Obsession - Twilight

The "Obsession" series is a collection of blogs about the things, people, places and randomness that I am head-over-heels in love with. Some people call it unhealthy obsession. I say I'm exceptionally passionate and you're just jealous.

Twilight, you are my drug of choice...

If you've been at least breathing for the last year I'm sure you're familiar with the Twilight series. It's the classic story of girl moves to a small town, girl falls in love, girl finds out her soul mate is a "vegetarian" vampire... and so forth. At first I wasn't all about the hype but I slipped and read the book and WHAM, I was friggin trapped. Now I am so completely hooked I can't keep my mind off these damn books. Even now, at 9:53 in the morning while I should be working, I am blogging about it. Thankfully my co-worker is just as obsessed as I am, so at least I have someone to fiend with, since my husband thinks I'm crazy (although he does humor me by listening to my detailed explanation of each and every chapter, God bless him). I just finished the second book a few days ago and I plan to start the third one soon compliments of my sister-in-law who is just as obsessed as I am.

And, of course, no book series would be complete without a based-on-the-book movie. After waiting oh so patiently, I finally saw the movie about a week ago. Can I just say how INCREDIBLY disappointed I was? Don't get me wrong, it held my attention (and kept my mind off the fact that my soda ran through me like nobody's business) and I did LIKE it...but I didn't LOVE it.

The book is so intriguing that your mind aches to see it played out in real life, or at least in a movie. The love between Bella and Edward is so beautiful and powerful it's enough to burst your heart in two. Maybe it's the I-love-you-but-I-shouldn't-love-you-because-you're-a-516 year-old-vampire or the it's-all-I-can-do-to-risk-my-family-and-my-vampire-secret-to-be-with-you that makes it so addicting but whatever it is, it's responsible for every girl in the world wishing her boyfriend was a vampire with a sparkling [insert naughty body part here]. And if you don't get that joke, read Twilight and figure it out.

The emotions you get from this unconventional love story is why I couldn't wait to see Edward in real life form - the book creates a beautiful image of a suave, dazzling, powerhouse god. Edward in the movie...er, not so much. Now it is true that Robert Pattinson IS mouth-watering gorgeous but I don't think the director did his character justice. At times Edward seems to be...lost...or...confused, or...a bumbling idiot. While the "bad vampires" existed with effortless simplicity and seemed to float on air, Edward, the supposed prevailing god-like creature, seemed more flawed than Bella, whose character is described as being clumsy and accident-prone. In fact, at many times, the movie was down-right cheesy. Now I know that a vampire movie being dubbed as cheesy isn't exactly far-fetched. But, even I was cringing at the apparent lack of acting skills - ME, the emotional girly-girl who cries at Hallmark commercials. If an avid fan of Full House calls something cheesy, it's CHEESY. And BTW, yes you CAN expect Full House to be a future "Obsession" blog.

I thought I would walk out of the theater and begin to contemplate a way to fly to Cali, find James, force him to pretend to be a vampire and live happily ever after. Instead, I left the theater thoroughly disappointed, pissed that it was snowing like a mother, but feeling relieved that at least I still had the books. Oh, and relieved that I finally got to go to the bathroom. Why the heck do they sell such damn big sodas anyways?

The moral of the story, kids? If you haven't already: READ THE TWILIGHT SERIES - Stephanie Meyer may not be Aristotle but what's the harm in indulging yourself in a little unrealistic romance now and then? And although I encourage you to see the movie, be prepared to yell at the movie screen "That's not how it happened in the book!".