[thefactor]

why anyone would make a movie not aimed at young teens is beyond me. it’s like printing money.

[Caesar Soze]

Twilight, like its spiritual forebear Titanic, has hit the sweet spot: It appeals to unsophisticated tween girls, young women wishing they were unsophisticated tween girls, and hausfraus advancing into middle age.

Who can tell why it is so popular? The standard reading is that the protagonist, Bella, is a tabula rasa onto which the reader can project herself. The vampire is typically the avatar of a rape fantasy, although in this case it's a very chaste, sparkly rape fantasy. There is a minority interpretation, however, in which Bella is a passive-aggressive emotional manipulator and Edward is her victim. That makes it kind of an empowerment/femdom fantasy. With sparkles.

I have no idea how to interpret Edward chewing their baby out of Bella's uterus, or the werewolf Jacob instantly falling in love with the infant and declaring his intention to marry her. Body horror and medieval customs of royal betrothal as actual love matches? Spoilers in this paragraph, btw.

[Niuhuru]

They ruined “The Other Boleyn Girl” with all the men being young adult men instead of actual adults. This marketing to the Teenies has to end. Barely anything to watch these days except vintage films, movies that actually have humor.

[Niuhuru]

They ruined “The Other Boleyn Girl” with all the men being young adult men instead of actual adults. This marketing to the Teenies has to end. Barely anything to watch these days except vintage films, movies that actually have adults in them.