It's a personal low for me. After hearing about how "that new twilight flick ain't half bad" I thought I may as well watch it. That, and everything else at the video store seemed to be out
it's hard to get into something which seems to be written for 13-16 year old girls.
You hit the nail on the head right there. I've managed to avoid this whole Twilight saga. I'd love to see Chris Heyerdahl but even he won't get me to watch this drivel. I did however LOL at your synopsis.
No no no, don't watch it for Chris. He only has a few lines, it's not worth watching just to see him. Even if he is awesome :)
I find it a bit troubling that this movie has taken the world by storm. There are some serious moral issues raised in it which seem to be glossed over - murder, suicide, age appropriate relationships, what does it mean to be human/what is a soul....
It started with the books and teenage girls and seems to have spread to mature females. I learned recently that my son's girlfriend dragged him to the movie. Luckily, I found that out before I opened my big mouth and alienated her for life. LOL
Women see romance in the strangest places. It's the Romeo and Juliet syndrome I fear. We love the angst. Just look at Sparky. If they had gotten together, most people would have lost interest.
They don't stop to think about the moral issues. They just look at the surface. Which to a certain extent explains Sheyla.
My highest recommendation for this movie came from my temporary flatmate, surprisingly. He went with his girlfriend, although he enjoyed it (the fool). He does also like Miley Cyrus, so maybe he wasn't the yardstick I should have been using.
I get that it is a Romeo/Juliet-esque movie (they even hang a lantern on it by having Bella read the book), it's just that it isn't particularly deep. The stakes aren't really high enough, to me they never get past the point of it being some teenagers who think that everything is "like, OMG, the end of the world". Which is quite ironic, given that there is a fair amount of life and death stuff in it.
If they really did tackle the moral issues, it'd be a completely different type of movie. And probably alter the target demographic quite dramatically.
I read the Twilight sage and if you take it for face value and for what it is (drabble written for sappy boy crazy hopelessly romantic tweens) it's not THAT bad. I won't go out of my way to read it again. I will watch the movies but that's more for the cinematography and the music than anything else (well...looking forward to seeing a dark Dakota Manning...)
your synopsis made me LOL and hit the nail right on the head.
You're right, it's not THAT bad. In fact, I can see how it is such a success - they've adopted the formula of most romances, except that it is done for teenagers.
I'd never thought of it like a drabble. That's a pretty good description. And good lord, I certainly couldn't write it any better, so I should probably stop snarking at it. But it's so easy :p
oh no, snark away. And by drabble I meant more by content than quantity. I personally feel like Meyer used a lot more words than were really necessary to tell this story.
but it was a fun way to pass the time without having to think too much, which is usually why I read books anyway (I really should read things that make me think more...)
*dies laughing* You hit the nail straight on ;^) My biggest problem with Twilight is the fact that it talks about sparkling vampires... how the fuck can a vampire sparkle?!?
I will cop to having read and gotten obsessed with finishing the book series. IMO, the first book was really well written. But Stephanie Meyer is no JK Rowling and when she tried to go epic (bringing in the Volturi storyline) she massively failed. The 4th book had me facepalming, but like James Cameron movies, there's some kind of subliminal something in her stories that commands you to read and finish them.
The movies I've only seen the first and am not obsessed, but I'm curious to see how they did the characters, so when they hit my free premium channels I'll watch them. :D
You are SPOT ON with your snarking. Though, you missed on fact--the third movie actually does nothing but amp up the tension between Ed and Jacob to nauseating levels. It's the 4th book that resolves everything in rather weird ways. :D
I'll have to tell my flatmate that, it'll ruin his day to hear that the next one is not very good too. He and his girlfriend will have to wait another eighteen months for a resolution. Oh the tragedy.....
Watching the dvd extra, I got the impression that SM was pandering a bit with this one. It might be a bit of a leap, as I said, I've not seen the first one so there's nothing for me to compare it to
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You hit the nail on the head right there. I've managed to avoid this whole Twilight saga. I'd love to see Chris Heyerdahl but even he won't get me to watch this drivel. I did however LOL at your synopsis.
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I find it a bit troubling that this movie has taken the world by storm. There are some serious moral issues raised in it which seem to be glossed over - murder, suicide, age appropriate relationships, what does it mean to be human/what is a soul....
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Women see romance in the strangest places. It's the Romeo and Juliet syndrome I fear. We love the angst. Just look at Sparky. If they had gotten together, most people would have lost interest.
They don't stop to think about the moral issues. They just look at the surface. Which to a certain extent explains Sheyla.
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I get that it is a Romeo/Juliet-esque movie (they even hang a lantern on it by having Bella read the book), it's just that it isn't particularly deep. The stakes aren't really high enough, to me they never get past the point of it being some teenagers who think that everything is "like, OMG, the end of the world". Which is quite ironic, given that there is a fair amount of life and death stuff in it.
If they really did tackle the moral issues, it'd be a completely different type of movie. And probably alter the target demographic quite dramatically.
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your synopsis made me LOL and hit the nail right on the head.
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I'd never thought of it like a drabble. That's a pretty good description. And good lord, I certainly couldn't write it any better, so I should probably stop snarking at it. But it's so easy :p
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but it was a fun way to pass the time without having to think too much, which is usually why I read books anyway (I really should read things that make me think more...)
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You hit the nail straight on ;^)
My biggest problem with Twilight is the fact that it talks about sparkling vampires... how the fuck can a vampire sparkle?!?
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I will cop to having read and gotten obsessed with finishing the book series. IMO, the first book was really well written. But Stephanie Meyer is no JK Rowling and when she tried to go epic (bringing in the Volturi storyline) she massively failed. The 4th book had me facepalming, but like James Cameron movies, there's some kind of subliminal something in her stories that commands you to read and finish them.
The movies I've only seen the first and am not obsessed, but I'm curious to see how they did the characters, so when they hit my free premium channels I'll watch them. :D
You are SPOT ON with your snarking. Though, you missed on fact--the third movie actually does nothing but amp up the tension between Ed and Jacob to nauseating levels. It's the 4th book that resolves everything in rather weird ways. :D
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Watching the dvd extra, I got the impression that SM was pandering a bit with this one. It might be a bit of a leap, as I said, I've not seen the first one so there's nothing for me to compare it to
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