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sdrohc_ratiug and I drove to Othello to see Twilight. We figured we'd have better luck at Othello crowd-wise. And we did, especially because the staff had set up the theater so that you could reserve seats. We told the man behind the counter where we wanted to sit and there was no "Oh noes, my neck is broken from sitting in the front row for two hours." We chose the middle of a middle row. Kind of great.
In fact, the whole evening was great. Mostly. We got to the theater early to buy our tickets and then we were going to drive around a bit to waste some time (and see where Dahlia works now). But on the way back to the car, I hit an uneven part of the sidewalk and went down. Scrapped up my hand and knee. (The knee is sore today. And stung in the shower.) So we wasted time by going to the grocery store and buying bandages and a Neosporin-type ointment.
So that was not fun. But ended up being strangely appropriate, given how clumsy the character Bella is.
The audience was interesting. There was this group of, like, eleven to fourteen year olds in the front row and anytime anything remotely romantic happened, they squealed and giggled and the rest of the audience, after a while, started laughing at them. At one point, I was actually fantasizing about throwing something. They also lost it when Edward first appeared. At least learn to silently flail, girls. It comes in handy.
As for the movie, I liked it a lot. It was cheese-tastic and kind of hilarious. Though it probably shouldn't have been as funny as I was finding it. Now, I like the first book. The writing is beyond horrible, but it moves fairly quickly and has some good things going for it. The second book disappointed me a great deal, which is why I haven't read the third or fourth. Last night, the movie reminded me of all of the little things I liked about the first book. And then it improved upon them.
( Yeah, I think I'd definitely say that in this case, the film surpasses the book. Which, um, really isn't that hard. )
Stephanie Meyer said in an interview that she wanted a love story with a twist, so one of the protagonists was a vampire. Is that really a twist on love stories, though? Especially if I can think of others? No, no it's not. It's just another type of love story. A cliched one.
sdrohc_ratiug and I drove to Othello to see Twilight. We figured we'd have better luck at Othello crowd-wise. And we did, especially because the staff had set up the theater so that you could reserve seats. We told the man behind the counter where we wanted to sit and there was no "Oh noes, my neck is broken from sitting in the front row for two hours." We chose the middle of a middle row. Kind of great.In fact, the whole evening was great. Mostly. We got to the theater early to buy our tickets and then we were going to drive around a bit to waste some time (and see where Dahlia works now). But on the way back to the car, I hit an uneven part of the sidewalk and went down. Scrapped up my hand and knee. (The knee is sore today. And stung in the shower.) So we wasted time by going to the grocery store and buying bandages and a Neosporin-type ointment.
So that was not fun. But ended up being strangely appropriate, given how clumsy the character Bella is.
The audience was interesting. There was this group of, like, eleven to fourteen year olds in the front row and anytime anything remotely romantic happened, they squealed and giggled and the rest of the audience, after a while, started laughing at them. At one point, I was actually fantasizing about throwing something. They also lost it when Edward first appeared. At least learn to silently flail, girls. It comes in handy.
As for the movie, I liked it a lot. It was cheese-tastic and kind of hilarious. Though it probably shouldn't have been as funny as I was finding it. Now, I like the first book. The writing is beyond horrible, but it moves fairly quickly and has some good things going for it. The second book disappointed me a great deal, which is why I haven't read the third or fourth. Last night, the movie reminded me of all of the little things I liked about the first book. And then it improved upon them.
( Yeah, I think I'd definitely say that in this case, the film surpasses the book. Which, um, really isn't that hard. )
Stephanie Meyer said in an interview that she wanted a love story with a twist, so one of the protagonists was a vampire. Is that really a twist on love stories, though? Especially if I can think of others? No, no it's not. It's just another type of love story. A cliched one.
