The Sly Oyster | culture & entertainment on the sly

The Oregon shooting Twilight has been gathering lots of buzz over the past few weeks.  MTV, Cinematical and to some degree even Slashfilm have all been hitting us with constant stories about the movie over the past few months.  But around here people are genuinely excited that a Hollywood production is being filmed in their backyards.  One coworker of mine was just pumped one morning because production filmed in his backyard.  He didn’t know of the movie, couldn’t have cared, but it was a movie.

Such is the pull of Hollywood.

Twilight is based on a series of books by Stephenie Myers.  They have a huge following, so much so, that they’ve even knocked Harry Potter off the top spot in the best seller lists.  Critics counter that the novels are written for 14-year-old girls.  And thus, merit no consideration.  It’s a silly argument from people who probably haven’t read the books, nor ever care to.

We haven’t read them.  So we can’t say if the stories are any good or not.  But the fan base is rabid and that has us intrigued.

The film Twilight is being directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown) and stars Kristen Stewart and Edward Cullen.  It’s a sort of Vampire high school love story.  Like the early years of Buffy when she fell for Angel (but probs not as good) mixed with some other ingredients.

The movie hits theaters on Dec. 12 MORE »