Two Tuesday Twilight Thoughts

In anticipation of the third installment of the Twilight Saga movies, Eclipse, I rewatched the first movie, Twilight, and the second one, New Moon. I have to admit, if I were a serious movie critic, I couldn't say that these movies are the greatest of vampire stories. What IS great is that they have a very modern feel to them such that they have become somewhat of a cultural phenomena. Besides that, how many vampire movies out there have actually captured the hearts of both mothers and their daughters at the same time? It's also kind of interesting - perhaps even entertaining - to read the many blogs written by all these fans, young and old alike. There were even people who had countdown clocks waiting for Taylor Lautner to turn 18 in real life because they felt such a guilty pleasure about swooning over an underaged actor who bulked up his muscles to be able to play a very muscular Jacob Black. And bulk up he did!

Unlike I did before watching the first two movies, I have not yet finished reading Eclipse. I got about three quarters of the way and decided that I'm going to leave myself with the element of surprise. I am going to watch the third movie without knowing what Stephenie Meyer wrote it was going to be like.

I came across the sneak peak of the upcoming movie, however, and WOW! It's amazing how every director makes each book come to life in a very different way! Director Catherine Hardwicke took on a somewhat feminine, romanticized approach to the storyline of the first movie - allowing a "vampire" movie to be "tame" enough for parents not to worry about letting their teenaged daughters see, yet at the same time, bringing on an element that made husbands worry about their wives going to see. Then director Chris Weitz brought in more action to the New Moon movie, creating an element with the Volturi scenes and the wolf scenes that drew the attention of action-thirsty male moviegoers. And now, director David Slade appears to have taken a harder line to it and made Eclipse a very intense movie with just as much fighting and action as there is the hormonal tension of the Edward-Bella-Jacob love triangle. See for yourself:



Okay, so that's a little more than two simple thoughts. Whoever said that a dreamer like Liggy can keep things simple? Teehee...

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Happy Birthday, Taylor!

The almost 18 Taylor.

I saw a lot of posts on entertainment sites and blogs that the countdown to 18 ends today...Taylor Lautner is 18 now! Teehee...I hear a lot of Team Jacob moms are thrilled.

The very young actor, Taylor.  Remember him from Shark Boy and Lava Girl?

I enjoyed reading the Twilight books and enjoyed the two movies made from the series so far, but it sure has been quite amusing to read the many funny posts I kept finding about this wait for Taylor Lautner to reach a "legal" age.  I even found this picture somewhere and thought it was just so hilarious:

Anyway, Happy Birthday, Taylor Lautner!!!  I'm sure you'll be getting a lot more fan mail from a lot of female fans that were just holding out until this day...LOL!

Quick look at the New Moon movie stills

I hope that those who read my blog for the music posts don't get tired of me posting about the Twilight Saga, but it's just such a popular topic right now (plus I'm a huge fan myself) that I wanted to share some New Moon movie stills that I came across today.

Twilighters Anonymous (see mini-banner link on the I Recommend section of my right column) posted some movie stills from the recently released movie trailer. The pictures are pretty cool! I felt quite surprised to see how the still picture differed so much from what I remember seeing in the trailer. I guess because the trailer seemed to move so quickly that the details just escaped me (no matter how many million times I feel like I watched it). For instance, I really didn't recognize this picture of Jacob Black showing those muscles (thus making a lot of women wish Taylor Lautner were already at least 18!!!).


Then again, here's a look at a very hungry Laurent (Edi Gathegi) getting anxious to sink his jaws into a scared and heartbroken Bella. And to think, he seemed like such a more self-controlled, peace-loving vampire in the first movie! Ha! That's a vampire for ya! Damn traitors...you can't trust them! (Go, Team Jacob!!! lol!)

MTV releases first look at New Moon Trailer

Did you see it yet? Or maybe the question is how many times have you seen the new New Moon trailer since it was aired at the MTV Movie Awards? Well, if you happen to come across my page while you were looking for another look at it, I decided to post it here. (That way I can come back and look at it again, too!)

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Man, oh man! This is exactly how I envisioned the movie would be like while I was reading the book. And with the sound effects and background music to go with it, it's even better than I imagined. I am getting really excited for the movie's release in November...