What surprised you the most about the Twilight movie?

the thing that surprised me the most was that Laurent was black. i mean, i have NOTHING against black people, i just didnt expect it.

I thought it was wierd how they pronounced Laurents name.

That was funny, he was like, "I'm Laurent."

The fact that Robert pulled off the dazzling part with such finesse, especially in the second biology scene. Not that I doubted his acting skills coz I've been a fan since Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but he truly pulled me under his spell.

In an interview, he said he struggled with his contact lenses, taking 20 minutes to insert each lens every day he had to wear them, and both Kristen and Rob said they blurred their vision so they weren't always sure if they were looking in the right direction, but you couldn't tell that in this scene (or any other). He was "dazzling".

Laurent's a French name, which is why it's pronounced that way.

Why did Kristen wear contact lenses?

Because she has green eyes in real life, but brown in the book.

Yeah, it suprised me that Laurent was black, (I'm not prejudice either), but in New Moon I don't know if I'm right, but didn't Bella think when she saw him something like "his pale skin, the most beautiful thing i've seen since Edward" or am I just insane?

No, she said he had pale skin with an undertone of olive, if I'm correct. I don't think she ever says anyone's as good-looking as Edward .. except Renesmee.

yeah, no one's more beautiful than edward! But, I thought that she said like since edward and his family left, Laurent was the most beautiful thing she's seen.

At the top of page 257 when Bella sees Laurent in the meadow it says:

His face was the most beautiful face I'd seen in what felt like an eternity.

You have a good memory, penguin.

I didn't know Laurent was going to be black, I'm not prejudice either.

For future, anyone who comments on Laurent's skin color I won't think you are prejudice :)

Cool, now we don't have to to keep saying it over and over again.

LOL =) Yeah, I didn't see Laurent as dark, just as I said before, with an olive-coloured undertone. But I think Edi fits Laurent really well =)

He's read all the books too and is a Twilight fanatic.

You know, if you think about it, olives are purple and green, and wouldn't make for very nice skin colors on a human. Have seen that as a description for skin color in books before to describe someone black or Italian. Would that mean green olives are Italians and purple ones are people who are black? Hmm. Guess you could say aliens have olive skin then if you go with the little green men theory, couldn't you? :D

Very Interesting

Geez, am having a mental moment. Olives are green or black, not green or purple. Doh. Wonder where my marbles went.

LOL! I think meant by "olive skin tone" is the actual olive oil, it's sort of a golden brown =)
Purple olives, I do wonder .. XD

Purple schmurple. My marbles have run amok.

Lol =) When I was reading your post I was like, "I didn't know there had purple olives." ROFL!

I was pretty surprised about Laurent too. I didn't expect him to be black either and I also have nothing against black people.

I agree but he is a pretty awesome Laurent =D

I agree once again xcullen he was very awesome it makes me want to watch twilight again I only saw it once in theaters.

We seem to be agreeing alot, huh? Lol =) I've only saw it once too!! But it's probably out of cinemas by now .. I'll check ..

I hope they put it in the dollar theater here in Sherman then I can watch it infinity times! lol. and yeah xcullen we do seem to agree alot I even invited you to be my friend I saw your library and you have some very interesting books but we only have 5 books in common with each other. But I do like your books you can look at my books if you want.

Cool! I'll check your library out =D

Tell me what you think. Be brutally honest. you can even tell me if I'm a freak or not. I won't take the wrong way. Promise.

The one thing that disappointed me about the movie was when Laurent, James and Victoria leave the baseball game, James puts his arm around Victoria, signifying that they are more than just travelling companions. Part of the "fun" of New Moon is finding out that Victoria was connected in that way to James and is the reason behind her vendetta. I just think it spoils it that you find out in the first movie. What do you all think?

That moment humanizes (or so to speak since he's a vampire) James, which doesn't fit for two reasons. First, it makes him seem less scary, which doesn't fit with what follows, especially when you consider the extent of his violence in the ballet studio and the fact that he videotapes it, something a sick serial killer would do. Second, he doesn't care about Victoria and that action makes it appear otherwise.

I do believe Victoria was James' mate I think....

She was, but in Twilight Edward was reading his mind. Then in either Twilight, New Moon or Eclipse Edward mentioned that although James was Victoria's soul mate, he didn't feel any attachment to her so he may have felt the same way she did about Riley.

