Unlike most movies, I don’t really know how many times I’ve seen Twilight.1 Perhaps you’ve heard of it. A 2008 bestseller adaptation, somehow (almost accidentally) starring two of the best actors we have today, Twilight is both a cultural landmark and actually a pretty decent movie.
It’s been 17 years2 since the first Kristen Stewart-Robert Pattinson film, which is as good a time as any to look back at the biting, the sparkles and the Anna Kendrick of it all. Of course, as all Aerial Shot Movie Clubs go, this was our guest’s pick. And that guest is Melanie Whyte.
A media maven, pop-culture junkie and Twilight shirt haver, it makes so much sense that Melanie would go for the Catherine Hardwicke classic(?) and end up breaking down what makes Phoenix essentially hell on earth.
Anyway, the two of us watched the movie over Cava, Buncha Crunch and popcorn and then analyzed Pattinson’s British accent sneaking through, strong smells and me during freshman year of college.
It’s a fun chat, and you can listen to it on your favorite podcast platform. Or here on Substack. As Edward Cullen says, “Yes. No. To get to the other side. 1.77245.”
That’s what happens when you grow up with a sister who treats this like the Bible.
gross
