TA TALKS BACK: BELLA AND EDWARD, FALLING IN LOVE
Was it too fast, you decide:
Some of my family members who haven’t read Twilight recently seen the movie. They all said that they liked it except for one thing. “Bella and Edward fall in love too fast.”I’ve heard this from other people too. People who have and have not read the books.
I really think they did all they could do in the 2 hours that they had. I know there was stuff in the book that we wish were in the movie. But I think the movie came out alright.
Now this whole Edward and Bella love thing:
I put the display on my DVD player on to see just how fast they do fall in love in the movie. And really it’s about an hour into the movie. I’m not sure how long it’s supposed to be in the movie though. A couple of weeks I think?All I know is it only took me and my boyfriend 1 week to know we loved each other so I do believe Edward and Bella could fall in love just as fast.
Haven’t we ever heard of love at first sight? Okay, so it’s more like love at first smell in Twilight but still I don’t think it matters how quick it happens. Some people just know when they find their missing piece.
Bella is Edward’s missing piece and he is hers.
Talk Back to us….what do you think?
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As far as the book is concerned, I don’t think it was too fast, simply because as you stated, they are each other’s missing pieces, and it was conveyed well in the book. The movie could have lost a few parts (the security guard and Waylon being killed) to add some of the other scenes or at least feelings from the book. The movie just did not portray the intensity of their feelings. Don’t get me wrong, I love the movie, I just wish their relationship (or the depth of it) was better relayed.
The bottom line, love doesn’t always need months or years to develop, no matter of your age… Love has to do more with your maturity than it does your age.
I read somewhere that SM didn’t want too much in the first film…romance wise. She wants a “build up” of their physical relationship…which is fine, it left me wanting MORE!! I saw the movie before I read the book and I totally understood that they were meant for each other.
Now I’m sooo curious to see if they do make Breaking Dawn, how will those scenese be played out??? An R-rated DVD version??? YES!!
I don’t think it was too fast, especially if you’ve read the books. My general feeling on falling in love is that the initial feelings do hit swiftly and can be very strong. Nothing wrong with falling in love quickly, as long as you keep your head in the game.
Bella & Edward’s love is not natural- it’s beyond nature, supernatural. It’s one of the supernatural elements of the plot as much as the vampires and werewolves are. I don’t think it’s possible for the movie to portray that in 120 minutes as convincingly as the book does in thousands of words. In both mediums though, the audience needs to suspend disbelief- about everything, including what they think they know about love- and just live in the story universe. This is fantasty, plain and simple.
I met my husband of 14 years when I was 18 and married him on August 13th when I was 20. I loved him the day I set eyes on him. Our love has only intensified over the years and I can totally relate to this story. He is my soulmate and it took me seconds to see it. It happens.
Well, I think the movie really showed them falling in love. It was that Edward couldn’t stay away from Bella because of her scent. I do think the movie was great. What helped me understand Edward’s feeling better was reading Midnight Sun. It showed me how he really felt about himself and about Bella. It’s really ashame that Stephenie never plans to comlete it. Reading the entire saga, Bella is really his soulmate. She is the only love he will ever have, their love is so strong it can withstand anything. Out of that love came their beautiful daughter Renesmee. Mysteriously said it pretty well..you can’t squeeze thousands of words in a couple of hours.
I agree with you on all of this except one thing…I thought it was really disappointing in the movie that the whole “I love you” part was left out I will be equally disappointed if the “will you marry me ” be left out of new moon…..
p.s. I also met my husband at 18 and was married at 20 I just knew he was the one –still do 15 years later;)
I believe in “Love at first sight” , call it the romantic in me, I do not think Edward and Bella fell in love too quickly in the movie , there is only so much you can put in a movie with only 120 min…or so, I know I would have been saying to myself, come on hurry up already if they would have taken longer than that, the meadow scene , “So the Lion fell in Love with the Lamb” for me came at the right time. Of course you can take longer in the book, more suspenseful and all that, yes I would have like the “I Love you” in the movie… X my fingers Chris puts “ I love you and “Will you marry me” in New Moon. I will cheer out loud if he does, then, grab a tissue, *sniffle* awww…..
Ok I saw the movie first before I got to read the book. First time I watched the movie, I was like “eh” what was that all about?! And then I read the book (fell in love with it) and then watched the movie again and whoa! It was a completely different experience having known what went behind the story of the movie. Maybe they could’ve done better with the character/love story development in the movie, but then again, it’s only 2 hours compared to pages and pages of wordy illustrations of how Edward and Bella really fall in love (and impossible for the reader not to fall in love with it too). Nonetheless, it’s not really all about the movie but the story behind it, and I really think the best response to those who “didn’t get” the movie is for them to read the book. I agree with you guys, I wish they put those “I love you”s somewhere, would have melted our hearts even more to hear and watch Kristen and Rob act out and say those words!!!
Why does the time matter! I remember loving my boyfriend after afew months! Hey when it’s right it’s right! I don’t believe in love at 1st site but I do believe in soulmates and Edward and Bella are! some people are made for each other and time doesn’t matter….
I’m More Concerned With That The Movie Did Not Show Them Fall In Love.
I Think They Gave Them Plenty Of Time.
But It Was More Like “I Drag You Through The Woods, I Scare You By Throwing Things, And We Confess Our Love”
I Don’t Understand It.
They Say They’re In Love.
But They Do Not Show It.
But, I Also Do Agree That They Really Did Do What They Could.
It Was An Okay Movie.
But… It Still Wasn’t Up To Twilight Standards.
But When I Think About It All, They Really Did Shove As Much As They Could Into It, For The Most Part.
I Think It Was Poorly Directed Though, And The Scene That Were Kept Should Have Been Switched With Ones That Were Taken Out.
Such As Bella And Charlie Standing In The Kitchen,
And The Whole Diner Scene.
Should Have Kept Edward Going Into Charlie’s Mind.
And Bella And Charlie Talking About The Cullen’s.
=]
I saw the movie before I read the books, and was impressed enough to read them, but the love story is sooo much better in the book. The movie did an okay job. (my complaint is they never really look happy.) Falling in love happens in different ways to everyone. I think the lack of the physcialness was great, becuase in the book it was the suspence of when are they going to kiss that really got me. I only really “fell” in love once. I grew to love, but the only time I fell was when I met my husband for the second time. (we knew eachother through high school, but after a couple years apart… Happily Married now!)
Bella and Edwards story is amazing, and I just hope in New Moon they really show how happy they are together, and they joy they have being together. Do that quickly before the birthday seen and get on with the good parts of the movie.
I just wanted to add, Edward has been waiting literally for an eternity to find someone he can truly love, along came Bella, for someone who’s lived 90 or so years, I would think he would know when that right person comes along without a doubt. So time is really irrelevant in terms of how fast they fall in love. Ok that’s all!
Like many have said already, I saw the movie first AND I didn’t even know there were any books about it (guess I was living under a rock). I understood the movie and didn’t feel I was being cheated in any way. Of course, those that have read the book first would not agree. However, we are talking about a vampire who has not found true love in over 100 years, so I would understand that after all those years of looking for her, it only took Edward 1 hour (or two weeks) to realize that Bella is his one true love. It takes the passion and the romance out it when people dissect it to much. Just enjoy the unrealistic side of this fictional wonderful story and lets all dream we were Bella!
i dont think they fell in love too fast.. in the book at first its all about edward wanting to kill bella and then he realizes that he will care about bella for the rest of his existence and it grows to love.. i just like edward and bella
i so hope i have something even half as strong as their love
I’m complitely agree!! Besides, actually, in the movie pass months, check it in kiss part when Bella asks Edward if he went to her room in the night to often and he answer just the lasts couple of months… I do believe in love at first sight, and I do believe that when you find that missing piece, that special person, the other half of you, you will know it right in that instant…