20 Minutes in Heaven!

I'm apologizing now for the overabundance of exclamation points and poor writing in this post. I just kind of spewed all this out onto the keyboard so that it would finally get written and put out there and I'm leaving to go back to Hollywood in 3 hrs and don't have time to make it better. It's still good stuff....



Most of you don't know but Kirsten and I and our TM friends Sarah and Mary got tickets to the MTV spoilers show. We thought we were only going to see Catherine, Rob and Kristen and do a little Q&A with them plus see a never-before-seen clip from the movie. Here's how it all played out, including details from the clips we saw.

So when we got there and waited in line for about 4 hours or so, there were rumors flying around that we might be watching the whole movie or it was a 20 minute clip. Then we were told that there were 2 actors plus Catherine coming and we were hoping that it would still be Rob and Kristen. They kept telling us we couldn't bring purses or phones or cameras into the theater. So we thought this must be major big.....



We had to stand in line down the street and around the corner behind a big building mostly so they could control us and we wouldn't be standing out by a busy street and cause too much attention to the theater, I guess. They gave us our badges and we got marched down the street to the theater where there were lots of big lights and a red carpet, plus "MTV Twilight Screening" up on the theater's "Now playing" sign.



We got into our seats and we were not too far from the front and right in the center. Then we got up to get our free popcorn and soda! Yee haw!

We could see Rob from behind a black curtain off to the side of the stage so people were starting to freak out! Then the announcer dude said, "We have a little surprise for you. Please welcome the entire cast of Twilight!" And so we went wild and out walked Peter, Jackson, Ashley, Kellan, Rob, Kristen, Catherine, Nikki, Taylor and Edi! We could hardly contain ourselves!!!





So Rob and Kristen went to the front to introduce the clip and every time he ran his fingers through his hair or said, "Um" the crowd went wild and he couldn't say what he wanted to so he finally said " Alright, SHUT UP!" really loud ad playfully so we all laughed and calmed down after that. hahah! So then he and Kristen introduced the clip and they all walked off the stage.





WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW!!!!

Blackness

Summit Logo

Blackness again ( I got so excited thinking this is what it would be like to see the actual movie at 12:01 AM on the 21st!)

Then we see Bella in the cafeteria sitting at a table with Jessica and Angela. The camera pans up to the cafeteria door and in slow motion, in walks Edward Cullen! OME!!! He's gorgeous!!! He walks by Bella's table and can hear Jessica's thoughts (either that or he can overhear what she is saying about him and his family) and he just gives this perfect, crooked grin and a slight chuckle. Then after he is seated, he notices Bella turning and looking at him and he stares at her and then tilts his head as if to listen and probe her mind. Of course he can't hear her so he gets a furrowed brow and stares her down all the while she keeps looking away and then turning back to see if he's still staring at her. Meanwhile, the rest of the Cullens pretend to munch on lunch.

*fade to black*

The next scene we saw was an extended version of the parking lot scene with Tyler's van crash. There is soooo much more than you see in the trailers and tv spots!!! It starts off as Bella is walking toward her truck. She puts her things down on the hood and turns around to see Edward staring at her from across the parking lot. They have one good, long stare at each other. All the while Alice and Jasper keep looking over to Edward to see what he will do. A car pulls out of it's parking spot without seeing Tyler's van coming behind them. Tyler's van swerves to miss it and we actually see a clip of Tyler in the van struggling to get the car corrected again. Then of course, Edward gets there in the nick of time just like in the clips we've seen already. The van hits the back of Bella's truck too. In the actual scene, Edward pushes the van back a little after he stops it with his hand and there is lots of crunching of glass and creaking of metal. It's very raw and gritty and you feel as if you are right there in the thick of the crash with them. Then Edward lets go of Bella and hops over the truck just as we've seen before.

