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Post by Babycakes on Oct 23, 2011 4:11:46 GMT -4
You're right, mmmkrimpets, the books are far worse. I actually read all 4 and cannot comprehend how such suckage can belong in one series. How in the hell did you read one of those books, yet alone all four? Are you... a witch?
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Post by magazinewhore on Oct 26, 2011 21:59:55 GMT -4
Okay, so I've managed to ignore the Twilight mania for the last six or whatever years, and I'm home alone and it happened to be on TV and I'm watching it. You'll have to forgive me because I'm so far behind, but I finally think I understand. Yes, it's bad, but what strikes me are that some scenes are just out and out laughable (the Cullens playing baseball) while other things are really compelling: RPatz and Kristen have real chemistry. The leads look terribly awkward or embarrassed, but I never got his appeal before watching the movie, and now I see that he is quite cute in motion. Besides their chemistry, he has a nice manly vibe about him. Maybe because he's English.
That said, there's something disturbing about the whole story. It's really kind of insulting to women, the fantasy of the mysterious man who has such a power imbalance over her. And yet, I have to say, the movie is completely bypassed the part of my brain that holds logic. There are some cute men in the movie.
Wait, that's the end?! That's the worst ending ever!
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Post by Baby Fish Mouth on Oct 27, 2011 8:05:01 GMT -4
Another first-timer who caught the movie on tv last night. I was really taken aback by the awful message it sends to teen girls - it's somehow romantic when a guy STALKS you and gets all bent out of shape when other guys dare to speak to you? And Bella was such a drip. Every single time she was in danger Edward would swoop in and save the day. Blech.
The one saving grace was that it had a pretty good soundtrack.
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Post by magazinewhore on Oct 27, 2011 14:44:23 GMT -4
I know! I know the author is Mormon (correct?) so I was wondering if the gender norms were representative of the Mormon ideals? He admitted he would sneak into her room to watch her sleep. Ewww. Also the constant reminder that he may not be strong enough to hold back and resist ravishing her is just wrong.
I find it's appeal frustrating to me in part because a student just wrote a paper about it, and even my 45 year old sister (who has terrible taste) likes it. I think they like it because it shows a man hopelessly in love with a woman for no apparent reason. I want to shake them and ask them if they realize that men like don't actually exist. It's such a juvenile fantasy. Hell, it makes Titanic look like Tolstoy.
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dwanollah
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Post by dwanollah on Oct 27, 2011 18:01:09 GMT -4
Yes, BFM, the soundtrack is AWESOME! Magho, and if guys like that did exist, you wouldn't want to be in relationships with them. Plus I don't think RPatz and KStew have any chemistry (but that's also because Kristen Stewart is a void of anything resembling appealing personality). I saw a preview of the Big Wedding the other day (it was a preview on another video, before huntergrayson comes in here and starts shrieking that I looooove Twilight and Edward- ) and for all it's supposed to be such a romantic epic wedding, Bella looks as emotionally involved as if she's waiting her turn at CostCo. Of course the best message to take from the series is that two teenagers should absolutely get married right out of high school and have a baby. Because I can assure you, 9 out of 10 readers as stupid as I was at 14 will absolutely take that from it.
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ennui
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Post by ennui on Oct 27, 2011 18:20:40 GMT -4
Bella looks as emotionally involved as if she's waiting her turn at CostCo. Ha! So she's consistent. I, too, watched last night. Well, until he called her "spidermonkey," and then I started doing other things. My take -- he says all the right things. He's studied every romance novel ever written, and memorized his lines.
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NappingAthena
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Post by NappingAthena on Oct 27, 2011 19:12:20 GMT -4
The twilight saga is a cautionary tale of how you shouldn't date men who've been virgins for over 100 years because it turns them into stalkers. I'm sorry, but if some dude I didn't know said "I watch you sleep because of how amazing you smell" I'd deck him. That being said, we all know the real star of the movies is..the wig guy. My god some of those wigs.
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scarlett210
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Post by scarlett210 on Oct 27, 2011 19:35:15 GMT -4
Well, he's had enough time to study up. Edward has been going to high school for like 80 years.
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scarlett210
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Post by scarlett210 on Oct 27, 2011 20:56:14 GMT -4
Kristen doesn't look much more animated during her scenes with Edward either. For a movie that is built on nothing BUT a hokey romance, the two leads have as much heat as two pieces of card board. There's not even any UST, nada. During the kissing scenes both look like they want to throw up.
And forget about why Edward and Bella are so in lurve. In the book it's pretty much presented that Bella loves Edward because she thinks he's really really hot and Edward just wants to drink her blood.
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Post by bitca on Oct 27, 2011 22:31:53 GMT -4
Yes, it's bad, but what strikes me are that some scenes are just out and out laughable (the Cullens playing baseball) Oh, hale no! That was the best part of the movie.
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