Twilight Series! - Page 2

icelandelf · #1 06-17-2008, 05:08 PM

So I'm very late to the discussion but I just began reading this series last week on recommendation of my book buddy. I'm finishing New Moon in just about thirty minutes and then I'm off to the bookstore to buy Eclipse.

DoctorD · #2 07-14-2008, 12:38 AM

I'm late to the party, too... I've read all 3 of the books this past week [yes, I should have been doing...well... LOTS of other things, but I digress].

While I got sucked in, I have to say that the storyline as I've read each book has been utterly predictable. I can't decide if that is a good or bad thing.

Still, despite the utter predictability of the first 3 books, I'm not totally sure where the author will go with book 4. So yes, August 2... I'll be reading!

BTW: There's a piece of me that would like to do a feminist/academic analysis of the books. I know it is fiction, but there are some things that have really not sit well with me [i.e, what she would have to give up to be with Edward vs. Jacob], particularly given that the audience is intended to be teen/young adult. Admittedly, I'm not in that demographic, but I make a point of being somewhat in tune with the pop culture of that demographic because I want to be able to talk with my kids about what they are reading, seeing, etc.

But that's just a piece of me. The rest of me has enjoyed the brain candy!

epchick · #3 07-14-2008, 09:44 PM

I was hoping there was a thread about this. I just recently (like this morning, lol) finished Twilight, and now i'm waiting for my cousin to finish up New Moon.

I really liked the first book, it kept me intrigued to the end, so hopefully the rest of the books will be that way.

I saw the cast of characters for the movie, and i'm really disappointed. I saw a more Hayden Christiansen looking person for Edward, not Cedric from Harry Potter

Kristen Stewart looks like an interesting Bella, not quite what I would have expected, but at least she's in the age range that Bella is (vs being a 28 year old playing a teenager)

Nikki Reed (aka the skanky girl from the movie Thirteen) is sooooooo not a Rosalie!! And as a blonde....barf!!!

and Peter Facinelli for Carlisle?? Really?

WinniBug · #4 07-14-2008, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by epchick

I was hoping there was a thread about this. I just recently (like this morning, lol) finished Twilight, and now i'm waiting for my cousin to finish up New Moon.
I really liked the first book, it kept me intrigued to the end, so hopefully the rest of the books will be that way.
I saw the cast of characters for the movie, and i'm really disappointed. I saw a more Hayden Christiansen looking person for Edward, not Cedric from Harry Potter
Kristen Stewart looks like an interesting Bella, not quite what I would have expected, but at least she's in the age range that Bella is (vs being a 28 year old playing a teenager)
Nikki Reed (aka the skanky girl from the movie Thirteen) is sooooooo not a Rosalie!! And as a blonde....barf!!!
and Peter Facinelli for Carlisle?? Really?

The cast was a HUGE disappointment for me!! I have such a vivid imagination, and when I read, it's like there's a mini movie playing in my head. The appearances of the vampires are so specific in the book, yet the on-screen portrayal looks nothing like I imagined. I mean, the actor playing Carlisle is 34! A good 10 years older than the character...ugh

In one of my Twilight MySpace groups, I commented on how I didn't think anyone looked right, and all these 16 and 17 yr olds started going berserko!! One even replied with "I don’t think your face looks right, especially the ugly words coming out of your mouth, either stand by it or don’t go see it, don’t sit and complain. I’ve had enough of the stupid haters."

I actually was so bored one night that I scoured the interwebz looking for who I thought should have been cast where. lol I'll share my picks if y'all are interested.

epchick · #5 07-14-2008, 10:17 PM

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The cast was a HUGE disappointment for me!! I have such a vivid imagination, and when I read, it's like there's a mini movie playing in my head. The appearances of the vampires are so specific in the book, yet the on-screen portrayal looks nothing like I imagined. I mean, the actor playing Carlisle is 34! A good 10 years older than the character...ugh

This is what I did! Seriously. The Cullens are suppose to be this unbelievably gorgeous family....all looking VERY similar, yet there are little differences among them. None of these people strike me as Cullens. I can't take Peter Facinelli (Carlisle) seriously.

