So I have seen the article asking if the movie would live up to the book?, and it got me thinking. Firstly movies rarely live up to the books they are based on. Mostly because at the end of the day your imagination is always going to be different from the directors, even from the writers (I know that the guy that Stephenie Meyer based Edward on, Henry Cavill, is totally not who I had picture). When you read a book its all there, in your head. But also they can't include everything in the movie and everyone has their favourite parts in the book so someone is always going to be disappointed. But I do think the movie will be a good one.
And then that got me to thinking....
Does it really matter if the movie lives up to the book?
I don't think it does and here's why: Personally as a Twilight Saga fan I really want to see all the books made into movies. As long as they aren't tripe I don't really care if there are a few moments left out or a few extra moments put in (and its not going to be tripe because there is enough eye candy to fill a confectionery shop, for both sexes, and all the cast are really very good actors). As long as the general story is...
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