My Weekend Thanks to Chris Weitz

Sparkle for Twilight: Blog Update! It's completely pointless to be blogging on a Saturday night, given most people my age are getting dressed to do wild and crazy things involving whiskey and grinding movements they call dancing. Alas, not me because I just got home from shopping in Herald Square since 11 AM and I am dead tired. Call me an old lady (actually that's what BFF does), I don't care.

Today was one of those serious shopping days where you're on a mission to buy a certain something, and unfortunately it was the worst kind, it was a pants mission. Who loves trying on pants? By the way, totally off topic: what is with all the maternity-inspired elastic banded skinny jeans? Is this going to be a new fall thing? They remind me of slip-ons for toddlers who still wear diapers.

Even though my bones feel melted and my arm is like, going to fall off at the elbow any minute now because I had been using it as a hanger rack all afternoon (denim is really, really heavy), I just needed to ~~hyperventilate~~ talk about two very important things: Chris Weitz and tomorrow's VMAs.

First, everyone, and I do mean everyone, has got to have seen the NEW New Moon trailer by now. I hesitated for about 3 seconds when I saw the link, but then clicked anyway. So much for my New Moon restraint. I had no idea they were screening it before Sorority Row (a movie I am guessing would have made $2 at the box office otherwise) but when I got onto Twitter last night, that was the buzz I missed. Courtesy of @myRobPattinson:

Let's just say all sorts of keywords involving the Baby Jesus, Lord Almighty and all things that are holy came whirring in my mind, and I don't know where that even came from because they aren't common religious phrases in my household.

This trailer is unbelievably unbelievable x 10 to the infinity. I didn't do so hot in AP Calculus back in high school, so let's just say that's a lot of unbelievableness.

As a 23-, soon to be 24-, year-old, I can say I'm not a crazy fan girl, but seriously, I have not been so excited for a movie to come out since...~~Spice World~~ never.

I mean, I get totally excited when I see great trailers for random movies when I go to the theaters, but this is not only a great freaking trailer, it's also a movie that every existing part of me is dying to see. Who edited this trailer? The editing is amazing. Ever since I saw The Holiday and Cameron Diaz's character is a "movie trailer editor" I've wondered if that was a real job. Well, whoever you are, you are ah-ma-zing.

Keeping in mind I'm not crazy or fanatical, and honestly if I ever ran into a celebrity I admired I'd most likely be too shy to approach them (you don't just approach strangers you know), I was really compelled to write Chris Weitz a letter just to say, well, I don't know exactly. I think you did a really great job? I cannot wait to see New Moon and I already have my tickets? Please consider making Breaking Dawn? All of that doesn't seem like...enough.

How do you put into words to tell the person responsible for the two minutes and seventeen seconds that is nothing short of art that his work changed your life (or at least turned around a very dull evening)?

And picture me, almost midnight, viewing the bootlegged New Moon trailer about five times in a row, and then google searching how to send Chris Weitz fan mail. This is one of those times when having a real life friend to hyperventilate with would have been useful--though I did immediately send the link to one of my friends who is in med school now and just finished reading New Moon.

Every single time the NM trailers black out to FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER I get chills. Everything about it is unadulterated perfection. I thought that nothing could top the first trailer back in June, but then the extended trailer that debuted at Band Slam made my heart palpitate near cardiac arrest mode and I thought I needed to step out of the theater and calm myself down, but this was just.............(there are no words).

Besides Twilight, I love movies that are really epic and sweeping and lush, just downright elaborate and intricate. Movies that give you a real experience, that transport you for 122 minutes into their world. Like Australia, Atonement, really just any fanciful period piece.

If I had no idea what this Twilight business was about, I would be absolutely sold by this new trailer and want to see this come November 20th. I actually went to see The Golden Compass when it was in theaters for those very reasons mentioned above, and now I completely see why they chose Chris Weitz to do New Moon. Twilight is Twilight and I would never change it, but this is just a whole different vision entirely compared to the first installment.