Wow. That'd be pretty terrible for her. She loved James so whole-heartedly but he saw her nothing more than a tool.

That's sad. How could he do that? The meanie!

:( :(

It is very sad huh, bombard? :( :(

i thought bella's room was suppose to have a light blue and yellow room but in the movie it was like a dark green.

bombardalicious2 r u mari or lexi

Yeah, Bella's room was pretty different but it was still sort of small and never-changing still =)

Yes it is sade jade. I pictured Bella's room more open. And Charlie's house pretty different. I'm Mari who are you?? bball7?? bombardalicious1 is Alexis btw

Hmm. I pictured it small and cramped (like it was) b/c isn't Charlie's house described as small? Or was I imagining it?

No I imagined it pretty much how it was.

i imagined Jessica being like prettier.

i imagened bellas room totaly different

I think it was described as small.

Message 44: The chick who played Jess was all wrong, she was too like tall and ugly. And she was really full of herself most of the time.
Message 46: That's what I thought.

Bella's room was small I was thinking it should be more open but it was small, it's weird.

Felt somewhat like that as well until I read the first twelve chapters of Midnight Sun, then watched Twilight again. Anna Kendrick's portrayal of Jessica in the movie seems perfectly matched with the way she is in Midnight Sun. Through Edward's mind-reading, you hear all the snide remarks she makes in her head.

She's not a good friend to Bella at all. In the movie when you first see Jessica in the cafeteria as she's telling Bella about each Cullen as they enter, she comes across as catty and jealous (though more so when you're reading that scene in Midnight Sun as it's even clearer then). Then there's the remark she makes to Bella about how she's the shiny new toy. She talks that way in her head all the time in Midnight Sun.

I thought Jessica's acting was good I just imagined her as like a super hot blonde.

Can't remember how I envisioned her looks when I first read Twilight. Considering her snide remarks about Bella in Midnight Sun though, it did make me wonder if she was the most popular girl until Bella showed up, which would partly explain the extent of her jealousy. Seems much of it is in relation to Mike's attention towards Bella as well.

Bella desribes Jess as extremely short with pale skin and wild curly dark hair - the actress that portrayed Jess didn't look like that at all. If I remember correctly, Anna Kendrick was taller than Bella or just the same height.

Yeah I was thinking she should be blond too, but she wasn't.

I know. It was like wierd. Because I knew she wasnt blonde I just couldnt picture her any other way.

It is weird MrsGrinch, I totally agree with you.

Lol. We all have our personalized imaginations :)

Yeah, I thought Bella's room would have been more plain.
Since she hadn't lived in it since she was small.
But, whatever lol.

I thought it was kind off awkward and funny when Charlie talks about the purple.

Yeah, it showed how undomesticated he was. :D

Yeah, it shows how undomesticated he is. Even had someone else pick out the bedding.

Yeah lol. I was surprised when they didn't mention anyhting about Jaspers power. Maybe they will in the next movies.

It's easier in the books, b/c his gift is more subtler. Maybe when she's stressed in New Moon, her expression is all uptight and then the camera flicks to Jasper staring at Bella and then Bella's expression going calm and then she looks at Jasper quesitoningly and when Edward and Bella are alone, she can ask what happened there and Edward explains it to her in a couple of sentences. Edward and Alice's gifts are more easier to see on the big screen since they're so big and well, obvious. You can hide making people feel stuff but you can't really hide reading people's minds or seeing the future.

Yeah, but it was just strange and I wanted Jazz to have more screen time.

I pictured Heidi blonde, but she has mahogony hair.

I pictured Heidi with dark, reddish hair :)
Message 63: True. But Jasper "isn't central to the family, always on the outskirts" as Bella notes.

Am really looking forward to the scene with Jasper near the beginning of New Moon when Bella cuts her finger. I hope Chris Weitz does a good job of it.

I want the scene where the werewolves, Emily and Bella are all in the kitchen together. It showed how loyal and homely they are, instead of wild, aggro monsters. Admit it, when you hear "werewolf" you think of a giant, savage wolf ripping someone's head off. Not a teenage boy, eating muffins and joking around with his brothers.

I think of Remus Lupin when I hear werewolf.

lol I was thinking that too MrsGrinch! I can't wait till the other movies come out! I can't wait till my flu goes away too!

hehe. I cant wait for the other movies either!!!!

