- Twilight: Everyone knows romance and love are complicated. But complicated is an understatement when it comes to Bella and Edward's relationship. Bella Swan is the new girl in the small town of Forks, Washington. Pretty and klutzy Bella seems to be the center of attention to the school seeing that she is the mysterious new kid from the big town of Phoenix, Arizona. But Bella is fascinated by the one group of people that don't pay any attention to her: the Cullens. The Cullens are the outsiders at Forks High School. They are just too beautiful to approach. And Bella happens to have her eye on the devastatingly handsome Edward Cullen. At first he wants nothing to do with her. But then he can't stay away from her. Bella knows that Edward is keeping a secret from her and she soon finds out what it is. Edward is seventeen. He has been seventeen for about eighty-seven years. The Cullens are vampires. But they are the rare good kind that you hardly ever hear of. The Cullens consider themselves vegetarians, because they don't feed on humans-just animals. Carlisle and Esme Cullen pose as the adoptive parents of Rosalie and Jasper Hale and Emmett, Alice and Edward Cullen. Bella takes this secret with open arms. She fits in with this lifestyle. But when three unexpected visitors, James, Laurent and Victoria, drop in to see the Cullens baseball game, things go dramatically wrong. James has made it his sole mission to hunt Bella and nothing will stop him. The Cullens must stick together to save Bella in the greatest threat to her life--so far.
Comments for Twilight:
Cortny- Romance, action and fantasy all in one! What more could I ask for? This is easily my favorite book in the series. I can't really find anything wrong with it. My favorite scene in the book:
(cafeteria) "That's really frustrating, you know," he [Edward] complained.
"No," I [Bella] disagreed quickly, my eyes narrowing, "I can't imagine why that would be frustrating at all--just because someone refuses to tell you what they're thinking, even if all the while they're making cryptic little remarks specifically designed to keep you up at night wondering what they could possibly mean...now, why would that be frustrating?"
He grimaced.
"Or better," I continued, the pent-up annoyance flowing freely now, "say that person also did a wide range of bizarre things--from saving your life under impossible circumstances one day to treating you like a pariah the next, and he never explained any of that, either, even after he promised. That, also, would be very non-frustrating."
"You've got a bit of a temper, don't you?"
"I don't like double standards."
Noah- I really loved this book. It hooked me on to the series. I could envision myself as Bella and could feel when Edward touched Bella. It was spine chilling.
Lauren- Auh mazing opening to the series. I loved every detail of it and it was just perfect.
- New Moon: It's official. Bella is now one year older than Edward (at least in the human sense) and she doesn't like it one bit. After a little spilt blood at her birthday party, Edward starts to act strange. He ends up leaving Bella. Bella is heartbroken. For months she wanders around doing nothing but eating, sleeping and going to school. But then she starts hanging out with her old friend Jacob Black. They start hanging out and Bella discovers that she can remember Edward more clearly when she is doing something stupid like riding motorcycles and trying to kill herself. But Bella knows that Jake is keeping a secret and finds that he is a werewolf! Something in Bella attracts mythical creature, apparently. But when a disastrous mistake sends Alice back to Forks, Bella is thrilled. Until she discovers that she only has hours to travel to Italy and save Edward from the Volturi before it is too late!
Comments on New Moon:
Cortny- This book was okay. My favorite part was the reunion between Edward and Bella. The parts in between with Jacob were easy to read and not totally unlikable. Believe it or not, this was my least favorite book in the series. My favorite scene in the book:
His words came out half-strangled. "You...were...risking your life...to hear--"
"Shh," I interrupted him. "Hold on a second. I think I'm having an epiphany here."
(Assorted text)
"Oh!"
"Bella?"
"Oh. Okay. I see."
"Your epiphany?" he asked, his voice uneven and strained.
"You love me," I marveled.
"Truly, I do."
Noah- Although I didn't like it when Edward left, I loved this book. I learned more and more about Jacob Black, whom I really love. I guess I'm Team Edjawardcob (hey, the actor is totally gorgeous and I really can relate to Jacob). Anyway, I believe New Moon is the most adventurous out of all these books. I felt so relieved when Edward came back.
Lauren- AHHHHH!!!!! I hated it!!!!! Well, no I actually loved it, but it made me mad the whole way through. But it was totally needed!
- Eclipse: Bella and Edward are back together forever. Bella's mortality issue is looking good but Edward's marriage compromise is still bugging her. But another problem is brewing. A terror killing spree in Seattle seems to be vampire work. And Victoria is back and after Bella. In the end, Victoria is behind the Seattle killings. She is making a newborn army to get to Bella. But luckily, she doesn't expect the Cullens to team up with the werewolves to keep Bella safe.
Comments on Eclipse:
Cortny- My third favorite book. A lot of fans say that this book is boring but I think it is exciting and it gives you so much background information. Plus, Jasper is involved a lot more, so yay! My favorite scene from the book:
Emmett grinned. "Fall down again, Bella?"
I glared at him fiercely. "No, Emmett. I punched a werewolf in the face."
