The Moth Chase

Kathryn and Natalie both posted separate takes on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I. Read Kathryn’s post below. You can read Natalie’s post here. And check back soon for a conversation between them.

Dear Natalie,

Well, here we are. Over two years after we started this blog around a conversation about the Twilight books and Breaking Dawn is finally in theaters. Not all of it, of course, but we are finally getting to the best part about the series and for my money this was hands down the best film and I thought it was nearly perfect. Perfect, that is, not as a film to be compared to all other films, but perfect as rendering the internal feeling of Meyer’s book better than Meyer did herself. I think I remember correctly that we both loved the final book best and I’ve been waiting, sometimes with kind patience sometimes with annoyed exasperation, to get through the other films to this one. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey Kathryn,

So as I write this, I know you are prepping yourself to head out to see Eclipse.  Tyler and I went to see it last night at the Drive-in with some friends (a setting that doubles any movie’s enjoyment level). With the third book being my least favourite of the series, I didn’t have the highest expectations for the film…which is possibly why it wasn’t that disappointing.  I mean, it’s a pretty bad movie.  But there were a few things to think on that made it worthwhile and fun for me. Read the rest of this entry »

Dear N,

Thanks for your getting the conversation started. I finally saw New Moon – at one of 15 showings at a theater near Lincoln Square, each of which was sold out. Interestingly, I went to a matinee too (4:30 p.m.), but my theater was full of neither middle-aged women nor teenage girls (though there were representatives of both groups in attendance), but mostly couples our age. I thought this was really intriguing, since despite the whole romance angle, I would never bill this movie as a date movie. But there they were, all these people on dates. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey Kathryn,

Well, I’m hoping by now you’ve managed to see New Moon – I can’t wait to hear what you thought!

So let me preface all of this by saying that I really do love the Twilight series.  They’re fun and dumb and just a good laugh; escapism at its best.  And as we’ve noted in previous conversations, they’re doing something pretty interesting with teen sexuality that goes beyond a simple message of ‘true love waits’.  In fact, they’re even doing something more interesting with gender roles than some of the ranting against Bella’s pathetic neediness indicates at first glance.  But we can come back to those over-discussed topics later perhaps?  Because I’ve got some other thoughts to get out first. Read the rest of this entry »

For those of you who are interested, read on for the initial exchange that began this blog.