I came to the Twilight Saga quite late on. I had attempted to watch the first film when it was on TV because I wanted to know what all the fuss was about. I think the fact that I was watching it with my husband didn't help my enjoyment of it because he hated all the talky romantic bits. I found it a little dull I have to admit and I think because it had been hyped up so much by the media, other people I knew and the general teenage population I was expecting something - well, better.
My 9 year old daughter asked in a slightly embarrassed way if she could watch Twilight and I recorded it for her and we watched it together one night after school. She felt like she was now part of an exclusive club at her school - the girls who had seen Twilight. She started talking about it and I realised that it had caught her very young imagination with the idea of perfect love.
One day when she was off school sick, I downloaded the other movies and we watched them back to back via our Apple TV. It made the day go quickly and to my surprise, I started enjoying them. At then end of Breaking Dawn part 1, I made the decision to pre-book tickets for the showing on the Friday night when it came out.
So, we trudged down in the rain to our local Odeon cinema, spent as much on popcorn as we did on tickets (won't gripe here) and went in. We counted 5 men in the cinema and the rest were made up of teenage girls and a few mums like me.
We sat through the ads and trailers and eventually it started to a large round of applause from the audience. The best thing about seeing a film like this in the cinema is the reaction of the audience to what is going on.
When the credits came on at the beginning and Taylor Lautner's name came up - there was a loud cheer of approval from the audience so mainly people seemed to like Jacob over Edward. I have always thought that Jacob was a better bet but what do I know?
Similarly at the point where he strips off in front of Bella's dad there was a fair bit of whooping going on. Other reactions included screaming at the beheadings which seemed to go on for far too long for my daughter's liking. She did not care about the vampires being killed but could not seem to cope with the wolves being killed. All in all it was a pretty amazing film although one review I read said that the first half was a bit like an extended Next advert. When I thought about that I remembered all the beige Ugg style clothing that they seemed to wear.
I also had a problem with the cottage that Bella and Edward were given. They seemed to have a perfect cottage stuffed with everything from books to bedding - I know vampires are supposed to be fast but this seemed to come out of nowhere. They then say that they will all have to leave. So why did they buy them the house in the first place? I don't understand what was going on there - my personal gripe only I think.
I would say that this was a very good movie and we both enjoyed it immensely.
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