my latest indulgence

I blame it all on my officemate...but hey this is somethng I like now...and for the past few days I've been frequenting Dairy Queen and trying out their Blizzard!...yup! I just recently discovered this dessert and boy am I hooked! haha...I started trying out...Rocky Road...since it sounds familiar...gosh! loved those nuts!...then next I tried their Brownie Temptation! Goodness! all that chunky brownies!!! And just last night...another Blizzard I tried is...Mud Pie and OH-MY-G! it had coffee in it!!!!! I am in heaven wahahaha....

and my waist is expanding again wahahaha

"my" Twilight review

I have read a lot of reviews about this movie...ranging from bad to good and even to the confused...coming from critics and from both Twilight fans and non-readers...and here I am adding my two cents worth into the fray so to speak haha...and the more reviews and spoilers I get to read...I get more curious about it and would want to make my own opinion...

I have been psyching myself up...and I know that there has never been a movie adaptation that has surpassed the books' popularity or depth for that matter...so I was quite apprehensive about how I would receive this movie cause I am a reader and a fan - almost Twilight addict - and I expect that I would end up comparing the book with the movie...which is quite unfair really...so I was challenging myself to be objective...and it was tough haha...

But I'll be realistic...(and throughtout this post may sometimes be defensive - I am a fan alright) about this movie...because...though I am a difficult person to please...I was quite entertained!...I enjoyed the movie...it was good...not great nor exceptional...not Oscar worthy or the visual effects did not bowl me over for sure (duh! this is no HP or Frank Miller movie)... no movie is perfect for me!...but it wasn't bad either...

Some questions though I'd like to answer: Will non-readers understand the movie? Yes! Will girls and boys like the movie? Certainly... well maybe the girls haha - This is what I realized...it's more of a teen-girlie-flick more than anything else - click here to know more of what I'm talking about ...So those guys expecting to see gore and mayhem and violence depicted in most vampire movies...this is not your movie!...How was the movie's pacing? To a reader it might seem too fast-paced esp if you have this penchant of identifying the book scenes and watching out for it in the movie...gosh! that would really spoil it for you coz not all the scenes you love will be in the movie...you should know that haha...Was it worth watching? Yes definitely...if you would also want to see and to hear the reactions of your "seatmates" - you can tell who were the readers and who were there just out of curiosity - I was highly entertained by these side comments as well while I was watching haha...

And as I said it is not a perfect movie...so there are good and bad points of course...and let's get to the bad points first...the editing left alot to be desired...a few scenes for me were abruptly cut or phased from one scene to the next and lack the proper transition for me...or was I just slow? haha...and I esp was annoyed by the little dark spot on the corner of the screen (this signifies a cut or next reel i think)...this makes me want to buy the DVD once it's out haha...another point is hmmmm maybe since they have only 2 hours for the movie...the budding relationship between Bella and Edward lacked more depth...you saw the chemistry...it was there yeah...their acting added to the sexual tension and almost torture they experience being and not being with each other...but well...I liked to hear more dialogue and witty repartee...that's just me I guess...and a few of the characters didn't get a lot of screen time or dialogue (Jasper in particular) so they really had to rely on their facial expressions and acting...oh and the visual effects were just good and nothing extraordinary...

But aside from those few points...that did not dampen my enjoyment of the movie...yup! as I said...I was entertained to say the least...I did not love as drool to the max love the movie!...but it was worth watching...again and again haha...which I really plan to do...

I particularly enjoyed...which surprised me...the character of Charlie and his interactions with Bella...whenever he was in the scene...and he cracked his deadpan..."I heard that before!" haha...it was unexpectedly funny..he made up for the seriousness of the movie...also the funny antics of Eric and Mike...those are funny too...really did not expect that...

I was quite surprised though about my fave scenes... Loved the baseball scene! the song by Muse - supermassive blackhole - was so apt for that scene! I was bopping my head to the music while watching that scene haha....(go buy the Twilight OST!) and I liked the whole ballet scene huh...nice! They took risks with the mirrors and Alice being the tough gal! haha

And of course...my fave scenes as expected were the Biology scenes - esp the first one where the scene captures Edward with owl's wings behind him haha...made him look more like a fallen angel! - and the other romantic scenes like the confrontation scene in the meadow and of course that Kiss! now that's what I call sexual tension haha...they handled it quite well...

