Should i read twilight

It seems that even the soulless can find soul mates in Meyer's romantic world. In a society that is increasingly pessimistic where marriage is concerned, it doesn't hurt to inject a little fairy tale hope and faith that with work, true love can, and does, endure.

Skip to main content. About Contact Advertise. Search form Search. You are here Home » Social Skills » Culture. Book Smarts With each of the four books in the Saga weighing in at around a hefty pages, almost double the length of the average YA novel, you don't need me to do the math for you. Safe Crush While your daughter is crushing on vampires and werewolves from the comfort of her own room, she isn't out cliff-diving like the heroine, Bella, or cavorting with a real live bad boy who vaults in through her open window and keeps vigil over her well past sundown.

As many more nuanced pop culture critics than I have pointed out, the hatred of Twilight was clearly wrapped up in a hatred of teen girls. Perhaps Melissa Rosenberg, the screenwriter of Twilight, put it best in her interview with Indie Wire:. Rosenberg's not wrong. I saw both Transformers and Twilight in the movie theater, one year apart. But I only felt ashamed for watching Twilight , even though Transformers is far more upfront with its hatred of women. Because here is my dark and shameful secret: I liked Twilight.

I read the first book at age 12 or 13, and I loved it. By the time the third and fourth books came out, I had learned that liking Twilight was Bad, and that only Stupid Girls read cheesy romance novels, so I pretended to be reading them "ironically," and joined most of my classmates in ridiculing those Other Girls who wanted sparkly vampire boyfriends.

But I'm glad that I had a few brief moments with Twilight before it was deemed too stupid and girly for human consumption. As problematic as it is, I'm grateful that I read Twilight. And more specifically, I'm grateful for Edward Cullen.

Twilight 's main attraction. Edward is "inhumanly beautiful. He's rich and musically talented and super strong and has a "seductive" voice, and he barely exists outside of his all-consuming love for Bella.

And as a year-old, I was into it. But in some movies, they cut some important parts and if you start with movie you wouldn't enjoy the book much because you would like predict what is going to happen and there's not much excitement in that.

So I suggest that you read the book first. Or at least the first book. The movie isn't even particularly good. Any movie with Edward Cullen is automatically the best movie in the world O. K, serious contradiction , but they were working with a low budget, some low grade actors by that I don't mean they're not good, just not famous Anyway, you gotta read the book first.

When I saw the trailer for New Moon, I go t a little aggravated with the way they had manipulated some of the scenes. KellanObsessed said: Definitely watch the movie! You won't understand a lot of it. But, if you read the books first, the movie will disappoint you.

So, watch the movie. See the hotties first. Then read about them. I disagree with this for one main reason. If you read the book first, you get these images in your head that are ruined when you see the movie so if you watch the movie first, you can picture the actors of the movie and just have the images there so it doesn't ruin it for you.

I watched the movie first and it didn't reck the book at all for me. I feel the same way! I watched Twilight first, then read the whole series and am so happy I did. No doubt you should totally read the book!! Then you will kinda know what the movie is about. And you will know which characters are which. I do this all the time because I am a visual learner. I like knowing how the scenes and characters look, so when I read the novels I can picture the actual scenes from the movie.

It's awesome! I have found that people who have read the book didnt enjoy the film as much but not the other way round though. Despite this I would still read the book first if I were you :D.

The movie kind of kills it JenoJake said: I really recommend you to read the books first they are waaaay much better than the movies and full of details that make you understand the characters more than the movies not to mention a lot of events are not even on the movies so READ THE BOOKS they are so much fun.

Annaley said: The Book first definatley!!!! The movie will probably skip bits since it can't fit it all in, much like twilight. You'll learn much more about the characters and really understand whats going on. Alexina said: Well, this is my own opinion Well, I think you should definately read the books first!

I read Twilight a week before the film came out in cinemas then read the rest after. Sure I was a little disapointed and kept thinking about them skipping parts and stuff but oh well But, it really helped me too see what the setting was like and the characters looked like before I read the book, so I could make an image in my head while I was reading.

Plus, I went to go see it with my Friends and one of them had never read Twilight and the hole time through the film she kept asking me about stuff 'cause she didn't really understand. So, I had to explain it to her -. So, definately read it before the film.

BDW said: i must admit i saw the movie first and i made me not want to read the first book, so what i did was i went out and bought all of them from first through fourth and broke down and read it from start to finish I never read the book before I watched it and was gripped by it from the second the dialogue started I then Rushed to read Twilight.. I even enjoyed the differences because it added depth and another dimention for me, because there were mini stories within the story,And so it was exciting and I loved every page And I couldnt wait to read New Moon But now I have Thank goodness I stopped there, Because now i know what will happen in the Movie Which saddens me because I am a Movie Fanatic, and I love being totally engrossed in a Movie, and feeling all the feelings and confusion and pase that goes along with it But when you know how it will end What I am doing is waiting for New Moon - I will watch it - and then decide if I will finnishe the books before Watching the rest of the movies Then go deeper Read it at leisure And besides, Its so much nicer to have Images of Edward Cullen in my head of Robert Pattinson than to have imagined him any other way And the Soundtrack is so captivating, I can hear it in my head while reading it Seeing as Twilight is still the only one out first, watch the Twilight and New Moon movies first then go ahead and read the Saga books.

It will only increase your love for the Saga! When you read the book first then see the movie, the movie usually turns out as a huge disappointment compared to the book. LOVE that pic! Mouxritsa96 said: you should really see the movie first The movie is good but it's not even half as good as the books I watched Twilight first and I fell in love with Rob Pattinson as Edward and when I read the book after I thought Kristen wasn't as warm and sweet as the Bella in the book so I was disappointed.

And then I had difficulty imagining my own Edward and Bella,actually the whole cast except Jacob. Oh and my Rosalie was somewhat closer to Claudia Schiffer in looks. You should bear in mind that everything is so minimized in the movies. The really romantic scenes are cut short. Laurizm said: I think you should read the book first. I watched the movie first and i thought it wasnt so great like everybody else said.

Then i read the books and i totally loved it. Its absolutly different, even though the movie is well adapted and its nice to watch it after knowing the story. You'll understand the movies better.

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