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OMG guys, yet another day to put Twilight in the spotlight. Where do I start? The horrible acting or the shame they brought to the view on vampires? I remember my sister one day handing me some money after finding out I was heading to the mall, of course, and asked me to buy her a copy of the book Twilight about a year before the movie came out. My sister is a sucker for vampire movies, so I didn’t think much of it, considering I didn’t care for the book in the first place. It’s been a year, so and I just had to ask what she thought about the book. She didn’t even read it. She said something about always getting past the second page then passing out. Heck, one day she became a rebel and got to page 12. She lived to tell the story on how it just wasn’t interesting to her, yet she had hopes for the movie. It wasn’t just at home I kept hearing about this book and soon later the movie being in production, but school was worse. More than half of my close friends were into Twilight, and they were like flies, bees, mosquitoes ... just buzzing by your ear but you’re never able to get them to stop. Twilight this, Twilight that ... great. They always kept urging me to read it and that it was such a great book. I said “no way” before they tell me anything else. As if the drilling to my ears from my friends wasn’t enough, I had to hear it from random people in my other classes, during lunch, on the bus to magnet, during the exchanging of classes and even after school. I never felt so annoyed. I thought it couldn’t have gotten worst. Boy was I wrong. The movie was due out in theatres and that’s when Hot Topic starting selling stuff about the movie. Great, just great. At least now I know who to avoid. This is the story of my now life concerning Twilight: Sees girl with Twilight keychain, don’t make eye contact. Sees another girl with t-shirt/blouse that reads “Team Edward” just keep walking. Sees girl with Twilight necklace, keychain, shirt and a copy of the book in her hands ... run, running, running. Of course, It’s either that or having to bluntly tell some strange girl that she should grow up and get a life. Now, let me tell you about now .... I can’t even get on the Internet without getting some stupid app application on MySpace asking me to join some Twilight poop that just, in nicer terms, frustrates me to death. If you are a “friend” and are currently wondering why you are no longer on my MySpace account, blame it on Twilight. Let’s continue on the movie now since I sadly eventually saw it. Kristin Stewart has came out in many good movies such as Speak (which is also a book and one I recommend) and The Messengers. She pretty much played the characters correctly, you know. At times when the character was scared, she put on her “I’m scared” face, but sad to say ... I think that’s just her face all around. In the movie “Twilight,” she played one of the main characters Bella Swan, who kept insist- ing she wasn’t afraid but no matter what, she had that face going on. It was disturbing. Of course, not that Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen, main character and vampire in the movie) had a better deliverance of a great performance with his facial reactions, either. About Pattinson, I can’t really compare his acting with previous movies he has came out in since there is only been Harry Potter, The Goblet of Fire but I can sure say that he creeps me. Both the constant staring at her and the way he’d stare was just plain unrealistic (not that vampires are). Give me a break, in the real world, no one just sits there and not notice the guy next to you is totally staring at you but looking as if he honestly thinks he can shoot lighting out of his eyes. Plus, after realizing he is staring, something would have been said or done. The romance was just to much. An overdose of lame if you ask me, but you’re not asking me, so at this point I’m just telling you. ]]> Fri, 22 May 2009 17:21:45 GMT