During my last visit to the lovely city of Waco, my daughter and I planned to watch a movie at the theater. I haven't set foot in a movie theater in at least 10 years. I prefer to watch movies in the comfort of my own home for obvious reasons. This is the conversation that took place as we walked to the ticket booth:
"What movie do you want to watch, Mama?" asked Kris.
"Oh, I don't really care. What all is showing?" I replied.
"Hhmm, I've seen the previews of Twilight a couple of times." said Kris.
"Twilight? What is that about?" I asked.
"Oh, it's a vampire movie but it looks really good. " said Kris.
The new James Bond movie caught my attention but I could tell Kris really wanted to watch this Twilight movie that had something do to with vampires. So we purchased our tickets and hung out in the lobby until the usher allowed us into the showing room. After giggling for thirty or forty minutes about the condition of the chairs and doing our usual people-watching, the previews began. The new James Bond trailer flickered across the screen and Kris asked me why I didn't say anything about it while we were buying tickets. I told her it was fine and we'd stay right where we were. Besides, I wasn't keen on relocating to another show room anyway.
If you haven't watched "Twilight" you are in for a surprise. It isn't your average fangs and blood vampire movie. This one is a new twist on an old story --- vampire and human fall in love with each other, etc. And I'll be damned, I actually liked the movie! Kris and I both liked it so much that she downloaded the sound track from iTunes the next morning and ordered the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer from amazon.com. I am an avid reader and couldn't wait to read the books. The books arrived on November 25th and I physically shut down until I finished the fourth book on December 3rd. Well, I went to work and went through the motions of every day life but all my free time was spent reading those darn books. The books are geared towards the teen age generation but I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline.
By the way, Kris went to watch the movie AGAIN last Friday night.
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5 comments:
The first book is on my "To Do" list on the Kindle. I'm thinking I better wait to start it until I have a few days off. Have you read the Outlander series?
Haven't read the Outlander series. Do you recommend it? Author?
I haven't read a book since I quit smoking and I MISS it. Will try to pick up the habit again after the new year -- the reading habit that is! I've certainly got a stack of them to catch up on, but that Twilight series sounds right up my alley.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander is the first in the series. Historical novels with a time travel twist and the sexiest Scotsman to ever don a kilt for a hero. Heroine is no slouch either. You won't like the ending of the first book, but I stayed up until 3 a.m. finishing it and instantly downloaded book two, Dragonfly in Amber. There are six in the series so far.
Now, if you really want to get out there with vampires, my favorite series is Laurell Hamilton's Anita Blaka saga. Bear in mind, however, that with each book the sex scenes get so complicated you need graph paper to even figure out if THAT's possible. ;-)
Er, Anita BLAKE that is. Dorey was helping me type.
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