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The Twilight Saga, who hasn’t heard of those bestsellers turned blockbusters?  That’s what I thought. That is exactly why these stories are a popular culture icon. The storyline is that of a vampire family living amongst the ordinary population….and werewolves. The Cullen Family lives in Forks, Washington, and up until the day that Bella Swan arrived, life was peaceful. When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, fall in love, this love affair has an effect on the entire town. Throughout the four novel series, there are trials and tribulations of the love between Bella and Edward, including werewolf versus vampire, vampire verses vampire, and vampire versus human troubles.

The books in the series are (Twilight series):

·         Twilight, released in 2005

·         New Moon, released in 2006

·         Eclipse, released in 2007

·         Breaking Dawn, released in 2008

            The movies were subsequently released yearly starting in 2008, opening with Twilight. In the opening weekend Twilight hit almost $70 million. In 2009, the numbers for Twilight hit over $340 million (Twilight, 2011). Every sequel in the Twilight Saga has done as good as the one before.

            Most recently, the Twilight hunk, Edward Cullen, played by Robert Pattinson, along with the rest of the cast, made waves at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. Pattinson shocked the crowd when he dropped the “F-bomb” on live national TV, then went on to lock lips with his Twilight co-star, Taylor Lautner, who plays Jacob the werewolf. Aside from the making out and cussing, Twilight and cast walked away with Best Movie, Best Male Performance (Robert Pattinson), Best Female Performance ( Kristen Stewart), Best Kiss (Robert and Kristen), and Best Fight (Robert Pattinson and Bryce Dallas and Xavier Samuel) ("Twilight" scoops honours at MTV movie awards, 2011).

            So, are you Team Edward or Team Jacob?

References

"Twilight" scoops honours at MTV movie awards. (2011, June 6). Retrieved June 15, 2011, from NME Film and TV news: http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/twilight-scoops-honours-at-mtv-movie-awards/217587.

Twilight. (2011). Retrieved June 15, 2011, from IMDd: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1099212/.

Twilight series. (n.d.). Retrieved June 15, 2011, from StephenieMeyer.com: http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilightseries.html.