The Cullen Effect

Edward and Bella

Thoroughly entertaining, full of action packe

d fight scenes and one of the most intense romance stories I have ever seen, Twilight is one movie you need to sink your teeth into.  Although based largely around a human falling in love with a vampire, and a variety of unrealistic dream like scenarios, it also has some utterly remarkable similarities to most teenage life experiences.

 Set in the dull and dark town of Forkes, Twilight is an intricate love story. It follows Bella, a teenage girl who moves to the tiny village to live with her dad. Not having been back to Forkes since her childhood, Bella, at first, finds the relationship with her father strained and her surroundings bewildering.

But on her first day at Forkes High School everything changes and suddenly things aren’t so dull. And why the change in opinion? Because of an encounter with the dark, brooding and painfully beautiful Edward Cullen.

Bella heads to her car after school and whilst scrambling for her keys she is almost crushed by another students truck. The only object standing between Bella and her fate is Edward’s remarkably strong hand. Que lots of brooding looks, tales of vampires and werewolves and a forbidden love – Twilight pushes all the right buttons.

The reason I mention that it touches on realism, is obviously not because of the sharp fangs and super human characters – it’s the sensitivity of the romance story. The scene when Bella sees Edward for the first time – gliding gracefully through the double doors of the cafeteria, should have every girl watching gasping with deja vu. Do you remember what it was like to have that one boy in class who you couldn’t take your eyes off? The guy that you would turn up early to your least favourite class for, just to lengthen the possibility of bumping into him. And everytime you caught a glimpse of his rucksack or heard his voice sweeping down the corridor your heart started to beat furiously and you were left praying he wouldn’t notice you dropping your science books. I’m sure every girl can relate to what Bella feels (minus the being flown through woodlands at highspeed on the back of their boyfriend) and that’s why Twilight is so tantalisingly epic. It’s not simply because of the exciting storylines and gorgeous actors, it’s because of the remarkable Cullen effect.