The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part II

It’s over people! After 4 years, the Twilight Saga is over.

But hey, we can still talk about it ;) Do you know how?

Through the Twilight Series I started here on the blog sometime ago but never got to finish.

Here’s what I wrote so far:

So the lion fell in love with the lamb

Mind over Matter

You are my life now

I’m nothing if not traditional

Here’s what’s still to come starting next Thursday:

You are only human

Edward X Jacob

Do I dazzle you?

Twilight - The conclusion

But going back to Breaking Dawn – Part II, here are my thoughts on the last movie of the saga:

I think it ended well. Of course there’s no comparison between the movie and the book but I thought they still did a good job.

I’d like to have seen a little bit more of acting though. It seemed to me that there were more demonstrations of what kind of super powers people had than actually people having conversations.

I didn’t like the fact that Jacob is almost nowhere to be seen in this movie. I say this because, well if you read the book you know that good part of this story was told through Jacob’s perspective and not Bella’s. I was really looking forward to hearing him saying all the funny things he says in the book, but no… they didn’t include that. Pity.

I loved the twist at the end though. Very clever!

What else can I say?

It was good. I liked how it ended and I’m happy that it did…

It was time :) 

* The crazy twilight fans probably don’t agree with this last statement… but what can I do? It’s true hehehe

I’m nothing if not traditional

In my last Twilight Series post, I talked about how dangerous it is for someone to live for someone else’s love, but today I’d like to draw your attention to one of the nicest things in the whole Twilight story.

Something rarely found nowadays: Principles and values.

If you put all fiction aside, you will have to agree with me that Edward was all about values. Maybe because in the story he is from another time, a time when people valued themselves and each other, where they respected limits and boundaries and when a relationship between a man and a woman wasn’t about passion or sex or keeping up with what everybody else was doing.

Here are a few things I really like about the way Edward deals with his relationship with Bella:

He’s all about family. He understands that there’s a place for everyone in a family. He respects his parents and siblings and does not ignore or forget about them because of his love for Bella.

He insists on Bella telling her dad about their relationship. He goes to her house to ask his permission.

He wanted what was best for her. He wanted her happiness, even if that meant leaving her.

They date but they don’t have sex. He thinks sex is to be had only after a couple is married.

And here’s the real killer for me: He wants to marry her! He doesn’t want to have her for a couple of weeks and then move on to someone else. He doesn’t want her so he can add one more name to his list and reinforce his reputation as a player. He wants to marry her!

Like I said, this is rarely found nowadays, but let’s say it happens. Let’s say a guy truly likes a girl and wants to wait for the right time to even date her. Let’s say he does not think of her as something to be used; he respects her and actually wants to wait until they are married to sleep together. What do you think would be the girl’s response to that kind of behavior?

Many would respond the same way Bella did. They “love” the guy so much (especially due to his many qualities) that they end up destroying the very qualities they love him for.

Edward wanted to ask permission to date Bella. She thought that was not necessary.

He wants to marry her. She thinks marriage is a failed institution and a thing from the past really.

He wants to keep himself until marriage. She wants to take her clothes off at the earliest opportunity.

Many women like to blame men for breaking their hearts, using them, disrespecting them, but how can they when they’ve long forsaken their own self-respect?

Girls need to start valuing themselves more, respecting themselves more and then people, including men, will start treating them likewise… 

You are my life now

Bella meets Edward. Bella falls in love with Edward.

Bella would do anything for him. Be anything for him.

Bella lives and breathes Edward.

Bella is dead scared to lose him.

Edward breaks up with Bella.

Bella falls apart.

Bella stops living.

This is what happens in the second movie. Edward loves her so much and is so concerned about her safety and happiness that he decides that she would have a better chance at that if he wasn’t around… And so he decides to leave her.

After that Bella falls into depression, has constant panic attacks, doesn’t talk to anyone, doesn’t look forward to anything anymore. It was like her life walked out the door the minute he walked out of her life.

I wish this was something that only happened in movies, but unfortunately this is pretty much the reality of many girls nowadays.

They meet a guy, fall head over hills for him and the ‘love’ they feel is so strong that they are absolutely sure they can’t live without him.

And so they do whatever is necessary to keep that person’s love.

They go against their better judgment.

They turn against their parents if they dare disagree with her ‘new found love’.

Others give themselves completely and unconditionally to the guy, just so they won’t lose them.