Yay!

I am so going to the midnight release.

I might too!

the scene with the vampires cooking was pretty good.

Yeah I thought so too Athina.

I loved Emmets line : Her names Bella!!!

That was soo funny.

I was surprised how subtle the sparkling in the sunlight was. I know lots of people were disappointed with that, I was too, but considering they had an unbelievably small budget for the movie I think they spent it in the right places.
And I was surprised how much I loved the Laurent actor. :)

I really liked Esme. Even though she didn't do much.

I loved Esme too. She's so warm, loving and maternal, just as I imagined her only more so.

They experimented with a lot of things to try and make Rob sparkle and settled on sugar in the end.

Sugar? In the Movie Companion it said the sparkle was computer-generated .. maybe I read wrong :)
I loved the actress for Esme and Carlisle and the guy who played Laurent is a really cool person, from what I've seen in interviews.

I liked Alice alot she was pretty cool and very pretty.

Odd coz it was Catherine Hardwicke herself who said that in a face-to-face interview. Perhaps I remembered it wrong then and she said that was one of the tested methods.

Maybe you're right and I'm wrong. I'll try to find the passage in the Movie companion with the sparkle thing and see which method it is :)
And yes, Alice is awesome!

Wouldn't mind knowing what other methods they tried actually if you wouldn't mind posting them. Will be interesting to see what they experimented with.

Sure thing :) Catherine said something like (since time was running out the door), "If I didn't like the sparkle effect, I'd shoot it from across the meadow, if I liked it, I'd do a close-up." I guess she liked it :)
But I thought the "sparkle" sound made it sound cheap-o.

It wasn't nearly as sparkly as I imagined, but he did sparkle a little and I understood why afterwards after learning of their difficulties to make him sparkle with a low budget. Wanted more time in the meadow more than anything because it was such a romantic moment as well as the idea the book was based on. Seemed such a shame that it was so short.

The sound didn't bother me, but it seems odd now you've pointed it out since sun doesn't make a sound. Just put it down to being part of the soundtrack really.

I loved the adding of the scene about the graduation caps. Very clever!

I wasn't thrilled with the whole sparkling scene either, but all in all they did a great job bringing this book to life.

Ha I loved the graduation caps, too, so funny!

I also loved Bella's truck, it looked perfect.

If they do a Breaking Dawn movie, which I soooooooooo hope they do, I hope they have the part where Bella sees herself in the sun for the first time, and Renesmee sticks her arm out to see herself too.

Could everyone try and remember to put spoiler warnings on thier Breaking Dawn posts?? My sister MissTessa hasnt read them yet. Sorry if Im sounding like a bother.

#87 i thought the graduation caps was heaps funny and clever

I thought Edward was really going to sparkle, but I guess not. Like a Diamond! (random) I love Naruto!!!

I loved the graduation caps too, very funny. Most people in the packed-to-the-rafters cinema I watched Twilight in, all laughed at the "sparkle" sound. I think Naruto is pretty cool, I watch it alot and try to read the manga when I can :)

Several, including me, laughed at the first biology scene. Just couldn't help it. Rob's expression was so funny. Instead of looking like he was trying to restrain himself from biting Bella and the class, he looked like someone had just released a bad smell and that he'd just realized it was Bella so was giving her a half amused and half disgusted look.

I loved the graduation caps as well. Was an excellent idea. Rob looked incredibly handsome in that scene too so I'm surprised you all noticed the caps. ;)

Biology scene was terrible, his expression was too overdone :( I think Rob looked great in his sunnies and at the prom, he looked awesome in a tux :)

He'd look good in a garbage bag. :D

I have most of the Naruto series Box Sets 1-9

Message 90- Sure
96- lol

Message 96: In this one interview, some said, "Is it true you get 12 million dollars a movie?" and he's like, "WHAT? No! If I got 12 million dollars, I'd run around naked." And then they wrote underneath, "Someone PLEASE pay Rob Pattinson 12 million dollars!"
Message 97: It's on every morning, I think and I read the manga for free off onemanga.com :)

Haha. :D That's so Rob to say that. He's a funny guy.

I laughed so hard when I saw that :)

That's how much Demi Moore got for starring in Striptease where she took it all off except for a g-string.