I'm an easy critic. When I love something, I love it wholeheartededly and judge with a biased eye. It's like what my art teacher once said to me (she was a fun gossip for an over-65 lady who somehow still looked like Nicole Kidman), "When you love someone you love everything about them, even their dirty fingernails. When you hate someone, you hate everything about them, even their dirty fingernails." So even though I've already read criticisms about Kristen's bed screaming (okay, the remarks are pretty funny), the acting being sub-par (really?), I have no complaints at all. I'm loving all of New Moon and its hypothetical dirty fingernails.

Bestie was unavailable since she was still coming back from the city during my New Moon trailer revelation, but regardless I urgently sent her an e-mail: "SIR ARE U UP?!" She texted me by phone at half past 1 AM: "Im up!" I bet she thought this was a serious emergency because I tend to cause scares. For the record, never text one of your bestest friends with "911!" at 3 AM while you're both away at separate colleges and you just want her advice on a guy. Bestie thought it was serious like I was being raped because we watch too much Law & Order SVU.

So I crawl out of bed, turn my laptop back on and send her the link with the message: "DEAR ME---WATCH THIS. TELL ME YOU DONT DROP DEAD."

Bestie responds after minutes (love our Caps?): "OH MY FREAKING GOODNESS TAYLOR LAUTNER RESCUE MEEEEEE AND WHAT THIS MOVIE JUST GOT 100 TIMES FREAKIN BETTER WITH ALL THIS NEWFOUND ACTION I SWEAR THE NEW MOON BOOK BORE ME TO TEARS BUT THIS MOVIE IT"S SOMETHING ELSE!!!!"

That summed up my thoughts exactly. It's obvious the whole love triangle is what gets us going (Team Edward here), but what I wasn't expecting was being excited over the ACTION. I thought New Moon was my least favorite installment out of the bunch, and mostly because I thought the action written into the story was lame. Motorcycle crashes? Ocean Dives? The Volturi? These all seemed to me like they were extraneous events to the fact this ultimately is a love story, albeit an arduous and painfull love story. I'll tell the truth, I sometimes skimmed over those bits to get to more Edward. Now I'm rethinking that I need to reread.

Now I could get all college-y analytic-y and break down every point: Bella's hand brushing Edward's image into oblivion as she gets pulled out of the water by Jacob; the dark, truly sinister, intro with the Volturi; Alice looking cute and very Thelma and Louise in her Porsche even though the top isn't even down; EDWARD. SHIRT. REMOVAL.

But the thing that got me the most was Jane. Dakota. Jane. That girl is fierce and the ending was just literally the sugar sprinkles on the already decadent cupcake of a trailer.

My weekend of all weekends continues tomorrow, when I'm off with Bestie to the VMAs to see other Taylor at her dress rehearsal at noon.

Then we head to the red carpet for the Pre-show, and hopefully I will spot our lovelies! I'm loving the fact Ashley is going to be the red carpet fashion correspondant. I'd like to think I'd be guaranteed to see her but you never know. Kellan's in town for fashion week, I hope that he and his gorgeous brunette-ness also surprise us. I'm working on this camera situation. It could all go very well with tons of pictures or be a total crapshoot, so I'll just have to fill you in after the fact. I bet everyone will be all a-Twitter and busy with updates as a fresh batch of frenzy hits us, so you won't be missing out no matter wear you are.

I have my outfit finalized for tomorrow, hair will be done, and accessories are chosen. Sparkle. I'd take pictures to show, but no one except my mother cares what I'm wearing.

Tags: Ashley, Chris Weitz, Kellan, Kristen, New Moon, Rob, Taylor, VMAs, reaction, trailer

Comment by Lashawn on September 12, 2009 at 8:26pm: Good luck tomorrow! That sounds so exciting! Post an update and show us pictures! =)

Comment by sparkletwilight on September 12, 2009 at 8:31pm: Thank ya! I'm really hoping I get the goodies but it might end up being just too chaotic for pictures. I can imagine being elbowed out of the way by more rabid fans when they walk by, if they walk by me lol

Comment by Jenifer Petrescu on September 12, 2009 at 9:03pm: While reading this it said EVERYTHING I think and feel about this movie now, however I was not always this excited about Twilight.

