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.
