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Okay it’s time to come clean.  My name is KD, and I’m a Twilight Addict.

So I bought the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer around Christmas time, knowing that it would only be a matter of time before Big Girl picked it up to read it herself.  Based on my nieces’ advice that, “THERE’S NO WAY YOU CAN LET HER READ BOOK FOUR!!”  I decided I had better pre-read the series.  There the book sat for months.  I was reading other things and quite frankly, had no interest.  So then Big Girl had a friend here for a sleepover and Twilight was the movie of choice.  Zan and I sat down to watch it with them, and I thought, “Okay, now I’ll see what all the fuss is about.”  Truthfully, I didn’t get it….the fuss.  The movie special effects were mediocre at best (and I’m being kind,) the story was choppy, and there were so many things I didn’t quite “get”…but I was fascinated.  I decided to read the book to see if that might help explain why girls and their mothers were ga-ga over this series, because I certainly couldn’t grasp it.  And I still figured I should pre-read before Big Girl got too far.

Well, the first book was like eating candy…effortless.  It took me less than two days to read it.  Decent story, very endearing, and all those things that I didn’t quite “get” I got.  (The movie left a LOT of holes in the character development.)  And then something happened in Book 2.  About a quarter of the way in, I completely forgot I was pre-reading for a tween, and was lost in the story.  I did little else but read for the next five days as I finished the last three books.  (I was very put-out when that Mommy responsibility got in the way of my reading time.)  Then I turned around and read them again, this time with the intent of reading them with a mother’s eye so I could truly decide which books were appropriate and which conversations would have to be had if I was going to allow my daughter to read them all.  And of course I’ve had to rewatch the movie a few times…(not because Robert Pattinson is so yummy of course. *ahem*)  And I’ve managed to pull five other people into my little Twilight addiction…(so far Zan has resisted.  He really needs to visit Twilight Guy…I’ve told him I need his advice on whether or not our daughter should read the first quarter of Book Four-Breaking Dawn, but he’s not buying.)

So I confess all of this to you, just so I can share with you the new trailer for the second movie, “New Moon” which promises to be a thousand times better than the first.  If you plan to read the series and hate spoilers, then don’t click.  If you are an addict like me, you’ve already watched this clip more than once.  And if you’re on the fence…pick up the book Twilight and enjoy it for all it’s teen-romance glory, THEN come back and watch the trailer.  But be ready to hop on for the long ride, because once you enter the Twilight Zone, you won’t be able to tear yourself free.  😉

TEAM EDWARD!!  (Sorry Jake.)

Coming to theatres November 20, 2009. 

 

Oh, and just an aside….this trailer alone should win an Academy Award.  This movie is going to be UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Goofy Mom

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So, for those who don’t have girls in the house under the age of 13, I must enlighten you….it is the big High School Musical 3 opening weekend!  Of course, for those of you WITH young girls in the house you will have been looking “forward” to this weekend for months and months.  After releasing the first two High School Musical movies to Disney Channel, Disney in their infinite wisdom, brilliantly released the third movie to theatres.  Opening to sold out crowds on Friday night, with three out of six showings sold out on Saturday (some of them by Tuesday prior) Disney is sure to make the big bucks they expected to make. 

I took my Big Girl and her friend and Little Girl went with a group of little friends yesterday afternoon, and I sat alone in an aisle seat in order to give the Big Girl the opportunity to be a tad independent.  (I couldn’t quite bring myself to let her and her friend go alone…I told Zan, “If I was a predator, you can be sure I’d be sitting in that theatre…”  He rolled his eyes and shook his head, and let me have my little psychotic overprotective Mommy moment.)  *note to self*  Find a good therapist.  Sorry…I digress!

In my humble opinion (keep in mind that my judgement is certainly affected by numerous viewings of the first two movies, and endless barragement (is that a word?) of HSM music on Disney Channel, and preview videos) this movie was FANTASTIC!!!!  I thought the story line was smooth (for the most part) their acting has gotten better and better (especially Zac Efron who I would definitely hang a picture of in my locker if I was a tween…somehow that feels creepy wrong.  *tee*hee*) and the choreography was fantastic!  It is very refreshing to see relationships of all kinds…parent/child, boyfriend/girlfriend, friend/friend, teacher/student…portrayed in such positive ways.  The relationships aren’t perfect, but they are all surrounded by a cloud of mutual respect that is a very good model for today’s kids.  (Of course there’s the spoiled rich kid who has respect for no one, but that’s the exception not the rule…and everyone sees her for who she is.)  They’ve struck gold with this franchise, and I have to say that they deserve to.  This movie was definitely theatre worthy, and I was very pleasantly surprised.  I expected it to be as good as the other two, but I did not expect it to be better, and it was. 

If you don’t have any tweens in the house, go borrow some and take them to see the movie.  Or go by yourself and tell anyone who looks at you suspiciously as though you’re a predator, “My kids are sitting over there,” while you vaguely gesture to the other side of the theatre.  😉

More Movie News…

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For those of you who don’t know, I am a Lord of the Rings movie junky.  Just like my Gabaldon books, I go back to these movies as needed, when I’m in search of a little “comfort food.”  My husband was a huge fan of the books long before the movies were spoken of, and so I begrudgingly sat down with him one night to watch the first movie on DVD, figuring I would fall promptly asleep on the couch.  I was so wrong…I fell in love with the story, the characters, the cinematography.  I was inspired to read the books, thankfully!  I don’t believe I would have picked them up otherwise. 

So now, we’ve been awaiting news of The Hobbit.  It looks like there will be a movie beginning production in 2009… Apparently Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, executive producers, hired director Guillermo Del Toro to direct the two Hobbit films.  I’m not clear on why Peter Jackson isn’t directing them himself, but I do trust that any director he hires has the vision needed for this project.  I’ll see what other news I can dig up.  I think the only real hope I have is that he casts the two Ians to reprise their roles as Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins.

http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=50

Addendum:  It looks like Ian McKellan will be reprising his role as Gandalf.

And here’s a little old news (from January) that I thought was interesting.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/01/11/elijah-wood-confirms-dual-hobbit-movie-details/