They turn away from friends, lose focus on their studies, forget about the plans they had for the future. They change the way they dress, hang out in places they would never go before, accept whatever and whenever, do whatever is necessary, risk everything for someone they say they love.

And the worst is, some even turn their backs on God and everything they once believed in. They abandon their faith; they throw their salvation out the window, and for what? For a guy who ‘loves’ them today and may ‘love’ someone else tomorrow.

They completely lose themselves.

But what if their ‘Edward’ turns out to be a jerk?

What if he decides he doesn’t ‘love’ her anymore?

What if her ‘life’ walks out on her and never even looks back?

If he was her life, what happens to her if he leaves?

What will she be left with?

Mind over matter

If you have read the first book of theTwilight Saga or watched the movie, then you know that there's something about Bella that makes her extremely attractive to Edward: The scent of her blood.


He is a vampire and although he does not drink human blood, he feels extremely tempted to drink hers. The way the book describes it is that it's impossible for him to resist, everything in his body told him that not only should he drink her blood, but he NEEDED to drink it. It was his nature, the way he was, what he felt.


But everyone knows that he does not drink her blood. He falls in love with her instead.


Fiction apart, I'd like to draw your attention to this very important detail in the story. It's actually one of my favorite parts in the book. Bella asks him how come he can resist the temptation to just let nature run its course and kill her. 


His answer is: Mind over matter.


Which means his body craved for her blood, his nature screamed that that's what he needed to do, his heart told him he had all the reasons in the world to do it, but his mind... was another matter.


He knew in his mind that that was not right, it was not the right thing to do. That just because he felt something, didn't mean he actually needed to act on it. He let his mind call the shots; he chose his mind to be in control of his actions.


If you think you can't take any lessons from the Twilight Saga, here's one: He chose to let his mind call the shots in his life.


In our own lives we have urges, we have needs, we have feelings and temptation is just everywhere, but how many of us actually resist them? Go against them? Fight them?


Your mind tells you this is not the right time for a relationship or that the relationship you are currently in is not good for you. But you heart tells you that you need it, it's ok, everybody has someone, you are entitled to have someone too.


Your mind says you should be applying yourself to your studies, career, work, your family, but you feel you have time enough for that later.


Your mind tells you that sex should be saved for marriage, when both man and woman have made a life-long commitment to each other, but your heart tells you 'why not now? You both love each other and besides, the temptation is just too much to resist'.


Your mind tells you that there are certain sacrifices you have to make in your life, like leaving those friends that are not good for you for example... you feel that it would be unfair to leave those 'who were always there for you'.


Your mind tells you a lot of things. Everyday. So does your heart. 


Which one have you been listening to?


There is a constant battle between what you feel is right and what you KNOW is right.


But the question is, which one are YOU letting win?

So the lion fell in love with the lamb

It was November 2008. I started seeing all these posters on the buses in London. It was about a movie and it showed a picture of a young guy holding a girl. The letters on the top said 'Twilight'.

A friend of mine from the US, knowing how much I enjoy watching movies, wrote to me suggesting I should go watch it. I went... And the story I saw in the movie was like no other I had ever seen in romantic movies before...

Bella was not going around trying to find Prince Charming, like we see many girls do nowadays. She actually liked her life. She didn't go to parties, got herself drunk now and then, blamed her parents for her mundane existence or tried to be better than the next girl. She didn't try to fit in the mold of 'teenage life'. That was really nice to watch.

Then she finds Edward...

Yes, Edward is a vampire in the movie. I don't particularly like that part, but again, we are talking about a movie here and they have this sort of thing in movies.

Edward is a very different kind of guy. He's NOT after girls or after proving himself to others and when he finds the girl he truly likes, he is not looking what she can give him, but rather what he can offer her, what he can sacrifice for her. He wants to take care of her and make her happy.

And that, my friend, is the whole secret behind the Twilight fever.

People like Edward and everything he represents when it comes to love life.

Some crazy people like the fact that he is a vampire, they even dress all in black trying to look like one. I'm not talking about these people. I'm talking about those who like the love story, who like they way the boy treats the girl. They see it on the screen and wish they could experience that in real life. 

So no wonder while 'the lion was falling in love with the lamb', a lot of girls (and older women too) were falling in love with Edward Cullen!

