Backstage with Melanie

yes, it’s official.  the final TWIGHLIGHT movie trailer is out!  i would have posted this the day it came out, but i figured the website would be soooo overloaded it wouldn’t be worth even trying to watch the trailer.

so if you HAVEN’T checked out the lastest and final movie trailer,

BITE INTO THIS!

it takes a bit to download, but is worth the wait.

as with any movie i see, it’s all about the soundtrack!  when i heard the same lady that chooses the music for grey’s anatomy was in charge of picking the music for twilight the movie, i was ecstatic!  i LOVE grey’s soundtracks and the songs are always perfect, so this was exciting news.

when i saw the official songlist for twilight the movie, i couldn’t believe my eyes!  back in the summer, waaaay before the movie soundtrack information was out,  me and a friend spent hours putting together a cd of OUR favorite songs that work with the edward/bella story.  one of those songs was by collective soul “tremble my beloved”

if you look at the official twilight soundtrack below, please notice what song number 7 is……….

1. Muse-Supermassive Black Hole

2. Paramore-Decode

3. The Black Ghosts-Full Moon

4. Linkin Park-Leave Out All The Rest

5. MuteMath-Spotlight (Twighlight Mix)

6. Perry Farrell-Go All The Way (Into the Twilight)

7. Collective Soul-Tremble My Beloved (HOW COOL IS THIS?  I THINK A PRIZE IS IN ORDER)

8. Paramore-I Caught Myself

9. Blue Foundation-Eyes On Fire

10. Rob Pattinson-Never Think (Yes! this is the guy who plays edward)

11. Iron & Wine-Flightless Bird, American Mouth

12. Carter Burwell-Bella’s Lullaby

can’t wait to hear the movie soundtrack! but for now i personally think the list of songs that melissa and i put together are incredible, so if you want to hear some great music, check out our breaking dawn blog.

i can’t even tell you how excited my family is that ironman is finally released on dvd!   i guess i CAN tell you how excited they are because my children woke up at 5am to watch it before they went to school this morning!!!!

i KNOW!

i bought it last night and by the time they got homework done it was bedtime so i wouldn’t let them stay up and watch it.  yes! “grown up” melanie shows up every now and again.  i told them we’d have the movie forever and they could watch it whenever they wanted, so go to bed and you can watch it “tomorrow.”

as they “murmured” their way to bed i heard something about “i’ll put toast in on the way downstairs, then you can come as soon as you’re hair is done”   what?!

they decided 5AM would be “tomorrow” and they could wake up, get ready for school and still have time to watch it before they left.  they had figured out who could make breakfast, do hair and how long it would take them to get completely ready, so they’d still have enough time to watch the entire movie before school.

i was impressed with their creativty and goal setting skills, so “cool fun mom” kicked into gear and said they could get up at whatever time they pleased as long as they were ready for school ON TIME!   really thinking when the alarms went off reality would set in and they’d just sleep until i woke them at a decent hour.

when i came downstairs, at a decent hour, there they were all lined up on the couch! completely ready for school WATCHING IRONMAN!!!!    how’s this for a movie review?  “ironman is so great it got my kids out of bed and to school on time!  it’s a must see!”

honestly , we really love this movie and if you haven’t seen it, go get it!  it’s what movies are supposed to be.  fun, action packed, humorous, touch of romance and a really great ride!   oh! and robert downey jr. is perfection!

tonight scott and i had the opportunity to attend the premier of forever strong (the rugby movie).

i don’t know anything about rugby but you don’t have to and you’ll still enjoy this show.  i always get excited when i see a movie that ALL my family will enjoy!

the story is based on the highland rams, an amazing rugby team from utah.  their coach is larry gelwix and his team standards and rules are known worldwide.  larry believes being a coach is more than just asking his players to be their best while playing the game.  he teaches them to be forever strong on the field, so they can be forever strong off the field.  larry (real life coach) is in the suit and gary cole (in the striped shirt) plays larry gelwix in the movie.

the highland rugby team has an unbelievable record of 361 wins and 9 losses!  that is NOT a typo!  their story is one that is worth being shared. what they accomplished as a team is truly inspiring.

if you want a great date night, go see this movie!  i’d love for it to have a killer opening weekend so hollywood takes notice.   as a mother of four, i am dying for more family friendly movies that don’t involve bright colors and cute voices.  don’t get me wrong, i love the “kiddie” movies but it’s nice to go to the theater with my entire family and see a movie that has real people in it and no talking animals.

i’d love to hear what you guys think of the movie. i totally left wanting to yell the chant and slap my thighs!

huge thanks to randy hunt from columbus travel.  he’s my buddy who got us the tickets to the premier.  (larry gelwix and randy hunt are business partners at columbus travel)   i know, lots of names.  don’t worry, i won’t quiz you on it later!  just sit back and enjoy the show!  thanks again guys!  it was a great night!