Twilight.
We've all heard about it--how could we not? It's the cliche predator falls for prey. Gary-Stue falls for Mary-Sue.
People picture themselves being these two characters. People fantasize about having this story be their own. Why?
It's all sugar coated and happy-ending. I can't get over the sugar shock.
I honestly, personally, think Bella should have died at the end of Eclipse--or the middle of Breaking Dawn... I read all of the books because, when I started reading them back in... 2006... maybe 2005, I was in love with the books.
One time shortly after we discovered the series (back before it was popular) we went over to my grandma's house and were talking about the book. She thought it was weird that we liked it--vampires? Whatever.
Last night we went over to that very same grandmother's house for Thanksgiving dinner and games--she told us she'd seen Twilight twice. She loves the books now. She's absolutely obsessed with them. Well, she decided it was time to go for a third time. (My cousin Hailey has already seen it four times--fifth time is going to be later on today.)
Well, I thought it was going to be me, my mom, my sisters, and my grandma going to go see it. Turns out it was me, my mom, my sisters, my grandma, my step dad, my grandpa, my (somehow related to me, but I don't know how) Dorothy, my aunt, and my cousin Ella. Making a total group of thirteen people.
When we got to the theater my grandma was ranting on and on about how great the movie is/was and how we were going to love it if not absolutely adore it.
I think the movie could have been a thousand times better--at the very least.
Maybe it's just my personal view of it. Maybe it's the fact that I was obsessed with it long enough a few years back that I've got the flow of Twilight memorized and knew exactly what was different from the book. I knew the lines that were different, I knew that Lauren wasn't in it, either... which was kind of weird seeing how she's kind of a main supporting character...
Well, after the movie when the credits were rolling, my grandma turned around in her seat and asked us, "What did you think about the movie?" In her very excited oh, I know you loved it voice.
When I said it was okay, she turned to Dorothy and told her what I said and then they went into a conversation on how much they adored it. (Remember, these are two grandmothers, so it's really kind of ridiculous.)
Well, anyways... I was really disappointed with the movie. Twilight was a good book, it wore off of me, but that doesn't mean it wasn't good.
The movie could have been better. Carlisle couldn't have looked more like Jasper if he'd tried. Edward's legs when he was running couldn't have looked more retarded even if he'd tried.
Well, I'm done with talking about Twilight in a bad way now, guess I'll talk about the highlights for a few minutes and then start talking about the settings.
Ashley Greene was a marvelous pick for Alice--as was Nikki Reid for Rosalie. I don't think Jackson Rathbone was the best Jasper out there, and Dennis Quaid would have made a much better Charlie. Oh, wait... highlights... right... back to the highlights.
The graduation cap gag was awesome, I loved it. The chemistry between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart was really pretty good, better than I had expected.
Michael Welch was a good choice for Mike, had me laughing nearly every time he showed.
The Cullen's cooking scene was awesome. Loved every second of it.
And that's really all I can think of for the highlights.
Alright, on to what I thought of the settings:
Charlie's house was nothing like I had pictured it to be. I pictured it being a small little blue house surrounded by trees so dense that there could be no neighbors in sight. When I read Twilight for the first time, I could just picture walking up the steps of the house opening the blue, paint chipped door and stepping into the greyish-blue carpeted living room.
The living room was connected to the dining room and kitchen, both the the left of when you walked in. There was a small, wearing leather, brown couch in front of an old TV set. There was an old, greyish-blue plaid recliner to the right.
When you turn to the left and enter the dining room/kitchen, you'd see a dark brown wooden table on white linoleum floors. The walls were brown diamonds filled with a light shade of yellow. On the same side of the house as the door was a window on the far left, before the window was a stainless steel sink.
There were cabinets all around above the counters which were found on either side of the sink, about three--four-ish feet apart so multiple people could be working in there at a time. The pantry was kinda parallel to the TV, but also kind of at an angle.
Walking back into the living room from the kitchen, just a few feet behind the recliner are the stairs. Old and squeaking. There are grooves in the wood from years of use and spots with crayon drawings along the edge of where the stairs met the wall from when Bella was little. The rail is a fading brown and smooth.
Oh yeah, the walls of the living room/stairs/hallway are a light greenish/greyish/blue.
The floor of the hallway is the same fading brown wood as the stairs. There are four doors on this level, one barley a foot wide at the head of the stairs--a coat closet on the right side of the hall.
