Twilight may be the worst movie I've seen this year...

Warning: There will be points made about the movie, so it may contain spoilers.

So no one told me that the movie Twilight was bad. They said it was cheesy, but good. I had person after person tell me that they liked it, etc. So I thought - well it can't be that bad, so James and I went and bought our tickets five minutes before the movie started, got awesome seats, and even had time to text my family to make sure Jack was still sleeping. The movie started and there were squeels of excitement from around the theater. The movie started.

That was about when the excitement left the room.

You know it's bad when Edward is introduced and everyone in the room laughs, not because it's a funny scene, but because of how awkward the movie gets. I think there was laughter for most of the movie after that, most of it from all the horrible acting, bad effects, and direction of the movie. When we left the theater the various groups of people started to talk about their reaction to the movie. I would have to agree with one sentiment we heard behind us as we got to our car.

"I've seen animated characters act better." and "I can't believe a movie could ever be that bad..."

Things I liked about the movie:

Bella was less annoying in this movie than the actress has ever been in any other movie I've seen. That's a good thing. (Though notice all the twitching and eye blinking and stuttering that the director didn't help her through...) I think with out her as the lead role the movie would have been a lot worse.
I LOVED Charlie. I thought he was cooler than he was in the book.
I liked Renee.
I liked Esme.
I thought the school kids all did a great job acting their parts.
Jacob was how I thought he would be. Nice, friendly, cute, and not a big part.
I thought Esme, Alice, and Emmett did a great job. They were hardly seen in the movie (excluding Alice), but they were fine. Esme and Alice were close to how I pictured them. Emmett looked different, but acted very true to the story. I thought they did a great job and am looking forward to seeing more from these actors.
Victoria was cooler than I expected. I thought she did a good job taunting and am looking forward to seeing more from her.
The rare moments when Edward smiles
All the Peter Parker moments I will take with me (Basically every scene Edward and Jasper were in)

Things that ruined the movie:

All the bad acting, mostly from Jasper and Edward Cullen.
How weird Edward was the entire movie.
The weird dancing thing the vampires do around the fire at the end. What the heck?
Mis-casting: Rosalie, Edward, and Carlisle for me.
The low budget effects. In this day and age if you know you are going to have to be doing a special effects movie (ie-perhaps a vampire movie?) you can't do a good job of it or give it full justice if you don't spend the money on it. The effects were horrible. I seriously felt embarrased. (Running up trees? The way they flew around? Baseball anyone? GAG!)
The editing/camera angles/lighting - everything.

I will say I came with low expectations and I'm glad I did. I went into it trying to think of it as a made-for-tv movie and it was still worse than any tv show I would ever spend time watching. People are still telling me they loved the movie - even my own sisters really liked it. I guess it comes down to the fact that I don't like spending $20 on low budget movies that waste my time and are basically sucking the life out of me. But that may just be me.

Final score? Two thumbs way down, though it was better than Eragon. So if you liked Eragon then this might be the movie for you.

Twilight: To go or Not To Go???

November 21st is a sad day in the Williams (and now Rognon) home... Why you may ask?

Harry Potter was supposed to open today in theaters, but was pushed back to July 2009.

So instead of watching this (Sigh)


We get this:


I don't know, I don't really feel quite the same anticipation...

Now don't get me wrong. I know there are very avid fans of the Twilight books and series, just like I am an avid fan of Harry Potter. I read and bought all the Twilight books, and I looked forward to the new books coming out, etc. However, I am not obsessed... probably because I already found myself a guy who I think is ten times (probably more like 1000 times) more hunky than Edward, so there really hasn't been a reason to swoon over the series because I think my own love story is cooler than there's anyways. (Sorry fan base...) I did think the whole vampire differences were intriguing, but the storylines left a lot to be desired. Okay, I am ranting. Needless to say - I like Twilight, I am just not in love with it.

For those of you who have read my blogs before you already know this - and also know that I have not thought very much of the movie trailers and behind the scenes action of the movie. The movie looks extra cheesy, which I can stomach - but it looks like they didn't do it on purpose. They chose a director who has been credited for some of the worst movies in Hollywood so I can't really put too much hope that she will miraculously make a 'masterpiece'. I'm hoping that for the 2nd movie they are talking about making the studio will realize their mistake and put someone better in for the directing role. Needless to say, it doesn't have my highest hopes of it being a great movie.

So I wasn't planning on watching it in the theaters.

My dear husband this morning asked me, though, if I wanted to see it with him tonight - and I find myself half tempted to go. Because I have such low expectations it might be better than I expect. And at least I will have a husband who has the same sense of humor as me who I will be able to laugh with at all the cheesy parts, and make faces with if I think it gets too much.

So all you friends who went to the midnight showing - is it worth it? Did you guys like the movie? What are your thoughts? It didn't get any Fs from the film critics, which is better than Catwoman right?

Christmas Present Idea...

I would highly recommend the book "His Needs Her Needs" by Willard Harley Jr. for all you married couples out there. I pretty much think it's the greatest! Check it out! I really think it can work miracles in a person's marriage. It has in mine. :)

It's Friday!

That means a weekend with my boys! Life is wonderful!

Disneyland... Here we come!

I am so excited! Because James is an amazing hard worker he was awarded a Disney Gift Card to use for tickets to Disneyland! How amazing is that?!

James and I were originally going to go in November when we were planning out our budget for vacations but we had car issues (after car issues) and needless to say we had put our disneyland plans on the back burner. So this was a really fun surprise for us and we are very excited!!!

And we've decided to make it a family trip. We looked up the requirements and there really are only 8 or so rides that Jack wouldn't be able to go with us on. So that's not much of a sacrifice at all. James hasn't been back for a really long time, so we're excited to have some childhood fun. Even though Jack won't remember it it will still be fun for us.

Some of our things we're excited to see for the first time:

A Nightmare Before Christmas Haunted Mansion

Pirates of the Carribean Ride: New and improved with Jack Sparrow and Barbosa

Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters

and more!!!

If anyone has any traveling tips or anything they remember being really fun let us know! We're in the 'planning' mode.

It's the little things...

I haven't been feeling so well this week and my dear husband has been so wonderful and understanding about making sure I am taken care of. I tried to do the same while he was sick this week, though he does a much better job.

Has anyone noticed how amazing something as simple as concern can really affect the way you feel and look at life? I am amazed at what a difference it has made personally in my life this past week and how much stronger I feel my relationship is with my husband because he has really made an effort to show me he cares for me by little acts of kindness and affection. Even though James and I have been sick literally all week... I fell in love with him all over again - every time he asked me how I was feeling, took my hand, brought me a treat home from work, volunteered to take Jack, sang to me so I could fall asleep, tried to put on a movie to side track me from my throbbing headache or wanting to throw up, carry Jack upstairs to put down for a nap because I was so exhausted... Even though I physically felt just as bad it made it a lot more bearable because I had someone there to share the journey with and share the load with, and I knew they wanted to be there to help.

It's amazing what an impact true affection can have on forging through murky waters and illness.

I've been thinking a lot about the blessings in my life as I've began to fast and pray this month and I can honestly say that I have never had a bigger blessing in my life than the gift God gave me when he brought my husband into my life.