[pinkpixie1588]

I was a stubborn holdout on the whole Twilight series for the longest time, but an obsessed friend convinced me to give the books a shot. I had all 4 books read in less than a week. One day I woke up, started reading, and didn't stop reading until 10 hours and 1000 pages later. Is it fine literature? No. But it's a great guilty pleasure and it really sucks you in.

I really hated the first movie. Not only did I think it was poorly done (bad acting, music, etc.) but the plot was totally superficial and left out a lot from the book, I thought. I thought the 2nd movie was a HUGE step up and really enjoyed it. I went to that midnight showing. I'll definitely be seeing the 3rd one, and I'm already excited that they've decided to break up the 4th book into two movies, because it is very complex and I was afraid of what they'd have to do in order to squeeze it into one movie.

 

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New Moon was better than Twilight. If for no other reason than the hunky shots of Jacob. Hubba, hubba!

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Bella in the books was a lot more likeable. Kristen Stewart makes the character seem a lot more mopey and awkward..to an obnoxious extreme. If I didn't love the books so much I might not see the movies, but I'm hooked.

Speaking of which, has anyone read the first part of Midnight Sun (Twilight from Edward's perspective) that was leaked a few years back?

 

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i heard of this but i wasnt sure it was out already ...

It's not out. Stephanie Meyer had given out a few copies to get comments from what I think were a few close friends/editors and the draft (which was less than 1/2 way done) was leaked. Meyer was so upset that she refused to finish the project. This was in 2008. Fans were OUTRAGED and really wanted to hear Edward's side. Since then she has said Midnight Sun is her next project, but there is no timeline.

Here's the link to a draft of Midnight Sun. There are typos throughout and like I said, it will end abruptly since it wasn't meant to be released yet. It's about 260 pages. I read it all in one shot though. It adds a whole new element to the story, being able to KNOW what he was thinking. (How many times during Twilight did you think, "Geez..what is going on in his HEAD?! WHY is he giving her a weird look..?!" Now we know..

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/pdf/midnightsun_partial_draft4.pdf

 

[pinkpixie1588]

I've seen the movies--I want to read the books! I've heard they far surpass the quality of the movies.

Absolutely! The problem I've had with rereading after seeing the movies is it's hard to regain that initial image you had in your head of each character. Instead it's overwritten with the actors' faces/expressions/etc. It's sort of a shame, actually. It definitely takes something away from the experience that I had the first time, when I had my own idea of how they looked/acted. Anyway, definitely give them a shot if you liked the movies!