Anti-Favorite Post
Sometimes I decide to hate things before I experience them. Like how I pre-judge certain people before I get to know them. I've become better at not doing that though. Or how I hated Conor Oberst for all of high school because everyone used that dumb lyric from that "I want a lover I don't have to love" song on their myspace profile. But now I enjoy a Conor Oberst song every once in a while. Or how I used to not like Judge Judy because I felt she was harsh. Now it's me and my dad's favorite show to watch as a family because we agree that dumb people getting yelled at is funny. In an effort to change my ways I've even taken Annika's advice and read some of Twilight while we were hanging out by the pool. I had huge problems with Twilight before, especially after my only fellow hater Ellen fell in love with the series. But new Hilary went in this with an open mind, I'll see the best in this book and be less judgemental. However this is hard when the first page says:
"I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of the hunter..."
I laughed and asked Annika how she felt about this and she got pretty defensive. So I continued. The first problem was that all the sentences were repetitive in form. Also, there was only about 3 adjectives used. I realize it's a pre-teen book, but pre-teens aren't illiterate. Next, there are a lot of complications that really aren't addressed realistically. So let's say I have no problem you're in love with a vampire, that issue will be put aside completely. This main character is in love with a controlling guy. He reads other people's minds to stalk the main girl. He watches her sleep and listens to her sleep talk. Every tens seconds the author uses one of her 3 adjectives to describe how ~hawt~ this guy is, yet the couple pretty much does NOTHING. You're telling me that you have the hottest guy in the tri-state area and you aren't going to be ALL over that? Unrealistic. Also, he does a lot of growling and vampire like things. It's hard to read that and taking it seriously. BUT, despite all my judgements I can see why it would be popular. The main character is this nerdy nobody and all of the sudden Mr. Beautiful walks in and only wants her. It's like Pretty in Pink except the guy doesn't get cold feet before prom. So anyways, after all the hate speeches I've made I decided that I don't need to be such a prick about professing my disliking.
Another thing. I saw Funny People last night. It was two and a half hours I COULDNT BELIEVE IT. Part of me was sad because the main character played by Adam Sandler is just like Adam Sandler, but he was dying. But then it just got so long that I couldnt even really enjoy it.
"I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of the hunter..."
I laughed and asked Annika how she felt about this and she got pretty defensive. So I continued. The first problem was that all the sentences were repetitive in form. Also, there was only about 3 adjectives used. I realize it's a pre-teen book, but pre-teens aren't illiterate. Next, there are a lot of complications that really aren't addressed realistically. So let's say I have no problem you're in love with a vampire, that issue will be put aside completely. This main character is in love with a controlling guy. He reads other people's minds to stalk the main girl. He watches her sleep and listens to her sleep talk. Every tens seconds the author uses one of her 3 adjectives to describe how ~hawt~ this guy is, yet the couple pretty much does NOTHING. You're telling me that you have the hottest guy in the tri-state area and you aren't going to be ALL over that? Unrealistic. Also, he does a lot of growling and vampire like things. It's hard to read that and taking it seriously. BUT, despite all my judgements I can see why it would be popular. The main character is this nerdy nobody and all of the sudden Mr. Beautiful walks in and only wants her. It's like Pretty in Pink except the guy doesn't get cold feet before prom. So anyways, after all the hate speeches I've made I decided that I don't need to be such a prick about professing my disliking.
Another thing. I saw Funny People last night. It was two and a half hours I COULDNT BELIEVE IT. Part of me was sad because the main character played by Adam Sandler is just like Adam Sandler, but he was dying. But then it just got so long that I couldnt even really enjoy it.