How did it get to be three in the morning?!

[melcreada]

I braved opening night at the local theater to see that bonafide bonanza of vampire goodness, Twilight (and lived to tell the tale)!

Non-spoilery comments about Twilight, spoken as a non-fan (but interested party):

- They did good with picking translucent English actor RPatz as the vampire protagonist. Unlike his pancaked-within-an-inch-of-their-lives brethren, I think he is actually that pale.
- I was surrounded by 12-year-old girls and their mothers; kudos to the ten or so men that were in the theater with us. That was a whole lot of estrogen to deal with. The squealing when the vampires came on screen was unbelievable.
- I like the story idea very much (what's not to love - dark Byronic hero, chaste knightly romance (chaste by my apparently whore-tacular standards), and beautiful immortal tragedy) so I will def pick up the books.
- One of the biggest movies of the year and they couldn't inflate the special effects budget a bit? 
- Am I going to have to read the books to understand the appeal of Bella? 'Cause I wasn't really feeling it in the movie...

And finally, a note on the crowd itself. Now, I know it was a young group, but nothing irritates me more than inappropriate laughter. Particularly at a most serious and potentially tragic moment, the laughter that filled the auditorium disgusted me. I don't mean to go all "you have to take this movie super seriously OR ELSE," but c'mon. Put yourself in someone else's place and learn some god-damned empathy. I don't know - most people don't really understand why this is a big deal, but I feel it merits mention because I find it weird and off-putting. 

Comments

[ryoneko.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting until Sunday to go see this, in the hopes that the squealing might have died down a bit. I really wanted to see this opening night, but it wasn't worth the tweeny crowd.

Glad to hear you liked it, though! I've read all four books, and I really hope it does well enough to go into the second one, cause it has my favourite ending of all four.

[joseishijin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I liked it but because I haven't read the books yet, I don't have a base of reference to compareit to. From the squealing in my theater, though, I would say the movie makers did a good job. LOL! Have fun tomorrow!

I think I will take my mom to see it this coming week...

[tweedlekeys.livejournal.com]

chaste by my apparently whore-tacular standards

Most awesome thing I've read all day.

[joseishijin.livejournal.com]

*grin*

I aim to please...

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