So it's a foregone conclusion that I WILL watch this movie again - as often as I can...esp since I would like to challenge myself and identify all the songs from the OST with which scene it was played haha...and memorize new lines from the movie - though of course there were poignantly familiar lines from the book used in the movie - there were good lines from the script too...and am especially curious to be seated in a movie theater with squealing girls around (our screening had a demure audience haha)...

Kudos to the actors...Kristen and Robert were able to meet my expectations and brought a new dimension to their characters...the other supporting characters were commendable as well...this makes me more eager for the next movie...and see how can do better..

And to end this...I'd just like to share the sentiments to which I agree with - of the others who have watched the movie and liked it...even loved the movie huh...

I am going to be very honest in my review of Twilight. Thus, it should first be known that I went to see the film not expecting to be overly thrilled.

We have been waiting on this movie for months. People have scoured the internet and fansites for every photo, soundtrack clip and interview there is. There are t-shirts and perfumes and merchandise for this movie long before it is even out, or anyone has seen it, or anyone has even had a chance to decide if they like it. The fact is that it has been so hyped, it almost seemed as if there was no possible way it could live up to the expectations that I and thousands of other fans had.

But then, it did.

To read the rest of Twilight Guy's review click here

and this review is the reason for my blog's title...my Twilight review

Even though Twilight might not be the best movie ever made, it will always be perfect in my mind. I will be able to ignore the campy moments and abstinence preaching that other critics have been so fond of dwelling on. Instead, I will remember how I felt when Edward finally admits he can no longer stay away from Bella. I'll remember that rush of joy as I watched the Cullen's enter the cafeteria. I'll remember that at its very core – this is my Twilight.

To read the rest of this review by Kim Wetter click here

So how do I rate the movie?...Hmmm...the "critic" in me gives it a 3.5 out of 5...while the fan in me give it a 4 out of 5...but then that's just my opinion...

So don't take my word for it and just watch the movie for yourself...

This is now a guilty pleasure of mine...that I think I won't let go just yet haha...

Twilight OST (lyrics)

The only thing I didn't like about the Twilight OST - not that i got the James trading card and not the Edward and Bella edition - is that it didn't contain the lyrics of the songs!...despite that...the OST is cool...almost great! haha

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Supermassive Black Hole
Muse

Oh baby dont you know I suffer?
Oh baby can you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretenses
How long before you let me go?

You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the 'supermassive'

I thought I was a fool for no-one
Oh baby I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth

You set my soul alight
You set my soul alight

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the 'supermassive'

Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive

Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole

Decode

Paramore

How can I decide what’s right
When you’re clouding up my mind
I can’t win your losing fight all the time
How can I ever own what’s mine
When you’re always taking sides
But you won’t take away my pride, no not this time
Not this time…

How did we get here
When I used to know you so well
But how did we get here
I think I know

The truth is hiding in your eyes
And it’s hanging on your tongue
Just boiling in my blood
But you think that I can’t see
What kind of man that you are
If you’re a man at all
Well I will figure this one out
On my own

I’m screaming I love you so
My thoughts you can’t decode

How did we get here
When I used to know you so well
But how did we get here
I think I know

Do you see what we’ve done
We’re gonna make such fools of ourselves
Do you see what we’ve done
We’re gonna make such fools of ourselves

How did we get here
When I used to know you so well
But how did we get here
I think I know

There is something I see in you
It might kill me
I want it to be true

Full Moon
The Black Ghosts

When the thorn bush turns white that's when I'll come home
I am going out to see what I can sow
And I don't know where I'll go
And I don't know what I'll see
But I'll try not to bring it back home with me

Like the morning sun your eyes will follow me
As you watch me wander, curse the powers that be
Cause all I want is here and now but its already been and gone
Our intentions always last that bit too long

Far far away, no voices sounding, no one around me and
you're still there
Far far away, no choices passing, no time confounds me and you're still there

In the full moons light I listen to the stream
And in between the silence hear you calling me
But I don't know where I am and I don't trust who I've been
And If I come home how will I ever leave

Leave Out All The Rest
Linkin Park

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
Cause no one else cared

After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

And don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Don't be afraid
I've taken my beating
I've shared what I made

I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Forgetting
All the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well

Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting
All the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well

Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are
I can't be who you are

Spotlight(Twilight Mix)
MuteMath

(Ahh ahh, ahh ahh)

