How do you see Edward?
Stephenie Meyer said in an interview re: the criticism of Edward: “I have a hard time with that because to me you have this kid, sure, he’s a hundred and something, but at the same time he’s also seventeen and it’s the first time he’s been in love.”
So it raises the question: how do YOU see Edward? Do you see him as being basically 17 (emotionally/mentally), or 100+ in a 17-year-old’s body? Something in between?
BD2 Commentary - Thank You
This was something that I had felt was terribly lacking in the books, so I was so happy to see it in the movie. Edward would have died drowning in his own fluids in a crowded hospital ward in Chicago. Now he gets to have a perfect magic baby and a cottage and live forever with the love of his existence (“I am purely full of joy. No one has more than I do now.”). I think a ‘thank you’ is in order.
BD 2 Commentary - Wendell Pierce
He’s like ultra polite and really formal. ‘Um, let me open the door, let me carry the bags’. It’s literally like you can tell he’ll freak out one day and shoot someone.
Jungian Twilight - Darkness
I stumbled across a collection of great Carl Jung quotes, and in a fit of ridiculous pretentiousness, I decided to apply them to Twilight. You’re welcome.
I’m convinced that this is the reason Edward and Rosalie don’t get along, btw. They look at each other and see their own flaws reflected.
I wanted something like this in the book so badly. Thank you, movie, for fixing it!