*fade to black*

The next scene is the Port Angeles scene. Bella is getting pushed around by some drunk high school/college age boys in a back alley. They are right in her face and encircling her and the camera angle is such that we feel we are right there getting pushed around with Bella. Then we see headlights as the Volvo comes around a bend and pulls right up to the gang of boys with a halting screech. Edward gets out of the car and says intensely to Bella, "Get in the car!" She does as he commands and he walks up to the boys and just gives them this really, freaky, intense stare. They all look like they are about to wet themselves! It was great! So they start to back off. Then he gets back in the car, revs the engine and drives straight almost running into them. That's when he backs up and peels out like a bat out of you-know-what. The clip ended with a shot of he and Bella in the car together and he looks like he wants to tear their heads off!

*fades to black*

Next is the apple scene in the cafeteria I think most of us have seen by now. If not, you can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha35fD8Ky-A It was complete with the little clips of him climbing up the tree and pulling another tree out of the ground though I believe it won't be that way in the actual movie. This was just for promotional purposes.

*fades to black*

Next is the scene in the forest from all the trailers. It starts out with Bella standing alone in the clearing and Edward walking slowly and steadily up behind her. The tension in the air as you view the whole scene is so thick you could cut it with a knife!!! She is giving the whole spiel about him being "impossibly fast, and strong" his "eyes changing color" and noticing he doesn't eat. Then he says "say it, out loud. Say it!" and she finally says "vampire" but with the music and the sounds of the forest and their breath hanging in the air it is just soooo intense! Much more than the trailers. Then he asks her if she's afraid and she turns around very slowly and says "no" but you can tell that she is scared still. Then he takes off running through the forest with her on his back.

*fades to black*

The next scene was hilarious! Bella is talking to Charlie about Edward. They are sitting around the kitchen table and Charlie is cleaning his guns. He has his rifle barrel cocked open. He states that she told him she didn't like any boys in town and she rebuffs that by saying "Edward doesn't live in town". Then she says he is about to come over and pick her up for a date, we hear a knock on the door and then Charlie quickly jerks the rifle and snaps it shut again and says, "Let him in", while trying to seem calm and cool. Everyone in the audience was laughing so hard!

Edward comes in and Bella introduces them. He tells Charlie that they are going to play baseball with his family and that he will have her home on time.

*fades to black*

The next scene was the 8 minutes Summit showed in Rome. You can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrxFbhDfmOQ I have to say that seeing it without the screaming and with a clear screen and sound is QUITE different! There was so much I didn't catch the first 50 times I watched the YouTube version. When Bella comes in Emmett waves at her with a knife. LOL! That's why everyone in the audience is laughing at that part, not because of what Edward says. (Sorry, maybe I'm slow) Also, when Edward flies out the window with Bella and says, "You better hold on tight spider monkey" it is a different take than the one we've seen before on the behind-the-scenes shot and when he says it in the movie it is sooooooo much sexier! OME!! But you can't hear this from the YouTube video because of the screaming.


*fades to black*

Then.....

....then....OMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Next was the kissing scene. HOLY SCHNIKIES!! No one could breathe in the theater! You could tell everyone was holding their breath through the entire scene!!!

This is where Rob got Edward from Midnight Sun soooooo complete and perfectly.

They are in Bella's room. It looks as though she is sitting on the bed and he is sitting on the edge of the bed. It's all close-up shots. Very intimate. She asks him, "How often do you do this?" (meaning watch her sleep) He answers, "All the time" and then she says something like, "every night?" and he says, "Yes, for the past few months". She is shocked. He says, "I love watching you. You're interesting when you sleep." She just laughs. Then he says, "I just want to try one thing."

It's just them face to face. He says, "Close your eyes and hold very still."

She does.

