Well said there MovieBob. I am scared of Twilight too. I live with a fan (my sister) but at least she is more thoughtful. I don't see her becoming a future domestically abused woman. I see her abusing of her husband though D: she has a temper...
Escape to the Movies: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
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I don't suppose you can refuse the escapist to watch the last one or two movies can you? Because I can respect that you do your job, but torture is another thing. If not, then good luck.
On a side note, does this mean no Friday episode?
On a side note, does this mean no Friday episode?
Here's to hoping that some attractive girl isn't going to drag me to the cinema to see this monstrosity.
Damn sparkling vampires...
Damn sparkling vampires...
Wow, Twilight has done the impossible for being a scary "horror" (it isn't by any means, but is technically listed as such) movie, not for the monsters (though it is scary how they made A GIANT BATTLE BETWEEN WEREWOLFS AND VAMPIRES A HUG FEST), not for trying to break us menatly with its imagery, but for the message is trying to hammer into our brains.
I don't believe that video games cause violence. I don't believe that gay people can't be good parents, teachers, or anything else. But Twilight? It is one of those things that has the power to change the thinking of its target audiance, the 14 year olds that are just hitting puberty, but still have childhood memories of Prince Charming. It is only going down hill from here folks... you know what is are two things that are going to happen in the next movie?
Can somebody honestly tell me that they want their child to read this? Or watch this?
I don't believe that video games cause violence. I don't believe that gay people can't be good parents, teachers, or anything else. But Twilight? It is one of those things that has the power to change the thinking of its target audiance, the 14 year olds that are just hitting puberty, but still have childhood memories of Prince Charming. It is only going down hill from here folks... you know what is are two things that are going to happen in the next movie?
One, (this is minor enough to be cut from the movie, but you know how many girls have read the books?) a girlfriend is going to get ripped to shreds by her werewolf boy friend, but stay with him because, I am not kidding here, "he lost control, but still knows he loves her."
Two, Belle is going to get pergnet with Edward's child and is going to decide to keep it, EVEN THOUGH HE RAN OFF AGAIN AND THE BABY HAS A HIGH CHANCE OF KILLING HER ON DELIVERY!
Two, Belle is going to get pergnet with Edward's child and is going to decide to keep it, EVEN THOUGH HE RAN OFF AGAIN AND THE BABY HAS A HIGH CHANCE OF KILLING HER ON DELIVERY!
Can somebody honestly tell me that they want their child to read this? Or watch this?
It's nice to hear that there are other sensible, measured haters of Twilight out there that don't just hate it because it's lame quasi-romance. Lame quasi-romance works well, sometimes - at least for its target audience. It's the sinister undertones that make me despise Twilight.
I've never seen any of the movies, but I have read the books (I had to see it for myself). Edward's abusive behaviour was obvious from a mile away, but what scares me almost as much is the support out there for Jacob. From memory, it was in Eclipse that he forced a kiss from Bella and I have to tell you, I felt like I was reading a rape scene. Not okay.
I've never seen any of the movies, but I have read the books (I had to see it for myself). Edward's abusive behaviour was obvious from a mile away, but what scares me almost as much is the support out there for Jacob. From memory, it was in Eclipse that he forced a kiss from Bella and I have to tell you, I felt like I was reading a rape scene. Not okay.
Does anyone in this movie get munched by a wolf or is like power rangers with the sparks(At least Power Rangers was meant to be camp)
Well said about Twilight at the end. Poor David Slade he must have been drunk when he sighed up to this dribble.
Well said about Twilight at the end. Poor David Slade he must have been drunk when he sighed up to this dribble.
Bob, I'm going to have to ask you to qualify your statement that Bryce Dallas Howard is too good for Twilight. What good movies has she done? Spider-Man 3? Lady in the Water? Terminator Salvation?!
Please, she's pretty and all, but I have yet to see her be spectacular in anything. Just humdrum, which fits Twilight perfectly.
Please, she's pretty and all, but I have yet to see her be spectacular in anything. Just humdrum, which fits Twilight perfectly.
Brilliant review as always from MovieBob, and now to throw my two cents back into the Twilight hatred jar.
I think in all seriousness it is a fair contender for the worst book series of all time, and should be remembered as such by all future generations. It is a badly written, badly plotted, badly overhyped piece of evil. It tries to ensure the message that girls should be submissive or else they aren't worth anything, and that domestic abuse is fine, and everything else MB picked up on.
But even more than that, it just isn't a very good idea for a story overall anyway. You should have a romantic story as the subplot to a movie. Even romantic comedies have an overarching narrative, to which the romance is bound, rather than the romance driving the action. Whenever the romance drives the action, it had better be the best damn romance ever written, or else it won't work. Even Romeo and Juliet had the backstory of the families at war to drive it, instead of the actual romance. The romance is driven in that story by the warring families, making any comparisons between Twilight and the Romeo and Juliet story not only false on the matter of the fact that ROMEO AND JULIET ENDED IN THE TRAGIC SUICIDE OF ITS PROTAGONISTS, a standpoint I wish the Twilight series had made after the first chapter, and the fact that the stories are not even reomtoely similar in any way.
And now for the postscript I add to every Twilight related post I make:
If you think Twilight is a good series you are provably wrong.
I think in all seriousness it is a fair contender for the worst book series of all time, and should be remembered as such by all future generations. It is a badly written, badly plotted, badly overhyped piece of evil. It tries to ensure the message that girls should be submissive or else they aren't worth anything, and that domestic abuse is fine, and everything else MB picked up on.
But even more than that, it just isn't a very good idea for a story overall anyway. You should have a romantic story as the subplot to a movie. Even romantic comedies have an overarching narrative, to which the romance is bound, rather than the romance driving the action. Whenever the romance drives the action, it had better be the best damn romance ever written, or else it won't work. Even Romeo and Juliet had the backstory of the families at war to drive it, instead of the actual romance. The romance is driven in that story by the warring families, making any comparisons between Twilight and the Romeo and Juliet story not only false on the matter of the fact that ROMEO AND JULIET ENDED IN THE TRAGIC SUICIDE OF ITS PROTAGONISTS, a standpoint I wish the Twilight series had made after the first chapter, and the fact that the stories are not even reomtoely similar in any way.
And now for the postscript I add to every Twilight related post I make:
If you think Twilight is a good series you are provably wrong.
It really is remarkable how good a setup this movie seems to have (love triangle stupidity not withstanding) while still being an utter train wreck. Make the monsters actually scary and/or interesting, drop the terrible messages and cheesy love story and it could make a pretty good horror or action movie. I guess that is fairly close to the idea of the Underworld movies and those kinda worked.
At least for the next movie you'll get to cover that terrible, terrible birth scene. With the spine breaking and uterus chewing and falling in love with a baby. So, you know, there is that to look forward to.
At least for the next movie you'll get to cover that terrible, terrible birth scene. With the spine breaking and uterus chewing and falling in love with a baby. So, you know, there is that to look forward to.