Emmett blinked, and then burst into a roar of laughter.
Noah- I liked this book, but it was really boring. I got the picture when Bella said that she couldn't decide. Why did it have to say it over and over again? The part that I didn't like was when Bella let Jacob kiss her. I so wanted to smack them both upside the head! I was furious. Bella was such and idiot. I forgave them both. That's what Edward did. That just shows you how wonderful he is.
Lauren- Well to tell you the truth, I don't remember too much about this one except the whole chase thing with Victoria. Well, I guess it was needed.
- Bella officially knows herself as Mrs. Edward Cullen. After a glamorous wedding, thank you Alice, the honeymoon is even more spectacular. But it also brings surprises in the form of a very preggers Bella. No one thought this was possible but apparently it is. Meanwhile, Jacob and the pack are having some differences when it comes to protecting Bella (cough, cough Leah). But when Renesmee is born, Jacob finds he has a certain bond with her. And Bella is FINALLY a vampire. But some mistaken glances and jumped to conclusions force the Volturi to come to Forks. The Cullens must round up all of their friends to fight and finish it once and for all.
Comments on Breaking Dawn:
Cortny- At first I didn't like this book because of the whole Jacob/Renesmee thing, but now I like it. A lot. My favorite part is the end battle and the gathering of the vampires. My favorite scene in the book:
Prologue to Jacob part...Life sucks and then you die.
Noah- This was my all time favorite book of the series. My favorite part was when Edward and Bella got married. awwwwwwwwwwww! I loved it when the Volturi couldn't do anything to them in the end. I was like, "ha ha! can't touch this, stupid Volturi. ha ha ha!" I really liked the addition of Renesmee. She is so awesome. I love her and the best part is that Jacob imprinted on her. WHEW! At least Jacob will be a part of Bella's family. For the longest time, I thought that Jacob would imprint on Leah. I guess I was wrong. And the best part was when Bella finally became a vampire and she hugged Edward after her burning. He was like "um, careful, Bella. OW!" I almost died laughing. It was so funny! And when Bella beat Emmett in arm wrestling, I was like, "ha ha Emmett! you were beaten by a girl!" I loved this book.
Lauren- OMG MY PERSONAL FAVE! I loved it. The only bad part? Well, hmmm let's see, I don't think there was one! No, well, the talking baby kinda got a little far fetched and when the "battle" took forever to get to and it was also a little hard to read but everything I wanted to happen, happened!
TWILIGHT THE MOVIE!!!!!
Comments:
Cortny- Overall, a fair interpretation of the book. I was a bit disappointed but not much. The meadow scene could have been longer but they did their best. I liked the movie. Loved, actually!
Noah- The movie was AWESOME!!!! I was disappointed with a few things: they made the hospital scene very grim when it was funny in the book, they got the meadow part completely wrong, they added an extra character, they got the first kiss wrong (and I really wanted to see that), and she didn't meet Jacob until after she went to the beach. I thought it was a great movie, but it kind of underestimated the book. Hey, I think it was the best movie that I've seen. I just wish that it was even closer to the book. By the way, the guy who plays Jasper, Jackson Rathbone, is gorgeous!
Lauren- The movie was okay. The only reason I loved it was because Twilight was the title. All the great details were left out :-(
SOUNDTRACK!!!!!
(I put the number I ranked it by the artist)
1 Muse- Supermassive Black Hole
8 Paramore- Decode
4 The Black Ghosts- Full Moon
11 Linkin Park- Leave Out All the Rest
2 Mutemath- Spotlight (Twilight Mix)
3 Perry Farrell- Go All the Way (Into the Twilight)
9 Collective Soul- Tremble for My Beloved
6 Paramore- I Caught Myself
10 Blue Foundation- Eyes on Fire
7 Rob Pattinson- Never Think
12 Iron & Wine- Flightless Bird, American Mouth
5 Carter Burwell- Bella's Lullaby
CAST!!!!!
Edward- Robert Pattinson
Bella- Kristen Stewart
Alice- Ashley Greene
Jasper- Jackson Rathbone
Rosalie- Nikki Reed
Emmett- Kellan Lutz
Esme- Elizabeth Reaser
Carlisle- Peter Facinelli
Jacob- Taylor Lautner
James- Cam Gigandet
Laurent- Edi Gathegi
Victoria- Rachelle Lefeure
Charlie- Billy Burke
STUPID FREAKING DAKOTA FANNING!!!!!
Okay, so the wonderful people at Twilight decided to give the script of the New Moon character, Jane, to Dakota Fanning. I like Dakota Fanning and all (a little/ un poco) but she is SO not Jane material. Jane is this small, dark, full-lipped merciless vampire. EVIL!!! Dakota Fanning is not evil. She doesn't play evil vampire fantasy roles. She plays the sweet little Barbie roles. No. They can't let her be Jane. I'd be sad.
Thank you. The first Twilight Tuesday is now over. I hoped you enjoyed it. And I want to give thanks to my special correspondents, Emily and Lauren. Your comments helped so much!
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