I resisted the Twilight phenom for a long time from friends who encouraged me to read the books (I had not even seen Twilight until about 1 month ago). My excuse was that I was just not into the whole vampire thing and I didn't want to get involved in just another teenage movie. She insisted it was not like that and gave me the first two books for a flight to Europe and I read both books in 10 hours. The entire time I was on the plane or in an airport making connections I was reading these books. I was hooked. It was like stepping out of reality but with elements I was about to relate to within the stories.

I am definitely all about Edward's character and I found myself very impatient in New Moon to find out what was going to happen with Edward. I have to admit that I had to flip to the end to make sure he was coming back--if he didn't I was done with the series! Now after reading all of them and watching the movie and how Rob bring Edward to life--a new level of excitement was reached. The new trailer has escalated that excitement.

Anyway, thank you for writing this because its nice to know other people feel the same way. :)

Comment by Rayodeluna on September 12, 2009 at 9:19pm: I think he did an amazing job with New Moon! The changes were minimum and he stick to true to the books closely! I want him to direct Breaking Dawn!!! In the meantime, have a good time tomorrow and enjoy for those who couldn't go! haha

Comment by sparkletwilight on September 12, 2009 at 9:23pm: Jenifer I'm so glad you got into Twilight! Isn't it so much more than "a vampire thing"? That's what my friend thought too, and I JUST got her to read the book. She was so resistant that when she finally agreed I was so excited that I mailed her my own copy that day. She's now in the middle of the Twilight and I was so pleased when she sent me an email recently that said it isn't at all like she expected. She hasn't seen the movie yet! She's on the west coast, I'm on the east, I don't know how but I told her she owed it to me to let me be the one to watch it with her for her first time!

Comment by Purpleg8r on September 12, 2009 at 9:27pm: Is that Chris with Nessie?

I'm with you on New Moon, the book. I love that Chris and Melissa were able to envision this as more of an action/love triangle thriller instead of just Bella's 6 months of angst.

And I want to see what you're wearing to the VMAs. When I live vicariously, I live vicariously down to the dirty fingernails. LOL. Have a great time and I wish you the best of luck in getting some A-MA-ZING pictures.

Comment by Dani on September 12, 2009 at 9:49pm: Twilight is LITERARY CRACK!

Comment by Jenifer Petrescu on September 12, 2009 at 10:09pm: I have done the same thing since reading Twilight. It is so much more than a vampire thing. I have gotten 4 of my friends who are all older than I am (26) to start reading them and once they started they were unable to put them down. Last week I held a Twi-Night for all of them so they could watch the movie for the first time ( I could not part with my copy of the movie to loan it to them...lol). I love watching the reactions of people seeing the books being put onto the screen for the first time. Kristen, Rob, and the entire cast really make the books come to life in an amazing way. New Moon looks to be amazing. I hope that Eclipse will live up to my expectations because that is my favorite book.

