My sister read the first two books and even asked for them for Christmas! She never reads. I'm not a big vampire fan, so the story never really interested me. But considering my sister actually asked me to buy the books for her, I decided to check them out. I was upset with it by the time I finished the first page. You know a book is not very well written if you can find grammatical errors on the first page. Now, granted, I am an English major, and I tend to pick things apart without really thinking about it. The little things have become pet peeves. Therefore, by the end of the first page, I was already upset with the book. I didn't get much farther (only 3 or 4 pages) after that. A friend of mine (also an English major with the same pet peeves) has attempted to read the book. He has only read a little over half of it during the three months he has had it (and he loves vampires). I did sit through the movie, however. A friend of mine bought it and wanted to watch it. I, unfortunately, happened to be at her house that night. My friend (who has read all the books) informed me afterwards that the movie had left parts of the book out. But, it was still more than enough to make me want to read the books even less and to find Meyers and beat her for ruining vampires! Since when do vampires sparkle "like diamonds" in the sunlight? It made me laugh to think that a creature as feared as a vampire sparkles in it's true form. Seriously, the guy looked like a glittering lizard. Also, I know that vampires can be stronger and faster than the average human, but since when are they able to keep up with Superman? Then there's the bad acting in the movie. The fact that the guy who plays Edward is not the least bit hot (in my opinion) but is suppose to be like the best looking thing on the planet. Also, the supposedly toughest vampire dies way too easily. Yes, I know that the book is told from Bella's perspective and that she blacks out during that part, but they could have done something better in the movie than a simple two minute fight scene. I mean, he's suppose to be a bada$$, not go down halfway into the fight. Oh, and the fight was in a ballet studio filled with MIRRORS! And the vampires had REFLECTIONS! That's not right. Not to mention at the end of the movie, Edward gets his PICTURE taken with Bella. Yeh, needless to say, I will not be purchasing nor re-watching the movie. The only interest I have in the books is the fact that werewolves come into play later on (werewolves are my favorite). Then again, I'm too scared to even find out how horribly Meyers is going to butcher. . .I mean, portray them.
_________________ Makla IS a turkey, no matter what he says. . .
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