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"Twilight" super fans excited about new movie opening Date published: 11/20/2009
By LAURA L. HUTCHISON They're called "Twihards"--the major fans of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" saga. And there is no shortage of them in the Fredericksburg region. Many anxiously awaited the opening of the second movie of the saga, "New Moon," at 12:01 this morning. It's playing at both the Marquee in Massaponax and the Regal in Central Park. The screening at Regal gives the theater a chance to show off its recently completed renovations. Mindy Goodin, 36, of Stafford County became interested in the series fairly recently. She read the first book in April, after a suggestion from her principal. "I thought, 'I'm not really into vampires,'" she said of the series, which features a love triangle among Bella Swan, the vampire Edward Cullen, and the werewolf Jacob Black. "But I was begging, stealing and borrowing copies from people at work. I read them all in a week. It was pretty crazy." The first movie was on pay-per-view, and she watched it that weekend-for the first of probably 50 times. "There was no turning back," she said. Goodin's 10-year-old daughter, Cydney, will watch the movie with her and is in the midst of reading "New Moon." Goodin has bought several "Twilight" shirts featuring Edward. She also has a "Twilight" key chain, an umbrella, books about the making of the movies, a lunchbox and Band-Aids. She doesn't take the lunchbox to her job as a teacher at Dale City Elementary School. "It's only for special occasions," she said. "The Band-Aids, too. You have to be hurt really bad before I'm going to let you use one of those!" Goodin said she can't say what's drawn her to the series. "It's hard to pinpoint," she said. "I guess it brings you back to that feeling for first love. Then you throw in the action." There's also a little bit of female self-esteem, she said. "Bella starts out insecure and weak," she said. "By the end, she is strong and sure of herself." And then there's the boys. Goodin first fell in love with the vampire Edward. "He loves Bella so much," she said. "He's so strong and protective. And sparkly." When she saw the movie, her affection grew to include Robert Pattinson, who plays the centuries-old vampire.
Date published: 11/20/2009
Stephenie Meyer is such an amateur author. There is no hint of a plot whatsoever in her books. Also, every other page consists of Bella, a weak, pale mortal, and Edward, the strong, beautiful vampire. Edward must save Bella because she's so clumsy and dependent on him. I mean, come on, people! There's way better commercial literature out there.
The "teams" stuff is stupid...if you read all the books you'd know who should be with who :)
I heard from several hard core Twilight book series fans one even bought her ticket for this movie in September and all were very very disappointed with this movie they liked the 1st one better even those they said that was crap too. Sounds like way too much hype again. Caveat Emptor
Charlie "lead werewolf"?? Anyone who has read the books or seen the movies know that Charlie is not a werewolf, but Bella Swan's father.
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