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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 15:51:17 GMT -4
I think Kristen Stewart is conventionally pretty, especially when she sits down for an interview with make-up on. But I don't think she's good in these particular films.
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Post by BoroKat on Nov 18, 2009 16:01:08 GMT -4
I admit, I will be there this weekend. Now, I know they are crap, but it is just silly fantasy. Do I want to be a teenager in love with a vampire? No, of course not. Is it fun to watch all this supernatural, overwrought romance (preferably with wine and dark chocolate M&Ms, which is how I watched Twilight)? Yes, very much.
As I read the books last year, I knew that they were utter crap. But I could not put them down. I think that the premise is interesting, and in the hands of a much better writer, they could have been awesome. Except Breaking Dawn. BD is the worst book I have ever read in my life.
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Post by tamaradixon on Nov 18, 2009 16:05:35 GMT -4
I admit, I will be there this weekend. Now, I know they are crap, but it is just silly fantasy. Do I want to be a teenager in love with a vampire? No, of course not. Is it fun to watch all this supernatural, overwrought romance (preferable with wine and dark chocolate M&Ms, which is how I watched Twilight)? Yes, very much. As I read the books last year, I knew that they were utter crap. But I could not put them down. I think that the premise is interesting, and in the hands of a much better writer, they could have been awesome. Except Breaking Dawn. BD is the worst book I have ever read in my life. are you me? Word and ditto. I'm going Sunday night when the teen crowd may be lessened.... then I can enjoy it in all its, um, glory.
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Post by susyhomewrecker on Nov 18, 2009 19:17:13 GMT -4
I think Kristen Stewart is conventionally pretty, especially when she sits down for an interview with make-up on. But I don't think she's good in these particular films. I saw her this morning on the Today show, and holy hell was it ever awkward. She's been making movies since she was like twelve or thirteen years old, you'd think someone would have taken her aside by now to tell her that slouching in her seat, mumbling and making faces doesn't really work. I think she's very pretty in the Twilight movies, but when I see her in "real life," I just don't see the same appeal, and attribute that to her somewhat surly demeanor.
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Post by regencydrama on Nov 18, 2009 20:11:31 GMT -4
I think Kristen Stewart is conventionally pretty, especially when she sits down for an interview with make-up on. But I don't think she's good in these particular films. I saw her this morning on the Today show, and holy hell was it ever awkward. She's been making movies since she was like twelve or thirteen years old, you'd think someone would have taken her aside by now to tell her that slouching in her seat, mumbling and making faces doesn't really work. I think she's very pretty in the Twilight movies, but when I see her in "real life," I just don't see the same appeal, and attribute that to her somewhat surly demeanor. I feel a tad bad for her in that respect, since she's apparently quite shy. But then again, she does have the resources to take media training classes, so...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 20:18:03 GMT -4
Sometimes that shyness seems to carry over into her acting.
I thought she just happened to be a more understated performer. Now I just think she might be comatose.
I don't think I have that much of a problem with Robert Pattison's way of speaking or anything, but sometimes he looks like he wants to puke and with the pale white-make up they put on him I find this kind of unnerving.
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Post by angelaudie on Nov 18, 2009 20:27:25 GMT -4
To be fair though many of the fans are tweens and teens who probably do think Twilight is a wonderfully written series. I know I was guilty of thinking some crappy films and books were great when I was a tween and teen and I'm sure many on this board were guilty of this as well. Plus, I think some tweens and teens overreact to criticism because they interpret criticisms of Twilight, something they love and enjoy, as criticisms of them. You say "Twilight is poorly written!" but they hear, "You are stupid to like this series!" Now the crazed Twilight Moms I can't go easy on. They are old enough to know that you can enjoy something and still know it's not the greatest thing ever. Oddly enough the tweens and teens handle possibility of RP and KS dating better than the Twilight Moms. The Twilight Moms are the ones calling KS a whore and slut while younger fans seem to think it's cute or recognize the personal lives of the actors are none of their business. I guess Twilight Moms are in some odd state of arrested development.
As for the media obsession I understand the annoyance but I kinda understand why the media has jumped on the franchise and the actors. The books had a devoted cult following at best and suddenly the film version just kinda exploded. The first film was not made for much yet made an insane amount of money. The success of the first movie causes the media to keep their eye on the other films. Plus, I think it's a bit unfair to dismiss the actors in the film simply because they are doing these films. Yeah, KS is not great in these films but I've seen in other films where she was quite good. RP's acting in the first film is made of laughs but doesn't mean he's devoid of talent. Only time will tell if they live up to their hype.
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Post by kali on Nov 19, 2009 2:00:23 GMT -4
I actually think their acting is fine. And Stewart's been one of the few things that I've seen consistently praised about New Moon. Bella isn't a dynamic character in the least. She's a total Mary Sue who thinks everything is lame except Edward. I think that Stewart can bring out ANYTHING in that character worth liking is commendable. And RPattz was hired to James Dean it up, and I think he does that. Of all the issues I had with the first movie, one of the few things that I thought worked was the two of them together. I think they did capture that awkwardness of first love really well. And then they were forced to scurry up trees and sparkle in a meadow and I mostly got distracted by all the badness.
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Post by Hamatron on Nov 19, 2009 2:30:38 GMT -4
I have liked Kristen Stewart in other movies, but I could not stand her in Twilight. I don't know who could make that character work. She's like Marissa Cooper from the O.C. or Joey from Dawson's Creek. People are nice to her and invite her to hang even though she is sour acting and always rolling her eyes. Blah. Go be codependent then.
That said, I will probably see this while drunk and laugh my ass off. Like I do with bad online fanfiction. And because I love bad movies, even if I do find the codependent vampire dorks and the bland white girl that loves them dull when sober.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2009 17:36:25 GMT -4
I realized Kristen Stewart was worse than I thought when I saw a similar character portrayed by another actress on The Vampire Diaries and was shocked to see the character played well. The badness in my mind got amplified when I realized I liked Taylor Swift's parody better.
My problem with Edward is that he always looks like he wants to vomit and I really don't want to stare at someone who looks like they're about to throw up on the theatre.
I've seen Kristen Stewart in other things and I did think she was fine in those films, but she does have a certain understated quality which can, at times, lull me into sleep. Normally, I like understatedness, but maybe the story itself in Twilight is so boring (nothing much seems to happen in the first film and the cinematography is sleep-inducing) that Kristen Stewart's understatedness tends to have a bad effect on me. She also does this weird pausing at times which makes want to scream "Hurry up! Spit it out!" Then I wonder why I begged because I have to endure talk about radioactive spiders.
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