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Some pre Twilight thoughts

writingdog's picture

So, I'm going to post a blog about some pre-Twilight thoughts (on the movie, not the book. The book's been out since ... forever.) and then after I see the movie, I'll tell you guys what I think. I'm going today at 7. Three more hours!!
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Okay, first of all, what is up with that field trip scene? I'm really curious about that part, and I can't wait to see the meadow scene, except Stephenie Meyer says that she thought it should have been longer, so it might not live up to my expectations after all.

The casting is... alright. I mean, Catherine thinks that she picked the PERFECT characters, but I'm not sure.

Bella Stewart's voice is too deep, and I know she can't help that. I just wish it was.. more feminine. And Bella's supposed to be clumsy, but Kristen looks very sturdy, on the other hand.

I think they picked a good Edward, regardless of what anybody says. Yes, the Cullens are supposed to be PERFECT, but nobody is perfect, and I think Rob is close enough. I hate how nobody gave him a chance. How everyone sent him tons of hate mail, and then when the first trailer came out, everybody LOVED him. People should have atleast waited without being rude. But, yeah, I think he's going to do a great job.

Jacob is ... just, wow. It's hard to hate him after you see the guy playing him. If you've seen him on interviews, he's really a nice guy, and easy-going. Sure, he's kind of young, and he's not that tall (but he won't have to worry about it until New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn) but, I think he's a fabulous actor. I don't think we'll see much of him in Twilight so we'll just have to wait until New Moon (which so happens to be my favorite book.)

Alice is, in my opinion, the perfect Alice. That's what Stephenie said too, so nobody can really doubt her. She's somebody that I'm really psyched about seeing on screen.

James, Laurent, and Victoria- I think they make decent villians (as if villians can ever be decent) so I'll be excited as to see how the hunt goes. And, people have been saying that they didn't imagine Laurent that way, but I think Edi is a good actor and he can pull it off.

Charlie- Definitely not how I imagined Charlie. I imagined Charlie much...much... fatter.

I think the other Cullen characters are good fits. Nikki can't be the perfect Rosalie, because Rosalie is described as the most beautiful person on Earth, and like she said, those are hard shoes to fill in. So give her some slack, people. Emmett should be more muscular and steadier, but I think he's good. The person playing Jasper is... interesting. I didn't think of him that way, but regardless, well, we'll see... Carlisle and Esme both look great. I imagined Carlisle that way but Esme... a little different.

So, I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!

(Finally after three months of waiting. Atleast, I haven't been a fan until Twilight came out, back in 2003 or something. Now THAT would be torture to have to wait for a year-ish or so.)

civilized's picture

Pre-Twilight...

And what's up with Edward and Jasper's hair?! I mean I know its supposed to be "tousled" but I think they went a bit... overboard.
And I LOVE the choice for Mike. He's not exactly what I thought of, but once I saw him, he stuck. I love the choice.
I also agree with the Edward and Rosalie thing. When the character is incomparable, no one can fill those shoes.
*Civ*

Special's picture

Mike was well casted- that's

Mike was well casted- that's for sure- oh and so was Charlie (he really grew on me in the movie) I loved Jasper- but when Jacob came on the screen i started cracking up and COULD NOT STOP- he just looked so damn funny

though Robert still isn't my choice for edward he also kind of grew on me- he is pretty hott (admitting this after resisting for the past few weeks) atleast in the movie and he wasn't as creepy as in the stills sooooo...

Bella also managed to sound less like a man-
over all i loved the Movie- and am so going to see it again and again and again!!!!!!

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