Twilight Series!

[WCsweet<3]

Originally Posted by epchick

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?

I completely agree with Rosalie. I felt like she needs to be a lot... prettier? She is pretty, but Rosalie was supposed ridiculously good looking (Zoolander anyone?)
Carlisle was casted wrong. He kinda scared me! Definitely agree that he was way too old.
I agree with the Jacob thing.
EP. I think we are pretty close to the same brain waves...

Could they skip New Moon? It explains the whole Bella/Jacob relationship and gives a whole bunch of back ground on the Volteri as well as the depth of the Bella and Edward relationship. Also gives us the entire wolf back ground. I liked the ending of the book but it was a tough one to get through. I feel like huge nerd to have written that paragraph.


P.S. I couldn't get over Esme! I saw her and thought of Ava from Grey's Anatomy.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

Could they skip New Moon? It explains the whole Bella/Jacob relationship and gives a whole bunch of back ground on the Volteri as well as the depth of the Bella and Edward relationship. Also gives us the entire wolf back ground. I liked the ending of the book but it was a tough one to get through. I feel like huge nerd to have written that paragraph.
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Except the Volturi was explained (in depth I believe) in Twilight, so it should have been explained in the movie. The Volturi don't show up until the end of New Moon. The Bella/Jacob relationship could most definitely be combined w/ Eclipse. The Bella/Edward relationship? How do you figure? He's gone by like the second (or so) chapter, right after the birthday party. When he leaves, there is no Bella/Edward relationship, except Bella being whiny.

The only important things to take from New Moon:
--Jacob become a wolf (and Alice can't see them in her visions)
--The Volturi want Bella turned

New Moon was mainly chit chat and boring things (like Mike throwing up in the movie theater). Omit that you get probably a 30-45 minute movie. The only thing necessary to know in advance for Eclipse is that Jacob becomes a wolf. You don't need an entire movie dedicated to that. Include it into Eclipse and wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am you've got a pretty awesome movie.

[em_adpi]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

P.S. I couldn't get over Esme! I saw her and thought of Ava from Grey's Anatomy.

There's a good reason for that... it's because she IS Ava from Grey's Anatomy.

[IlovemyAKA]

I just finished Twilight. I liked how they finally broke away from the love story a bit to show the hunt & give it a new angle. I will begin New Moon soon.

[lets.love]

Originally Posted by em_adpi

There's a good reason for that... it's because she IS Ava from Grey's Anatomy.

I have to see Twilight twice before I realize that it was Ava from Grey's Anatomy. My sister pointed it out.

[WCsweet<3]

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..).

Look at post above I agree.
About book four... The name was ridiculous. Her middle name was something like Carlie as in Carlisle and Charlie combined. It was a little stretch but for some reason I am reading it again...

[srmom]

Yes, it would be great if they were able to do a big budget Hollywood take on the Twilight books. It could be a wonderful movie!

[lets.love]

I just finished Twilight and its so good. I did a no no and watch the movie before I read the book. The book is 100x better, in my opinion. I am reading New Moon and I am hoping to read Eclipse and Breaking Dawn before my break is over.

[WinniBug]

Originally Posted by lets.love

I just finished Twilight and its so good. I did a no no and watched the movie before I read the book. The book is 100x better, in my opinion. I am reading New Moon and I am hoping to read Eclipse and Breaking Dawn before my break is over.

That might have been the best way to do it
I always sit through movies like Twilight going , "Nope, that's not how it happened. THAT never happened!! Why didn't they include that? It was so important!"

[IlovemyAKA]

I finished New Moon yesterday, so I'm moving on to Eclipse. I don't see why Bella wants to spend an eternity with Edward as a vampire, but is hesitant about his proposal.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by IlovemyAKA

I finished New Moon yesterday, so I'm moving on to Eclipse. I don't see why Bella wants to spend an eternity with Edward as a vampire, but is hesitant about his proposal.

I'm not sure if they've stated it in New Moon, but it's because the example to what "marriage" is, is her parents. That didn't work out well, so Bella doesn't have a high idea of marriage.

[IlovemyAKA]

I finished the series today & loved it!! It may be because I read them all within a week and a half or two...

[DoctorD]

my oldest daughter has been wanting to read them - I vacillated on it, but finally [after a re-read] decided she could read them [she's 11]. She finished Twilight earlier today.

We're going to see the movie tomorrow, too

[Thetagirl218]

I read on Stephanie Meyer's website that she is mostly likely not going to release Midnight Sun which was the next Twliight book she was working on! This really bums me out!!!

[IlovemyAKA]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I read on Stephanie Meyer's website that she is mostly likely not going to release Midnight Sun which was the next Twliight book she was working on! This really bums me out!!!

I read it a different way.

In response to the outrageous number of emails that I have received with questions concerning Midnight Sun, I talked to Stephenie this weekend and she asked me to let everyone know that Midnight Sun is her next project. She has not yet finished writing it (and there is no timeline set up, so we all need to put a lot of effort into being patient for a while longer), but she is definitely still planning on having it published. And, after Breaking Dawn comes out, Stephenie will have much more time to focus on writing Midnight Sun. So where does this leave Midnight Sun? My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn't dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely.

I don't know if this has already been said, but she also posted the 1st chapter of Midnight Sun on her site.

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/midnightsun.html

Oh, I forgot to add that Breaking Dawn was my favorite!