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I wasn’t even a fan to begin with. I got a copy of Twilight the same year they said it will be turned into a movie. And since I am the type of person that would read the book first before watching the movie, I did. I haven’t even got past Chapter 7 when I got bored with the story. For me, it was slow-paced and nothing is really happening. I never had the patience to read through the book, so when I decided to sell some of my books, I sold Twilight. I guess I was the only one at that time who did that because the lady at Half-Priced books looked at me surprised.

Then the movie came out. I really don’t know how it happened but there I was watching the said film with my sister, our neighbor and my brother. I actually forced my brother to go watch it so somebody would drive us to the theaters. After the movie was done, I felt that the movie didn’t even give justice to the book. I know, I know. I’ve read a few pages and knew nothing about what really happened, but I just felt that there should have been more. The love between Bella & Edward shouldn’t be that shallow. I wanna read the book again, this time read it cover to cover. But how? I didn’t want to spend another $20 (which I eventually did, considering I bought all four books). Thankfully, I have a friend whose got an e-book of all four books. And I guess you could say that it was the start – of me loving the series.

In less than 3 months, it was also the same time Breaking Dawn was released, I’ve finished the whole series. And I was right. They’ve skipped a lot of parts in Twilight. (The movie is just 2 hours long, so I can’t really blame them.) I guess that is why a lot of people didn’t really like the movie, aside from of course the screaming teens, is that they never really showed the deep connection between Bella and Edward. It was just another teen movie about vampires, werewolves and a girl falling in love with these creatures. Well, maybe it is, but still, I don’t think people should be hating. They never really got to know the vampires & werewolves by just watching the movie. I’m just saying, don’t hate on the story, hate on the hype it became.

And when I say hype, they went crazy – shirts, candies, even a sparkling lotion, name it, Twilight did it all. And with all the screaming girls going gaga over Taylor & Robert, I understand why everybody is annoyed. I do. I mean come on, I don’t really mind the merchandise because I don’t really buy ‘em (except for my Twilight shirt) but what bugged me was Twilight winning every effing award that is based off of votes. Just like in the recent MTV Movie Awards, New Moon won over Alice in Wonderland and The Hangover. THE HANGOVER. Geez, don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed New Moon, I even watched it twice but I just don’t think it is better than The Hangover, i just love that movie! Oh well, you can never underestimate the power of pre-teens. And I’ve got a feeling, Eclipse will again get all the awards next year at the Movie Awards. I just have to deal it with.

Am planning to watch Eclipse today, by myself. Nobody, even my brothers & sister wants to watch it with me, they’d rather watch The Last Airbender. Fine with me. I think I can relate to Edward and Bella more than Aang. I’ve read the reviews and most them said that it is the best Twilight movie so far. I was kinda surprised with the reviews I’ve read in Rotten Tomatoes, most of them are positive. I guess David Slade did something different and right. I just won’t expect anything from the movie, I’ll just enjoy myself. Hmm, I’ve also read that Taylor Lautner is shirtless all through out the movie, note to self: must be ready with all the screaming teenagers.

Oh and yeah, I’m excited for Breaking Dawn. My favorite book out of the whole series. I wonder how they’ll cast Nessie.

[edit] My sister said that The Last Airbender got 6% in Rotten Tomatoes. This is not good. No The Last Airbender means No Eclipse for me. o.O Bummer. I’ll just wait for it on DVD then. [/edit]