In the beginning was the movie. Then came the book with a forbidden fruit.
Well, that is how I normally discover a particularly nice read in some sort of a disorganized manner. Unable to go out yesterday due to innate laziness that seemed to have won over me for the past two Sundays, I decided to scout for an ebook that does not require a PDF. I found all of Stephenie Meyer book series with no sweat at all. At the end of this entry is a link.
A lot has been said about Meyer’s Mormon influences on the book. Of course, she is not the only one who came under every public scrutiny. Minus all forms of bigotry, I would rather take the book at what it is – a literature that was given so much hype lately by its movie version. Let the lengthy discourse follow soon after I’m through reading in two more hours.
Pattinson as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter
I can say that most of recent Twilight converts were out buying books after watching Robert Pattinson play Edward Cullen. I would have never read Meyer if it were not for the movie and Pattinson giving life to what has to be an undead character. Edward Cullen’s paleness and tousled hair remind me of Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands and Brendan Fraser in Encino Man. He is not exceptionally as handsome as Pitt and Cruise in Inteviews with a Vampire, neither as eloquent. But there is something about him that worth a second look, and has caught me blinking since with awe and disbelief. Wasn’t he the lanky teenage boy killed during the Hogwartz olympics two years ago? I can’t believe he has grown that tall today. Ha ha.
Anyways, I was at page 307 already of the 400-something page Twilight ebook. Right at the middle is a mention of Filipino vampire called Danag. (Woo-hoo! Mabuhay!) During the 6-hour PC read, I have never expected an Edward Cullen to be this absurdly romantic as if he had skipped from an 18th century Hallmark card. I think it’s his mysterious, gentleman and protective character that so endeared him even to Twilight moms and sent every girl scouting for a guy who possesses these traits men so lack today.
Oh, I forgot. The one who wrote the series is a female, maybe a Barbara Cartland incarnate. So what would you expect the males in her books be like?
If you want to see what the books are like without swiping your card, feel free to download Meyer’s 4-book series I found at Mo Twister’s website. Type down the password “good times”. And you’ll need a Microsoft Reader to access the files. In the meantime, I have balikbayan to tour around and a website for acne products to update.
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Tags: movies, Robert Pattinson, Stephanie Meyer series, Twilight, vampire movie
I’m glad someone else saw the Brendan Fraser comparison. I figured it out about halfway through the movie. I’m surprised more people don’t see this.
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Hi, Janet! That hair really is a younger Brendan Fraser’s signature more than anyone else’s. Pattinson does look very cool with it.
Even Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy was conceived (haha!) by a woman. Its sad we have to make the heroes up, isn’t it?
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Uh-oh, you’ve got it right, Linda
Now I wonder what the male version of a perfect woman is…like I didn’t know. Ha ha!
oh yeah! how come i wasn’t able to see the semblance in brandan’s encino man? hehehehehehe…
oh my god!!! he is so beatiful!!! i love Robert Pattinson!! (= (L)