The Twilight Phenomenon

Everyone knows the word “twilight”.  But to most girls that word doesn’t refer to the time of day when it’s light out and you can see the moon.  Twilight is a best-selling book series which has led to super-hyped movies!  But what IS all the hype about?  Sometimes even I, a faithful Twilight fan, cannot understand it all at once.

The Twilight saga actually is a great, romantic, adventurous, and mysterious series.  There are even some guys who have read the books and actually enjoyed it, like one of my friends at school.  Most guys write off the  phenomenon, including the novels, because the whole thing seems so ridiculous.  But, it’s just the movies that really are changing their minds, not the books.

Of course, for us a girls, a huge appeal to the movies is the eye candy.  All the guys of  Twilight are extremely hot, all of us know that.  Whether you’re loving Robert Pattinson’s famous “Edward” hair or Taylor Lautner showing off his rock hard six-pack abs, it’s pretty tempting.  Though, the story line isn’t as much concentrated on.

The movie follows the book for the most part.  But like any adaption, it skips scenes, it adds scenes, it shortens important scenes and changes others. Like, in the first Twilight movie, Bella admits she knows Edward is a vampire on a car ride home from Port Angeles.  In the movie, she tells Edward what she knows in a clearing in a dark forest, in a dramatic, intense scene.  Sure, it’s a good scene, but to faithful Twilight readers, it takes away from the true roots of the story.

The hype over “New Moon” is a combination of many things.  For readers, there are great expectations for it to live up to the book.  For the girls who are “gaga” over the guys, they’re hoping to see a lot of skin.  And for the people who saw the first movie and thought it was “just okay,” they’re hoping the second will be better.

I’m excited to see what the new director will bring to the table.  But I’m not expecting much more than the first movie.  I’m definintley going to see it, but I probably won’t stay up all night for the midnight showing.

Some critics who’ve already seen “New Moon” say it’s pretty bad.  But I don’t think that matters.  Most Twilight fans are pretty faithful and won’t care about the reviews.   I’m not surprised the critics don’t like it.  The people who love the movies aren’t the adults or the parents, but the screaming teenage girls.

So, maybe the hype over Twilight isn’t about how good the actual movie or plotline turn out to be.  Whether you love the books or love the guys, everyone will be drawn to “New Moon” differently.

I’m not sure how I’ll like it.  But I have new hope since a different director is shining a new light on the movie series.

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