Favorites for the summer...

MOVIES...
"Eclipse" comes out tonight... I am going to a midnight screening with my sister in Calgary. Should be fun. I can't wait to line up with people that are mostly the age of my students. I don't care... I will stand up with pride and say, "Yes I am not a teenager... and yes I love the Twilight series!" Actually I probably wont say that... well only if my sister encourages me!

I went... I watched... I loved the movie "Eclipse". I don't want to give away anything or create any spoilers... but it is now my absolute favorite movie of the three Twilight sagas...  Best action and dialogue. Yes, my husband still wants to throw up every time I mention it... but to all Twilight fans - young and old(er)... you will love it.

Oh by the way, the wait in line was interesting... Yes, it was as suspected, my sister and I and a handfull of adults... standing amoungst many, many, many excited tweens, teens and twenty somethings...
There were many true fans... the t-shirt wearing, cullen look a likes and those with their copies of Eclipse in hand. I really felt unprepared showing up to stand in line with my coffee and my sister's blanket. Yes those fans were true fans... all willing to sit, stand and read while standing in line. Waiting... Some waited for 12 hours - yes 12 hours to get in to the 12 am performance. I waited for 2 hours... yes I did question my sanity a few times while standing in line... but we bought the tickets and there was no backing out...

And regardless of what some may say...  I still don't care... I loved it! I think seeing it in a theatre with hundreds of other fans really helped to add to the excitement. I had to chuckle a few times when members of the audience clapped over a few scenes or when a random person in the audience yelped, "YES" when Edward asked Bella a certain question... (you know the question if you are a true fan!) Not to mention the super hilarious young guy sitting next to my sister and I, who kept squirming and leaning forward to listen more carefully to Bella's dialogue with Jacob and Edward. There were a few times my sister wanted to clobber the girl sitting next to her that kept giggling and jumping up and down in her seat everytime something exciting happened... apparently it didn't take much for her to get excited...

Anyways... overall the action was better (better cinematography), the dialogue was funnier, and the hair was better. Jasper's hair is way better than in New Moon... and really that sums up the hair issue... for anyone who happens to also get annoyed by bad wigs and predictable sucky dialogue.... If you hate Twilight, like my husband, you are probably thinking, "Isn't that the whole movie?? All the movies?? All the books?? Isn't everything predictable and overly sappy?? Maybe... but I still like them... (Sigh)

Other movies to recommend so far for this summer
RENTERS...

"Slum Dog Millionaire" - Watch it with your parents... some scenes pretty shocking - but not over the top. Good movie for teens and adults... very real.

 If you have any to recommend, then send me an e-mail.... yes I know you are on holidays. As you can see, so am I!




BOOKS...
Uglies, Pretties, Specials... teen fiction. Highly recommended by a couple of my students. Very good books, interesting social messages, sci fi... I would recommend for teens.

Hunger Games, Catching Fire and in August... the next book comes out!!! I absolutely love this series! It's great for teens or adults.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - a novella by Stephenie Meyer

MUSIC
"I Don't Want to Know" - David Myles... A little "folkie" but I like it...