susyhomewrecker
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Post by susyhomewrecker on Nov 17, 2009 15:13:23 GMT -4
You're right - some are probably students. But then again, I would hope that UCLA students would be smart enough to realize Twilight is dreck. Alas, no. Several of my Facebook friends have put up statuses in the last two or so days saying they're re-reading New Moon in anticipation of the movie, and one of them is a UCLA grad. Another is my boyfriend's 28-year-old roommate. I don't know who I'm more worried about....
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Post by Babycakes on Nov 17, 2009 16:46:16 GMT -4
I never saw the first movie, and mercifully never read the "books". But from what I've heard this entire oeuvre is complete dreck, stem to stern. Bad characters, horrific acting, the whole nine. So is a portion of the population just involved in self delusion or mass brainwashing? Robert Pattison is nowhere near "hot" enough to put an ass in a seat IMO. This doesn't seem sexy or something that you could vicariously live through. The commercials look like the worst fanfic come to life. This movie should be on the SyFy channel, on a Sunday morning.
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Post by Mutagen on Nov 17, 2009 17:01:48 GMT -4
I never saw the first movie, and mercifully never read the "books". But from what I've heard this entire oeuvre is complete dreck, stem to stern. Bad characters, horrific acting, the whole nine. ... The commercials look like the worst fanfic come to life. This movie should be on the SyFy channel, on a Sunday morning. This is why my sister and I hit the bar before we went to see the last Twilight, then gave it the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment once we were in the theater. I'm going to have to see if a) she's up for it again, b) we can snark unobtrusively enough not to get jumped in the parking lot afterwards. But seriously, if you do it that way, these movies are awesome.
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susyhomewrecker
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Post by susyhomewrecker on Nov 17, 2009 17:37:49 GMT -4
I second that. I smuggled a flask of vodka into the first one, bought a soda at the concession stand, and had a grand old time. Twilight is seriously one of the best comedies ever made.
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regencydrama
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Post by regencydrama on Nov 17, 2009 17:45:30 GMT -4
I second that. I smuggled a flask of vodka into the first one, bought a soda at the concession stand, and had a grand old time. Twilight is seriously one of the best comedies ever made. I third this. I hit a bar beforehand with a friend, downed two mojitos and couldn't stop laughing for most of the movie. With the right amount of alcohol, Twilight is a really good mood booster. Babycakes: I wish I could explain the Twilight phenomenon, but... I can't.
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Post by bitca on Nov 17, 2009 18:04:11 GMT -4
I second that. I smuggled a flask of vodka into the first one, bought a soda at the concession stand, and had a grand old time. Twilight is seriously one of the best comedies ever made. That's our plans for New Moon. Woo hoo! Can't wait.
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Post by Babycakes on Nov 17, 2009 18:50:48 GMT -4
I thought it was one of those, so bad it's good movies, like the fromage masterpiece ShowGirls. But from the clip I saw on YT it was the so bad, it's bad like Battlefield Earth. It seems to demand to be taken seriously, when the leads look miserable and wooden, and the plotline is ludicrous. I just. don't. get. it. I could never justify paying to seeing this, even while drunk. I wouldn't want a penny going to SMeyer. She should be punished, not rewarded for creating such absolute foolishness. I think some people are band-wagoning, just for the fad. I can't imagine these movies will hold up over time like LotR, HP, etc.
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kali
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Post by kali on Nov 17, 2009 19:14:43 GMT -4
I'm actually kind of getting uncomfortable with the Twilight-hate. There's such a knee-jerk reaction to anything Twilight-related, I'm started to like it unironically just to be contrary. They're fun movies intended for tweens and teenagers. We were allowed our Dirty Dancings, our Notebooks, our Home Alones, I guess I feel like there's nothing wrong with this generation being allowed to like something as cheesy as Twilight.
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Post by Babycakes on Nov 17, 2009 20:26:37 GMT -4
I don't mind the teens and tweens (and others ages) that are obsessed with this. It's the media over-saturation that bugs me. A 90 minute crapfest is not the next coming of GWTW meets Romeo and Juliet, which is what the none stop coverage seems to be implying. I've can't remember a movie based on such a thin premise and poor source material (from what little I know) so over-hyped. To each his own, but the fact no one media-wise is admitting that this is more about hype than quality bugs me.
I could give a shit about hobo hair, abs, or the vampire mystique. But this seems like too much attention for so little payoff.
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regencydrama
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Post by regencydrama on Nov 17, 2009 21:54:45 GMT -4
Babycakes, this is actually one of my main issues with the series. It's terribly written with horrific messages - e.g. if your man leaves you, you should be comatose for a year- yet very few people in the media dare to critique it since it's the hot ticket of the moment. Kali: I do agree that we should all be allowed to like whatever fluff we want. I'm a big fan of poorly-written romcoms AND really bad sci-fi disaster movies. But I think the main problem/criticism with Twilight is that most of the hardcore fans refuse to admit that it's fluff. They treat the series like it is sacred, and go absolutely batshit on people who disagree. So, I guess you could say my knee-jerking is a reaction to their knee-jerking.
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