DVD Release!

I AM SO EXCITED! Why? Because Twilight the DVD is going to be released to the public this Saturday, March 21st! This is going to be a huge event. I am 99.9% sure that within the first couple of hours of being in the stores, Twilight will be sold out. There are so many crazed fans that are just as anxious as I am. I am so glad that i finally get to own this movie for myself! It is sooooo good, and I am absolutely obsessed! Plus, I'm not gonna lie...I am extremely happy that I will be able to stare at Edward, played by Rob Pattinson, as much as I want! Twilight is my favorite book series and movie, so I'm sure you can understand that this is a big deal for me! Another good thing about the release of Twilight is that it means that the showing of New Moon is getting closer and closer every single day! Even though New Moon was my least favorite book from the series, I am still as excited as ever to see the movie! I was impressed at how well Twilight the movie portrayed the book. I definitely thought that it was going to be terrible and that it was going to ruin my love for the series! I have watched interviews of the cast and crew, and I can see that there was a lot of work put into the making of Twilight the movie. Stephenie Meyer created such a complicated story, and it is incredible that they were able to not ruin everything that Twilight is supposed to be. They were able to create amazing effects with the vampires. For instance, they showed that the vampires were very fast by having the actors walk on a moving sidewalk coming directly at the camera. This created a very cool image. They also showed the vampires' sheer strength by showing Edward stopping the van from killing Bella and showing Edward climbing up a tree with Bella on his back. They showed that vampires have a very keen sense of smell during the ballet room scene with all of the blood. And they also showed that vampires have amazing hearing especially during scenes in the lunchroom and during the scene when the Cullens were playing baseball in the field. Altogether, the cinematographer did a wonderful job with creating perfect shots and scenes for Twilight. I don't think they could have done a better job!

My Opinion On Blogging

When we first learned that we would be blogging for class, I thought it was going to be a very fun, easy, quick way to receive points. It was simple to choose my topic (Twilight) because I can ramble on and on about it. It is my favorite book series and one of my favorite movies. I started off being able to think of good ideas for blogs, but I soon realized that it was harder than I thought to keep talking about Twilight even though it is one of my passions. So, it became more tough for me to be able to sit down and blog three posts of 250 or more words per week. I soon began to lose most of my interest for blogging, which is pretty sad, because I'm sure it has reflected in my grade. I wish that I could just blog about anything I want for every single post, even if each time it is about something different. I think that next term when we resume our blogging, I am going to change my topic to something that I know for sure will not be hard for me to write about for a long period of time. So, all in all, I do enjoy blogging, but not when I can't find anything to say about my initial topic. I will be ready next term!

HOT, HOT, HOT!

Top Ten Things About Edward Cullen:

1. He dazzles in the sunlight.
2. He doesn't drink human blood like most other vampires.
3. He is clever and extremely witty.
4. He has a wonderful sense of humor.
5. He doesn't sleep.
6. He doesn't need to breathe.
7. He is crazy fast and unthinkably strong.
8. He is absolutely gorgeous and has a rockin' body.
9. He knows exactly how to treat Bella.
10. He is the most amazing guy/vampire out there!

Top Ten Things About Bella Swan:

1. She is very sarcastic.
2. She has a mind of her own and doesn't feel the need to conform to others' ideas.
3. She is very smart.
4. She seems to attract people very quickly.
5. She is a danger magnet.
6. She doesn't like to talk about her feelings with her dad.
7. She has an unreadable mind.
8. She falls in love with the most gorgeous boy on earth.
9. She wants to become a vampire.
10. She is best friends with a werewolf.

