'Twilight' sinks fang into teens
We drew stares in the lobby.
Dressed in capes, fangs and fake blood, we stood there gawked at by everyone. The four of us obviously had gone to extremes to show our excitement for the movie "Twilight."
After an hourlong wait Friday night, we bolted into the Carmike Cinemas in Cranberry Township, the first to claim our seats. The lights darkened and the four of us sat anxiously on the edges of those seats when the movie finally began.
"Twilight" is a love story between high school student Bella Swan and an intoxicating vampire, Edward Cullen.
Bella had moved to Forks, Wash., to be with her father, Charlie, while her mother and new husband went on the road for his baseball career.
Bella dreaded Forks until she met a mystery boy, Edward, who turns out to be more than anything she had ever dreamed of. Edward Cullen is a vampire.
Of course, in Stephanie Meyer's book, these vampires didn't turn into bats, sleep in coffins or combust in the sunlight. Instead they were super-fast and strong, glittered in the sun and could acquire cool powers in the transformation.
Besides the thirst for blood, which is satisfied by animals for some, being a vampire forever seems pretty good.
"Twilight" the book is huge among teens, making the movie highly anticipated. But it was a challenge to show the journey of Bella and Edward in a two-hour movie. It seemed as though they met and then, suddenly, were in love.
Also, pivotal points like Bella's fear of blood, Edward and Bella's tense questioning of each other as she discovered his secret, and the meadow scene where he reveals his powers were either changed or taken out. The buildup from their awkward first meeting to head-over-heels in love seemed slightly rushed.
Of course, overall, I thought this movie was amazing. And my movie-mates agreed.
"This was the best movie I have ever seen! Edward was the best, hottest vampire ever," said Teva Mayer, like me a Mars Middle School seventh grade student, who saw the movie opening night.
Robert Pattison, who portrayed Edward, took on an extremely difficult role and was able to pull it off perfectly. Girls squealed from the second he came on the screen until the second he left.When asked if the actors, like Pattison, represented the characters well, another Mars seventh grader, Lindsey Douglass, answered, "Totally! Especially Edward, the god of all hotness!"Pattison seemed like the perfect person to play the seductive vampire. Likewise, Kristen Stewart, who played Bella Swan, pulled off her main character well.Together they portrayed the phenomenon of Edward and Bella exactly how most "Twilight" fans would have wanted.Although the movie seemed serious, there was a balance of suspense, action, romance and humor. Even the difficult effects used to showcase the vampire's amazing powers seemed flawless.All of the "Twilight" fans were thankful that the inspiring dialogue from the book was kept in the movie. Better yet, the dialogue that was added made the movie even better.When the ending credits began, the movie left us in our seats, begging for more. So that leaves so many "Twilight" fans wondering: When will "New Moon," the next book in the four-book series, come to the screen?All in all, "Twilight" was spectacular and was sold out in many theaters on opening night. Every second was exactly what I had hoped for.In fact, I'm hoping to see it again in theaters and will definitely buy it as a DVD.Meyer's phenomenal series has captured readers everywhere and hopefully now the movie will encourage more people to become addicted to the amazing story of Edward and Bella.Jeanna Sybert, 13, a seventh grade student at Mars Middle School, has read "Twilight" six times. She is the daughter of Steve and Donna Sybert of Middlesex Township.