You got a whole lot left to say now
You knocked all your wind out
You just tried too hard and you froze
I know, I know

What do you say, what do you say

Just take the fall
You're one of us
The spotlight is on
(Ahh ahh)
Oh the spotlight is on, oh

You know the one thing you're fighting to hold
Will be the one thing you've got to let go
And when you feel the war cannot be won
You're gonna die to try what can't be done
Gonna stay stay out but you don't care
Now is there nothing like that inside of you anywhere

Oh just take a fall
You're one of us
The spotlight is on
(Ahh ahh)
Oh the spotlight is on, yeah it's on

Because everyone would rather watch you fall
And we all are, yeah
And we all are, yeah
Just take a fall
You're one of us
The spotlight is on
(Ahh ahh)
Oh the spotlight is on
(Just take the fall)
Now you're one of us
Now you're, now you're, now you're, now you're one of us
Now you're, now you're, now you're one of us
Oh the spotlight is on

(Ahh ahh)

Go All The Way(Into The Twilight)
Perry Farrell

Everyday (x4)
we're going all the way (x3)

(Chrous)
Everyday, everyday, everyday, we're going all the way
Everyday, everyday, everyday, we're going all the way
Tonight! Lightning strikes! Let's go into Twilight!

(Verse 1)
First time I saw you (when we first met)
I had the fever(as bad as it gets)
You let me see (flush of my thighs)
It was so smooth, sparkle and shine
And it shined

La la la la la lalalala la la la la la
Tonight! Lightning strikes! Let's go into Twilight!

(Verse 2 - Girl)
You asked me out on many dates
And took me to exotic places
You saw the look upon your face
You men must really love the chases
I'm going to let you have it like you've never had before
So take me
take me
take me...

Tonight! Lightning strikes! Let's go into Twilight!

Go all the way with me, go all the way (x7)
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday we're going all the way!

Tremble For My Beloved
Collective Soul

The hour has begun
Your eyes have now opened

To a world where madness craves
To a world where hopes enslaved
Oh, Ill tremble for my love always

Your windows, opened wide
Your innocence takes flight

To a world where madness craves
To a world where hopes enslaved
Oh, Ill tremble for my love always

Its a world where madness craves
Its a world where hopes enslaved
Oh, I tremble for my love always

Its a world where madness craves
Its a world where hopes enslaved
Yeah, I tremble for you, love, always

I Caught Myself
Paramore

Down to you
You're pushing and pulling me down to you
But I don't know what I
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something
That I should've never thought
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something
That I should've never thought of you of you

You're pushing and pulling me down to you
But I don't know what I want
No, I don't know what I want
You got it you got it
Some kind of magic
Hypnotic hypnotic
You're leaving me breathless
I hate this I hate this
You're not the one I believe in
With God as my witness

Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something
That I should've never thought
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something
That I should've never thought of you of you
You're pushing and pulling me down to you
But I don't know what I want
No, I don't know what I want

Don't know what I want
But I know it's not you
Keep pushing and pulling me down
But I know in my heart it's not you

Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something
That I should've never thought
Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
From saying something
That I should've never thought of you
I knew, I know in my heart it's not you
I knew, but now I know what I want, I want, I want
Oh no, I've should have never thought

Eyes On Fire
Blue Foundation

I'll seek you out,
Flay you alive
One more word and you won't survive
And I'm not scared of your stolen power
I see right through you any hour

I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You'll be waiting in vain
I got nothing for you to gain

I'm taking it slow
Feeding my flame
Shuffling the cards of your game
And just in time
In the right place
Suddenly I will play my ace

I won't soothe your pain
I won't ease your strain
You'll be waiting in vain
I got nothing for you to gain

Eyes on fire
Your spine is ablaze
Felling any foe with my gaze

And just in time
In the right place
Steadily emerging with grace

Ahh
Felling any foe with my gaze
Ahh
Steadily emerging with grace
Ahh
Felling any foe with my gaze
Ahh
Steadily emerging with grace

Never Think
Robert Pattinson

I should never think
What's in your heart
What's in our home
So I won't

You'll learn to hate me
But still call me baby
Oh love
So call me by my name

And save your soul
Save your soul
Before your to far gone
Before nothing can be done

I'll try to decide when
She'll lie in the end
I ain't got no fight in me
In this whole damn world
So hold off
She should hold off
It's the one thing that I've known

