inb4 no&rage

Nah. I'll be avoiding the theater this weekend (a rarity. I average about a movie a week) due to the amount of screaming girls likely to be at the theater. I'll be waiting for next weekend: The Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Road, and Ninja Assassin come out. Then the next week I have Up In The Air and Brothers. And then the next week I have The Lovely Bones and Invictus. And then, after a year of anticipation, Avatar the week after.

-shrug- I think the casting was fairly accurate. So I can't agree with that. As for the first. It failed in comparison to the book. Then again, most movies do fail versus a book. However, I'll admit. I'm looking forward to this movie. The trailer looks like they followed the book fairly well this time, and doesn't seem to be as awkward as the first one was. Granted my fiance refuses to see it with me, so it'll be a while before I get to see it. Probably until someone uploads it online, sadly. -whistles innocently-

Twilight may possibly be the dumbest thing I've ever read/watched.

Urban Dictionary puts it perfect in saying:

"A book with no literary value whatsoever. It's biggest fans tend to be fangirls who are in love with Edward because they think he's sexy (despite the fact that he is merely a word).

There's no character development at all, and the protaganist, Bella Swan, would die without Edward, which leaves some of us to believe that she may, in fact, be a zombie due to the fact that she probably died sometime before the story even took place (thanks to her knack for falling in front of cars and other bullshit).

This book is so bad that I actually couldn't stomach to read it. I read more of Jane Austen than I did of Twilight. And I hate Jane Austen.

Read this if you want to look like an idiot in front of someone who isn't.

Example of a conversation about a good book:

That was awesome, it really left me thinking differently and feeling differently... I think it really did make a difference/imprint/something.

Example of a conversation about Twilight:

EDWARD IS SOOOOOO HAAAWWWTTT <3<3<3<3 luvluvluvluvluv edward culleennnn i'm MRS. CULLLENNN.... CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT? WTF IS THAT!?"


Last Edit: Nov 20, 2009 2:18:49 GMT by Conor

In my eyes, unless you read the full extent of the book, your opinion doesn't matter. Because at first the book really was shit. But it bettered. And frankly, the series actually bettered with each book. Like I've told many people, I think that Stephanie's writing is close to that of a high schooler's. However, it wasn't THAT horrible. I've read school books worse than Twilight. Whereas I'm not one of those fangirls that go gaga over Edward, I frankly think the love story is sweet. Sure, it's not a normal one. But I think it's unique. Bella is clumsy, and she's a dependent person. So her life depends on Edward a lot. Edward becomes obsessed with her, but keep in mind, he's been alive for over a hundred years looking for his soul mate. He becomes protective, because he can see that Bella needs someone. And yeah.

I hate Stephanie Meyers. I think she's a bitch, in fact I've never heard one good thing about her from fans. And I do think there's a lot about the books that could have been improved, but who cares? Nothing is ever perfect. And just because you hate it, doesn't mean you should group all of the Twilight fans as idiots-- oh, yes. I know. You didn't say that. But it's sort of implied. And I'll be honest. At the beginning, I didn't bother reading the book or seeing the movie, and just judged off from what I'd heard. I hated it, and made fun of people. But finally I caved and read it. The first wasn't that spectacular. But it got better.

So excuse me if I'm not one of the "omg, edward is so FIIIIINE!1!" people you're claiming all Twilight conversations turn into.


Last Edit: Nov 20, 2009 4:24:22 GMT by Kay

Okay, here's the thing.

The first movie sucked. The only saving grace was Robert Pattinson, because he's honestly not a bad actor. Everyone else in the movie, however, was god-awful. It was like watching a cheesy Disney movie (the made for TV ones).

As for, "In my eyes, unless you read the full extent of the book, your opinion doesn't matter," I'd have to say you're wrong, Kay. I've twice now randomly flipped open to various parts of the book and read them. Stephanie Meyer is, no matter what your opinion of the books/movies/whatever, a shitty writer. She is horrible. She is to writing what William Shatner is to acting. Her descriptions and dialogue are awkward and forced. She simply doesn't understand how to write literature that flows. I have trouble reading her stuff and retaining what I read simply because it's so choppy and elementary. As for the story, I think Robert Pattinson put it best.

If I could award you the internet for comparing her to Shatner, I would. I, too, have randomly read a few pages here and there in my sister's books (she would be one of those girls who only see the films for the two guys) and I honestly think I knew more about writing when I was in the second grade than she does.

It's true. It's like she learned how to use a comma for more than lists, so her sentences are comma'd the fuck out of and have all these awkward transitions because of it. Instead of saying something like, "Bella gazed out at the window at the brown dog in the street in the rain," we get something like, "The dog, in the rain, was brown, and through the window, Bella gazed at it, standing in the street."

Could you fuck up that sentence a little more, please?

I could, yes. I'll spare you, though.

Just got back from seeing new moon after being dragged there by my woman.

Honestly, it was much better than the first(which I was also forced to watch).

I'm liking the reviews for it. Taken from Roger Ebert's website, "The movie includes beauteous fields filled with potted flowers apparently buried hours before by the grounds crew, and nobody not clued in on the plot. Since they know it all and we know all, sitting through this experience is like driving a pickup in low gear though a sullen sea of Brylcreem."

Moving on from the movie, as I have no interest in them, I have finally gotten beyond the whole "Vegetarian, shine in the sunlight, vampires." After reading the first two books, I have come of the opinion that Stephanie Meyer just plainly can't write for shit. She can't write for shit, yet her books are madly popular. Its as if I were to publish my writings from grade school. And the whole Mormon proselytization is pretty sickening.

In the end though, if you like it, just go with it.

Edit: loltypos


Last Edit: Nov 20, 2009 12:26:00 GMT by Jake

I personally think that, while, yes, her Stephenie Meyer's writing sucks, it's not the writing that has made them such a big hit, because if it was, there'd probably be only abot two-five people that had actually read it. I think the reason it's so popular is that it's the story line, not the writing, because the writing does suck, I'm in high school, and I took offense when one of my friends read one of my stories and said it reminded her of Stephenie Meyer's writing. Needless to say, my writing's improved a lot since then, even though tha was only, let's see, a year ago.

I've heard a lot of good things about New Moon from my friends who went to see it at midnight (it's only been in theaters for about thirteen hours where I'm at.), so I have to admit, I'm pretty excited. And especially since there's a lot more Jacob then Edward.


WHy would I flame you when I agree about the whole twelve year old thing? However, it does make more since when they're say, sixteen or older, because then the age difference isn't as great.




Last Edit: Nov 20, 2009 20:53:09 GMT by Aryna

i tried reading the 1st book but failed i just could not get into it all. I wanted to see what the big crazy was over this book series. I dont care for the series from what clips i have seen and what little i read that just me. Stephen King says it all