Twilight is a Delight

I heard all the hype but was not expecting much from the Twilight movie (based on the books by Stephenie Meyer).

After a friend of mine bought the book for me and handed it to me saying, “You have to read this book.  It’s fantastic!” Soapbox Girl and I read the first book in the series.  My daughter loved it so much that she devoured the next three books, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn within a week.

And tonight we saw the movie.

I’m happy to say that this guy:

looked better in the film than in any of the interviews I’d seen or articles I read about him.

Twilight is basically a love story – a passionate, unusual love story – which happens to involve vampires.  For various reasons, the actor portraying Edward Cullen (main character) had to be gorgeous and the female lead (Bella) had to seem vulnerable, smart and beautiful (but klutzy).

Check, check, check and…check.

Bottom line?

Great love story, fabulous chemistry between the main characters, action, suspense, beautiful cinematography and direction.  Worth a look!

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Note: Heed the PG-13 rating for some intense battles and mature theme.