James Woods was a much better vampire slayer...
Posted on 11/23/2009 5:35:21 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" features long, steamy, smoldering gazes by handsome, shirtless young men who are vampires or werewolves.
Despite those lingering, lustful looks the film includes only four kisses and not a single sex scene.
Women and girls, who made up 80 percent of the opening weekend audience, said that is one reason "The Twilight Saga" appeals to them.
"I actually like that, the fact that they don't have bedroom scenes or anything," Gabrielle Rivera, 15, said.
Clearly the storyline is working. In the first three days, the box office raked in $140.7 million, according to studio estimates.
That places "New Moon" third behind "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 3" on the highest-earning films for an opening weekend on the domestic charts.
The movies are based on the "Twilight" books, written by Stephanie Meyer.
Meyer, a Mormon, wrote her lead character, Edward, to be a chaste and noble protector of his love interest, Bella.
This may explain why the movie is a hit among so-called "Twilight Moms" who have described Edward as "the perfect man."
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My best friend is dragging me to see this tomorrow. I really have no interest in this at all. I hope I don’t fall asleep.
My favorite book series on this subject is the Black Daggar Brotherhood by JR Ward.
Try to stop a teenager from reading a book....:)
my 15 yo is dyslexic. She overcame her hatred of reading by reading the Harry Potter series and the Twilight series, both of which she has read multiple times. To each his own, you know. Now she loves to read.
I dunno, a pan of brownies fresh out of the oven sure looks good, but if you found out that a heaping tablespoon of dog crap had been blended into it, would you still want a piece of it?
Same thing in my mind.
Sorry.
I guess the message is: Who needs sex when you can suck blood?
James Woods was a much better vampire slayer...
like i said, to each his own. i say if it gets a kid reading, who hated to read before, i have NO problem with it.
Yep. But like most outrageous moves of feminists, it was a miserable failure.
I did forget about the pedophilia that I thought was in the last book when SPOILER AGAIN!!!!!!
Jacob falls in love with Bella’s infant... *shiver*
No. I'm with you.
My 17 y.o. loves the books. I read the first one and like your wife was appalled. What girl needs a boyfriend who has an instinct and driving desire to kill her and is holding back only because he is so noble and virtuous?
And what is so chaste about a boy and girl lying down in bed together, not having sex? That is what is called a “near occasion of sin” and I know where it goes from there.
It’s true that women are attracted to danger, hoping it turns to power and protection in their service, with the danger always there as a background thrill. But the Twilight series is so adolescent in its sensibility that I am surprised any women over thirty can find it exciting.
There are a series of photos on the net of her smoking pot on (what looks like) the steps outside a Burbank sound stage. Some slacker guy is sitting next to her Her dealer, perhaps?), and she's using one of those hippy-esque glass pipes with the little carb on the side of the bowl.
That would explain her perennialy red, heavy-lidded eyes.
Easy. Don’t have it on your shelves. I read plenty of stuff I wasn’t supposed to but it was all off Dad’s SF shelves (”The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” was probably not appropriate for me at 12). I won’t buy it for her and I won’t allow it into our house so no problem.
That’s been said about a lot of books aimed at kids lately, some of which send questionable messages.
Oobla dee-olbla dah.
Guess in a hundred years, we won’t care, eh?
Actually, if they want men to go, they will need to hire Wesley Snipes and his vampire-beheading katana. Vampires ain't for kissin', they're for killin'.
She's also not wearing a bra, so I approve!
She wasn’t what I pictured as Bella when I read the books, but then again, it’s not as though there are any real role model material coming out of Hollywood.
If one’s children are properly educated with the RIGHT messages by their parents, they will not be sent astray by a novel or a movie. I am quite confident in my kids upbringing and their ability to know right from wrong, proper messages from improper messages. they don’t need to be shielded from things. like i said, to each his own.
This review from Amazon is really long, but sums it up well:
The book was literally overflowing with descriptions of Edward's beauty, which, with the exception of something quickly tossed in near the end, stood in for the majority of the plot. It was constant; there was either something about his flawless face or model-like beauty every time Bella was in his presence. I was disturbed by her obsession with him, and this obsession only made her seem mentally unstable (cough separation anxiety). If the explanation that this is one badly written and characterized book were taken away, I would call her a psycho. Well, he's a stalker and she's crazy...And here I will add direct quotes from the story that really take the cake...
Edward grins at her and she goes, "I looked away before I could start hyperventilating"(219). No girl hyperventilates if a dude looks at her. That is just stupid...and kind of hilarious. After being around him she was "Afraid I might stumble in my woozy state"(225). I laugh at the utter ridiculousness. She sees Edward and the result, "I couldn't imagine how an angel could be any more glorious"(241). I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit... "He was too perfect, I realized with a piercing stab of despair"(256). She then proceeds to mope. "I tried to keep my eyes from his perfection as much as possible, but I slipped often. Each time, his beauty pierced through me with sadness"(257). Look, this one is almost identical to the previous pages' moping. My response: I try to keep myself from hurling as much as possible. Also, I find this wildly hysterical. How can I possibly take such things seriously?
The whole imprinting thing was kinda strange for me, but I suppose it was the “arranged marriage” aspect of it.
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