londonstill
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Post by londonstill on Feb 18, 2009 18:19:06 GMT -4
I think the books are crap too but I found myself oddly compelled to keep reading. Someone in the book thread described the books as being like fan fic of a much better book and I think that's spot on.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2009 21:05:49 GMT -4
(Anyone have any pictures of Pattinson all sparkley? I'm really curious now.)
I heard somewhere that he's not that thrilled with the movies, or something like that. Sort of like Alec Guinness. (Although Guinness's case, he was just cranky to little kids-he should have been grateful he didn't have to deal with screaming fan girls!)
You know, if I had a boyfriend who was a vampire that sparkled in the sunlight, I'd want to get it on in a deserted meadow, on a sunny day. (If Meyers doesn't include something like THAT in her books, she's a friggin' moron)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2009 2:55:40 GMT -4
You know, if I had a boyfriend who was a vampire that sparkled in the sunlight, I'd want to get it on in a deserted meadow, on a sunny day. (If Meyers doesn't include something like THAT in her books, she's a friggin' moron) There is no actual "getting it on" in the books, in a meadow or elsewhere. (There's a hint of some on a beach/in the ocean, I think, but my memory is foggy.) It's mostly just after-bruise. (And saying she's a moron goes without saying.)
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kali
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Post by kali on Feb 19, 2009 9:54:59 GMT -4
I heard somewhere that he's not that thrilled with the movies, or something like that. Sort of like Alec Guinness. (Although Guinness's case, he was just cranky to little kids-he should have been grateful he didn't have to deal with screaming fan girls!) I think it's more the books and the fandom that he has issues with. Both he and Kristen Stewart seemed to have the mindset of yes, the books are super cheesy but we want to make the movie as good as we possibly can. They mostly thought they'd signed on for an low-budget little drama, and then found themselves in the midst of this madness. He's never really said anything negative about the film, more just about the books, Edward, and the Edward/Bella relationship. And even then it's more in the vein of not getting why the guy is so idealized than it is about just plain old thinking the books suck. He actually seems to like parts of the books, but (rightly, IMO) sees the relationship in much less sweet and perfect terms than Meyer ever has.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2009 23:24:32 GMT -4
I've heard he's practically a stalker. Oh well. The next time I'm at the library, I'm checking the book out, along with Bram Stoker's Dracula, which I've been meaning to read anyways. (I just finished Frankenstein a couple of weeks ago) Should be pretty interesting.
I'm guessing that Meyers isn't as good as Christopher Pike's "Last Vampire" series?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2009 1:06:43 GMT -4
I was only eleven when I read (one or two of) The Last Vampire books, and for the most part retain only hazy memories of them - such as being really confused because the main character was supposed to be from India a bajillion years ago and yet was apparently Caucasian and blonde - but some parts have always stuck with me, like the gross villain draining the heroine's blood (possibly in an ice-cream truck?), his creepy mom and the description of someone's dirty fingernails opening a vein. I couldn't outline the plot for you, but I had more of a reaction with those iffy recollections from over a decade ago than I did at any time in Twilight's entire meandering 500 pages. Make of that what you will. And brace yourself for a lot of talk about how boring and rainy and green Washington is and how Bella is so bored by everyone around her despite the fact that she herself has no personality. Ahem. But the Dracula-Twilight pairing should be interesting! One full of sexual innuendo, one...not. Honestly, since Twilight could have been a cool concept - the cover imagery with the hands and the apple is so much more evocative than anything in the novel deserves - I think it'd have been better if it HAD been a low-budget little drama. For once completely bastardizing the source material could have been a good thing, and they could have made it about a hundred times darker and changed all the dialogue. And gotten rid of the vampire baseball, because that was just silly.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2009 16:54:56 GMT -4
Here's a little spoiler: Nothing happens in the the first two hundred pages! I kept going only because I knew the snark would be worth it.
Describing it as fan-fiction of much better material is perfect. That said, I can't wait until this is available on Netflix.
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Post by angelaudie on Feb 21, 2009 0:28:07 GMT -4
So, Chris Weitz won't be directing Eclipse. Also, this summary from Summit makes me think they are toning down the Bella/Jacob "romance": Notice she is Bella is choosing between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob. No mention of love for Jacob. My guess is Bella may briefly flirt with the idea of dating Jacob but quickly abandons it because he is just no match for Edward. Really I can't believe Meyers is still trying to convince people Bella ever loved Jacob as anything more than a friend.
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Post by scarlet on Feb 21, 2009 1:11:30 GMT -4
They're totally toning it down--not a big surprise. Summit just isn't going to bet against their meal ticket, aka RPattz.
And, yeah, I can't even do anything but laugh whenever SMeyer tries that old "Bella was in love with both of them" redux argument she's been flapping her gums about for the past thousand years (well, it feels like that long).
Plus, it's really smart of them to grab the 4th of July 2010 weekend this early. There's no way they were going to chance going up against HP and the Deathly Hallows come November and this way they'll have all those kids out of school all summer to go and see it over and over and over again.
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huntergrayson
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Post by huntergrayson on Feb 21, 2009 2:55:35 GMT -4
Dear EW: Stop with the Twilight coverage.
I feel like I've already seen/read this thanks to y'all's awesome snark. I'm glad it's coming to DVD so soon so I can watch it (a) drunk and (b) without fangirls.
I think the best way to get RPattz to commit to Breaking Dawn is to just hand over the reins to a crazy visionary - the book sounds f'ed up enough that I could see Cronenberg or Del Toro doing an awesome job.
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