Every little quality about both Edward and Bella is intriguing and fascinating. I never get bored with reading about the two of them. They are such opposites that they are bound to attract. In the first book, Twilight, you get to experience their love taking off in full bloom as they get to know each other and begin to spend time with each other. At the end of Twilight the two of them know that they are in love. During the second book, New Moon, other plans take place. Edward thinks that he is being selfish by staying with Bella because he feels as though he is risking her life. He decides to leave and pretend like he had never been a part of her life. Both Bella and Edward went through a phase of depression after Edward decided to leave, and pretty soon Edward couldn't handle it anymore so he had to come back and check on Bella. When he came back, what he saw scared him. Bella was doing all kinds of reckless things with her new best friend Jacob Black, the werewolf. Vampires and werewolves have had a strong hatred for each other since before anyone can remember. Anyways, Edward contemplated the situation and decided that he would once again rejoin Bella. At first, Bella thought that Edward was a hallucination because she hadn't seen him in such a long time, and it was completely improbable that he would come back. But, after time, she realized that what was happening was real, and she was ecstatic. Bella and Edward started off their relationship again, although this time around Charlie wasn't very keen about Edward anymore. He didn't trust him, and he didn't want to see Bella suffer like that ever again. As time went on, Bella and Edward fell even deeper in love, if that was possible. They were very fond of each other, and could not ever imagine being separated again. In the final book of the series, Breaking Dawn, Bella is transformed into a vampire after giving birth to her and Edward's child, Reneesme. After the transformation is complete and Bella gains full vampire abilities, the Cullen clan is surprised to see that she is a natural. Bella is graceful and swift, and she doesn't seem to crave blood like most newborns do. They think this is because of how much time Bella spent with them when she was a human. Through their married life Bella and Edward stay just as in love as they were when they first laid eyes on each other, and this would never change. Not in a million years.

Cast of Twilight the Movie

For the movie Twilight, it took a long time to figure out who would play each role. It was hard to find people to portray vampires because they are described as the most beautiful people in the world. But, in the end everything worked out wonderfully!

Cast:
Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan
Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen
Billy Burke as Charlie Swan
Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen
Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale
Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale
Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen
Peter Facinelli as Dr. Carlisle Cullen
Cam Gigandet as James
Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black
Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley
Michael Welch as Mike Newton
Christian Serratos as Angela Weber
Gil Birmingham as Billy Black
Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen
Edi Gathegi as Laurent
Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria
Sarah Clarke as Renee Dwyer
Ned Bellamy as Waylon Forge
Gregory Tyree Boyce as Tyler Crowley
Justin Chon as Eric Yorkie
Matt Bushell as Phil Dwyer
Jose Zuniga as Mr. Molina
Solomon Trimble as Sam Uley

Those are the main characters, and all of them are credited in the movie. These actors and actresses worked their butts off to make one of the best movies in the world! Twilight the book series can never be portrayed exactly the same in a movie, but in my opinion, this group of people made it somewhat possible. They did better than I had expected they would do, and it was a nice surprise.

For the next movie, New Moon, the producers are keeping all of the same main characters that were in Twilight. I know there was some discussion about replacing Taylor Lautner because of how young he looks, but that is all cleared up now. He will indeed be back in New Moon.

Check out what the characters look like at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4jW1WxOdTU

True Love

Although some people may think that a love story between a vampire and a human sounds entirely stupid, they are so very wrong. The tale of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan meeting and growing closer and closer is a story that could melt anybody's heart. Their love is beautiful and complex, and words cannot describe it. They are perfect for each other and they were meant to be together forever.

Even before Bella knew that Edward was in love with her too, Edward would come into Bella's bedroom at night just to watch her sleep. It was fascinating to him to watch her (in a very non creepy way). When Bella found out that he had been coming into her room for a couple of months without her being aware of it, she wasn't even freaked out. She actually liked that he had come to see her. She didn't fully understand why he had chosen her, but she was okay with it. Now when he would come visit her she would be awake waiting for him. The two of them would have long conversations about everyting there was to talk about. They loved hearing about each other. Very rarely would the two of them spend a night apart. They were now totally inseperable.

All of the other boys who had crushes on Bella were very upset that she was now dating Edward Cullen. They resented the fact that he was able to capture her attention and make her fall head over heels for him. Most upset of all was Jacob Black, Bella's best friend. During the time they had spent together when Edward left contained some of the greatest memories of his life. Jacob had also fallen for Bella, and he didn't think it was right that Edward could just come back home and have Bella again the same as before.

Charlie, Bella's dad, also didn't like the fact that Edward came back either. He also didn't like it that Bella forgave him right away and gave him all of her trust once again. He didn't understand their relationship. All he was aware of was the fact that Edward had broken Bella's heart by leaving her, and he never wanted to see it happen again. She was depressed for a good long time when Edward was gone, and he didn't feel it was right for Bella to be with Edward again.

