kali
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Post by kali on Nov 17, 2009 23:07:19 GMT -4
But I see the movie slammed everywhere, so I just don't really see that it's held up as sacred. When it comes out, I'd put money on it receiving mediocre to poor reviews. And even most of the positive attention it gets is for being a guilty-pleasure. Obviously, the fans take it seriously, but I feel like most of the media gets that it's as much of a fluffy, useless blockbuster as Transformers.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 23:18:39 GMT -4
I can't tell if the movie is taken seriously but it seems the actors are and I'm not sure why since they're not very good in it.
At first, I just thought it was the story letting them down and that their acting was fine for the material. But then I saw an episode of The Vampire Diaries which has similar stupidity in it and yet the actors seemed to do fine with it. So initially I thought the actors in Twilight weren't bad. But now I'm leaning towards the idea that they stink.
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Post by lpatrice on Nov 17, 2009 23:53:51 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. Except Dirty Dancing, The Notebook, and Home Alone were actually decent movies with an actual plot and good acting. Twilight not so much.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 0:14:31 GMT -4
Home Alone had good acting?
I can't hate Twilight, because I think it's too hilarious. I feel like most of the hardcore fans who take it seriously are tweens who are apt to get worked up about lots of petty things. They'll probably be embarrassed about it in a few years.
Then there's the TwiMoms- I have no excuse or explanation for them.
I also don't feel like it's accurate to say the actors are taking this seriously- RPattz has made many, many snide comments, and KS is obviously doing the bare minimum, both acting-wise and on the red carpet.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 0:27:54 GMT -4
I didn't mean the actors are taking Twilight seriously. I mean that it seems the actors are actually taken seriously by the media (i.e Stewart being hailed as one of the most promising talents of her generation in some magazine; coverage of Pattison and Stewart as if they're some kind of super power-couple, etc. ).
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Post by GoldenFleece on Nov 18, 2009 0:29:35 GMT -4
Taylor Lautner seems pretty earnest about the whole thing, but even he's snarked a bit about Breaking Dawn (spoilerz!). I thought Taylor Swift really captured the full range of Kristen Stewart's acting in Twilight (lip biting and tucking her hair behind her ear) in that SNL parody last week. There are always going to be critics wanting to anoint an ingenue the next great talent of her generation when she can't remotely back it up. They'll slobber over someone else when she gets too old. I can't take it seriously anymore.
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Post by regencydrama on Nov 18, 2009 13:10:22 GMT -4
TThere are always going to be critics wanting to anoint an ingenue the next great talent of her generation when she can't remotely back it up. They'll slobber over someone else when she gets too old. I can't take it seriously anymore. The weird thing about Kristen Stewart being deemed an ingenue, is that she doesn't (imo) really have anything to offer in terms of looks or talent. Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johassen are both terrible actresses, but they're still attractive people. Kristen's just average looking and not very talented. And I suppose one could argue the angle that we like her since she's average and we can relate, but really? I'd be embarrassed to see her as a relatable role model of any kind. She doesn't appear to have a lot of depth, from what I've seen in interviews.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 15:18:43 GMT -4
For the media it's simple: Stewart isn't conventionally pretty or stunning in a Portman/Johansson kind of way, yet she's been in a hit movie. So she must be super talented.
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Post by Mutagen on Nov 18, 2009 15:29:35 GMT -4
Huh. Maybe it's in the eye of the beholder - I'm not what you'd call a fan of hers, but I personally think Kristen Stewart is pretty. Her face is offbeat, but very feminine. ScarJo has more raw sex appeal, but if I had a choice between her face and Stewart's, I'd take Stewart's.
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Post by SweetOblivion on Nov 18, 2009 15:36:36 GMT -4
I'm not trying to deny this generation its iconic movie, but treating it as some wonderful piece of filmmaking is ridiculous. And it's grating to see it EVERYWHERE, held up as the Greatest Movie of All Time. When I was 17 I was coo coo for The Princess Bride, which was a tad on the Velveeta side, but in a good way. Give me the Dread Pirate Wesley over a moody sparkly dead teenager any day. Twilight wouldn't bother me nearly as much if people didn't try to make it come off as better than it is. There's nothing wrong with being cheesy entertainment.
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