My Twilight Obsession
Yes, I know, I am like a thirteen your old girl when it comes to the Twilight series, but it comforts me to know that I am not the only one. Most females I encounter, with just one mention of Twilight begin to gush over the stories. I myself have read the whole series through, plus I read Twilight for a second time, as well as listened to New Moon on CD for a second time. Now, after this weekend’s DVD release I got a chance to watch the movie that I had already seen two times at the movie theater. (as I read back what I just wrote I see that others could find this all absurd, but I stand by my obsession.)
Twilight Review
For those of you who haven’t read the stories (that is if you have been living under a rock) I will give you a little background before continuing to gush about all things Twilight. Here is IMDB’s synopsis of the book/movie
Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy, plastic girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarried and Bella chooses to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she didn’t expect much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen. For Edward is nothing like any boy she’s ever met. He’s nothing like anyone she’s ever met, period. He’s intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance – unorthodox because Edward really isn’t like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasn’t aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he’s immortal. That’s right – vampire. But he doesn’t have fangs – that’s just in the movies. And he doesn’t drink human blood, though Edward and his family are unique among vampires in that lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. Somehow or other, they will have to manage their unmanageable love. But when unexpected visitors come to town and realize that there is a human among them Edward must fight to save Bella? A modern, visual, and visceral Romeo and Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair – between vampire and mortal.
So what is the pull of the story? For me it’s the forbidden love, and the almost perfect man. Some people will argue (my mother) that it just doesn’t make sense. “Why is she so calm that he’s a vampire?” “it is so unrealistic!” and my answer to all that is “It’s not supposed to make sense!” It’s a story! I would say almost a fairy tale! The age old story of Romeo and Juliet! Two lovers who really are not meant to be but can’t pull themselves from each other. That is this story. Now, when I first saw the movie posters I was disappointed with the actor cased to play Edward. My vision of Edward while reading the book was just a perfect specimen! How could a real person play that role?? Enter Robert Pattison. I have to give this guy credit. In my opinion he played Edward extremely well in the movie.
Reasons to Love Twilight
Now come on people look at this guy! And yes, again I must regress to the days where I used to scream over Joey Mcintyre of New Kids on The Block. I think my sister gave the best response. Her boyfriend texted her “I Love You!” and She texted back “I Love Edward!” This, my friends, is the real pull to the story. This vampire is super human, super sexy and totally in love with this imperfect human. He has eyes only for her, and has this desire to protect her no matter what. He would die for her in a second. The world cannot exist without her. I can go on and on but this is the dilemma. Does a man like this really exist? And please don’t say “no because there are no vampires” I am talking about the rest of it (although I think the fact that he is a vampire also makes him sexy).
I have been obsessing over this saga for a while now. My husband and family can attest, and although this post really has nothing to do with marriage I think the women out there will appreciate it. If you follow the saga and haven’t seen Stephenie Meyer’s site then I recommend you check it out! http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_outtakes.html They have some great outtakes from the book that add things to the story. My favorite is when Edward learns to cook from watching the cooking channel so he can cook Bella a meal before the prom…Sigh…… If you haven’t started reading these then please take my word for it. It is absolutely worth it!
So let’s start a bit of a discussion. What is it about Edward and/or Twilight that you love? Are you obsessed? I love talking all things Twilight so this is a great forum to do so!
Thanks for the shout-out.
I don’t think the obsession can be explained unless you read the books for yourself. Good post! haha
The shout out was most appropriate! It fit in perfectly! ?
Your obsession is scary and may be hurting your marriage!
I think Anonomous is my husband, who is too scared to post as himself…don’t worry hunny Edwards got nothing on you:)
My friend girl was telling me the other day that I should either read the book or watch the movie. I’m so out of the loop, had no idea there was a book but did know about the movie. Hey, Joey was my favorite NKOTB’r!! He’s mine hehe! I went to see them in October in New Orleans, it was an awesome concert!
Well no matter what you must read the series. My sister laughed and doubted me for weeks on this and told me I was crazy…then she read the books. (mind you she’s not a reader) and LOVED them! The movie is great too but nothing compares to the books. Give them a try!
