I have thoughts upon this, which I will share later. But first I wanted to say: I gave my $7 to the Twilight-monster today. And actually? It was pretty good. I mean, we had fun laughing at it (benefit of a 2 pm showing -- empty theater) but it was far, far better than it could have been. It was largely due to the actors, but I think the directing had a lot to do with it. Which means Hardwicke's firing is good news for the lolfans, because we're guaranteed an absolute dog of a film next time.

And the Normal Teens? (or at least the guys) Were enormous dorks. I kind of understood why Bella didn't like them. But I also remember guys from my high school that acted just like that.