High on caffeine from drinking too much iced tea caused me to lie awake until the wee hours of the morning. Even after finishing off two books, sleep eluded me. Since I had to entertain myself anyway I opted to replay some of the videos on my trusty iPod until the sandman saw it fit to put me to slumber. For some reason, I ended up re-watching Twilight.
I honestly don't know why that movie was such a hit. Those that followed might have been better than the first but they were still (IMO) bad. Usually the books from which movies are adapted entertain me more. Since they have more to the movie storyline, I suppose the Twilight saga did but...let's just say that even the books didn't really call to me much when my sister first introduced them to me.
Despite my finding the movies wanting and the books overly cheesy, I have the Twilight movie on my iPod, New Moon in a flash drive, Eclipse in a link I've bookmarked, the pictures of the Breaking Dawn cast in my netbook, a couple of ebook copies stored somewhere, and now, I'm actually waiting for part 2 of Breaking Dawn to be released so I can watch part 1. Huh!
Twilight (the movie) was immensely popular when it came out. It certainly propelled the lead actors to overwhelming popularity eventhough the acting was poor and the sequence of events was unremarkable. Funny but I found that the parody of it was a lot better. In any case, every time I watch reruns of the the Twilight movies it makes me cringe how they (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and most everyone else) portrayed their characters. I think the only ones I found credible were Peter Facinelli, Michael Sheen, Billy Burke, Elizabeth Reaser, and Dakota Fanning.
Is it just me or is there really something wrong with the way they express supposed feelings? I totally found it awkward. Was it the directors' fault for not guiding the stars accordingly? or were they just as oblivious to the terrible scenes? Could they possibly just have been cashing in on what they were seeing to be the trending topic in the book world? Either way, I guess that doesn't really matter anymore as it proved compelling enough for the people...myself included--though for the life of me I have no idea why.
This isn't the first time I've blogged about this franchise and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I managed to generate a number of anti-fans if any of my blogs were made public. Still, every time I return to it I find myself needing to write a blistering commentary on almost every scene. I think I need to air this out with someone who can argue with me and/or someone who'll second my views. Anyone game?
