Twilight

[wiseheart]

German TV just showed the movie. I brought up all my strength to watch it, since I wanted to know what was all the fuss about. Why my students (I mean the girls) are so obsessed with it. Or with the male lead.

After having suffered through it, I still don't understand. The movie was deadly boring, the characters not the least likeable, and honestly? Robert Whatshisname, the guy who plays the vampire Edward, has a profile like an axe and stupid hair.

I won't discuss the plot - or rather the lack of it -, the nonexistent concept about the vampires or any of the other shit. If teenage girls really identify with this Bella character, then I'm really afraid of the future.

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[skyfiery.livejournal.com]

If teenage girls really identify with this Bella character, then I'm really afraid of the future.

Not just teenage girls, but friends of my age as well. Meh. It's horrible.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That's the really scary part. *nodnod*

[skyfiery.livejournal.com]

And all the "Twi-moms" or something. *stabs my brain with a spork*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What the heck are Twi-moms?

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

I've managed to avoid both the books and the films, although I gather the characters make for seriously ill-advised role models.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

They do. That was part of the reason why I decided to watch the film. I usually read/watch things my students are overly enthusiastic about, just to see what influences they are subjected to - this was not a pleasant one.

[artemis10002000]

That was brave of you. I dozed through most of the movie when I watched it on DVD. It has nice landscape pictures, though.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That was the only plus indeed. The characters annoyed me to death, especially Bella. The vamps were just boring - and the sparkling factor so ridiculous I couldn't believe my ears. (They didn't even sparkle that spectacularly, IMO.)

The only characters I vaguely sympathized with were the Indians - I understand they are the werewolves?

[artemis10002000]

Yes, they are the werewolves and will play a larger part in the second book/movie. If you're brave enough, the second one is altogether better, if only because Edward is blessedly absent for most of it and replaced by shirtless non-sparkling men - the way the movie has Bella go catatonic from grief for months and then suicidal. The books already overplay her grief ridiculously, but at least she is merely depressed and later fully aware that her behaviour is unreasonable and ridiculous, while the movie makes her look batshit crazy and stupid.

Really, that's something which annoyed me about the movie in general. The book has few redeeming values, but in the movie adaptation, they cut every single one of them, such as, you know, hints of actual personality and conflict.

Yeah, the sparkling disappointed me, too. It's supposed to make the vamps alluring, but I didn't find it alluring at all, just weird.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You mean downright stupid, yes?

Shirtless, non-sparkling wolfies are for the win, though. Too bad they won't eat Bella; but perhaps she'd give them digestion problems.

Why is she catatonic from grief? What happens stupid, axe-faced, sparkly vampire boy with the too dark red lipstick?

[artemis10002000]

*laughs* No, the wolvies won't eat Bella, they like her. However, there are evil vampires who will want to chew on her but don't get to try because Twilight doesn't work like that :(

She is catatonic because sparkly vampire boy dumps her - for her own good, ugh, I hate that "man decides what's for the girl's good" plot device, though considering Bella's death wish, it makes sense, which doesn't make it more palatable to my inner feminist, though.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think Edward was lying. He dumped her out of self-defence - that stupid git would have driven him insane in the shortest time.

My inner feminist is seriously insulted by the whole concept of Bella. Too bad the evil vampires won't get her - but perhaps she'd poison them with her stupidity, too.

Lately, I was sitting on the school yard with two boys (fifth and sixth grade), and we had great fun bashing "Twilight" beyond recognition. At least the boys don't fall for virtual lobotomy.

[artemis10002000]

Yeah, at least the boys should have another year or two to go before they turn into drooling maniacs at the sight of breasts *is cynical today* XD

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yep, 5th grade is usually safe.