Once I put my coat on
I coming out in this all wrong
She standing outside holding me
Saying oh please
I'm in love
I'm in love

Girl save your soul
Go on save your soul
Before it's to far gone
And before nothing can be done

Cause without me
You got it all
So hold on
Without me you got it all
So hold on
Without me you got it all
Without me you got it all
So hold on
Without me you got it all
Without me you got it all
So hold on

Iron & Wine
Flightless Bird, American Mouth

I was a quick wet boy, diving too deep for coins
All of your street light eyes wide on my plastic toys
Then when the cops closed the fair, I cut my long baby hair
Stole me a dog-eared map and called for you everywhere

Have I found you
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping or lost you, american mouth
Big pill looming

Now I'm a fat house cat
Nursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats curl through the wide fence cracks
Pissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures thrown in the cold
And clean blood of Christ mountain stream

Have I found you
Flightless bird, grounded, bleeding or lost you, american mouth
Big pill stuck going down

some things i want to blog about...

was thinking of a more appropriate title for this blog of mine...and the first thing I thought of was...

diarrhea of the mouth...

haha...

you'd see...

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I think I got my penchant for not looking into the lens of the camera...from my Mom...view our pic together below

don't get me wrong ok I was only kidding...she is and sort of camera shy and my sis didn't count! haha....

we were watching the free show at Alabang Twon Center last night...

hanggang free show lang kami haha...

ang galing ni Michael Johns! rocker talaga! wohooo!

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met up with my close friend Julie afterwards at Festival Mall...sorry no documentation for this kasi pareho kaming walang camera wahahaha....

so kwentuhan galore lang kami....catching up...

just want to quote some things...

she is in a relationship with a younger guy...and then she goes...that this "playboy" is now somehow reformed...and his friends have seen the difference...hmmmm....I've heard that reformed rakes...are the better guys...haha...

and in the next breath...which is up till now I really find...I dont know...ironic I guess....I was asking her whether she is happy in her current relationship - barely 6 months mind you...and she says yup she is...but a little disclaimer...his mom still quite doesnt like her though...some issues i guess...and then she goes that if ever he strays or finds some other or cheats or whatever... she'd easily break off with him...and it wouldn't be her loss!...hmmmm...

ok so you still profess to loving that person huh...so how shallow or serious is that I wonder...

wll I didn't ask her that directly...but I was still wondering bout it...

oh well...

click the image to go to the podcast

DISCLAIMER: I am not a techy gadgety intellectual person or whatever you may call it...so when I heard this podcast...I just assumed it works with the iPod??? hehehe...or it has something to do with audio or forums I guess...

so anyway...I tried listening into the built in player in the Twilight Coven Philippines and after a few minutes of tuning in...it was kinda cute...it's like listening to this radio show where Pinoy Twilight addicts talk about...well anything related to Twilight haha...
hence the name...
DANAG!...(to those who haven't read the book you won't get why it's named that way haha)

so if you have the time why not tune in...

beatiful music and weird lyrics sometimes jive

in my opinion...this song evidently shows...that sometimes...beautiful haunting music...is backed up by funky weird lyrics (flightless bird, fat house cat?!)...which may initially don't jive...but all in all...STILL WORKS!

or maybe I just don't have time to find the underlying meaning of the lyrics haha

Flightless Bird, American Mouth

by Iron and Wine

(Twilight OST)

I was a quick wet boy
Diving too deep for coins
All of your straight blind eyes
Wide on my plastic toys
And when the cops closed the fair
I cut my long baby hair
Stole me a dog-eared map
And called for you everywhere

Have I found you?
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big bill looming

Now I’m a fat house cat
Cursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats
Curl through the wide/white fence cracks
Kissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean
Blood of Christ mountain stream

Have I found you?
Flightless bird, brown hair bleeding
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big bill, stuck going down

Decode by Paramore (Twilight OST)

A self-confessed fan of Twilight...here's Paramore with their single Decode taken from Twilight's OST...

random thought...i realized something

i just realized something...

ever since my digicam "died" on me...it's expected and very apparent...that I hardly upload pics here...and because of that...I have concluded...haha so serious?!? ... that I don't know how to pose for pics anymore...haha...and I'm not that eager to pose for photos in the first place...more so now...oh well

case in point...these few pics I was able to get from mJ...this was taken when we watched the jazz fest at Music Museum where Sitti was the guest performer...

