Twilight: Yes, I saw it. Yes, I was drunk.
I have the following thoughts (but be aware, I was intoxicated):
1. The movie was terrible. But sort of terrible that I'll enjoy mocking for some time to come. I do, however, think the movie was significantly better than the book. In the movie, there were things like SUBPLOT and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT that didn't dare show their faces in the book.
2. The ~*~sparkly~*~ vampire bit was HYSTERICAL. The poor actor looked like he'd just stepped out of the Roxy. I feel like this might be the case - the actor didn't have a clue what the effect was going to look like when he filmed the scene. He played it like it was going to be the BIGGEST SPECIAL EFFECT OMG EVER. But instead, it was like this... tiny little sheen. So he's ranting and raving, "THIS IS THE SKIN OF A MONSTERRRRRR" and the audience is like... "I think they sell that stuff at Bath and Body Works."
3. OMG CLOSE UPS. This is particularly memorable because the only place we could find six seats together was in the fourth row. But seriously, I am now intimately acquainted with every pore on RPattz's face. I mean, come on - zoom out for a second, okay? I get it, this scene is RILY INTENSE but I'm also getting motion sick.
4. Vampire Baseball is AWESOME. However, I still think that it's basically a poor man's Quidditch from an author too lazy to think up her own sport.
5. Kristen Stewart did something I seriously LOVED. She played Bella like she had a personality was turned on by the whole "danger" element of the relationship. I swear, I was like, THANK YOU. This whole thing is one HUGE metaphor for sex, and it's the least you can do to admit that Bella's a little kinky. In that respect, I pretty much applaud all of the actors for taking their rolls seriously. This, however, is a double edged sword. At times, some actors *cough*RPattz*cough* were taking the roll SO SRSLY that you just wanted to slap them and say, "It's Twilight, for god's sake, not Chekov! Relax!"
Sadly, there were NO preteen girls in my theatre! I was really looking forward to mocking them, but nada! I also went with Ryan, and I thought it was going to be HILARIOUS to see a theatre full of sexually repressed middle aged women and sexually curious preteens react to there being a rily rily attractive guy in the audience. Oh well.
Instead, pretty much everyone in the theatre was in their 20s, and pretty much all there to mock. Everyone that walked in looked around, and realized, "Omg, in my attempt to get some Friday night lulz, I have personally made sure this movie makes an obscene amount of money. Damn."
Today, in honor of the new Harry Potter movie's stupid postponement, Sarah and I decided to watch HP5 to try to fill the void. During one of Harry's flashbacks, it flickered to Cedric Diggory getting killed, and we both actually pointed and laughed at the TV. The only thing worse than getting Avada Kedavra'd? Being sent to fangirl hell. Poor guy - Voldie is SO cruel.
In other life news, my ChickLit novel is not going so well because of one major issue: my job is going well. I know, right? Things at work are sailing so smoothly it's almost terrifying. Although I love that things are easy, I need more fodder for the book, damn it! Right now, I'll count my blessing that things are good, though. For realz.
1. The movie was terrible. But sort of terrible that I'll enjoy mocking for some time to come. I do, however, think the movie was significantly better than the book. In the movie, there were things like SUBPLOT and CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT that didn't dare show their faces in the book.
2. The ~*~sparkly~*~ vampire bit was HYSTERICAL. The poor actor looked like he'd just stepped out of the Roxy. I feel like this might be the case - the actor didn't have a clue what the effect was going to look like when he filmed the scene. He played it like it was going to be the BIGGEST SPECIAL EFFECT OMG EVER. But instead, it was like this... tiny little sheen. So he's ranting and raving, "THIS IS THE SKIN OF A MONSTERRRRRR" and the audience is like... "I think they sell that stuff at Bath and Body Works."
3. OMG CLOSE UPS. This is particularly memorable because the only place we could find six seats together was in the fourth row. But seriously, I am now intimately acquainted with every pore on RPattz's face. I mean, come on - zoom out for a second, okay? I get it, this scene is RILY INTENSE but I'm also getting motion sick.
4. Vampire Baseball is AWESOME. However, I still think that it's basically a poor man's Quidditch from an author too lazy to think up her own sport.
5. Kristen Stewart did something I seriously LOVED. She played Bella like she had a personality was turned on by the whole "danger" element of the relationship. I swear, I was like, THANK YOU. This whole thing is one HUGE metaphor for sex, and it's the least you can do to admit that Bella's a little kinky. In that respect, I pretty much applaud all of the actors for taking their rolls seriously. This, however, is a double edged sword. At times, some actors *cough*RPattz*cough* were taking the roll SO SRSLY that you just wanted to slap them and say, "It's Twilight, for god's sake, not Chekov! Relax!"
Sadly, there were NO preteen girls in my theatre! I was really looking forward to mocking them, but nada! I also went with Ryan, and I thought it was going to be HILARIOUS to see a theatre full of sexually repressed middle aged women and sexually curious preteens react to there being a rily rily attractive guy in the audience. Oh well.
Instead, pretty much everyone in the theatre was in their 20s, and pretty much all there to mock. Everyone that walked in looked around, and realized, "Omg, in my attempt to get some Friday night lulz, I have personally made sure this movie makes an obscene amount of money. Damn."
Today, in honor of the new Harry Potter movie's stupid postponement, Sarah and I decided to watch HP5 to try to fill the void. During one of Harry's flashbacks, it flickered to Cedric Diggory getting killed, and we both actually pointed and laughed at the TV. The only thing worse than getting Avada Kedavra'd? Being sent to fangirl hell. Poor guy - Voldie is SO cruel.
In other life news, my ChickLit novel is not going so well because of one major issue: my job is going well. I know, right? Things at work are sailing so smoothly it's almost terrifying. Although I love that things are easy, I need more fodder for the book, damn it! Right now, I'll count my blessing that things are good, though. For realz.