Sioux City fans swoon over 'Twilight'
By Meagan Sextonmsexton@siouxcityjournal.com | Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2008
SIOUX CITY -- Obsessed, excited and breathless-- that's how teenage girls behave when they discuss the movie adaptation of the book series "Twilight," which will be screened at midnight today at the Southern Hills 12 Carmike Cinema in Sioux City and released nationwide Friday.
SIOUX CITY -- Obsessed, excited and breathless-- that's how teenage girls behave when they discuss the movie adaptation of the book series "Twilight," which will be screened at midnight today at the Southern Hills 12 Carmike Cinema in Sioux City and released nationwide Friday.
"The book was really good," said Korriane Aguirre, 18, of Cherokee, Iowa, said Tuesday as she stocked store shelves at Southern Hills Mall. "My life became 'Twilight' when I read the entire series. I became part of the story. I really want the movie to be just as good as the book."
Girls and women nationwide are obsessed with the "Twilight" series, which recounts the forbidden love of Isabella Swan, a fragile and insecure human teenage girl, and Edward Cullen, a smoldering, angst-ridden teenage vampire.
According to Luke Dreier, a 23-year-old assistant manager at Hot Topic, a teen clothing store in the mall, one teenage girl was so overjoyed when she saw merchandise for the movie, she burst into tears.
"I started reading the first book just to find out what it was all about," Dreier said. "I haven't seen anything like this, ever. Some girls come in here and absolutely freak out."
Dreier said customers of all ages go wild when they see shirts bearing a picture of the character Edward.
"The thing that has been flying out of here is the movie soundtrack," he said. "We could barely keep that on the shelves."
Denise Simons, a 54-year-old from Sioux City, said she started reading the book series because of the subject matter.
"It's just kind of intriguing," Simons said of the dark romance. "I don't know, maybe it was the time of year (Halloween)."
Lauren Trisler, a 17-year-old Sergeant Bluff High School senior, said she is obsessed with the series and can't wait to see the movie this weekend.
"At first, when I saw the movie was going to be out I was iffy, because usually when they make movies about books I really like, they mess it up," Trisler said. "But watching the trailer, I was like, 'Whoa, this is tight."'
More than 500 tickets have been sold for the midnight show, said Brent Monckton, general manger of Southern Hills 12 movie theater. Monckton said all 12 screens are available to show the movie during the sneak preview event and that the cinema can sell up to 1,500 tickets.
But tickets still could sell out when it opens nationwide Friday.
"I think it's going to be huge," Monckton said of the preview. "Due to our ticket sales, a couple hundred teenagers will be staying up past their bedtime (tonight)."
How well do you know your "Twilight" trivia? Take our online quiz at siouxcityjournal.com.
LOS ANGELES (AP)--The red carpet was already buzzing about possible sequels at Monday's "Twilight" premiere in Los Angeles.
Robert Pattinson, who plays the vampire Edward in the movie, said he signed on for the film thinking it would be part of a trilogy, and he knows a script for a second film has been written.
Kristen Stewart, who plays Edward's love interest, Bella, said she originally heard the cast might reunite to film two sequels at the same time but that now they might be filmed separately.
"It has to make a certain amount of money, like $150 million, to be able to afford the sequel," director Catherine Hardwicke said. "So we really don't know yet."]]>
* The four-book series has sold 18 million copies.
* Although some of the vampires in "Twilight" feast on human blood, Edward and his family do not. Instead, they survive on animal blood.
* The lovers in the novel do not engage in premarital sex, an element that reflects author Stephanie Meyer's Mormon faith.
* Meyer, who lives in Phoenix, wrote "Twilight" late at night while her husband and three children slept.
* She got the idea for the series from a dream she had about a "normal girl and a beautiful vampire that was in love with her and wanted to kill her,"
* She created the story for an audience of one, but her older sister encouraged her to send the story to publishers. Little, Brown & Co. bought the manuscript.
--The Associated Press. ]]>
SIOUX CITY -- Obsessed, excited and breathless-- that's how teenage girls behave when they discuss the movie adaptation of the book series "Twilight," which will be screened at midnight today at the Southern Hills 12 Carmike Cinema in Sioux City and released nationwide Friday.
"The book was really good," said Korriane Aguirre, 18, of Cherokee, Iowa, said Tuesday as she stocked store shelves at Southern Hills Mall. "My life became 'Twilight' when I read the entire series. I became part of the story. I really want the movie to be just as good as the book."
Girls and women nationwide are obsessed with the "Twilight" series, which recounts the forbidden love of Isabella Swan, a fragile and insecure human teenage girl, and Edward Cullen, a smoldering, angst-ridden teenage vampire.
According to Luke Dreier, a 23-year-old assistant manager at Hot Topic, a teen clothing store in the mall, one teenage girl was so overjoyed when she saw merchandise for the movie, she burst into tears.
"I started reading the first book just to find out what it was all about," Dreier said. "I haven't seen anything like this, ever. Some girls come in here and absolutely freak out."
Dreier said customers of all ages go wild when they see shirts bearing a picture of the character Edward.
"The thing that has been flying out of here is the movie soundtrack," he said. "We could barely keep that on the shelves."
Denise Simons, a 54-year-old from Sioux City, said she started reading the book series because of the subject matter.
"It's just kind of intriguing," Simons said of the dark romance. "I don't know, maybe it was the time of year (Halloween)."
Lauren Trisler, a 17-year-old Sergeant Bluff High School senior, said she is obsessed with the series and can't wait to see the movie this weekend.
"At first, when I saw the movie was going to be out I was iffy, because usually when they make movies about books I really like, they mess it up," Trisler said. "But watching the trailer, I was like, 'Whoa, this is tight."'
More than 500 tickets have been sold for the midnight show, said Brent Monckton, general manger of Southern Hills 12 movie theater. Monckton said all 12 screens are available to show the movie during the sneak preview event and that the cinema can sell up to 1,500 tickets.
But tickets still could sell out when it opens nationwide Friday.
"I think it's going to be huge," Monckton said of the preview. "Due to our ticket sales, a couple hundred teenagers will be staying up past their bedtime (tonight)."
How well do you know your "Twilight" trivia? Take our online quiz at siouxcityjournal.com.
Robert Pattinson, who plays the vampire Edward in the movie, said he signed on for the film thinking it would be part of a trilogy, and he knows a script for a second film has been written.
Kristen Stewart, who plays Edward's love interest, Bella, said she originally heard the cast might reunite to film two sequels at the same time but that now they might be filmed separately.
"It has to make a certain amount of money, like $150 million, to be able to afford the sequel," director Catherine Hardwicke said. "So we really don't know yet."]]>
* Although some of the vampires in "Twilight" feast on human blood, Edward and his family do not. Instead, they survive on animal blood.
* The lovers in the novel do not engage in premarital sex, an element that reflects author Stephanie Meyer's Mormon faith.
* Meyer, who lives in Phoenix, wrote "Twilight" late at night while her husband and three children slept.
* She got the idea for the series from a dream she had about a "normal girl and a beautiful vampire that was in love with her and wanted to kill her,"
* She created the story for an audience of one, but her older sister encouraged her to send the story to publishers. Little, Brown & Co. bought the manuscript.
--The Associated Press. ]]>
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