at least the photos...or I mean...our clothes were all color coordinated haha...earth colors mind you...and not lamanglupa colors!!! (mj's term for our attire that night haha)

Sitti, Joy and a hunchbacked Kit

earthly colors with Joy and mJ

Shapeshifter b Taken by Cars

If you can recall...one of he OPM bands that I like...though I hardly listen to them nowadays...but I still like them...is Taken by Cars ...and what is well poignant for me in a way...is their song...Shapeshifter...not because of the lyrics...which of course I don't quite understand unless i research and jot it down hehe...but the title - SHAPESHIFTER reminded me of the mIRC - say what?!? what's that?!? haha - chatname I used a long long time ago...I know! that's obsolete I guess...we're into the YM and plurk and all that...i don't think there's still a mIRC haha...anyway it just made me recall...those were the days haha...

and of course...after hearing and seeing the video...and reading the lyrics...it made me like this song even more...Kudos! to the makers of this vid and to Taken by Cars!

Shapehifter

by

Taken by Cars

I can hear your conscience fall apart
As I start to feel lonesome
I can feel the walls start to close in on me,
Maybe I can make you want to drown
As I stare into your soul
Can the present make it all turn mean?

And if I fall,
May the high place bring me down…

I’ll never need a
I’ll never need a
I’ll never need a
Another sign
No I’ll never need a
I’ll never need a
I’ll never need another lie from you

Twilight Tv spot 7 - how to tell your parents

you guessed it...I've seen a lot of trailers of the movie Twilight and this is a funny trailer...

just imagine...how do you answer your mom's questions...

So how's school? are there any cute guys?...

Tell me all about him...is he a jock?

and what do you do when your dad

lets you bring home your date...

then he goes and says...

Alright! Bring him in!

while cleaning his gun!

hahahaha

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snappy retorts of recent memory

just want to jot down a few or the more recent snappy and witty retorts that I've heard or seen or whatever...

and then I thought this could be in answer to the snappy retort of...Edward when he was asked how he stopped a van...something to do with an adrenaline rush...and he ended up saying..."You can Google it!"...

if you can't understand what I'm talking about...wait and watch the movie Twilight and watch for the Geenhouse scene haha

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let's backtrack and let me quote here what my former student told me...when I asked him...

Stressed ka?

Miss, wala akong stress...

Ano?!? Pakiulit!

hahaha

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I met up with my college barkada last week for our "usual" kitakits sa Starbucks...and we were talking about this "former friend" of ours who has been giving us the cold shoulder...for the longest time...it seems so petty come to think of it...

she goes..

Ano...? Di ka pa rin pinapansin ni...(insert former friend's name here)???

Oo noh...ang tagal na nun...ganun pa rin sya!

Weirdo rin yun kaibigan nyo na yun...abnormal at kalahati!

(huwat?!? hahaha)

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And this same person...when our talk veered into the usual "whats up with your love life" or the nonexistence of it...

when asked wala ka pa rin ba boyfriend ulit? or something to that effect... i forgot the exact words...she goes...

Hay naku ha...nagorder na ko...kaso out of stock!

wahahaha!

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Now I don't know why I'm including this song...this is one of my LSS nowadays...and maybe because the band's name is unique..or maybe a line in the song reminded me of...

what Jamie - the character in Nicholas Sparks' A Walk to Remember said something like.."don't fall in love with me"...

coz the song has this line... "don't make me change my mind" or something to that effect haha

Fall For You

by Secondhand Serenade

The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed
But I have loved you from the start
Ohhhh

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I'm yours to keep
And hold onto your words
Cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When you're asleep

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

Twilight clip at Rome Film Festival(major spoiler alert)

i know i know I am such an addict haha


so i thought why not indulge while i wait for the movie to be released here...


so this I got thru youtube...its the clip they showed at the Rome Film Festival

and it's worth 8 minutes of the film



SO MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!!



hahaha


scenes include Bella introduced to the Cullensthen the tree to tree sequence...and Edward playing the piano...(which I believe is Bella's Lulaby by Carter Burwell)


since this vid was taken inside the theaterexpect shrieks and noise form the audience...and low quality vewing due to shaky hands!haha


I SO CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE!