nostalgic Leaving work early, I decided to try my luck at buying a ticket to see Twilight tonight on its opening day.
I absolutely loved reading those books, and my panties were in a bunch ever since I saw the first teaser trailer for the movie, like six months ago. This movie was everything I wanted it to be, and so badly acted and painfully awkward and unbelievable it was just perfect! I still have a special lightness to my heart and peaceful smile on my face from my experience in watching this movie just a few hours ago.
I went to a later afternoon show, and the theater was absolutely packed....with teenage girls, and a few parents. No boys in sight, anywhere. But those girls sure had some energy! There was lots of chatter and squealing with anticipation before the previews even started. When the lights dimmed, there was even more premature excitement!
A new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trailer was previewed, and the girls were so excited even for that I could hardly hear! Just the sight of Daniel Radcliffe sent them fluttering! I am looking forward to that one as well. It was supposed to come out this holiday season but was pushed back to next summer.
Okay, so after the previews, Twilight starts and the theater is filled with this electricity. I can hear girls all over the place giddy and squirming in their seats. The whole time I was completely suspended in the story line, and I savored every minute of that awkward adolescence love story. The vampires looked awkward and weird and the acting was sub-par. The story was unbelievable to begin with, and people who have not read the books might have felt lost...500+ pages of plot was condensed down to about two hours. The special effects were lame, some of the dialog awkward. The supporting characters in the book were not at all developed in the movie. But it was perfect. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. And there was a way sexy quick make out scene that was pretty tame, but adolescence can be so painfully awkward, and those stories of first love are my favorite, in a way, setting up my adult life for constant disappointment because no one will ever live up to the fantasy that is in my head from reading/watching this kind of crap.
The girls in the theater were so excited the whole time and I transcended, for those two hours, back to the mindset of my teenage self, giddy at attention from cute boys, snickering at thoughts of the still taboo subject of sex, the painful awkwardness of first crushes and high school interactions. I am already looking forward to the sequel!
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