Team Jacob

So, I saw Eclipse over the weekend. I was really excited to see it. Even more excited to see it with all the tweens. Call me crazy, but I read what it was like opening night and you can't help but get excited when everyone else is excited. So, instead of waiting for the movie to come out on video, I dragged asked my husband (he liked it, btw) to a Friday night showing.

We got to the theatre about an hour before showtime early. I figured the place would be packed, so I wanted to make sure we got a good seat. There were about 7 people in the theatre when we walked in. Um, were we in the right theatre? Where were the screaming girls? Where were the Team Edward/Team Jacob gang wars?

What a letdown.

The pre-movie trivia hadn't even started up yet, so we were forced to talk to each other. I decided to school him all things Twilight. He'd already been forced to watch Twilight and New Moon, so I think he was secretly interested to see how the story progresses. Of course, if you read the books (which he didn't), you'd know the movies suck (which he didn't). But, if you look at the movies for what they are (which he did), they were fine (which they were). Well, except for New Moon. That was a CGI train wreck.

Anyway, the theatre started to fill up. Tweens and TwiMoms entered, filling up all the available space. There were a few good sport men (like my husband) out there, which he was quick to point out. We had a pretty good time, people watching for the HOUR (seriously, it felt like 2 hours) we waited for the movie to start. Women in their Twilight t-shirts (a few of those t-shirts were pretty cute) sitting in groups of 10. It would've been fun to go with my girlfriends, but very few of them read these books, which I just don't understand. Yes, the books are considered Young Adult, and, yes, they are 1,000 pages long (each) and no, she's not that good a writer, and, yes, some parts of the books were highly irritating to read.  But she is a great story-teller. I think you remember my family didn't see me for the week I read all 4 books?

At one point during the wait, a tween yelled out, "When I say, 'Team', you say, 'Edward'".  That was about as close to crazy as the crowd got. So disappointing.

But, the movie itself was better than the last. I may be "Team Edward" in the books, but I am "Team Jacob" all the way in the movies. That Taylor can take off his shirt for me any time (even if they are fake abs). I am happy to hear that he's legal now. It's a lot less creepy to think he's cute when I won't end up in jail for thinking so.

Now I have to get back to my Sookie Stackhouse series.