Twilight's Edward and Bella - the Big Screen's Most Absurd Couple - EVER!

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The three part Twilight movie franchise is based on the wildly successful novels by the American author Stephenie Meyer. At this writing, the novels have sold over 85 million copies in more than 38 countries. The first book in the Twilight series, Twilight, was made into a movie in 2008. The second book in the Twilight series, New Moon, was released onto the big screen in 2009. The third Twilight book, Eclipse, is due to hit theaters in 2010. Twilight was a box office smash, but New Moon is proving to be a real record breaker in theater ticket sales arena.

I am going to skip inserting any sort of synopsis about the movies Twilight and New Moon. If you haven't at least seen Twilight, this article will have little meaning for you. If you have been to see both Twilight and New Moon, you'll get the most out of this article. With that said, allow me to expand on the thesis statement that is my title.

Twilight's Edward and Bella really and truly are the big screen's most absurd couple ever. Forget Harold & Maude. Forget Beauty & the Beast. Twilight's Edward and Bella set a whole new standard for mismatched, on-screen romantic pairings. I don't mean mismatched as in Harrison Ford and Anne Heche in Six Days and Seven Nights. I mean mismatched as in there was nothing at all to bring these two kids together in the first place, and certainly nothing to cause them to fall so deeply and irretrievably in love.

In Twilight, Edward is a vampire and Bella is a human being. Another way of saying this would be that in Twilight, Edward is the diner and Bella is the dinner. I realize that Edward has pledged himself to the vampire equivalent of being a vegetarian - he only consumes animal blood. But by his own admission, he is deeply and irresistibly drawn to Bella's unique scent. The same way I am drawn to the kitchen when my wife is cooking homemade cinnamon rolls. To be with her, Edward must constantly exert unprecedented levels of self control to ensure Bella doesn't end up being a snack, instead of a girlfriend. That hardly sounds like a way to spend a pleasant day.