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With 11 days till Forks….today’s feature is about Erin…. The Newborn
I started reading the Twilight series in March of this year after my good friends and co-workers, Anne (Team Edward) and Liz (wolf-lover), invited me to their second-annual Forks trip with another crazy Twilight fan – Lea (R-Pat’s No. 1 Fan in the Universe). As a condition, Anne, the obsessed speed-reader that she is, wanted me to get through all three books come August. (Thank God she hasn’t held me to it as I’m just starting Eclipse!) At that point, I was familiar with the “tween” saga and had seen Twilight only after it came out on cable. Keep in mind, I am not an avid reader; but very much a cult and pop culture movie buff. Therefore, Twilight (the movie) was enough to peak my curiosity. However, Anne and Liz’s raves about the saga/series and beyond was welcomed peer pressure. I also secretly cannot wait to have Lea superimpose my face on a picture with Edward. She has become quite the expert!
I have always been fascinated by vampire love stories. One of my all-time favorite movies is Bram Stoker’s Dracula with Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder. I could relate to the evil-on-the-outside, good-on-the-inside type of man falling for the brave, innocent and sweet girl with the ability to see right through the monster. Fortunately and unfortunately, I could also understand the type of love that tempted one to sacrifice all of their morals [think first love at age 17]. Since then, I have found myself attracted to pale-skinned men with dark hair/eyes, who possess some unique alternative feature like a widow’s peak hairline or tattoos [oh, the horror!] and more recently, fangs and sparkles in the sun!
At first, I was concerned that having seen Twilight before reading the series might spoil my interpretation of the story. But after reading the book, I thought the movie was a great adaptation. From Kristen Stewart’s clumsy, insecure, self-deprecating (and often annoying) Bella Swan to Rob Pattison’s perfect portrayal of Edward Cullen (my favorite character, of course – with Jasper at a close second) to the romantic and whimsical setting of Forks, Washington (a character in and of itself); it was pretty easy for me to get swept away by my imagination vis-à-vis the books and visually by the cinematography of the film. My reading of Twilight, however slow and sporadic, only intensified my excitement to see the rest of the movies. I couldn’t resist watching New Moon (on Pay-Per-View this time) before finishing the paperback. And, call me consistent, on June 29, 2010 I got the pleasure of watching the Twilight triple feature, including Eclipse (which I had yet to crack open) at 12:08 a.m. on June 30, 2010 with my travel mates.
We are now and forever affectionately known as “Three Twihards and a Newborn.” Forks, here we come!!!
I have always been fascinated by vampire love stories. One of my all-time favorite movies is Bram Stoker’s Dracula with Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder. I could relate to the evil-on-the-outside, good-on-the-inside type of man falling for the brave, innocent and sweet girl with the ability to see right through the monster. Fortunately and unfortunately, I could also understand the type of love that tempted one to sacrifice all of their morals [think first love at age 17]. Since then, I have found myself attracted to pale-skinned men with dark hair/eyes, who possess some unique alternative feature like a widow’s peak hairline or tattoos [oh, the horror!] and more recently, fangs and sparkles in the sun!
At first, I was concerned that having seen Twilight before reading the series might spoil my interpretation of the story. But after reading the book, I thought the movie was a great adaptation. From Kristen Stewart’s clumsy, insecure, self-deprecating (and often annoying) Bella Swan to Rob Pattison’s perfect portrayal of Edward Cullen (my favorite character, of course – with Jasper at a close second) to the romantic and whimsical setting of Forks, Washington (a character in and of itself); it was pretty easy for me to get swept away by my imagination vis-à-vis the books and visually by the cinematography of the film. My reading of Twilight, however slow and sporadic, only intensified my excitement to see the rest of the movies. I couldn’t resist watching New Moon (on Pay-Per-View this time) before finishing the paperback. And, call me consistent, on June 29, 2010 I got the pleasure of watching the Twilight triple feature, including Eclipse (which I had yet to crack open) at 12:08 a.m. on June 30, 2010 with my travel mates.
We are now and forever affectionately known as “Three Twihards and a Newborn.” Forks, here we come!!!
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