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 | By Molly Snyder Edler   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Molly Snyder Edler |
| Published Sept. 17, 2009 at 12:34 p.m. |
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Last December, I went to see the film "Twilight," only because it was the only movie that was remotely interesting to me that was playing after a holiday dinner in Green Bay. I found the film enjoyable -- who doesn't like to witness a romance between a hot teenaged girl and a vampire? -- but I certainly wasn't blown away.
The romantic-fantasy film did, however, make me want to read the book because I am a person who dwells in the camp of "the book is usually better than the movie."
So, this week, I finally ordered a used copy of the book from Amazon.com, which is written by Stephanie Meyer, and I can't wait to plow into it.
I have high expectations despite my lukewarm feelings about the film. So, those of you who have seen and read "Twilight," which is better?
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Posted by gypsywind on Sept. 22, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. (report)
I saw the movie first then bought the book. The movie was good yet different from the book. I loved the book it gave more details than the movie. I went back and saw the movie again and loved it more because of the information I got from the book. I have now read all 4 books and I am now a Twilight fan.
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Posted by ssalvia on Sept. 21, 2009 at 9:42 p.m. (report)
I didn't like the movie at all but I LOVED the book!
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Posted by kneebs on Sept. 17, 2009 at 2:25 p.m. (report)
Definitely the book. I have read the first 2 now, in about 3 days each. It's obviously really light reading, but it's addictive.
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Posted by cdog on Sept. 17, 2009 at 2:24 p.m. (report)
The book is so much better than the movie. You will love it!
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Posted by libbybees on Sept. 17, 2009 at 1:45 p.m. (report)
Neither. Twilight is an affront to literature--it's badly written and has given every young girl I know an unrealistic expectation of finding her "Edward", when Edward in the book is an abusive, controlling stalker. Let's see...removing the spark plug from your girlfriend's truck so she can't go any where and sneaking into her room to watch her sleep doesn't exactly equal a healthy relationship. And the later books only get worse, with the fourth being by far the worst piece of 'literary' trash I've ever come across. There are better books about vampires out there--the early Laurell K. Hamilton books (before they turned into straight up porn), Kim Harrison, the Sookie Stackhouse books (what True Blood is based on)...I could go on.
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