On the left side of the hall is a white bedroom door--Charlie's room. It's about the size of an average living room with a large, not quite a walk in, closet. There's a large bed with light brown comforters, chocolate brown pillows, and a dark brown head and base board. The walls are a dark brown and the floor is a light tan, soft carpet. There's a window near the bed and the floor in front of it is slightly fading.
Walking out of Charlie's room there's a door straight across from you--a white wooden door--Bella's room. The walls are a light yellowish color (only for the first few weeks Bella is there, Charlie later helps her paint the walls baby blue.) and the floor a light bluish soft carpet. There's a light wooden rocking chair with a little pink blanket in the seat of it. Behind the chair is a wide window--the kind with a seat in it. On the window seat is a little stuffed bear from when Bella was little.
Next to the window is a small computer desk--on it is an old Dell PC and a bright, bright lamp with a black neck and base. There's a closet behind the rocking chair. Parallel from the closet is a small twin size bed with a wooden bottom-bunk-like frame. There's dark blue blankets and pillows on the bed with floral embroidery.
There's a laundry basket at the end of the bed, along with her bags she brought from Arizona.
Leaving Bella's room you find the bathroom door (white and wooden!) to your right. Opening it you see a small bathroom with a small counter/sink kind of thing next to the toilet which is right next the the tub/shower. The walls are off white and the floors are grey tiled. The shower curtain is a light and dark blue plaid pattern.
Leaving the upper level and back down to the living room, behind the TV there's a closet-type door. Behind it is the laundry room in there, along with the machines, is a sliding glass door that leads to the back yard.
In the back yard there is no fence--just trees. There's a little cement porch--cracking due to weathering and weeds. On one of the largest trees just across from Charlie's bedroom windows is a tire swing, one that Bella used to always play on when she was little.
Alright... well... I think that's really all the setting I should go into for now--describing the house alone could have been a blog on it's own.
Next blog: The Cullen's house.
After that: Forks High.
After that: The baseball field.
After that: The cafe.
Well, that's it for now. Toodilu! :D
(This blog was one thousand-four hundred-forty-two words long.)
We've all heard about it--how could we not? It's the cliche predator falls for prey. Gary-Stue falls for Mary-Sue.
People picture themselves being these two characters. People fantasize about having this story be their own. Why?
It's all sugar coated and happy-ending. I can't get over the sugar shock.
I honestly, personally, think Bella should have died at the end of Eclipse--or the middle of Breaking Dawn... I read all of the books because, when I started reading them back in... 2006... maybe 2005, I was in love with the books.
One time shortly after we discovered the series (back before it was popular) we went over to my grandma's house and were talking about the book. She thought it was weird that we liked it--vampires? Whatever.
Last night we went over to that very same grandmother's house for Thanksgiving dinner and games--she told us she'd seen Twilight twice. She loves the books now. She's absolutely obsessed with them. Well, she decided it was time to go for a third time. (My cousin Hailey has already seen it four times--fifth time is going to be later on today.)
Well, I thought it was going to be me, my mom, my sisters, and my grandma going to go see it. Turns out it was me, my mom, my sisters, my grandma, my step dad, my grandpa, my (somehow related to me, but I don't know how) Dorothy, my aunt, and my cousin Ella. Making a total group of thirteen people.
When we got to the theater my grandma was ranting on and on about how great the movie is/was and how we were going to love it if not absolutely adore it.
I think the movie could have been a thousand times better--at the very least.
Maybe it's just my personal view of it. Maybe it's the fact that I was obsessed with it long enough a few years back that I've got the flow of Twilight memorized and knew exactly what was different from the book. I knew the lines that were different, I knew that Lauren wasn't in it, either... which was kind of weird seeing how she's kind of a main supporting character...
Well, after the movie when the credits were rolling, my grandma turned around in her seat and asked us, "What did you think about the movie?" In her very excited oh, I know you loved it voice.
When I said it was okay, she turned to Dorothy and told her what I said and then they went into a conversation on how much they adored it. (Remember, these are two grandmothers, so it's really kind of ridiculous.)
Well, anyways... I was really disappointed with the movie. Twilight was a good book, it wore off of me, but that doesn't mean it wasn't good.