The Harry Potter dude is just.....FUGLY. Soooo not Edward!! Maybe someone from the High School like Mike Newton, but not Edward!

Plus Emmett is suppose to be big and burly---just HUGE. He's suppose to be able to take down a grizzly bear, none of those in the picture look like an Emmett.

lauralaylin · #6 07-30-2008, 06:58 PM

I just started these books two weeks ago, and I LOVE them! I am really excited about the book. I'm going to be in the middle of a road trip, so I'm going to try to find a hotel near a bookstore so I can buy it that morning when I wake up.

Edward's casting bugged me until I saw the trailers. I think he's closer than what I originally thought he'd be. The EW cover made him look fugly though.

epchick · #7 07-30-2008, 07:00 PM

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Edward's casting bugged me until I saw the trailers. I think he's closer than what I originally thought he'd be. The EW cover made him look fugly though.

yes, I agree!! The EW cover, even the pictures on IMDB just make him (shoot all the Cullens) super fugly. But after seeing a few trailers, i'm starting to like him.

WinniBug · #8 07-30-2008, 07:06 PM

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Stephanie Meyer said in EW that Bella and Edward's wedding is early in the book and that she had fun writing that scene.

epchick · #9 07-30-2008, 07:10 PM

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I kinda figured. W/ my copy of Eclipse I got to read the 1st chapter of Breaking Dawn, and it set it up for that. Sounds like its gonna be eventful! hopefully it is.

I'm just hoping that "the change" 1. happens (especially since it is the finale) and 2. happens at the beginning rather than the end. I wanna see what Bella's like as a newborn!!

WinniBug · #10 07-30-2008, 07:45 PM

I'm halfway a "Team Jacob"er
There's a soft spot in my heart for him that's not there for Edward

epchick · #11 07-30-2008, 07:55 PM

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I'm halfway a "Team Jacob"er
There's a soft spot in my heart for him that's not there for Edward

really? Even though he's been such an ass to Bella? I had a soft spot for Jacob until Edward came back in New Moon. The way Jacob treated her in both books was just

I was soo glad that the kiss in Eclipse didn't mean that she was chosing Jacob over Edward.

I totally saw a Facebook bumper sticker that defines my life at the moment:
"whoever says that they don't have an imaginary boyfriend CLEARLY hasn't read Twilight" Ahhh....lol

WinniBug · #12 07-30-2008, 07:58 PM

Jacob was there to help Bella heal when she almost completely lost herself. He's her sun, brightens her day...while her love and attraction for him wasn't as obvious, it seems it's a bit deeper.

epchick · #13 07-30-2008, 08:02 PM

But that should have been a reason why he should have understood where Bella was coming from. Yeah, Edward was wrong for leaving, but Jacob should have understood Bella's desire to be with him when he came back. He made Bella's life miserable, if you really love someone you don't do that!

I know Jacob confessed his love to Bella, but he wasn't imprinted to her was he? It never said. I still lol @ thinking Quil's soulmate is a 2 year old.

lauralaylin · #14 07-30-2008, 08:15 PM

Jacob makes me nervous because he could imprint one day, and that would be awful for Bella. I like Jacob a lot, but I definitely prefer Edward.

WinniBug · #15 07-30-2008, 08:16 PM

Stephanie specifically said that Jacob didn't imprint on Bella...and it's something that happens the first time the werewolf sees the girl after he changes.

Have you ever tried to put yourself in Jacob's shoes?
Here's this girl who's devastated that her boyfriend has left her and doesn't have much life left in her, until you two start spending time together...then she starts to slowly but surely come back to life. You spend almost every day together and she's the most amazing girl you have ever met. You fall in love with her and you feel like she's starting to fall in love with you too. THEN, the big, bad boyfriend comes back and she goes back to him like nothing happened. THEN she admits she loves you both. What would you do? How would you react??
I TOTALLY feel for Jacob!!

BUT - I really do hope he meets someone and imprints on her. He needs someone to love him unconditionally!!!