If you want to go see the Twilight movie this weekend, you'd better act fast. My boss and I are planning to go to grab dinner after work on Friday and then go see the movie. She said something about getting tickets today, and I scoffed. Turns out there are showings already sold out! It's a good thing she's a planner, or we'd have been out of luck. Now we're just trying to figure out how early we have to get there so we can get seats together. And taking bets about whether or not people will show up in costumes. Although really, the characters in the book dress like normal people, so I'm not sure what costumes you could wear. Perhaps there will be fangs. Or Team Edward and Team Jacob t-shirts. And no, if you are wondering, I don't have one of those.
Then on the radio driving home tonight they were talking about the movie coming out and how it is the fanatical pre-teen girls that could lead the movie to the top of the box office. The guy called it High School Ventricle. What. ever. I know lots of people my age who love those books. I bet my boss and I won't be the only 37 year olds in the theater. And I suspect that Quantum of Solace will drop off from this past weekend (we saw it. It was ok. Better than some Bond movies, but not nearly as good as Casino Royale was) so it is conceivable that Twilight could do very well. They've got my money already, so they are off to a good start, right?
You won't be the only ones. I'm 33 and planning on going to see the movie this weekend. Damn...those books kept me up way past my bedtime on several occasions! I can't wait!
I'm really curious to see if people think Twilight lives up to the hype.