The movie could have been better. Carlisle couldn't have looked more like Jasper if he'd tried. Edward's legs when he was running couldn't have looked more retarded even if he'd tried.
Well, I'm done with talking about Twilight in a bad way now, guess I'll talk about the highlights for a few minutes and then start talking about the settings.
Ashley Greene was a marvelous pick for Alice--as was Nikki Reid for Rosalie. I don't think Jackson Rathbone was the best Jasper out there, and Dennis Quaid would have made a much better Charlie. Oh, wait... highlights... right... back to the highlights.
The graduation cap gag was awesome, I loved it. The chemistry between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart was really pretty good, better than I had expected.
Michael Welch was a good choice for Mike, had me laughing nearly every time he showed.
The Cullen's cooking scene was awesome. Loved every second of it.
And that's really all I can think of for the highlights.
Alright, on to what I thought of the settings:
Charlie's house was nothing like I had pictured it to be. I pictured it being a small little blue house surrounded by trees so dense that there could be no neighbors in sight. When I read Twilight for the first time, I could just picture walking up the steps of the house opening the blue, paint chipped door and stepping into the greyish-blue carpeted living room.
The living room was connected to the dining room and kitchen, both the the left of when you walked in. There was a small, wearing leather, brown couch in front of an old TV set. There was an old, greyish-blue plaid recliner to the right.
When you turn to the left and enter the dining room/kitchen, you'd see a dark brown wooden table on white linoleum floors. The walls were brown diamonds filled with a light shade of yellow. On the same side of the house as the door was a window on the far left, before the window was a stainless steel sink.
There were cabinets all around above the counters which were found on either side of the sink, about three--four-ish feet apart so multiple people could be working in there at a time. The pantry was kinda parallel to the TV, but also kind of at an angle.
Walking back into the living room from the kitchen, just a few feet behind the recliner are the stairs. Old and squeaking. There are grooves in the wood from years of use and spots with crayon drawings along the edge of where the stairs met the wall from when Bella was little. The rail is a fading brown and smooth.
Oh yeah, the walls of the living room/stairs/hallway are a light greenish/greyish/blue.
The floor of the hallway is the same fading brown wood as the stairs. There are four doors on this level, one barley a foot wide at the head of the stairs--a coat closet on the right side of the hall.
On the left side of the hall is a white bedroom door--Charlie's room. It's about the size of an average living room with a large, not quite a walk in, closet. There's a large bed with light brown comforters, chocolate brown pillows, and a dark brown head and base board. The walls are a dark brown and the floor is a light tan, soft carpet. There's a window near the bed and the floor in front of it is slightly fading.
Walking out of Charlie's room there's a door straight across from you--a white wooden door--Bella's room. The walls are a light yellowish color (only for the first few weeks Bella is there, Charlie later helps her paint the walls baby blue.) and the floor a light bluish soft carpet. There's a light wooden rocking chair with a little pink blanket in the seat of it. Behind the chair is a wide window--the kind with a seat in it. On the window seat is a little stuffed bear from when Bella was little.
Next to the window is a small computer desk--on it is an old Dell PC and a bright, bright lamp with a black neck and base. There's a closet behind the rocking chair. Parallel from the closet is a small twin size bed with a wooden bottom-bunk-like frame. There's dark blue blankets and pillows on the bed with floral embroidery.
There's a laundry basket at the end of the bed, along with her bags she brought from Arizona.
Leaving Bella's room you find the bathroom door (white and wooden!) to your right. Opening it you see a small bathroom with a small counter/sink kind of thing next to the toilet which is right next the the tub/shower. The walls are off white and the floors are grey tiled. The shower curtain is a light and dark blue plaid pattern.
Leaving the upper level and back down to the living room, behind the TV there's a closet-type door. Behind it is the laundry room in there, along with the machines, is a sliding glass door that leads to the back yard.
In the back yard there is no fence--just trees. There's a little cement porch--cracking due to weathering and weeds. On one of the largest trees just across from Charlie's bedroom windows is a tire swing, one that Bella used to always play on when she was little.
Alright... well... I think that's really all the setting I should go into for now--describing the house alone could have been a blog on it's own.
Next blog: The Cullen's house.
After that: Forks High.
After that: The baseball field.
After that: The cafe.
Well, that's it for now. Toodilu! :D
(This blog was one thousand-four hundred-forty-two words long.)
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