O night of horror: I liveblog Breaking Dawn

[moonyprof]

This is it.

The night I have avoided so long, and cannot avoid any longer.  The horror.  The dread. In which I liveblog:

BREAKING DAWN PART ONE.

Comments

[peasant007]

[moonyprof]

THAT . . .

. . . is still funny.

[fuzzy_spork]

This is the best thing I've seen in weeks. :D

I've not been able to bring myself to watch the movies yet (it might require more tequila than you have there), but (probably because) I did read the books. And just to keep peace in own inner circle I had to add to my "Things Fuzzy will never discuss in mixed company!" list: religion, politics, and Twilight.

I had high hopes for the Oxi-Clean. Billy Mays was so convincing.

[moonyprof]

The movies are mostly a lot better than the books. For one thing, they've cut them down a lot, so there isn't quite so much "I wub you." "No, I wub YOU." "No, *I* WUB YOU." etc.; the sort of thing S. Morgenstern wisely said he wasn't going to describe in the Princess Bride. For another, it gets rid of the first-person perspective, which is extremely difficult to bring off successfully. Finally, they've managed to convince me that Bella has some kind of attachments outside her relationship with Edward. The high school kids are differentiated and a bit interesting, and even though the racial diversity seems a bit forced, at least there is some

[docnerd]

Wait, Trader Joe's has its own tequila now? Welp, I know what I'm doing this weekend!

[moonyprof]

It does indeed. I broke down and got it when the recipe I was following said that reposado made a difference.

[docnerd]

I find that reposado and anejo in general are less likely to be like drinking gasoline.

Although, I highly recommend making a Boston Cooler with Vernor's (not just any ginger ale, dammit!) and whipped cream vodka. Sooo good.

[chthonya]

A bucket: what every woman needs when movie-watching. :)

All in all, I don't think they did a bad job of the film, considering what they had to work with. I couldn't believe when they said they were splitting the movie into two, because nothing happens in the first part - but focusing on the werewolves more worked pretty well. Just hope they don't mess with Aro too much in the second part - though they'll probably make some godawful action ending. I await with unbated breath.

[moonyprof]

The films can be somewhat fun. I almost liked the first one, and they are far, far better than the books. My dislike of Breaking Dawn specifically makes it almost impossible to like.

But even less happens in the second half! It's the gathering of people you've never heard about and never want to hear about and whom you'll never hear from again standing in a large field with a lot of other people, and then nothing happens.

Argh. Aro's announcement that the werewolves aren't really werewolves, and that real werewolves are the Children of the Moon, and then moving right along, makes me crazy, along with Edward's comment that he never mentioned this before because "it never came up." People get mad when you point this out and say "but they're not really werewolves! it doesn't matter!" Did they know that before Book 4? There's nothing wrong with creating your own mythology for werewolves or vampires. Just don't wait until you get right on top of something.