EW! So did not need to know that :) I think Halle Berry got paid like 35 million for being topless in Swordfish. I'm gonna have nightmares tonight :(

true that!!!!!!!!! AHHH! TMI ALERT!!!!!

true that!!!!!!!!! AHHH! TMI ALERT!!!!!

TMI = Too Much Information? Am I right?

Correctamundo

:) I don't get most of these acronyms.

they tested different method and catherine settled for one that was placed over a still image of RPAttz that acted like a prism, an optical effect. they made it look like it was reflecting of him. ILM were responsible for the sparkle. thats from the companion book just incase you dont beleive me and they sertainly did not use sugar that just sounds icky

AHHH! TMI for me as well, so did not need to know that guys and girls.

Message 109: I knew it was something computer generated :)
Message 110: Yupsie :) TMI

Message 109: I knew it was something computer generated :)
Message 110: Yupsie :) TMI for me

Message 109: I knew it was something computer generated :)
Message 110: Yupsie :) TMI for me too.

lol Xcullen we agree once again.

We are very agreeable people, are we not ;)

Yes very agreeable. ;)

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*Sits back and polishes nails.* Hehe.

You meanie, lol ok you win Xcullen. But you know this means war right?

not offending anyone but they kind of stuffed up the character for Laurent because I dont think Black people were in France 300 years ago

yeah!
at least one of the actors in the movie actually liked and READ the books!
in all of their interviews kristin and robert keep on saying how they never read the books!
shouldnt they read them and do their research before they play the roles?

Uhhhh kristen and Robert have both read the books like crazy. They always had the books on set. Rob also read a manuscript of Midnight Sun like crazy.

Kristen and Rob also practiced their parts together every night, obsessing about how to get them just right, then kind of obsessed over them with the director prior to filming those scenes. They asked other actors to rehearse them beyond filming hours with them as well, but they weren't interested. (That doesn't mean they didn't take their roles seriously, but that filming days can be very long. Sometimes shoots can last 20 hours, which is probably what happened many days on the Twilight set as they had as many as four different kinds of weather conditions to deal with in Forks, including hail at times.)

20 hours sounds very long, I don't know if I could do that.

Ok imagine you're in a romantic scene with your fave character (one that you'd like to kiss) and darn it, but it's just not going right (wink, wink) so you have to keep doing retakes. Now can you imagine it?

I think it was cool that the guy who played James (Cam) was totally obsessed with the books :) His girlfriend (now wife) got him into them.

Oh are they married now? Didn't know Cam was obsesses with the books. I like hearing that about the actors playing the characters. Shows dedication to their role. Peter Facinelli did a lot of research into history over the last 350 years to get into his role.

I love the cast! :) They say they're like a family :)

Yeah! I saw a few videos on youtube where they're all mucking around together and I thought it was sweet :)

I would love to kiss Daniel Radcliffe or Joe Jonas!

HAHA :) Our little fangirl wishes!

I agree on Daniel Radcliffe, but I don't like any of the Jonas Brothers.

Joe is good-looking but a little full of himself, I think :)

i thought you loved the jonas brothers nicky?

?? You're confusing me with Leah - or Athina. Those two love them. And I'm Narlene, Casey, you don't have to pretend, honey :)

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww jonas brothers eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

why does laurent have like a "south of the border" accsent?

I love the Jonas Brothers, But I love Daniel Radcliffe even more.

Jobros are cool. Nick Jonas is soo sweet :).
Kara- I loved Laurent's accent, he was like," I'm Laurent..." :)

Yeah I liked it alot.

Daniel used to look so cute with the messy hair in the 4th movie now they stuffed up his hair by cutting it.

RPAttz was so sexy at the Oscars

watched all the movies and I was like Damn god hes hot

bombardalicious- I didn't mean it that way ( srry), I LOVED his accent( too). i just didn't get why he had it.

Oh l0l then. It was awesome

145> I freaked out when I saw him at the OScars. He was soooo sexy.

I missed him at the Oscars :(, But I bet he was very hot, because I'm agreeing with you guys or girls, I'm taking your words for it.

Jade, if you go here and scroll down, you'll see lots of pics and videos of Rob's night at the Oscars: http://www.newmoonmovie.org/page/3/

Athina, I know! He looked so cute! AWWW :)

Thanks Hermee.

You're welcome. :)