tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17502166.post160424767042917360..comments2023-11-20T16:12:28.118-05:00Comments on the unlikely orange: twilightgreg milinovichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494018362755379449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17502166.post-4255987007250549032009-04-06T22:08:00.000-04:002009-04-06T22:08:00.000-04:00i loved these books. two people were hounding me t...i loved these books. two people were hounding me to read them for a while, but i held out. when i finally gave in a couple of weeks ago, i couldn't put them down. i read all 4 books in less than a week. i've been re-reading them since i flew through them so quickly the first time. but i definitely don't want to see the movie. i just don't think it will even come close to what i have in my head.Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17502166.post-25141365790917325892009-04-01T17:54:00.000-04:002009-04-01T17:54:00.000-04:00i'm so glad you loved it! so many of my teenage gi...i'm so glad you loved it! so many of my teenage girls (and my girlfriends in their 20s) are in love with edward, to the point of obsession. so many of them want to fall in love with an "edward." i feel as though i did, but what is your take on that whole phenomenon? what is it about edward that makes women go crazy? i have a few ideas, but i'd like to get a man's perspective.julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17502166.post-29057251014479689012009-03-30T14:19:00.000-04:002009-03-30T14:19:00.000-04:00I've also read the series and took away not just a...I've also read the series and took away not just a terrific story from it, but also the issue of dealing with temptation. I will say I didn't quite glean the self worth theme from it, but now that you bring it up, I totally agree.<BR/><BR/>I also recently watched the movie. It was disappointing to me because I just think there was so much left out that was integral to the core of the story. But, I also expected that to be the case so I'm not sure why I was disappointed.<BR/><BR/>Good post, Greg.Happyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14421519399776447481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17502166.post-5619139966287008702009-03-30T13:08:00.000-04:002009-03-30T13:08:00.000-04:00I absolutely love this series - once I read Twilig...I absolutely love this series - once I read Twilight I couldn't stop and jumped right into New Moon and then Eclipse and then Breaking Dawn. I do want to go back and reread them all again to more fully digest the meanings in them as you have done with Twilight. I am waiting though because the books are so well written, so intriguing, so all-consuming - that is was so hard to get anything else done as all I wanted to do was read the book I was on. <BR/><BR/>I have seen the movie and while it is good - you lose a lot as they could never go into the depth of each of the characters and teh story line as the book does and so, for me, much is lost that makes the book so great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17502166.post-79223802553055771532009-03-30T10:54:00.000-04:002009-03-30T10:54:00.000-04:00Nice review! I especially agree with you on the 'w...Nice review! I especially agree with you on the 'worth' aspect. A lot of reviewers seemed to comment on Bella in particularly feeling worthless and making that into an anti-feminist thing, but I totally didn't see it that way. I saw it like you did - such a natural tendency we have to doubt we are worth someone loving us without condition...<BR/>And the movie - awful! I really hope the new moon movie is better. I'm hopeful with a different director it will be.Beth Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14171030571583683180noreply@blogger.com