Then he comes in a little closer and says, "Don't move" and she, with eyes closed still, just nods. Here you can see the total fight that is going on within him. He is also speaking in such a hushed, husky voice here I was about to turn to a puddle of goo on the floor! There is so much more than we see in the trailer!! Aaaaaah! He lingers there for what seems like at least 30 seconds just trying to get a hold on himself and not bite her. It is so intense and you can hear them breathing hard and then we finally see the part in the trailer where he goes in and then backs up a little and she captures his lips in the kiss. We only got to see the actual kiss for about 5 seconds before the scene changed so we didn't get to see the whole thing, BUT OME!! The stuff leading up to a kiss is the best part! Everyone let out a collective exhale at the end of the scene. It was just so intense and amazing!

I swear to you now it WILL get hottest kiss at the MTV movie awards next year and somehow it will go down as the best movie kiss of all time....ever.....in the world. Is there an award for that yet?

*fades to black*

Last was the fight scene and it was pretty much everything we had already seen previously from Comic Con and trailers but the one thing I remember that we different was that we got to hear Bella's screams after James bites her and I was almost in pain myself listening to them. Eek!

At first I was skeptical knowing that Catherine said she would shoot the film documentary style. I didn't want the camera to be too shaky and feel like a roller coaster ride. It didn't feel like this at all, though. The style they chose works so well for this movie! You feel as if you are right there with them in every scene. There are many close-up shots (to the collective sigh of every fangirl out there) You can almost feel their breath (or lack of) on your face. It just feels raw and so real. It is like reading the books but with surround sound!

I have always had my mind set on going into the movie psyching myself out into thinking that this is not going to be the same as the books so I won't be disappointed. I kept telling myself that this would just be a different version of the book and while that may still be the case, this version is far and well above my wildest expectations! The things they add only give it more humor and intensity. Robert totally becomes Edward, completely and without one doubt! He captures him so brilliantly that anyone going into this movie who still isn't sold on him as Edward will dream about him as Edward after they see it! Catherine was right, they totally capture the feeling of reading Twilight and coming out of it, you won't remember which lines are from the book and which lines were from the movie. They are one and the same to me now.


The movie isn't just going to be a decent version of the book....It is going to blow us all away!


Then there was a Q&A session with Catherine Hardwicke and some of the cast, including Ashley Greene (Alice) and Jackson Rathbone (Jasper). At one point everyone was chanting "kiss, kiss, kiss" to Ashley and Jackson and so they did. They are so cute and lovey in public. Jackson always is calling her "his wife".



You can see footage from the Q&A session here

And after the show we went around the building to see if some of the actors were hanging out there and they were! Ashley, Jackson and Taylor. Taylor was signing peoples passes. He was being such a good sport. Kirsten and I were waiting behind the crowds and didn't want to add to the madness but I did have Jackson and Ashley walk right by me. OME! Ashley is so beautiful she is STUNNING! Her skin is like peaches and cream and tan and she had the cutest dress and clutch and really high heels. Like she is so beautiful you just want to reach out and touch her to make sure she's real!





Then Jackson walked by and I looked at him and he turned to look at me and whoever else was standing by me and he looked straight at me and smiled this really wide smile and OMJasper! His eyes totally bore holes into mine! It's like he's looking straight into your soul or something! I was totally taken off guard. It was sorta freaky.......

Then they all got whisked away in their black cars and tinted windows.....*sigh*


What a night!



This weekend I'm off to be the TwilightMOMs representative on a podcast panel called Twilight Live. It will be at the Borders in Westwood, CA this weekend. I am part of a quick panel which consists of various representatives from some of the major Twilight fan sites. Then there will be a panel of some of the actors from the movie, namely Peter Facinelli (Carlisle), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper) and Michael Welsh (Mike Newton) and we are going to be discussing the movie with them. Here's to praying I'm not a total dweeb in front of Dr. Cullen. *gulp*

The night after is the official movie premier of Twilight and my good friend and fellow TM, Georgia (photographer extraordinaire!) will be covering the red carpet for TwilightMOMs. I just know she is going to get some great interviews and photos of the cast! Later that evening, Kirsten, Georgia and I have been invited to the official TwiCon (next year's Twilight Convention) after-party. I am totally stoked and will report with the awesomeness we encounter when I get back. =)

Toodles!