Here’s the short version, I will work on a better one for my blog. Bare with me, I went to bed about 3am and my mind was still reeling with thoughts from the movie so what little I did sleep wasn’t very good.
Preface- we have 4 big movie theaters here in Lexington. In the theater we went to they had 4 midnight shows—all SOLD OUT. It was PACKED and packed full of crazy. LOL. I was ready to “shhhh” loudly if I heard too many shrieks and carrying on, but I really didn’t have to. The only thing fan wise I found REALLY annoying was that there was laughter at inappropriate times, and randomly at Jasper.
The HP preview is really the only good preview that we saw. AMAZING!!!!!! It got equally as many shrieks as Edward Cullen LOL. Maybe some from my row. :lookaroun
Overall- I was very happy with the movie. It was about 70% straight from the book, and 30% add ins for the movie. All of the stuff from the book was of course great, the add ins were also good for the most part, there was only 1 that I didn’t like.
Casting- all of the casting was great! The more I try and think about who stood out pretty much everyone did LOL. I am a little ashamed to admit that the first time you see the Cullens on screen- you see them through a window walking into the cafeteria I got cold chills. All of the Cullens were DEAD ON. It was almost a little weird because they were just like I imagined.
Stuff that Stands Out- Okay pretty much every time Edward and Bella had a scene together I was holding my breath (which I didn’t realize until my BFF would quietly say something that would make me laugh.) But as nerdy as this sounds I really need to see the movie again to make a more specific judgment. Kristen Stewart did a good job though, she gave Bella a lot more depth and she wasn’t as whiny teenager as she was in the books. One thing I wasn’t too crazy about is that they kind of chopped up the Meadow scene, which ultimately was good but not as good as in the book.
The nomad added storyline was really good. I don’t want to give too much away there. And the scene, oh wait back up…. The baseball scene was my FAVORITE! Gah! So awesome. So when the nomads arrive at the ball field and are talking they did a bunch of close-ups of all their eyes and the contrast of how theirs were red and the Cullens were bronze. Again awesome cinematography!
So the scene I didn’t like *sighs* was one of my favorites in the book, so in a way I was set up for disappointment. I don’t want to get too specific, but it’s from the end of the Ballet Studio scene where Edward is saving Bella from the venom. And you know, maybe that's what did actually happen...I guess if we had Midnight Sun we would know for sure.
Last thoughts- As a fan, I was really pleased with the movie.
A few things were different sure, but for me, it 100% captured the feeling from the book which I did not expect it to fully do.
Best part of all—the ending TOTALLY almost went out of the way to set up New Moon!!!! I have a ton other things that keep reeling through my mind, I will post a more detailed review on my blog. LOL.
