'Twilight' movie coming: Who's going to see it?

By Jennifer Thomas on November 15, 2008 2:49 PM | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0)

The world of "Twilight" was always heavily-populated, but somewhat underground, but that all changed starting with the release of Stephenie Meyer's fourth book in the series, "Breaking Dawn" and now with the Nov. 21 "Twilight" movie, it's gone majorly mainstream. (Just look at the reaction Robert Pattinson has caused at appearances, including one here in the Chicago area.)

The "Twilight" movie might just end up getting the highest percentage of people who have read a book to turn out for the movie. I still remember when I was initiated into the "Twilight" universe several months ago: A co-worker casually mentioned that I might want to write about the fourth book in a series that she and her daughter and niece had read. I'd seen the glossy black covers of Meyer's books before, but had no idea of the fandom surrounding them. Then with my first post about the books, after reading the first three, and then the fourth in double time, I was amazed by the volumes of fan comments that followed.

So now here comes the movie -- several weeks early with the postponement of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" to July 2009 -- and "Twilight" will probably overwhelm expectations of the buying power of girls (and women) at the box office. I'm headed to the critics screening Tuesday, and will write a review Wednesday, so check back. But in the meantime, share what you think about the movie before it's out.

So what are you most looking forward to about the "Twilight" movie? Is there a particular scene you really want to see? Do you think the movie can live up to the books?

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