Twilight "A Blood Sucking Love Story"

Twilight is not only sweeping the nation but sweeping Vanguard School. Seventy-two students and several staff members endured two hours and one minute of the latest fad on opening day on Friday, November 21. Students earned their ticket to the show by each finishing a book and doing a book talk with a staff member.


The movie Twilight is the new teen craze this year. Based on the book Twilight written by Stephanie Meyer it is a modern day love story with a twist:

a young human girl risks everything to be with her vampire boyfriend Edward.

The series of four books has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. The movie generated an estimated 70.5 million dollars for its opening weekend, according to imdb.com.

With all this buzz about how extraordinary the movie is, some people think otherwise. Becky Leffelman, a Vanguard student, said, “The way the director portrayed the movie was nothing like the book and the acting was horrible!”

To add on Kelby Pruchnick, a fellow Vanguard student, said, “I read all four books. I think the movie was a real big disappointment.”

Ms. O'Neill, a teacher at Vanguard, read two of the books in the series and was also disappointed. "I thought it was real funny. Like really bad funny. Kinda like Leprechaun."

Many say the book is always better than the movie. Contrary to this belief, some people disagree. Chris Carter said, “I liked the movie so much better than the book.”

The majority of students that didn’t read the book really seemed to enjoy the movie. Sarah Jackson said, “The movie was “fabtabulous.”

To add on Thomas Vamvakos said, “ The character Alice is hot and it had a good storyline.”

Some students liked the movie so much they actually want to read the book. Izzy Pasillas said, “The movie was great, I can’t wait to read the book.”

I think that a lot of people that read the book (including myself) had too high of expectations. A wise person once told me that when you read a book and then go see the movie, you have to go in with an open mind. Go see Twilight in theaters now and see what you decide.

By: Jaclyn Cimarusti

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