Loved the books, hated the first movie, really liked the second movie, love Edward in the book but really not sure yet about the movie version of Edward. My husband won’t let me talk about Twilight in front of him! I am a big enough Twihard to go see New Moon on opening night but not a big enough one to wear a t shirt proclaiming whether I am Team Edward or Team Jacob ?
Ha!!! I actually enjoyed the first movie (didn’t hate it) and really liked the 2nd movie. While reading the books I was totally team Edward..but after the 2nd movie I may have switched to team Jacob! My husband HATES how much I love it and reminds me that teenagers like it! HA! I actually would love a shirt that just reads TWILIGHT but I can’t find one for the life of me!!
You could have a shirt made. One of my friends owns a salon and for their staff christmas party this year they went to the new moon premier and they had shirts made that proclaimed “Team Edward”. My husband used an online shop on year to have shirts made for a bachelor party, don’t remember the name of it but am sure if you googled Twilight and shirt you could find all sorts of things ?
I seem to have come late to the Twilight ‘party’ but I’m so glad I did. I have just finished reading the books then I just HAD to go buy the dvd. I’m so glad I read the books first! I even downloaded Stephanie Meyer’s unfinished manuscript “Midnight Sun” onto cd & spent 7 hours straight at my laptop reading it. I was starting to think there was something wrong with this obsession til I started searching for others. I’m SOOO glad I’m not alone. At work we have a term for books/series that have us hooked: “Crack Books”. I thought the Sookie Stackhouse novels were addictive but they have nothing on Bella & Edward. This is absolutely the greatest love story ever told. Now I I’ll have to suffer thru withdrawal until March 20th when New Moon comes out on dvd.
better late than never!! It is a wonderful Love story! I read the sookie books too but like you said it’s just not the same. I have yet to read midnight sun because I am convinced she’s going to finish it..lol maybe i’m in denial.
I love Twilight! I can’t wait for Twilight Eclipse! I’m so infatuated with Taylor Lautner, lol.
I still think that the first movie was the best, but New Moon certainly wins in eye candy lol
omg,,,,i love twilight it is amazing,,,my other half goes mad when i go on about it aswell,,the books are amazing better than the movies because you get to read wot bella and jacob really think,,,,i also find myself in the gym or on a walk and i will just day dream about twilight,,,ive even got my mam who is 50 hooked on edward haha,,my sis said how can you feel like that about a film,so i said watch it and now she understands,love it love it love it,,,becky xxxx o and team edward all the way,,,new moon i was a bit gutted because edward wernt in it much :o( xx
i really love Twilight. this movie is super great that we watched it several times with some of my friends.
Your post is great. I really feel you. I get what you are saying about Edward. I mean, is his character for real? It’s just too good to be real, a women can only dream. I’m 40, married, w/kids and cannot get enough of the twilight love story. I got on the wagon late, but dived right in and tried to catch up. In about two months, i finished all the books, loved the ending by the way, and devoured all the twilight music. My poor kids and husband were neglected, just a little.
Twilight is a very good book,
and the first film, which I saw, was good as well.
As for you 34-year old House-fraus,
creaming all over Edward and these books/movies, you need to return to earth.
Your life is cleaning up shitty diapers,
shuttling the munchkins to Chuck E. Cheese,
tending to your no longer interesting husbands, and for the working girls,
being a tyrannical boss.
I’d say at age 34, you can forget about finding the perfect man and getting swept away.
That ship has sailed, and there ain’t too many shopping days ’til Christmas.
It’s refreshing to see another intelligent woman who enjoys the series. Sometimes I feel like a bit of a creep when it seems that only teens like the series.
I too am a fan of Twilight!!!!
I too am a Twilight-aholic. I have seen all the movies thus far (midnight showing of Eclipse), read the books repeatedly, been to the midnight release parties and own numerous t-shirts. (among other bits of merchandise I really don’t need lol.) If anyone is looking for a great place to buy shirts, visit http://www.cafepress.com. They have tons of Twilight shirts!!