A Cinematic Lunar Event (Twitter-Style)

There have been two major lunar events this month - an eclipse of the moon, which I missed since it happened around 4 AM some days ago, and "Eclipse" the movie, also known as "Eclipse: the Twilight Saga - Yes, This Has Become a Cultural Icon and Will Be Seen Repeatedly and Adored by Millions Regardless of Actual Quality (Fortunately, It's Pretty Good, Relatively Speaking)". I did make it to the movie, thanks to a friend of mine (yay, Amanda!) who offered me a couple of tickets. I invited another friend (yay, Tara!) to come along, and here I document the event as a Twitter feed (since I don't have one).

11:30 PM: Almost ready - leaving for the movie. Updated Facebook status.

11:38 PM: Did not expect this many people. Stupid, I guess. Parking lot is packed - must be more showings of the midnight movie than I thought.

11:40 PM: Going in to meet up with Tara and Amanda. 95% of the people milling around (and there are TONS) are girls. Conversely, beginning to feel a little silly in my "I Kissed a Vampire and I Liked It" t-shirt. Not enough irony?

11:41 PM: Found Amanda and her sister. Got tickets. Found Tara. Tara's "Team Jacob Taylor Lautner" shirt makes me feel better.

11:50 PM: In huge line for concessions. Choosing favorite fan shirts out of crowd: "A-Team" (um, OK). Cardboard cutout of Edward sticking up the back of girl's shirt (awkward). Full-on Napoleon Dynamite; hair, glasses, moon boots, "Vote for Pedro" - excellent execution. Ironic eyebrow for timing. Embroidered "Team Alice" - that's one committed guy!

12:00 AM: As far as I can tell, all eight theaters at this end of the complex are showing "Eclipse". If the entire building is full... whoa.

12:10 AM: In seats, front row of middle section. Nice, Amanda! Only a few previews - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". Harry looks so grown up!

Movie moments (POSSIBLE SPOILERS - SORTA, MAYBE):

- Edward to Bella, re: Jacob - "Doesn't he own a shirt?"

- Jake (shirtless, natch) to Edward - "Face it, I'm hotter than you."

- Bella and Charlie, conversation re: marriage - Bella: "Why didn't you ever get married again? You know, after Mom?" Charlie: "Um, well, I guess I never met the right woman." Me: *raises hand* Tara and Amanda: "Bwahahaaaa!"

- Seriously, I want a "Team Charlie" shirt.

- The tent scene with Jake and Edward talking and Bella pretending to sleep is pretty awesome - and I can totally envision the J/E bromance. They really are cute together. When they're not trying to kill each other. (Lame.)

- Evidently, once Jasper got lines he (or the screenwriter) realized he should have a Southern accent. Listen to it magically arrive!

- Esme gets waaaay fierce and intense in this one. She's super-scary. She's also this film's Jasper, as she has practically no lines.

- This is an incredibly kissy movie. Even I started to feel a little awkward. You could maybe almost get drunk if you chugged something every time somebody kissed somebody else.

- Watch the credits - Seth's (who is adorable, BTW) real name is "Booboo Stewart". No joke.

- I will be owning the soundtrack shortly.

(END POSSIBLE SPOILERS.)

2:35 AM: We waited for an "extra" scene where Jake gets the wedding announcement. Nothing doing.

2:40 AM: Heading to car.

2:55 AM: Still waiting in parking lot in car. Feels longer than the movie. (Honestly, pretty good pacing in this one!)

2:58 AM: I wish I'd brought a book. Always bring a book!

3:05 AM: On my way home. Pretty sure I'll see this one again - maybe marathon the first two to make the third look even better.

Good times, fun show - Riley was HOT, yay for the big fight, boo for the shaky-cam; Taylor's getting better every movie, there were moments when I finally bought R.Pattz as Edward (who knew!) and K.Stew was pretty much the same.

Charlie - he was AWESOME. Could I get a (fake) documentary on the Forks PD, please? Thanks.