Twilight Movie Date for the Philippines Confirmed! (faints)

I have been distracted the past couple of days; I keep thinking about my favorite vampires, especially my beloved (HAH!), so yesterday I sat myself in front of the pc and searched for stuff on the net about Twilight groups. I came across this blogsite (below), and lo and behold, a probable answer to my restlessness! Perhaps Edward has been trying to tell me something and here it is. *wide smile*
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http://twilightcovenph.blogspot.com/
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Twilight movie release date for the Philippines confirmed!
It's official! Viva International Pictures has just confirmed with Twilight Coven Philippines that the Philippine release of the "Twilight" film will be on November 20, 2008.Visit our sites for updates as regards news and promotions for the upcoming film (there are a lot in store for us Twilighters!). We will appreciate it if you will post a link to direct your readers/members in our site to keep them updated. Thanks. :)

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Imagine my glee... I was ecstatic! I was in euphoria! The glee I felt was and is immeasurable; words won't do justice to the emotions I felt when I read the post (sorry I sound overreacting).

But My God, THANK YOU!

While I, and the rest of the Philippine-based fans rejoice in this great piece of news, I am saddened that there are those who don't seem pretty happy with the playdate of the movie which will be shown a day before US and Canada. Seeing comments on the blogpost saying that it is unfair and unjust, asking WHY we get to see it first before the rest of the world does (which is only a couple of hours earlier to be exact), I say, WHY NOT?

First and foremost, why are we arguing over something that cannot be resolved? What is to be resolved, in the first place anyway? It's a non-issue my dears. We can exchange all the hurtful and discriminatory words out there, but the play dates will remain the same. Of course, unless there's some sort of miracle to happen in the coming weeks and months and Maverick Films decides to show it another month earlier than in the Philippines.

Second, Filipino Twilight fans had nothing to do with the decision of Viva International Pictures, the local distributor of the movie to show it on an earlier date. Movies here change picture on Wednesdays to be exact, and November 20 falls on a Thursday. Actually if we were unjust and selfish, we'd probably make a petition and move it to the 19th. But we're not like that. What's one more day to wait?

Third, I don't think Stephenie Meyer, had envisioned her fans quarreling like this. Remember that this had all started from a dream, that turned into a book, that turned into a movie. The book itself is a gift. The movie is just a bonus; a visual treat to satisfy our thirst for our hero and heroine, and the rest of the characters of the Twilight saga. Let us not squabble over this. No one is above nor below--we're all equals here. So please, let's all sit back, take a chill pill and patiently wait for November to roll by; it's not like Stephenie Meyer, Catherine Hardwicke, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and the rest of the cast are going to come over the Philippines for the premiere... although the idea of Rob coming over wouldn't be too bad at all. *crooked smile*