Well, the wife and daughters are all going to see it later this week.
Me? I’ll throw an old B/W WW II movie in the DVD player while they’re gone.
In book #4, IIRC, they author reveals a *1* line reference to the *MARRIED* lead characters having sex.
At which time the female becomes, not only pregnant but, also a VAMPIRE, herself.
I know several mothers who wouldn’t let their “tween” read the fourth in the series because of it’s graphic honeymoon scenes, but at least they were truly “honeymoon” scenes. I’ve read all four books and watched both movies, (we took my husband’s niece, who is 11 to New Moon - I had no interest the movie), and overall, considering the nature of the majority of movies out there, Edward is presented as a chaste “hero”.
As someone who got sucked in to reading the books by friends who wouldn’t shut up about it, I have to comment that the books keep you reading because of the INTENSE sexual tension.
The funny thing to me is when feminists demanded that everyone return the last book so that the author didn’t get any money because SPOILER!!!!!!
Bella refuses to abort a baby that makes her very weak and unwell.
I just want it to go away and die. A stake through the heart would be ok. Am I the only twentysomething woman on the planet who thinks vampires are gross?
Maybe I should write a book about people who kill shiny vampires.
It’s selling EMO teenage angst. You know, because white, middle class, teenage life is soooooooo tough.
Vampire ‘sex’ is an oxymoron. What would be the point? Viagra or cialis just would’nt work.
I guess the message is: Who needs sex when you can suck blood?
They are selling “sexy”, not necessarily “sex”.
The allure and the act can be separated (despite the best efforts of society to blur the line).
I think it’s actually trying to generate revenue, and they let others worry about what they think they are trying to do.
My simple take is-— These movies with this vampire drek are moronic and making unhealthy fantasies for young people especially girls. Instead of wallowing in this supernatural crap go to church or synagogue. Yeah I’m old school
The Harry Potter stuff was similarly retarded
UK has such low church attendance but millions of Potter fans
They don’t sell sex, they sell tween horniness, lots of sexual tension, of the type that really appeals to tween girls, but no actual sex.
IMO: I read the first book and it was painfully horrible. It was a bad romance novel with vampires instead of burly manly-men. The descriptions and dialogue were repetitive and juvenile. I read it because my middle-schooler wanted to read it, and I wanted to preview it first to be sure it was appropriate. My assessment: read it if you want to, but you’ll get a better story reading the back of your cereal box.
Did I mention the book is awful?
;-)
The bottom line - These books/movies rae dumb (unless you like that sort of thing)
The Lord of the Rings books/movie - dumb (unless you like that sort of thing)
Star Wars Saga - dumb (unless you like that sort of thing)
Any book by Stephen King - dumb (unless you go for that sort of thing)
It’s all about whatever floats your boat. What’s the point of even debating it? The only provable fact is that love-sick pre-teen to young adult women love sappy love story movies and will drop a ton of cash on them - ie Titanic and Twilight.
I’m just glad in our capitalistic (for now) society businesses can make money of these chicks. It’s a good thing.
It’s books and movies designed to entertain people and make money. I doubt the agenda goes much further than that.
I think it's using sex to promote chastity. After all, sex sells.