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Werewolf.
So maybe it's just a random monster style book. Or it's a m-e-t-a-p-h-o-r ;)
man, teenagers are annoying. we all know the vampires are metaphors. vampires have been romanticized since their creation. and can kayla please tell me what the metaphor behind (spoiler) bella's vampire baby ripping her uterus open is? or is it just something vampire-y to add to a vampire story?
sorry i just wanted to contribute to the omg's. Stupid emo teenage girls. Most monster movies or characters such as hulk in comics are metaphors for something else.
Sidenote: spellcheck knows the word 'syphilis.' I always knew spellcheck was a slut.
What's sad is that this TRIES to be a vampire movie, but fails miserably. For one, there's no repercussion to being a vampire. You're thirsty for blood, but there's a way around it--and you have stripper glitter on your skin when you go out in the sun. So what? You don't age, you can fly around like you have a harness strapped on to you, you're strong, and you are faster than everyone else. Where's the torment, the agony, and the pain that comes along with being a vampire? It's not there.
In fact, you could take all the vampires out of this movie, replace them with humans, and you have a chick flick with an action sequence at the end. It's been done before. I encourage everyone to go to southparkstudios.com and watch their parody of Twilight, it really shows that the movie is about as superficial as its fans. And before you OMG and WTF me, I dare you to take the preteen hands off, put on some big girl hands (you know, the ones that got you through remedial college English), and type a response that proves me wrong. Something tells me that you won't be able to do it.
But Kevin, "It's a Wonderful Life" is as much a Christmas Movie as "Die Hard". (And before someone flames me for it, the only thing that makes it a Christmas Movie is that it takes place at Christmas, just like Die Hard or Just Friends.)
Regardless, keep up the straight-talk and Happy Thanksgiving!
The book just didn't translate so well to screen. I don't know who to blame for that. the actors, screenwrier, director... I understand fans who say its a love story first but if they can't even get that to translate onscreen without the audience bursting out laughing then you got a problem. I found I was watching all these (laughable) intense scenes, ones which were suppose to show their love I suppose, one to show them emoting agnst and such, these moments were EVERYWHERE, yet never once did I actually FEEL the intensity that was suppose to be between the characters.
At least in the novel thei passion for one another translates. I swear Edward looked like he couldn't stand Bella most of the time. (I know thi i were the die hard fan says I'm wrong, that he's suffering becaus he loves her and blah blah... but theres got to be a balance). I won't get into my issues with some of the casting but lets just say being related or working with directors in the past shouldn't automatically allow you to get a role you so obviously don't fit.
I'm more interested now in seeing how the 2nd film plays out. Maybe they can take the constructive critism from people who do read the books but like me felt they were off and can do something about it.
Instead of seeing a wonderful love story, or a great vampire tale I feel as though I watched an over the top, hokey, melo-dramatic 2 hour soap opera that begun to take interest only in the 3rd act. It seemed as though the whole theatre agreed. Also I love the "flying scenes" They were beautifully visual.
Did anyone else experience that? Audiences of fans who couldn't stop lauhing no matter how hard they tried to hold back?
Thanks guys for giving m esomewhere to vent about this. I don't know whether to be angry and demand my money back or to go see it again just to study it and the audience closer!
As for Twilight trying to be a vampire movie and saying it fails miserably... your reasoning appears to lack any actual thought beyond "it would be cool." If you've ever contemplated Life before - yours, others, what it is - I doubt you would seriously think being a vampire comes without agony. Unless you have no morality, don't care much for your loved ones, or thirst for power above all else. Wow, I think I just described a corporation...
I am not a hardcore fan of the series, but people need to realize that teenage girls are not the only ones who support it. Yes, they are the majority, but there are also those of us who are well-educated and cultured, able to have a debate without resorting to pettiness or getting defensive.
Ok people vampires are Not fairies, if I wanted to see a vampire sparkle, I do a line of crack, smoke a huge joint, and shoot up on heroine. Since I don't all I got to say is that it was, The worst, biggest pile of crap vampire movie, EVER!!!, I am a teenager, and all I see is a 107 year old vampire trying to get laid with a teenage girl, who has a fettish for dead glowing guys.
