Twilight pgs. 1-498 and New Moon pgs. 1-563

December 14, 2009 mikellesreadingblog

This week I decided to read Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. I’ve watched the movie Twilight, over a hundred times and have seen New Moon seven times. I was curious to see how different the movies were from the books and I was very surprised to realize that they are different. I absolutely love the books more than the movies.

               In Twilight, I feel like they picked the wrong person to play Bella Swann. The Bella in the movie is portrayed as always sullen and gloomy. She never seemed happy but in the book, Bella actually is happy and I think they could have picked a better example. In New Moon, the same problem occurs. When Edward returns to Forks, Bella is very happy in the book. She was thrilled to see Edward but in the movie you would never now that. She seemed depressed and out there. I did not like the actress at all and thought she did a poor job of capturing the love between her and Edward.

               Another thing I noticed that I didn’t care for was they added parts to the movies. For instance, in the movie Twilight, when Bella goes to meet the Cullens, they weren’t cooking food and Edward never jumped on the trees. I think this made him seem more like Spiderman than a vampire. They also added in the attacks of James and Victoria which never happened in the book.  In the movie New Moon, Jacob shows up at Bella’s school to wish her happy birthday and gives her a dream catcher. This never happened in the book, Jacob forgets about her birthday and they make a game out of trying to determine their ages throughout their talents. This help develops their relationship and I think it is important.

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