Movie Madness Monday: Twilight
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While watching this movie, I had a huge moment of satisfaction when I finally recognized who the vampire guy was. He was the popular dude in one of the “Harry Potter” movies…the one who was going out with the Asian chick, then ended up dying. I mean…he died, but not because he was dating an Asian chick. Cuz, dude, that would’ve been awkward.
Anyway, I think it took me a while to recognize who he was because he was very pale in this movie. Very pale. And it looked like he was wearing lipstick the whole time. Not that there’s anything wrong with guys wearing lipstick. I live in New York for cryin’ out loud. But I was wondering whether that was the “look” they were going for in the movie, or if he actually wears lipstick in the story. You know…to maybe compensate for his paleness. Or the fact that his skin, um, sparkles. In the sunlight. I think I must’ve missed that news bulletin on vampire skin. Anyway, I can see how both of these dermatologic conditions could make someone feel self-conscious about his appearance. But I have a single solution to both of these problems: Spray. On. Tan. Am I right, or am I right? Maybe he’ll realize this in the sequel? Poor guy. I mean, the solution is so simple.
I also had another realization. Young people nowadays have very different courting rituals from the ones I’m familiar with. Apparently, nowadays, if you like a girl, you’re supposed to almost vomit in her presence, storm out of the room for fear of blowing chunks, cut class repeatedly to avoid her, then follow up that impressive display with sneaking into her bedroom at night to watch her sleep…not once, not twice, but for a couple months. And if you’re the object of these affections, then these romantic overtures aren’t quite enough to make you swoon. But hey…find out that the dude is actually a vampire and that it requires enormous willpower and every fiber of his being to resist eating you for dinner like a gigantic, rabid mosquito? Whoooowhee! THAT, my friends, is loooooooove with a capital L.
I gotta give the girl credit though…she meant it when she said that she was “irrevocably in love” with the vampire dude. How else can you explain her giving up a perfectly good, NON-REFUNDABLE round-trip plane ticket to visit her mom just so she could go to prom with the guy? Despite being coordinatorily-challenged when it comes to really complicated maneuvers, like walking? And the fact that she had a cast on her leg? To an event in which the primary activity is dancing? Which normally requires two good legs? Unless she can pop and lock like nobody’s business, but I didn’t see her do any popping or locking. NON-REFUNDABLE ticket people! Do you have any idea how much serious coin you need to drop to fly round-trip from Washington to Florida??
But you know what? Who am I to judge? Because in the end…what’s non-refundable airfare to a girl when she’s got non-refundable love? 
He does not wear lipstick in the book, btw…>_> he’s supposed to be pale, I mean HELLO?!? he’s dead…sort of O_O And I dun think vamps can puke since they dun eat…maybe they’d throw up blood? hmmm… and yeah, Bella is a clutz sooo that in itself is self-explanatory 
taylor nikole
November 24, 2008hahah kathy your reviews always entertain me
lol
i was laughing the whole time
heyy living near LA… you get some lipstick too
dude… i think in the next movie … if any kstew should pop lock and drop it
in the beginning she said she coulnd’t dance…
and it seems like after an injury like that…
which wasn’t as horrible in the movie as they described it in the book…she wouldn’t be able to walk…
hey kathy… when you got a hot vampire/predator/goddessss at home…
damn.. nevermind it still seems better to get your moneys worth…