honestly, what is youre opinion on twilight. i mean i have never read the books (too lazy) but i have seen the moive and i just thought it was sub par. now i khow it has a big fan base, so garners alot of attention. but why do so meany people have such an aversion to it, its just another crappy book with sub par moive.

altho sparkly vampires seriously XD

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i honestly couldn't care less

before it starts again TAKE THAT SEARCH BAR AND SHOVE IT

Twilight is the biggest piece of crap I have ever had the misfortune of reading and/or watching. I am a HUGE fan of vampires and Twilight is an insult to the mythology (VAMPIRES DO NOT BLOODY SPARKLE IN SUNLIGHT, THEY BURST INTO FLAMES AND DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!) and isn't even well written. In fact it looks like a badly written piece of fan fiction written by a fan girl who has no comprehension of the English language..... The main character is an idiot, the love interest is a creepy stalker and the villians are all wankers. The movie wasn't even , in fact it achieved the impossible task of being even worse than the book!

Those are my thoughts on Twilight

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Let me make one thing clear before addressing this movie, I don't care about the vampire mythology. Sure, throwing some cheap $2 glitter on Edward's chest because they spent all the money on allowing him to jump in an hilariously awkward motion 50 feet in the air seems pretty lame, but that's not where my beef is.

Go to a fan fiction website. Search romantic stories about vampires. Pick one. That's basically what you're getting with Twilight.

The protagonist is the living avatar of every teenage girl who wrote themselves in fan fiction. People say "chillax, it's not intended for you", but I don't have to be the target audience to know every aspect is terrible. She falls in love with Edward after five lines about weather, makes a large group of friends within seconds of stepping inside a new school (actually she only got as far as the parking lot), ditches her friends, and turns down friendly boys over an unstable killer who's threatened to tear her throat out.

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For some reason Birdo clearly has the voice of a Japanese man in this trailer. It's like... eating a cake. You expect the cake to be delicious, but when you bite into it, it sounds like a Japanese man. See what I'm trying to say here?

Twillight is like the best movie since the shawshank redemption.

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Never watched it, I have caught glimpses of it (My Mum is a Twilight fan girl, read all the books and such) but from what I've seen it didn't look , looked like a very dull romantic movie mixed in with a very dull vampire movie, the vampire villains looked like a knock off of the bad vampires from lost boy. All in all I don't intend to ever watch this movie, looked too dull for me to enjoy.

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"IrishMorn"
If Adon and Sagat step in....ah, what the hell, I'll get drunk and join in on that one.

twilight the movie

twilight the book

 

The movie is amazingly badly done, with a terrible cast. Only the Villains are of real interest (Victoria actually looks yum); the book is just what it is, a simple High School romance with a creepy older guy, it has huge flaws but is a quick and fun read.

A lot of people are outraged over the book because it apparently lures teenagers into accepting abusive relationships and because of the obnoxious fanbase, practically the same issues others have with HP (and I do not talk about the company).

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The movie was average. I don't like how Whoever Wrote The Book approached vampires either, but I've not read it so I don't know if the movie accurately portrays the technicalities there. They seemed a bit gay, and not in a homosexual way.

In fact, I tend to dislike quite a lot of vampire based fiction, especially when they start saying that holy symbols don't affect vampires. Totally ignoring the folklore! Bas[tards.

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I love Twilight, but I love it in the way I love stupendously bad fan fiction... because that's pretty much what it is.  The way Stephenie Meyer writes is so overwrought and purple-prosed and lulz-y.  Boldfaced wish-fulfillment (you KNOW SMeyer pretends she's Bella) and passages like "his liquid topaz eyes" and the overuse of the word "scintillating" does not a great work of literature make, but hey, it's a fun little piece of pop-culture fluff. 

As far as the movies go, I kind of liked the first one, as awkwardly constructed as it may have been, and in spite of all the overlong shots of RPattz's pouty girl mouth.  And I'm looking forward to the second one because I want to bang the short-haired, ripped version of Taylor Lautner, ten year age difference be damned. 

deliriousstudios:

The movie was average. I don't like how Whoever Wrote The Book approached vampires either, but I've not read it so I don't know if the movie accurately portrays the technicalities there. They seemed a bit gay, and not in a homosexual way. In fact, I tend to dislike quite a lot of vampire based fiction, especially when they start saying that holy symbols don't affect vampires. Totally ignoring the folklore! Bas[tards.

We all know the best vampire book was I Am Legend, and I'll tell you why.*

We also know the best vampire movie was Blade, I don't think I need to explain why really, its just that .

*In I Am Legend, the main character is the lone survivor of a plauge that turns people into vampires. Don't watch that mainstream bullshit with Mr. Smith, because thats not the real deal with the book.
He discovers the bacteria that turns people into vampires, and he understands that the bacteria has been around since the dawn of time. Only a recent mutation turned it into a world wide plauge.

