3 posts tagged “twilight”

listening to yann tiersen and just pondering my daily life. daily life has been ordinary, but certain people make it seem as though ordinary could get a little extra added into the mix. i'm just always pumped nowadays, and i like it. it makes me want to wake up in the morning and gives me room to really dream, i guess.

i went to see twilight. obviously, it was not very good. i wasn't disappointed because i was expecting the worst, but the worst is pretty much what i ended up getting. i didn't understand catherine hardwicke's point of view much... i imagined it much darker, much colder and much more in depth and substance basically. i guess what i comes down to is that everyone has their own interpretation and you'll either love or hate the movie. i just wanted it to be so clint mansell composed. i imagined it to the tune of the theme from wind chill. i wanted so bad to make that movie tonight, just to show those people who didn't read the book that there's more to it than what was shown. i guess hardwicke was attempting to make it contemporary and more relatable to teenagers, and it did seem as though her signature urban style appeared in parts, but i just think more could've been done and it wasn't. i felt like the script was poorly written and it lacked in spots.

all in all, it's been a good week and i've really liked it, aside from the whole twilight movie. i laughed my way through it actually. my favorite part was when it ended and they played 15 step by radiohead. (: i'm only 10 sales away from my one year goal of 100 ! buy stuff from me so i can reach it ! :D jamieleto.etsy.com

i just finished reading twilight. i must say, i didn't fully visualize it the way catherine hardwicke did, but i just like the tone of it. the way she filmed it i mean. thus far, i'm not worried about her having a misinterpretation of it. i'm dying to see the film actually, now that i've finished the book. the whole of the story made me sort of sad, or empty, i suppose. i guess every girl wants their edward, or absolute ideal. sadly i'm no exception. i loved this book for so many reasons (the writing not being one of them, i absolutely despise how stephenie meyer writes. its repetitive nature and her strange metaphors, among other things, make me wish someone else would've written this) but the story was the best part, nonetheless. the great thing about mythical creatures like vampires or werewolves or what have you, is that they can be interpreted in so many different ways. creatures like elves. you could think of a christmas elf.. a short, stumpy, grumpy, little christmas elf; or you could thing of a elf from lord of the rings.. the elegant, intelligent, tall, beautiful elves dwelling in forests and rivendell. i've seen some people write that she misinterpreted vampires, but i think she interpreted them in a different way, because what a vampire is in nature is not set in stone. but i fell for edward cullen just like every teenage girl in the world. i fell for his sincerity and his dedication. i have the biggest fear of dependency ever, and i wouldn't mind being dependent on him. he's so perfect and calm with this unconditional love for bella that is unparalleled. the story as a whole gave me butterflies in my stomach. the drawn out wait for the kiss (although i hate how stephenie meyer couldn't come up with some better descriptions for it, besides his 'frozen lips pressing against mine.' she has imagination to a science, get better metaphors, woman !) i thought it was sweet, even though i know if it would've been me i would've pushed it onto him. i think it's among the loveliest stories i've ever heard, whether in life, books or a television screen. i just can't believe i went this long without seeing what the hype was around this story. although some of the casting in the film is something to be desired, i think the beauty within the story will shine through over it all. i'm a filmmaker. i know how to interpret stories and i know what makes a story worth watching or worth reading, and this story was everything you could want inside. with the action and suspense, combinded with the amazingly romantic side, i just could't put it down. the more i think about it, the more i like it, and the more i want to move on to the next book in the series. i'm not sure when i'll be doing that because i want to read watchmen, slaughter house five and beyond good & evil, but after i feel like i've established a good reading background and i feel as though i've made room for it, i'll read it. unless the movie ends up being too good to be true and i just can't resisit. (;

long day. too long. too much room for thought, and then i overthink everything. especially what matters.

i started twilight, hardcore, today. i wasn't expecting to be as addicted as i'm growing. i guess now i understand the edward cullen hype. i guess anyone would love to fall in love with someone who was their absolute ideal in looks, combined with someone who would love them unconditionally to the extent that they would overcome so much and love them so much as to not only step out of their comfort zone, but to want to pretty much defy who they are. i've heard people make fun of other people for falling in love with a fictional character like edward cullen, but last year i fell in love with alex from a clockwork orange, i can't really talk. haha. don't ask why, i have strange taste. but anyway, i like it more than i though it would and i'm already almost 200 pages in. everyone is right when they say that you read it fast. i started reading slaughterhouse five last night also. i suck with books, honestly. i just have too many interests, and then i don't read fast enough. there is so much i want to read. right now i'm reading twilight, slaughterhouse five, watchmen and the crucible. probably tomorrow i'll be starting a different book. i'm an ass.


anyway, i'm going to be honest right now and truly vent something sort of embarrassing but maybe slightly sweet. i've written before about how i have crushes and such, but today i sort of went a little out of my normal self. i was talking to this guy i like about books and stuff. we read the same things, except he finishes them, haha. we watch the same movies and that kind of thing. i haven't really met anyone who intrigued me to this degree in a while. he makes me want to read what i haven't read and watch what i haven't seen. maybe it's that he has more free time than me or just reads faster, i don't know, but i'm just finding myself liking him. while we were talking, he was telling me which books he was going to read next, and i hadn't heard of either of them. being the ass i am, i want him to think i'm smarter than i am and i looked them up, hehe. it sort of makes me feel dumb when he reads so much more than i do, but what i want is someone who can have appreciation for things other people write, and who i'll be able to actually have a conversation with about things that matter. i guess i'm stupid for pretending i know something i don't, but it's just a stupid thing i did. you don't meet someone as fanatical about kurt vonnegut as you everyday. i don't know if i'm a bad person for it or if i'm just human. he reads nietzsche too. how often do you meet someone in high school who reads the same philiosophers you do? i'm just inspired and intrigued by him, i don't know. it's what i need. i need to read so i can get ahead and become better at writing and comprehending so when it comes time for filming, i'll be set. am i wrong?