Although other people may think that Edward would just leave Bella again, both Bella and Edward both knew that would never happen. They were desperate for each other's love. They promised each other that nothing of the sort would ever occur again, and they always keep their promises to each other. From here on, their relationship flourished and began to grow again into what it was before. Bella and Edward were again inseperable, and things were great!

The next books, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, will be summarized in later blogs.

New Moon

The first book in the series, Twilight, made me never want Bella and Edward's story to come to an end. So, when New Moon came out, I was ecstatic! I was thrilled that I would get to read on about all of the experiences the two of them had to face together. These books are truly unexplainable. They are THAT good.

Anyway, I started reading New Moon, and only a few chapters into the book, Edward leaves Bella because he thinks its better for her to be without him and live a normal life as if he had never existed. He took away all of her objects and possessions that would remind her of him, and he left. This literally crushed Bella. She wouldn't move, she wouldn't speak, and she rarely acknowledged anyone. Her life as she knew it was over.

But, soon enough, she was reunited with her old friend Jacob Black who lives down in La Push. Bella would visit him often. Going to Jacob's soon became her only activity. They would always hang out in his garage while he would work on fixing up an old car. Jacob easily became Bella's best friend. She was very grateful to have him around to keep her company after Edward had left her. Jacob was easy to talk to, and he lived on the edge and did dangerous things sometimes. When doing some of these dangerous activities with him, Bella learned that she would hear Edward's voice telling her to stop and to take care of herself. Bella needed to hear his voice so badly that she kept putting herself in these dangerous situations just so she could hear a couple of words from Edward's voice.

At some point, Edward didn't think he could handle being away from Bella anymore so he went to check in on her without her knowing. He saw how terribly miserable she was without him and he didn't know what to do. He was caught between doing the right thing and going back to his true love to spend forever with her. In the end, Edward and Bella are thankfully reunited. They now both knew that they would never ever leave each other again no matter how wrong their love is. They needed each other to survive.

Intro to the Cullens and More

The Cullen family, created by Dr. Carslile Cullen, is essentially a coven of "vegetarian vampires. Edward was the first one to be brought into the group. He was dying of the Spanish flu around 1917. Dr. Carslile saved him from his death. The other members of the clan, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett, were all created later on. Esme is Carslile's partner, Jasper is Alice's, and Emmett is Rosalie's. None of them were turned into vampires unless they were near death. Edward is the only one of the group to not have a partner. He just wasn't interested. That is....until he met Bella.

Edward first experienced Bella in Biology class at their school. She was to sit next to him and be his lab partner. Bella was very excited about this because Edward intrigued her. But, from the moment she sat down next to him, Edward was very tense. It was like he had to hold himself back from hurting her. This was, of course, because Bella's blood was the greatest thing he had ever smelled. He wanted to kill her so badly just to get a taste of it. But, staying true to his morals, he held back. He tried to switch out of Bella's class, but there were no openings. He just had to deal with it.

It got easier to be around Bella as the days went by. Edward grew accustomed to her scent, and since he was around her more often it made it more bearable to see Bella as a friend and not as a snack. He really started to like her not only because of her scent, but because she was the only person whose thoughts he couldn't hear. This was upsetting to Edward because his little talent had never failed him before. So, he took up the hobby of getting to know as much as he could about her.

Edward and Bella soon fell in love and became completely inseperable. They knew all of each other's secrets and they had very deep trust in each other. They knew that they would be together forever. Nothing else mattered. Bella was persistent in trying to get Edward to bite her and change her into a vampire. He just wouldn't agree to it though, because he wanted her to think very carefully about it. He did not want her to give up her human life and all the experiences that came along with it. He wanted her to be able to age and to change as life goes on. But, no matter what Edward told her, Bella would not change her mind. Now that she had Edward in her life, she could not go on without him. No human life could ever amount to the same thing as a life with Edward, even if it made her a psycho, bloodlusting freak. They were in love, and no matter what, neither of them could change that.