Something about Twilight struck a chord with me. I don't remember what exactly (because I've slept since then) but the notion, the idea, was interesting. Maybe it was the cover that drew me in.
Regardless, I slapped it on my Christmas list.
When my wonderful husband bought it for me, I devoured the book. Up until that point, I hadn't read in a long time. Oh, I'd check out books from the library or buy some occasionally. I didn't catalog or make lists or wait with breathless anticipa...tion for books to be released as I do now. For me to be so obsessed with the book to the point of tears (yes, I cried at several places), well, the book's gotta be a keeper.
Then I read New Moon. Still an emotional journey until Bella went to Rome. I closed the book and shelved it feeling "eh."
Eclipse hit the shelves. I was tentative, naturally. Especially given my OMG-I-cannot-speak-in-logical-sentences-because-I'm-blubbering-due-to-tears-of-something-and-the-baby-is-totally-fine-I'm-the-one-who-is-bawling that was Twilight while feeling "Huh, okay..." about New Moon.
But I read it anyway.
What's brought on this introspection? Well, the Twilight movie has been cast. (I snagged this mock-up poster from one of my friends who snagged it from one of her friends.)
Since I haven't been following the discussions and hypotheses on whom to cast in such-and-such role(s), I'm not overly obsessed. Do these actors look like my mental images of Bella and Edward? Nope.
First of all, Edward (Robert Pattinson aka Cedric Diggory of Harry Potter fame) isn't lithe enough. I always imagined Edward as beautiful yes, but thin and mysterious, wraith-like. The Bella (Kristen Stewart) in my mind was someone who almost faded into the shadows, average, every day looking. Edward would *have* to be prettier than she.
I shouldn't complain. Eric Bana looks nothing like how I imagined Henry from The Time Traveler's Wife. Will that stop me from seeing the moving? Um, no. And I'm sure Cecelia Ahern didn't envision a (mostly) American cast for P. S. I Love You, but Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Harry Connick, Jr., *and* Gerard Butler (who isn't an American though I did say mostly) -- I'm there!!
Of course, I also wonder if Twilight will begin production in February because of the writers' strike.
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You know, Twilight does have that special 'something'. That magical 'it' we search for as writers. New Moon had a lot of emotional depth, but you're right, once it got to Rome, it was all perfect from there. It's hard to tear a character apart the way Meyer did and not try and patch her back together quickly. For the sake of the fans. But it left a lot of open holes in my mind about Edward and Bella's relationship... but that's another discussion altogether.
ReplyDeleteYou're absolutely, 100% correct. Robert seems large, almost brute, compared to Edward. *Can you imagine the forest running scenes with him?* And Bella... I just envisioned her being softer... more average. *shrugs* Who knows? A lot of times it's the acting that sells a character, not the way they look. ;)