• Explaining Bella's role in the second film, she says, "She loses the man she's in love with, but she also loses her entire life plan, and she's so young to have to be forced into a decision like that. It's just a glorified, elaborate version of the worst breakup you've ever been through. All of a sudden you question everything. All of a sudden you know nothing and you're dropped in the middle of a freezing cold ocean.Oddly, we have a character that's warm enough and bright enough to bring her out of that, and it's truly gut-ripping. Because as perfect as Jacob is for her, she holds on to an ideal, the ultimate fiery love that she has for Edward even though it's not comfortable, it's not practical and it's not a good idea. So it's really a very strong thing to do. It takes someone who really trusts themselves."
• Asked if Bella is introverted or just seeking an ideal, she says, "It's not that she's incredibly introverted. She's just yet to have found a connection that is truthful. She's a seeker of the truth. She's not one to get wrapped up in something that is a fantasy. She doesn't set herself up for disappointment. So that's what makes the story with her and Edward so compelling, in that this is a girl that normally wouldn't do something this crazy."
All this talk about Edward being "an ideal" and a "connection that is truthful" made me think back to a conversation I had with a friend who didn't understand why Bella and Edward were actually drawn to one another — besides the fact that he's hellahot and her blood is like his own personal heroin. Is it more romantic if a love is somehow destined — like in a scent or an imprint — or if the connection is actually explained? Do you feel like it's explained in Twilight? Is it as basic as a lion wanting to take care of a lamb, and the lamb wanting to feel protected? (Probably not, right, since Bella isn't actually safe with Edward?) Maybe Bella is the only teen in Forks who ever wanted to listen to Edward's Debussy CD?
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Answer: They are both so annoying that no one else would have them.
I asked myself this question repeatedly while reading all four of the books. I never really understood the connection between Bella and Edward. We were told they loved each other without any real explanation on why or seeing the relationship truly develop. I would have understood Bella’s heartbreak and depression in New Moon better if there relationship was more developed.
I am still and always will be disturbed by the age difference. Edward may look like a teenager still but he is decades older than Bella. Why would an old man with decades of life and experiences lived be interested in a small town, gone no where teen age girl?????
We must have been typing at the same moment but I second what Jade said too.
And before anyone starts bashing me let me state that I do really enjoy the books and film.
Someone asked why an age old vampire woud want a teenage girl?
Sounds no different than a human man!
I don’t get it either. First, it just has Bella trying to figure out how Edward was able to stop the van. Then, when she finds out, she’s suddenly in love with him. I didn’t get it. Maybe she really is a sadomasochist. When she finds out he wants to kill her, she wants him. But I have no idea why Edward loves her. She’s clumsy, annoying, overly-horny, fangirl-ish, etc. A very unlikable character.
This girl(Kristen Stewart) is very smart for her age. I was not thinking this deeply when I was her age.
The point is that Bella loved Edward the minute she saw him because something about him made her curious. Yes it started that she just wanted to know how he stopped the van but than it evolved into so much more!
This girl(Kristen Stewart) is very smart for her age. I was not thinking this deeply when I was her age.
Who can really explain why anyone falls in love? Or why you fall for one person but not another? You can name the things you like about a person but when it comes down to it, it’s uncontrollable who you fall for, whether it’s good for you or not. It’s not hard to see why Bella would fall for Edward. And after reading part of Midnight Sun, even though I shouldn’t have, i now understand fully why Edward falls for Bella. He sees her strength, her willingness to put other’s happiness first and take care of people and how she never wants the spotlight on herself and is more special than she seems of even realizes. Alright, I’m done.
Agree Agree Agree. I could tell you the things I love about my husband but couldn’t tell you ‘why I fell in love with him’. I think it’s perfectly spelt out what Bella sees in Edward and then throughout the series, you get hints of what it is in Bella that attracts Edward (apart from her heroin blood). I’d be interested if someone could give an example of a book where it is totally spelt out WHY people fall in love. Did anyone ask that about Romeo and Juliet??
My biggest problem with Twilight has always been the very unrealistic “true” love between Edward and Bella. They have very little in common, do not have a particularly great repartee, and frankly don’t even have chemistry. Honestly, the reason they are so hot for each other is because they are so hot for each other. It’s called lust, people. Unfulfilled lust. And since the Twilight series is supposed to be a giant metaphor for abstinence, it’s very clear that Edward’s powerful attraction to Bella’s blood is really meant to be his strong desire to have sex with her. Well, that is not true love. Lust never lasts. That’s why so many Hollywood couplings/marriages have failed – they were clearly based on lust, and little else. In reality, Edward and Bella wouldn’t last too long after their hot, super-sex filled marriage (and the fact that Meyer wrote so much about their “bedroom shaking” sex so clearly proves that this series is really all about lust).
