Twilight Mania Last Night

Last night I completed # 30 of my 101 in 1001 days challenge Attend the midnight premiere or pre-release viewing of a movie.

The movie just happened to be Twilight Eclipse, which is being released today to the general public.

Atlanta Occasions Magazine held a fab party to celebrate their latest issue and also the release of Twilight Eclipse. The party was held at Twelve Atlantic Station and then we all walked across Atlantic Station to the Regal Cinema where they had two theaters reserved especially for our group of wedding industry profession, friends, and family.

Everything at the party was Twilight-themed including blood-red roses, smoke, pizza laden with garlic, sweets from A Tasty Pastry filled with oozing red creams, “Twilitini” drinks of both the blue and red variety, and even a candy display with red candy-covered popcorn.

I had a stomach ache by the time the movie started from all the sweets, junk food, and popcorn. We managed to grab decent seats and I filled Kimberly in on what I could remember from the first two movies. I saw the first on on a long flight to NZ or Australia then the second one on DVD just recently.

Above, at the end we managed to pick up plenty of Twilight memorabilia which we’re reserving for my sister and Susan who are FANATICS and that’s using the word lightly for my sister. I think my sister and her friend went to the movies 20 times when the first one came out and nearly have the books and soundtracks memorized.

I, on the other hand, have never even picked up a Twilight book, so what happens in the movies is a surprise for me. This movie I believe was much better than the first too. There is much more action – and it’s pretty gory. If you don’t mind watching heads and body parts get ripped off, you’ll love the end fight scenes! They also dive a bit deeper into the characters than they do in the first two movies. We get a glimpse of a few of the stories from the Collins family, as well as the back-story to Jacob’s clan. Bella even says at the end why she wants to become a Vampire beyond just wanting to live forever with Edward.

Then there are some pretty humorous scenes with the wolfs. At one point we were trying not to bust out laughing while Bella stood “petting” Jacob (in wolf form) on the head. I think we even heard some snorts form the die-hard Twilight fans behind us.

I’ll refrain from revealing much more for those who are going to go see the movie soon (or eventually on DVD) who are also like me and don’t read the books.

In the end, it was a fun silly evening. A pretty good movie too. My little sister will be proud of me for taking advantage of the opportunity to go (and super excited about her Twilight poster and crown paper hat!) But we’re just silly like that….

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