And that's one of the bad things about Twilight, not because of the movie itself, but because of the people who watched it. Girls see this fictitious perfect guy and now they are after him, they want someone like Edward. They want him and dream of finding him.  But how crazy is that? It's like trying to find Thor or the Batman! Hello??

Edward Cullen is as real as the vampires in the movie, but many girls are right now on a quest to find the one who will sweep them off their feet just like Edward did with Bella. They want the perfect guy and yet they are not perfect themselves... Is that even fair?

Continues next Thursday... 

Why I'm writing about Twilight...

You might be asking yourself why I have decided to talk about Twilight here on my blog.

The answer is very simple. This is one of the most, if not THE most discussed movie nowadays. The love story has captivated people all over the world. Some hate it, most people (and when I say people I mean girls) love it and others are just crazy about it.

So, what's the hype all about? What is it about Twilight that has so many people infatuated with this saga for the last three years?

If you are a follower of my blog, you know that I strongly believe that you should THINK for yourself and not be influenced by the thoughts of others. It's like I'm often saying, if you don't think for yourself, others certainly will.

So, I'd like to draw your attention to the messages this movie sends out. As in most movies, there are always good and bad things you can get from them and Twilight is no different. So based on the fact that I have read the Twilight books and watched all the movies so far, I'll give you my opinion about what I think the good and the bad are.

My hope is that after you read my opinion, you might THINK and draw your own conclusions about it. My intent is that you learn to think for yourself and not let a movie, a trend or people think for you.

To those who say that this is a vampire movie and therefore it's an evil thing, here is what I have to say:

Is the idea of vampires and the fact that they feed on human blood something evil? Yes.

Is it absurd? Yes.

Is it real? No.

And because they are not real, I'll be able to write about it the same way I write about any other movie. There are good things. There are bad things. I'll show you both and you make up your own mind. You shouldn’t rely only on the bad things you hear about it, just as you shouldn't rely only on the good.

There are some people criticizing me for even talking about Twilight. Some are appalled at the fact that I even know about this story. Hello!!! I review movies. Will I not have an opinion on one of the most talked about movies nowadays?

If you don't like the movie and want to criticize it, you are free to say so in the comments below. If you don't like the movie and want to criticize ME, don't be surprised if your comment is suddenly removed. 

So, come back next Thursday for the first chapter on my series. It's called ‘So the lion fell in love with the lamb’.

P.S.: Have you already guessed what is it I hate about this movie? I kind of gave you a hint today…

The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn Part I

I find it quite difficult to write a review about a Twilight movie. I don't know, maybe it's because the whole Edward thing seems to have a lot of girls going crazy these days...

Since it's hard to fully express my opinion in only one post, I'll be starting next Thursday a series of posts about it. So, if you are those people who really like Twilight, stay tuned every Thursday. If you are not, stay tuned anyway so you can share your opinion as well.

There were a lot of mixed reviews when Breaking Dawn came out, most critics hated it, some liked it and some had crazy ideas about it. This is what I think:

I liked it :)

I liked it because they stayed quite true to the book, just like New Moon. I don't particularly like the whole Renesmee story and I think it just spoiled something that was already good, like 'raining on the wet' as they say in Portuguese, but I'll let it pass lol.

I think the actors were very good, much better than in all the other Twilight movies.

I LOVED the wedding! But I don't think that Bella's dress was supposed to be like they showed it in the movie... too revealing for Bella's character and my taste.

I also enjoyed all the speeches at the wedding, especially Charlie's!! I think he's so funny (don't ask me why) both in the books and in the movies and I think they chose the perfect actor for his character. 

The soundtrack was nice, especially the wedding song... it's so beautiful!

The honeymoon... what can I say about the honeymoon in Brazil? Well, it was in Brazil, so of course it was going to be nice lol (just joking). Again, very close to the book, feathers and all.

There are some things that you don't understand though if you haven't read the book. Some things are not explained right, like when the wolves are talking and Jacob refuses to obey Sam; if you don't know the story, you are quite lost in that scene. Just like the friends that went with me to watch it. I had to keep explaining things throughout the movie, it was hilarious!

But apart from that, I liked everything else. It was good enough for me :)

But I must tell you that there is something about Twilight in general that I DON'T like. I think I even hate it... But anyway, if you want to know what it is, come back next Thursday.

Have you already watched it? What did you think? 

Leave your comments. I reeeally want to hear them!