liz and i really got it done yesterday by going to a matinee of the new twilight movie, new moon, at our adorable local theater. i was only a little excited for it, but it was pretty great. what made it even better is audience hooting and hollering when the boys came on screen. the first time edward is shown, it's this slow motion walk towards the camera and at one point he looks a little shy about the (mostly adult) women in the audience cheering him on. and i was warned in an NPR review that there would be appreciation when jacob takes off his shirt the first time, but it still made me smile.
the movie kept moving. new moon is my least favorite because a lot of the book is bella being really sad because edward said he didn't love her and he'd never see her again. but, of course he was lying and just trying to protect her. my favorite part of the twilight books is that bella has this big love (edward) and this other guy (jacob) who she loves but isn't in love with her. but, she wonders if she could be and jacob really wants her to be. i feel like the love but not in love theme is a good one and i like it explored.
after, we watched how to be, which is an indie robert patterson (edward) movie. i think that when i put in on the netflix list, i didn't even know it was him, but maybe not. rob is a depressed kid in a quarter life crisis with shitty, busy parents and stupid friends not giving him any help. he buys a self help book and gives the author a ton of money to follow him around and fix him. bad news, nothing fixes him. but, it was pretty funny although silly.
i also finished the first season of monarch of the glenn. it's a bbc series about a london restaurant guy who is too cute for words. he's also the laaard of a castle and estate in scotland, but has run away from it and is now forced to live there and try to get the family out of debt. it's maybe too cheesy sometimes, but pretty good and plenty of kilts, which i love.
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love but not in love is a good topic. it's complicated, so when it's done well, it's really done well. i feel the same way about love but can't deal with family member ones, too. like, you can count on me.
ReplyDeletei keep checking out monarch of the glen but have never dived in. i think i might give it the old college try. a laaaard in scotland is almost too much to pass up.