d until after I read it and went to see the movie. I can say, hand on heart, that all of the hype surronding Twilight is justified in both the book series and the movie. (with the exception of some crazies of course!)But anyway, I have never read any of Dan Brown's books (The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons..) Nor did I go see the movie. I never had an interest in the Lord of the Rings book series or movie trilogy either. And I hadn't been curious enough to pick up a Harry Potter book, or see any of the movies either... until now!
I dont think I would have ever read Twilight if it hadnt have been given to me as a birthday present. I would have read the syonpsis 'Girl falls in love with Vampire' and put it right back down again. And I LOVED Twilight. I am a confessed Twilighter, a complete Twi-holic, a Twi-hard even! So I started thinking, what if I do love Harry Potter but Im just not giving it a chance because its about a boy wizard.
So last night myself and my friend Adrienne (a fellow Twilighter) started our Harry Potter-thon! We were hoping for a night of back to back Potter movies but that didnt work out so we just watched Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. We will hopfully watch one movie each night next week.
So what did I think? I enjoyed it actually! I knew by watching the movie that the book would be full of wonderful and crazy descriptions.
I wont compare the Twilgiht move to the first Harry Potter movie. There's no point. In my eyes, Twilight has no contest with many movies, including Harry Potter.
Next movie: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Ooh, I am so glad that you are trying to discover new things! Sometimes we stay in this safety box, because we are too scared to try something new. I know I'm like that a lot.
ReplyDeleteHarry potter are great books, but I don't know... I read them when I was little, like grew up with that world, so I don't know if it's the same feel when an adult reads them. You will have to tell me ;O
Great idea, Hannah and Adrienne! I loved the Potter books and films too. I read them quite reluctantly too, actually. As I was working as a children's librarian, and I was so NOT a fanatsy genre reader. But I felt sort of like I was not doing my job if I didn't read them. Kids would come into the library SUPER excited about them, and I felt so lame for having not read them :( Finally I gave in, and I was hooked. I've also listened to some of them on cd. You should try that too. Jim Dale, the narrator, is phenomenal!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I just watched HP and the Goblet of Fire again last night. I forgot how cute our Rob is in it. He's such a darling as Cedric Diggory. ***sigh***