The screen writer sucked, the director is horrible, and the special effects, were really, really, REALLY BAD. I edited my home made films on photoshop and they look better. If Dracula could go to Edward house, he'd murder all of them and eat their hearts.He'll skin him and eat him like a sparkly turkey dinner. If Dracula wanted he could put it in a dress, put some parsley on it (to make it look nice) and sell it to some teenage slappy cock for christmas.He would wrap Edward's skin around a basket ball, and use it for a freakin disco ball, and party 70's style with bonnie and clyde burning in hell. "this is the skin of a killer..." says Edward, " It shines like a gay pony" says I. If I was there (and you can bet the fck I will be) I'd kill the spanish bastard and send him to Bella's house with tinsil wrapping and a bow.
P.S(Post Script for you retards out there): I accept your judgement on the movie and accept your all having your period. And to all the guys out there, Keep your pimp hand strong.
im reading the book now and its alright i suppose, though i HAVE read better...
both the book and movie are overly romanticizing vampires all in all...
i mean, theres a line of romanticizing something and just going nuts!!
=/ and i believe that is what they did.. heheheh
ah well
Second paragraph; you went on to prove my point. Aside from craving blood, there are no downsides to being a vampire. They're attractive, all of them have superpowers, and some of them even have an extra ability. What morality issues do they face? Edward pushes some forced "I am a killer" sentiment, but then reveals he's never fed on a human... huh? If he had fed on humans and now regrets the act, well, that would be something to add to this one-layer script. I don't blame the story, because the idea of a great movie is there, but I do blame the shoddy directing, the shallow acting of the one-note lead actress, and the god awful special effects.
You're defending the book, not the movie. I'm bashing the movie, not the book. Understand? And despite your "well-educated" and "cultured" ways, there were plenty of defensive puns and petty jabs strewn throughout your post. I'm not saying that you're a douche, I'm just saying your reply lingers of a rose-scented feminine hygiene product.
I thought it was an amazing book, and a pretty decent movie. Maybe not as good as Underworld, Interview with the Vampire, or I am Legend, but it still is a very good movie.
The point of the movie was to entertain, and it did exactly that.
they are just vegetariens and the vamps arent meant to be the main thing in the film, its meant to focus on the luv between Bella and Edawrd !
I swear to God, how does anyone eat this crap up?! It's not even a vampire story anymore! Hardly, I mean. They're pretty much vamps in name only. Vampires have fangs. Vampires hate the sun. I mean, they don't have to turn into bats, but they still have to drink human blood you know!
As a teenage girl, I'm ashamed of my generation. It's so sad.
you all make me laugh :)
i have to comment on a few ppl b4 i give my opinion ,
damonstration i agree with the whole baby ripping her uterus open thing, like come on there is no metaphor for that, if anyone can actually think of a metaphor for that i would really like to hear it lmao .
Arou101 i seriously think i love you lmfao ,the whole stripper glitter thing made me laugh so hard i was like crying, like i never thought of that b4 but i totally agree,
LOLITA, i agree with your whole edward couldnt stand bella
Erina ok sorry but did you have to get that defencive like ppl have their own opinions, like yes i love the books and i like the movie, but that dont mean im gonna go all bitchy-teenage-girl on you. clam down and just say that you dont agree.
and i just read the comment you made after the bitch one and see that is all that was needed, not the bitch.
OH MY FUCK!! Dark and Light you are my fucking idol and if i were to meet you i would so bang you!!!!!!!!! that comment made my day:)
totally agree with tori
okay what i think is that like come on ppl like everyone has their own opinion like ya i like the book maybe eveen love the book but that doesnt mean imma tell you your an idiot and should like the book, and ya iknow the movie and book are totally non realistice but come on its a movie, and i would like to know when was there ever a movie that isnt retarded in someones eyes??
yeah NEVER, and just bc i like or love this movie does not mean im a streio type girly teenage girl, yes iknow i say like alot but that means shit.
and like seriously you cant really say a vampire has to drink human blood and blahblahblah, a vampire isnt real there isnt any real FACT on it other then there is blood drinking involved, so you can make it wat you wanna make it,
im sorry you guys but its a movie , who really cares they're are like a million other movies.
okay btw i dont usally post on this shit but im really bored its like 4 in the morning and i cant sleep and i somehow got to this page so i started reading. yes i am pathetic and like totally a loser or what ever you wanna say, for commenting , but you know what, at least i can admit to it and really dont care what anyone thinks about me:)
or something liek that.
I'll admit I am a die-hard fan of the series, but also admit that I almost loathed the movie. Too inaccurate for my tastes. But I'd also like to say there are intelligent fans of the series out there too, so please don't generalize us teens on the basis of common forum-dwellers who just learned to type without chatspeak.