Twilight is not my usual fair but occasionally I like to go out on a limb and try something completely different, that combined with the movie ads that are basically everywhere led me to this peculiar choice. No matter where you looked, Twilight was everywhere. All of a sudden people I knew where talking about the movie and the novels which already date back to 2006 and where never mentioned or known to me before. So I decided to see what all the fuss was about, especially when I found out my 60 year old uncle was a fan. I put my well organized reading schedule on hold and delved into the mysterious and gut wrenching world of vampires and teenage romance.
Baring in mind that the target audience are teenage girls, it started out OK. Meyer's style is simple, clear and vivid. The characters are interesting but take their sweet time to open up so that you are left with a so-so mushy teenage love story that slowly proceeds toward a quick yet action packed finish. I expected less awkward lovey dovey eyelash batting scenes and more ferocious bloodsucking, they're vampires after all but no luck there. Basically, there's nothing worse than a vampire in love; the horror lover will just get frustrated and so will the romantic 'cause they know it won't work out but than again they usually love that whole forbidden thing, don't they?
Overall Twilight wasn't bad, just your average boy meets girl scenario where boy just happens to be a vampire, oh well. Maybe my expectations where just too high due to the hype but that isn't going to stop me from seeing the movie next week. The trailer already looks more exciting than the book so...
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