Comment by imaGINAtion on September 13, 2009 at 12:07am: Here Goes: Uhh, I'm PRETTY SURE I have most of you beat up above...As I read & enjoy all of your comments all the time, something has possessed me to just go ahead and unleash my thoughts too!...First of all, I am no longer ashamed to admit that I am considered a young "Twi~mom" (I am "39 and holding!" and have 1 son who is not much younger than this cast!!) However, when I think of Edward I see the older man in him, if that makes sense, all in all I do think Rob is very handsome in person, but it truely was the century old Edward that I fell in love with (After of course he decided not to ravagely kill Bella!) You see on the screen & read in the books how he just cherishes her and it totally reels you right in!!! Anyways, I too watched every night last year around this time all the entertainment t.v. shows promoting Twilight and (wait, gasp here!) I would turn the channel for some weird reason, I didn't want to be bothered with it!! I didn't give it a chance back then, but boy am I sure glad that I finally hopped on the Twi-bandwagon!! It took me awhile, actually after hearing my young adult college nieces gush over it and then afterwards they were not able to fully explain it, they just said I would need to absorb myself into it...like my sister (age 43) did! She would give me tidbits and then when the dvd finally came out in March(?) of course they bought it and I watched it w/ my sis' and nieces for the first time, and sure enough, let the rest of the story be told, I was hooked! line and Twi-sinker!!! From that point on I borrowed their books (the 4 hardbacks) and went to town reading non-stop,
psychotically! Every day, Every night, Gosh! - I even took my book of choice at that time to dr. appt.'s where the office girls there had already beat me to the punch and finished the saga! I would even read at the post office after having grabbed a numbered ticket and waiting for 30+ minutes patiently before being helped, shoot I didn't mind! - out came the book and on I read! Others had recognized the covers and would smile or I had strangers ask if the books were any good, in which of course I replied, "Heck yeah they're Great!" So, Ok-
LOVED Twilight! Finished the book in 2 1/2 days, and I know people might disagree with me here but in this case I personally was Sooo happy that I had seen the movie first because I was able to put their beautiful faces with all the characters in the book, I could see the meadow and Forks high school, etc. and Charlie!
It was all awesome! ( Stephenie's a genius! :D ) After reading New Moon which I thought was just awesome, I
too wanted more but decided to go online and squeeze in Midnight Sun and sure enough I was enthralled with Edward's version/vision/thoughts!! It was a perfect match to Bella's narrating of Twilight...plus I laughed a lot with his narrating! Too bad we couldn't have more than the 263 pages that we were so privledged to have been able to read thus far (thanx again Stephenie!). Then, right after I dove right into Eclipse which I thought was so well written and so informative, alot of history there on top of the excellent storyline, I found it weird that this was the least of many's favorite books but, Whatever, I didn't have a least favorite! They all kept getting better and better and I thought it led to a perfect breathtaking last book. Yes, I am partial to Breaking Dawn, who in their right mind wasn't while reading it, HELLOOOO?!!! My lord I can only imagine what that director will make that movie into, Whoa! can't wait 4 it either! So to sum this up (Sorry so long!) I'm so proud to be a Twifan, I often make fun comments, hey it keeps me youngER at heart! and it's like I've adopted all of you girls since
I never had a daughter of my own, Oh & my nieces are pretty cool too! ~Luv them! I always send them the links to this website and they are grateful when they don't have the chance with their busy schedules and all
to get online. Yes, my son thinks we're all Twilight "nuts" but it's all good, I hang strong with my sister and my
nieces on this Phenom! Couldn't have come at a better time in my life when I had time of my own to focus on it. There's just those days where you want to get out of the reality of the rat race and go into fantasy-world,
and, and boy is the Twilight Saga the cure!!! There is a little relation of reality when it comes to the actual Bella & Edward love story, All the rest of the fiction is just the added Bonus!

I Consider myself a cool hip mom and prefer to jump on the TWIFANS website daily to keep my "Fix" going til' 11-20-09 and to keep up on breaking news stories you guys post! Call me an older Twilight nerd or whatever name but I don't feel bad anymore, it brought me back to reading novels again and I am so grateful for that, and also that I could begin with the wonderful Stephenie Meyer Bestsellers! (-A little change up tho, I am just beginning to read The Notebook now, been wanting to for a long time so hope its good! -Anyone read it???)

So thank you SPARKLETWILIGHT for putting up this blog...I hope you have a total blast tomorrow night, You lucky dog, HOW EXCITING TO BE THERE LIVE!!! Yes, I agree Chris Weitz is a mastermind as well, The CGI so far is so much more than I hoped for, the Volterra scenes are b******' (Yes, I am italian also!) Jane and the Volturi Boys are fascinating to watch I just stare over and over, its THAT good! and congrats to Ashley working the fashion carpet @ the VMA's, - Yay! Love her, everyone should have an "Alice" as a friend! I Hope you get to meet any of the talented cast members, then of course come back and share your stories with us! Please fill us in ASAP!! ~THANX!!!!~

Gina ("mama gina")
Huntington Beach, Ca.

P.S. ~ Yes, you know I will be trying my damndest to weasle my way and be there for the premiere screening on Nov.16 in Westwood, Ca.! They may not be back next year for EC or even BD in '11, so this might be my only chance!!!

Comment by Hayley Pattinson (: on September 13, 2009 at 2:36am: that was alot to read lol, i didnt even read it.. but it wont let me watch the video :(