All Aboard the Twilight Bandwagon

So I know I’m a little late with the whole "Twilight" craze... scratch that, very late. I never saw what the big commotion was about "Twilight." I never had an interest in reading the books or watching the movie. I always thought “Vampires huh? Doesn’t really sound like my kind of thing.” I was never really into the whole supernatural fad. So I stayed away from "Twilight" for a while.

I recently watched the MTV Movie Awards where "Twilight" won a few golden popcorn trophies. And that was it. My curiosity finally got me to cave in. So I decided to rent the movie just to see what this craze was all about.

I became hooked right away. Actually hooked is an understatement, addicted is more like it. I then scared myself for a second, took a step back and realized “Wow I’m now ‘one of them’, aka. a Twilight freak.” Needless to say, I was shocked.

Then, that brought me to thinking. What is it about this movie, or better, the story behind the movie, that’s caused me and many others to become so attracted to it? It wasn’t that Pattinson’s Edward Cullen character is necessarily hot or that the character Jake is mouth watering. But it’s that Edward Cullen is that perfect guy every girl wishes they could have: protective, caring, good-looking, romantic, bad, fun, sincere, etc.

It’s almost hard to grasp that even a movie character could be so utterly perfect. It’s heartening, yet painful to watch at the same time. It almost gives a girl hope only to realize "Twilight" is just a book/movie and Edward Cullen is only a character. If only there were real Edward Cullens out there.

Now I just have to read the entire "Twilight" series. At least for now I can have my Edward Cullen as I get lost in each novel.


The trailer for the next "Twilight" series movie: New Moon
Coming out November 20th (can't wait!!)