Your talk of the holy symbols Del, makes me lul with great heart.
In Legend, he finds out that vampires are affected by symbols that were holy to them in their 'past' lives. HThe book even says something along the lines of "... and he laughed at the idea of a Muhammad vampire."

I Am Legend > any other vampire book.

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what is this I don't even

I just didn't like that the characters lack original or even realistic personality. Plus mythology also bothered me. You would think in modern times people would accept that Vampires are just people with a blood disorder. It is an actual disease. It, like everything in middle ages Europe, was exaggerated. Dwarves were just people with dwarfism, a disease. Werewolves were just men who had dementia and wore wolf skins, and were cannibals(actually when you listen to the stories of sane people who claim to see werewolves they never use the word werewolf they just say they saw a large biped beast, but in sunrise they saw a man running away. Scientist have proven telekinesis is actually possible, they learned of an abnormal aura that surrounds living creatures which may very well be a soul, who is to say random DNA transmormation is not possible.), Vampires are just people with a genetic disorder. Look up Vampirism in medical books you will be shocked by the truth.

I just don't like how Twilight was clearly writen by a desperate housewife who lacks any talent literature wise.

So no I didn't like it. The story was lame, poorly writen, and lacked originallity. Belle is spaz, Edward is a child molesting stalker, Jacob gives native americans a bad rep.

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thefurie:

*thinks back to being that age* Sex, drugs and... swing music? That doesn't sound quite right...

I've not read the books or seen the film (besides the horrible trailers...), but vampires don't sparkle. Surely someone involved in making it knew that?

Slightly OT, this.

It's just another aspect of popular culture that I don't particularly care for.

Although, I don't agree with people who hate the idea of vampires sparkling in sunlight. Sure it's incredibly cheesy, but if you want the original vampire mythology, then you're certainly not thinking the right thing anyway. Hating one evolution of a story because you consider another evolution to be superior is silly.

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I only wrote this because I hate you.

Vampires are supposed to die from sunlight. That's what all folklore says. Everything else is fan fiction.

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deliriousstudios:

Vampires are supposed to die from sunlight. That's what all folklore says. Everything else is fan fiction.

Actually, no, I don't recall folklore being specific on Vampires dying from exposure to sunlight. It's more of a they shun sunlight deal with a those stories.

And just because you don't get to see that many glittering Vampires anymore since Liberace died doesn't mean there ain't any left.

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deliriousstudios:

Vampires are supposed to die from sunlight. That's what all folklore says. Everything else is fan fiction.

I do think Del is right.
Just about every other vampire story(comic book, novel, movie, television show) showed that vampires + sunlight = death.

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what is this I don't even

Nothing at all is sooooo special about it. i mean the movie was alright, but nothing amazing.

dante906v2:

I do think Del is right.
Just about every other vampire story(comic book, novel, movie, television show) showed that vampires + sunlight = death.

For modern media, yes, that's true, but when we're talking folklore you will find that sunlight either isn't mentioned or simply has a weakening effect on them. I don't recall reading any folkloristic Vampire tale in which sunlight outright kills them, it's like with the silver bullets to kill a werewolf, we probably owe this myth to cinema.

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Daninsky:

dante906v2:

I do think Del is right.
Just about every other vampire story(comic book, novel, movie, television show) showed that vampires + sunlight = death.

For modern media, yes, that's true, but when we're talking folklore you will find that sunlight either isn't mentioned or simply has a weakening effect on them. I don't recall reading any folkloristic Vampire tale in which sunlight outright kills them, it's like with the silver bullets to kill a werewolf, we probably owe this myth to cinema.

Which means they shouldn't be sparkling like pretty diamonds either....

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countdowntoxmas:

Which means they shouldn't be sparkling like pretty diamonds either....

Who's to tell?

There's a slim chance that Bram Stoker was the inventor of the Disco Ball and was just to ashamed of it later to admit to it.

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Daninsky:

For modern media, yes, that's true, but when we're talking folklore you will find that sunlight either isn't mentioned or simply has a weakening effect on them. I don't recall reading any folkloristic Vampire tale in which sunlight outright kills them, it's like with the silver bullets to kill a werewolf, we probably owe this myth to cinema.

Dying or being harmed by sunlight is a logical evolution from being weakened, and one which has been around for a very long time. Sparkling, on the other hand, has a very clear purpose of wanting to make vampires gushy and romantic.

Undead---God:

Sparkling, on the other hand, has a very clear purpose of wanting to make vampires gushy and romantic.

Your point being?

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"I don't care if the audience watches my movies, long as my producer doesn't lose money."
-Jean-Luc Goddard

That it only exists to make vampires seem gushy and romantic.

I'd have thought that was self evident.

Ah, I see. I wonder if people had a problem with Dracula for making Vampires look romantic, too.

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Can't really say a whole lot about either, but did he sparkle?

Undead---God:

Can't really say a whole lot about either, but did he sparkle?

No he invented that dark, brooding stranger image Goths are so fond of nowadays.

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