 01:21 AM

I'll have to come back and post the link when I find it again, but Catherine Hardwicke will NOT be directing New Moon

ETA: I found it! http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/...or-cather.html

OtterXO · #7 12-08-2008, 12:49 PM

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I'll have to come back and post the link when I find it again, but Catherine Hardwicke will NOT be directing New Moon

ETA: I found it! http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/...or-cather.html

Some of the blogs are saying that the "timing" thing is just a cover, really she wanted more money and a higher percentage of the back end profits and the studio didn't come up with the offer she wanted quickly enough.

I'm not sure if that'll be such a big deal anyway if she doesn't direct. I like the movie but I think that another director could have an equally as good, if not better, vision for New Moon.

gee_ess · #8 12-08-2008, 11:54 PM

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Some of the blogs are saying that the "timing" thing is just a cover, really she wanted more money and a higher percentage of the back end profits and the studio didn't come up with the offer she wanted quickly enough.

I'm not sure if that'll be such a big deal anyway if she doesn't direct. I like the movie but I think that another director could have an equally as good, if not better, vision for New Moon.

I agree and after seeing the movie, I think the remaining movies could definitely benefit from a different director. Surely, the decisions that were made (i.e. the ridiculously pasty white makeup on Carlisle or the letdown when we actually saw Edward in the sunlight - hello, special effects anyone?) were the director's. I thought the movie was a disappointment...but still enjoyed it just to see what ended up on the big screen. I, for one, am hoping that next movies are a big improvement in quality.

Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer! I do love the books!!

breathesgelatin · #9 12-09-2008, 03:03 AM

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I agree and after seeing the movie, I think the remaining movies could definitely benefit from a different director. Surely, the decisions that were made (i.e. the ridiculously pasty white makeup on Carlisle or the letdown when we actually saw Edward in the sunlight - hello, special effects anyone?) were the director's. I thought the movie was a disappointment...but still enjoyed it just to see what ended up on the big screen. I, for one, am hoping that next movies are a big improvement in quality.

Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer! I do love the books!!

My understanding is that Catherine Hardwicke had an EXTREMELY limited budget for special effects given to her by the studio. Thus the subpar renderings of flight, climbing, diamond-like vampire skin, etc. I saw an interview with her about this somewhere.

gee_ess · #10 12-09-2008, 09:37 AM

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My understanding is that Catherine Hardwicke had an EXTREMELY limited budget for special effects given to her by the studio. Thus the subpar renderings of flight, climbing, diamond-like vampire skin, etc. I saw an interview with her about this somewhere.

Really? I had not heard that, but it explains a lot. I will have high hopes for movie 2 after the financial success of 1 (and yet, am really surprised that the phenomenal success of the books didn't spill over to the movie budget!) I hope whoever negotiates, etc on movie 2 can deliver!

OtterXO · #11 12-09-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

My understanding is that Catherine Hardwicke had an EXTREMELY limited budget for special effects given to her by the studio. Thus the subpar renderings of flight, climbing, diamond-like vampire skin, etc. I saw an interview with her about this somewhere.

I heard that too. It does seem a little unfair that with a bigger budget the new director will probably be praised for a better movie, but a lot of it will really just be improvements in the special effects.

WCsweet<3 · #12 12-08-2008, 03:40 AM

I still haven't made up my mind on if I liked Twilight in movie form. I felt like there was more dialog needed or less quiet moments or something. I need to see it again to really make up my mind. I think it is a little lame that they didn't want to spend as much time as the director. They probably want to keep up the excitement from the first movie but if the director wanted more time to work on it... I think that would be the better option to go. Granted I have never made a movie and would have no idea. I wonder what the new director will make.

I also watched the forth Harry Potter today for the first time. Holy Crap Robert Pattinson is gorgeous. I don't have celebrity crushes, well I didn't before him. If the boyfriend dies... I call dibs.

moe.ron · #13 12-08-2008, 07:20 AM

Movied sucked. Felt like 1:30 of my life wasted. It's number 2 in the worst movie I've ever seen, not as bad as Battlefield: Earth.

Razzie Award frontrunner

srmom · #14 12-08-2008, 03:58 PM

I finished the 4th book in a marathon reading session this weekend. It reeeeaally stretched all credibility (come on - Renesmee?) but I could not put it down.

At least I am over and done with it!!

As far as the movie, while I enjoyed it, I found myself recasting it in my head. I think Rosalie would be much prettier - like a fashion model, and I would have recast that guy from gossip girl to be one of the vampires - he looks like a bloodsucker. I also didn't like who they cast as Carlisle, Esme or Jacob. Maybe with the new director, they'll recast. The only two who are set in stone are Bella and Edward and they are ok, but not perfect (like Vivienne Lee and Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind-that is perfect casting..).

epchick · #15 12-08-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by srmom

I finished the 4th book in a marathon reading session this weekend. It reeeeaally stretched all credibility (come on - Renesmee?) but I could not put it down.

At least I am over and done with it!!

As far as the movie, while I enjoyed it, I found myself recasting it in my head. I think Rosalie would be much prettier - like a fashion model, and I would have recast that guy from gossip girl to be one of the vampires - he looks like a bloodsucker. I also didn't like who they cast as Carlisle, Esme or Jacob. Maybe with the new director, they'll recast. The only two who are set in stone are Bella and Edward and they are ok, but not perfect (like Vivienne Lee and Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind-that is perfect casting..).

You didn't like Jacob? I sort of agree with you, I thought he was much too pretty in the movie. I didn't imagine Jacob (or Billy Black for that matter) to be as good looking.

Esme was alright, but I hated the casting of Rosalie. Seriously! Could they not get a pretty person (someone blonde, preferably) to play her? I always saw Rosalie as this gorgeous, model-thin person, that was definitely not the image from the movie. Carlisle was eh, I personally don't find Peter Facionelli (or however you spell his name) attractive. Plus he's too old, and Carlisle was always described as looking no older than 24.

But what can you do. I seriously still think they should skip New Moon and just go on to Eclipse. How interesting can they really make New Moon?