fandomslut:
sylvysparrow:
makeyourself:
sylvysparrow:
1. Oh my goodness, THAT ENDING. I felt like I got punched in the stomach.
2. Taylor Lautner is unreal.
3. That cliff-diving shot (not Bella’s) was sickkkk.
4. I like how they changed the color scheme for this one.
5. As much as its possible considering this movie wasn’t made to be some kind of cinematic masterpiece (pretentious people, lets be real!) I enjoyed it. I liked it. I feel like they did a decent job considering the source material. Fun times.
Agreeeeeeed. Jesus Christ, I feel 13 again considering how mcuh I loved it.
I know, right? And there’s nothing wrong with that.
And here’s where I must go into a little mini-rant:
I wish people stopped being so vicious and judgmental about when others like “popular” things that aren’t necessarily “deep” or “artistic”. Fuck that. The things that click with you (on a certain day or all the time, whatever) don’t need to be brilliant, obscure, or profound…they just need to make you feel good and no one should have to make excuses or feel bad about admitting that they like something simply because it makes them smile.
Honestly the older I get the more I start losing respect for everything except happiness, in whichever good (read: not self-destructive) way it’s found.
I haven’t seen New Moon yet, but: Well said.
Twilight just happens to be the current punching bag right now. Back in the day it was Harry Potter, and before that it was boy bands. The chain probably goes all the way back to The Beatles. My mother use to tell me about watching them on The Ed Sullivan Show, and how she would get so excited over it that her uncle threatened to shoot the TV if she didn’t calm the hell down.
It’s all a matter of perspective.
I heard the first movie was absolutely beautiful to look at, in terms of cinematography, and that was from someone who’s cinematic opinion I greatly value. If the second one is better, I may actually go see it.
My problem with Twilight is not that it’s not deep. My problem is that so many young girls are swooning over Edward, wishing they had a boyfriend like him when, in reality, the Edward/Bella relationship isn’t healthy at all.
Not to mention, the violent fans are a huge turn off. I realize that every fandom has them, but this is the first time I’ve had to actually deal with them. And the more that people tell me I’m an idiot for not recognizing the genius that is Stephanie Meyers’ lackluster writing, the more I’m going to rip on the book series.
I don’t like it, but normally, I won’t judge people that do. Like you said, it’s all a matter of perspective. I’ll tease people, and I’ll point out things that bother me about it, but in the end, to everyone their own.
Really, it’s just a matter of slap me, and I’ll slap you back. I’m not in the turning the other cheek business.
But there are unhealthy relationships in a variety of media, but it doesn’t get the same amount of derision as Twilight. For instance, Ron/Hermione in Harry Potter is absolutely horrible, but people don’t decry about the degradation of her character to succumb to his bullshit (and vice versa) - they think it’s cute that they bicker at each other, and that he makes her cry during the series, and she puts down his intelligence. That’s supposedly a good relationship in a genius series - but really, that’s just another terrible model. (Not to mention the uselessness of Ginny Weasley, and yet she is Harry’s tru wuv. Oh please.)
The fact is we can go on forever about horrible role models in literature, but I honestly think people will always have their own perceptions of relationships long before they read these things. They get it from their parents, they get it from dating experience. In the end if it isn’t Edward Cullen, it’s a blonde guy in a boy band who gets caught with a DUI, or an actor with a playa reputation. There’s not much difference, and having crushes on unattainable, unrealistic individuals is all a part of growing up.