When I read Twilight, I completely understood why Bella fell in love Edward…it didn’t happen when she “first met him”. He’s brilliant, artistic and she realized that he fights against every one of his instincts in order to be a good person. THAT’S what makes him beautiful to her.
With Edward, the realization came when he started to see how different she is than the others around her: she’s kind in a way that others aren’t at 17, she sees the core of things (it’s why she’s never afraid of him, even though she “should be”: she sees who he really is), and she’s self-sacrificing.
They see in each other what others have missed.
Beyond that, some connections can’t be fully explained. Some people are just kindred souls. I like what Renee says to Bella in Breaking Dawn:
“You seem to have found another old soul.”
And for people who don’t get this…have you ever read Pride & Prejudice , Wuthering Heights or seen Titanic?
Many times, people who fall in love DON’T have a lot in common.
Some people just have a powerful connection. Not everything in life can be explained away.
well i see it in this way: they are just perfect for each other, edward has seen all the world if you can say that, he has knew a lot of people, so many people that They all seem very monotonous for him, and sudenly this girl appears, she is so diferent, he can´t read her mind, and every thing she do is so unexpected for him, she just fascinates him; who won’t fall for that?. and for bella’s, well he is hot, he is smart, he is polite, respectful, he isn’t thinking about sex all day long, and for make everything more exciting he is dangerous but not dangerous.. even more, he is well look’s like a 17 years old guy but he is not a jerk or a moron, he is mature and protective but not perfect, really, which girl does not fall for that?
RYAN: Wow, ok, so Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights are really poor examples to prove your point. In P & P, Darcy and Lizzy don’t just love each other inexplicably. Darcy falls in love with Lizzy BECAUSE OF HER BRILLIANT WIT AND CHARACTER, and because she doesn’t care that he’s rich. And Lizzy finally falls for Darcy when he actually becomes a better person for her, and she realizes that he is “truly the best man I’ve ever known.” Thru it all, Lizzy and Darcy have sizzling conversations where it is clear that they completely understand each other, and can get under the others skin. Yeah, I’d say there’s a very strong, very explained connection there.
Heathcliff and Cathy have a very similar they-completely-understand-the-other-person connection. Also, they are both cruel people who like to torment others – a perfect match.
I’m not going to argue you about Titanic, though, except to say that their relationship was very clearly an infatuation that probably wouldn’t last.
These comments are so completely contrasting and hilarious! I love it! I love people! And I thank God everyday for Stephanie Meyer. She took one thought…one idea…and made lives with it! Seriously made lives!! Not just Rob’s and Kristen’s, but everyone who worked on the first one and the other’s to come. Their lives will never be the same. SM touched all of our lives and is a fantastic artist. May there be many more to follow in her foot steps
Several people commented about Edward being 108 and attracted to a 17 year old girl. Once you read all the books, you find out that he is “frozen” at 17. Not just his body (which is riddled with 17 yr old boy hormones) but physiologically as well. He still thinks like a 17 yr old boy. So yes, a 17 year old girl would be perfect. True, he’s gained some wisdom and has patience, but his physical and mental chemistry doesn’t change. That said, yeah, I never saw an absolute reason why they fell in love…seemed kind of out of nowhere. Maybe just that he couldn’t read her mind and found her mysterious, plus, she was nice and didn’t try to be a phony. As far as her attraction to him, hell, if I bumped into a gorgeous 17 year old vampire I’d probably rivet myself to his side. Plus, lets face it, he’s manly, protective, and a freakin’ hot vampire.
