So; if you’re a teenager or indeed know a teenager you’ll have heard of Twilight.  I read the books at the urging of Intellectual Colleague, so surprised was I that she’d read them, and well, I read them at a time I had a Lot Going On and they were candyfloss for the brain.  I thought that was a good metaphor; I like candyfloss but only once every 2/3 years.

I enjoyed the books more when I realised that it wasn’t a failing on the authors part to make the main character a whiny annoying teenager.  She is a whiny annoying teenager; and fantastically well written one.  I understand the books are aimed at teenagers but in reality these books spoke to me as a recovering hopelessly romantic, unrealistic whiny teenager.

I saw the first film, and was entertained but a tad underwhelmed. I saw the second one today and my expectations weren’t high; I’d heard the third one was good and saw the second in the library so thought I’d give it a whirl.  To my surprise I liked it a LOT more.  More acting – still understated – by the actors involved, more tension, better CGI. Truly then – an unexpected pleasure.