Twilight (The Movie)

About 6 months ago I decided to find out what the Twilight hype was about.

Everywere I read and heard about Twilight and the actors that played in it.

So I went to a local video rental and rented the DVD of Twilight.

Excited of what I was going to experience (I thought it must be good since it was such a big hype), I put the DVD in the DVD-player and pushed the PLAY button on the remote.

The movie started all mysterious with a deer being hunted and a girl saying: "I've never given much thought to how I would die, but dieing in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go."

I thought that was wisdom and I wondered what the movie was going to be about, where the story would lead me.

As it turnes out, the story is about a girl named Bella, Bella Swan.

She used to live with her mom, but she's going to live with her dad for a while, in a place called Forks.

Life in Forks is completely different from her life in Arizona, where she used to live with her mother, and she finds it difficult to fit in.

She hangs out with some guys and girls and they like her.

However she still feels like she's alone.

Then she meets a guy named Edward, who isn't average in any way.

Things with him are strange and soon she finds out what he really is.

After that things get really complicated but she know that she's not alone anymore.

Now she's got something to live for and she's not going to give up easily.

I'm not going to say much more about the plot or the characters, since I don't want to spoil it for everyone that hasn't seen this movie yet.

What I will say however, that it's a movie filled with emotions: insecurity, loneliness, fear and love, amongst others.

There's humour in it, drama and action, all crammed in one movie.

It's one of my favourites and I think I've seen it at least five times now, sadly never in the cinema.

A few of the most important characters in the movie:

Bella Swan (Played by Kristen Steward):

Edward Cullen (Played by Robert Pattinson):

Jacob (I don't recall his last name, played by Tailor Lautner):

Bella & Edward:

The Cullens:

The cast:

And the trailer:

It took me a while to find a good trailer, but I finally found one that's acceptable (you just need to stop the trailer at 2:25).

So enjoy!

So what do you think of this movie?

Have you already seen it?

Or do you still have to?

(If so, go see it, it's really worth it!)

The movie is not the same as the book.

The book is much better, and in the movie events are different.

If you want to have the best viewing experience, you have to read the book "Twilight" by author Stephenie Meyer first!

The Silver Kiss (book)

When I was in high school a read a book called "The Silver Kiss".

(I read the Dutch translation that was called "De zilveren kus".)

I read it for a book report and because I thought a book with a vampire theme would be interesting.

So I loaned it from my local library and started reading.

I was surprised to how much I actually liked the book.

The book was written by Annette Curtis Klause, who is most famous for writing the book Blood & Chocolate.

I haven't read the book Blood & Chocolate yet, but I have seen the movie (it's in my movie collection).

It's available in a lot of different languages.

The story is about a girl named Zoë that lives in some town in America.

She's just a normal girl, except for the fact that her mother is dying of cancer and it's ripping her family apart.

Her mother can't deal with it, her father can't deal with it and neither can Zoë.

Zoë can't talk about it with her best friend , and to make it worse, that friend is moving to a different country.

Just when Zoë thinks her life is falling apart and she will be all alone on this world, she meets Simon.

At first he seems like a normal boy, but at a closer look, he is different.

He looks young but also old in a wise way, he looks old fashioned but also punk and he has a translucent, silver, beauty.

It turns out Simon is a vampire.

I really like this books because it is intense.

I'm not a person that's easily scared of emotions and like books and movies that have lot's of them.

It's not a flat story at all.

It's so real it could happen to you.

There are some great poems in this book written by Zoë.

Unfortunately I can't look them up right now, since the book is stashed in a box in my room, because I'm moving soon.

I've also written a little poetry myself, about this book, but it's also stashed away and in Dutch.

As usual I haven't written too much about the plot of the book so that if you haven't read it, and you want to read it, I haven't spoiled it for you.

I like to write reviews on books and movies but I always try not to reveal to much so I won't spoil the fun for others.

That's why my reviews may be a bit superficial compared to other reviews that do reveal the whole story and discuss it.

I'll add the poetry later when I'm in my new apartment, but for now you just have to read the book (really, do read it!)!

I can really recommend this book if you like to read about vampires, like love stories, or good old fashioned drama.

True Blood

I happen to be a fan of anything with a supernatural theme, in books, movies and tv-series.

I like movies like Twilight and Blood & Chocolate, and I like the books as well.

I also like tv-series like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Charmed, etc.

A few months ago I found out about a tv-serie called True Blood.

It's about a woman named Sookie Stackhouse, who can read minds (she is a telepath) and she lives in Louisiana.

In the tv-serie (and the books it was based on) vampires came into the open, offically I mean.

They announced to the world that they existed and that they weren't dangerous because they could drink the synthetic blood the Japanese came up with, called True Blood!

Off course it's in the nature of the vampire to cause trouble and there also seem to be a lot of other supernaturals presents.

This all makes for a good reading/watching :D.

The first two seasons of the tv-series have been aired, and the third will be airing from june.

The books have been written by Charlaine Harris.

Her official website.

So far she has written 10 books in the Sookie Stackhouse series, the tv-show True Blood was based on.

The books:

1) Dead Until Dark

2) Living Dead In Dallas

3) Club Dead

4) Dead To The World

5) Dead As A Doornail

6) Definitely Dead

7) All Together Dead

8) From Dead To Worse

9) Dead And Gone

10) Dead In The Family (will be available from May).

I'm currently reading book 7, All Together Dead.

I really love the books and the tv-show.

It's raw, real and honest and it shouldn't be watched by anyone with weak stomach.

There's a lot of violence, sex, blood, puke and all sorts of gross and disturbing things going on which makes it all the more real.

I think it's refreshing that True Blood isn't as polished and glamorous as most of todays tv-shows are.

It's different and it makes you think about things (like life and death and discrimination and love, for example).

So here's the intro song for you to watch and listen to.

Once again, don't watch it if you can't take a bit of gore!

So...start with the watching and reading and tell me what you think of true blood!