as someone who has been in love a time or two I feel I should tell u that my most passionate feelings have come for someone at first sight. Someone I knew nothing about. Later in life when we dated,i found we had nothing in common, I was an athlete, she was studious. I enjoyed music. She honestly told me she hated it. I was gentle and caring, shes rough and short-minded. I’m a family man, she didn’t have the best home-life. I had a plan for my life. She was more free spirited and care free. But I tell u our love was the love wars were fought over. Books were written about. And the type of love only Shakespeare could articulate. Even to this day now that I’ve found “the better one for me” and am happily married and would never change that for anyone including her. She remains my most passionate, fiery, emonotional love. Don’t be so naive to think love is determined by a compatibility test. Love happens because of love and god. Nothing else
I don’t think in real life you “choose” who you fall in love with, you just do (I am talking the grand passion love affairs that only come around every once in awhile). Many come disguised as some type of “love” and you are left wondering “is this it?” but if you ask that question “it” is something different. Both can be great relationships if you work hard but the great ones come along only so often and you never get to choose who that will be with or when it will come- it chooses you. But don’t forget, even though you don’t choose it, you can choose whether or not you will engage in it. In Twilight Bella didn’t choose to love Edward, she just did and vice versa. No reason would accurately justify why. REasons come up short. BUT they could have chosen not to live in their love and pass on to different choices. Ultimately they chose each other trusting that those feelings were purposeful. They did not ignore reason rather reasoned within the knowledge base they had experienced.
I’m just visiting from the American Idol and Earl cancellation boards . . . but I can’t help mentioning that I didn’t think the guy was all that appealing in the movie. Nor was the girl. I mean, the art direction and cinematography left them both vaguely bluish green. And when he’s supposed to be so gorgeous in the sunlight — er, it looks more like he’s got a dermatology problem. Sorry, I saw the movie on DVD, so maybe that makes a big difference.
“Once you read all the books, you find out that he is “frozen” at 17. Not just his body (which is riddled with 17 yr old boy hormones) but physiologically as well. He still thinks like a 17 yr old boy.”
Uh, no. Not at all true. You must have read a whole ‘nother series of books.
I can’t wait for the next movie! http://christiansinglesdate.com
The relationship could not be creepier. He stalks her for months and BREAKS INTO HER HOME TO WATCH HER SLEEP. Dumb teenage girls – please take a second and realize this guy is a creepy vampire. Seriously.
And Bella is an utterly boring character. Really, a guy waited 100 years and that’s who he decides to end up with? REALLY?
Then again, I’ve read all the books and I’m counting down to New Moon. FML
It is really difficult to put into a small paragraph why I think Edward and Bella fall for each other. Both of them fall for each other simply because they are destined to be together. You find that out in the end. Bella is compelled by him because he is beautiful and mysterious. Plus he saves her and doesn’t act like the other high school boys around.
Edward falls for Bella because of her scent, the fact that she is completely unlike all the other high school girls around and he can’t read her mind and is mystified by this. And she is not scared of him being a vampire.
But bottom line they never had a choice. It was fate that brought them together, which is why Bella ultimately becomes a vampire.
Twilight haters be nice for once.
Well said Trish, I completely agree with you.
Some of you people sound like you are basing your opinions on the movie alone. The movie stinks. Twilight the book explains perfectly why they fall in love and actually takes half the book for them to get together.
Love can’t just be defined as one thing. For each person it’s different.
Bella and Edward fall in love because they’re both outsiders.
Edward – The sulky vampire who hates his life
Bella- The shy girl who hates where she is, and ultimately is more mature and intelligent then others. (well, at least in twilight the book)
Edward is Drawn to her because she’s so different from everyone else he’s met.
She’s shy, quiet, thoughtful, and mature. Also, she’s self-less.
If you Read MIDNIGHT SUN partial draft, You get a glimpse as to what he sees in bella.
Bella sees a man who’s truly different from what she’s seen.
Someone who’s artistic, talented, also mature, also thoughtful. Someone whom she respects and even admires.
This mixed in with their attraction for each other, and the insane situations they are put in, equals love.
As for Jacob, I don’t think he’s perfect for her. Because Edward’s the one for her. Always protecting her, and there for her.
TEAM EDWARD
I can see why Bella is attracted to Edward, everything about him pulls her in, being the most dangerous predator, god-like in his looks blah blah blah. But why Edward is attracted to Bella is beyond me. All I get is that she smells good and he’s frustrated he can’t hear her. Other than that, she argues all the time, whines constantly that ‘it’s not fair’ (whatever it is), she’s totally clingy, she tortures him emotionally for more than one book by not letting go of Jacob (she tortures Jacob that way too, incidentally, and uses him from book one forward), she’s exceptionally manipulative in book 3, she has no ambition whatsoever except to die, apparently, and thinks nothing of abandoning her friends and family for him. Yeah, she’s a catch.
Maybe he’s attracted because he just doesn’t know any better.
Geez Rica. You sound just like my coworker. He cannot stand Bella. I admit she is a little whiney and clingy in the first three books, but she becomes the strong heroine in the last book and completely redeems herself.
THEY R MENT FOR 1ANOTHER!!!
This was really a great interview.
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