JT3bucky All American 23258 Posts user info edit post |
why is there no thread on this?
girls seem to love it
anyone seen it? worth the $$? 11/23/2008 6:03:46 PM |
wilso All American 14657 Posts user info edit post |
shit's like the new Hanson
all sex appeal with no sex
safe as a rollercoaster 11/23/2008 6:04:45 PM |
OmarBadu zidik 25071 Posts user info edit post |
wife loved the books - doesn't want to see the movie 11/23/2008 6:05:33 PM |
AlliePaige All American 4510 Posts user info edit post |
I didn't read the books because I hate books in first person.
But I liked the movie. It's definitely geared for teenage girls. But I liked the story line. It was entertaining. Kristen Stewart was a good choice. And Robert Pattinson acted well and was nice eye candy
I know I said it's geared for the young girls but I still was hoping for a little more than just one kiss. Maybe in the sequels? 11/23/2008 6:59:27 PM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
I know several chicks who love teh books, but I think they look stupid as hell. 11/23/2008 6:59:56 PM |
Ronny All American 30652 Posts user info edit post |
I have absolutely ZERO desire to see this movie.
And all the media hype is REALLY annoying. Fuck this "phenomenon." 11/23/2008 7:37:35 PM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
punchmonk read all of the books in like a single weekend
we saw the movie last night. not unexpectedly, she was disappointed. i feel asleep in the first 15 min
[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 7:39 PM. Reason : woke up, fell back asleep a couple times] 11/23/2008 7:39:21 PM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
terrible movie. I LOVED THE BOOKS!! I agree about books in first person, there is just no need to make a movie. It makes all the details seem so forced when shaped in an adaptation. The Edward character was very good looking...not what I pictured but he was nice to look at. The Bella character was spot on in looks but Kristen Stuart is one of the suckiest actors I have ever witnessed in film. The portrayal of a vampire was soooo weak that it was very disheartening to me. Rob Pattinson has the look but he can't act the role a vampire for shit.
Plus...I was in a theater with a bunch of screaming teenage girls. That was def no fun. Wait till you can download it or it is in DVD form. Ken fell asleep for about 30 minutes. It did not hold his interest.
I would like my money back, please. 11/23/2008 7:44:52 PM |
jbtilley All American 12797 Posts user info edit post |
Sympathies for the guys that got drug to this by their girlfriends. Lol at the guys who voluntarily watched this. Sorry your boys lost on Saturday.
[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 9:36 PM. Reason : -]
11/23/2008 9:36:03 PM |
Ytsejam All American 2588 Posts user info edit post |
So is this like a new Harry Potter? 11/23/2008 9:58:31 PM |
Mulva All American 3942 Posts user info edit post |
Someone left this book laying around at work and I read the back cover hoping to discover just what the book was since I've seen so many people walking around with it.
I was laughing after the first sentence of the book's description. It sounds like something a functional retarded homosexual would get a kick out of, just an awful premise and I would assume would insult the intelligence of all but the dumbest readers. 11/23/2008 10:58:29 PM |
ussjbroli All American 4518 Posts user info edit post |
it's basically fanfiction.... BAD fanfiction 11/23/2008 11:05:29 PM |
aaronian All American 3299 Posts user info edit post |
since when do vampires have super speed and super strength 11/23/2008 11:14:49 PM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
there is no definite archetype for a vampire. This is Christopher Pyke and Stephenie Meyer's adaptation. 11/24/2008 12:01:48 AM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
So from what I hear, to kill them you have to dismember them and then burn the body parts.
That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard. 11/24/2008 12:25:47 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
southpark is hilarious
my girl wanted to see quantum of solace, i win
[Edited on November 24, 2008 at 12:44 AM. Reason : s] 11/24/2008 12:43:29 AM |
TroopofEchos All American 12212 Posts user info edit post |
Not even remotely interested.
but this is entertaining http://community.livejournal.com/mspaint_lolz/33365.html#cutid1 http://community.livejournal.com/mspaint_lolz/32606.html#cutid1
[Edited on November 24, 2008 at 12:44 AM. Reason : .] 11/24/2008 12:43:32 AM |
skokiaan All American 26447 Posts user info edit post |
girls and fags 11/24/2008 1:05:07 AM |
quagmire02 All American 44225 Posts user info edit post |
^^ that first one is hysterical...her blank expressions and misdirectional eyes make me lol 11/24/2008 7:52:19 AM |
paco All American 2418 Posts user info edit post |
its teenage drama, and oh yea by the way hes a vampire. bella's high school friends are really stupid. it really made me reflect and think if ppl were that dumb when i was in high school 11/24/2008 11:54:29 AM |
Gzusfrk All American 2988 Posts user info edit post |
I loved the books, but the movie was THE WORST book to film adaptation I have EVER seen. It was laughably horrible. The two leads ruined any chance I had of liking it, the dialogue was terrible, and they changed significant portions of the book for absolutely no reason.
And who calls their significant other "my little spider monkey" or "my personal brand of heroin" ???
[Edited on November 24, 2008 at 11:59 AM. Reason : ???] 11/24/2008 11:57:08 AM |
paco All American 2418 Posts user info edit post |
that part was a bit weird. i love you but i also want you eat you. and they keep bringing it up. You think that would be an awkward conversation and not brought up all the time. seriously i personally would look for love somewhere else. 11/24/2008 12:06:23 PM |
radhar All American 7475 Posts user info edit post |
the book was ok. the movie was horrible. but god. robert pattinson<3
^^"my little brand of heroine was from the book"
[Edited on November 24, 2008 at 1:21 PM. Reason : Spider monkey was just weird.] 11/24/2008 1:14:21 PM |
timmy All American 639 Posts user info edit post |
Both the book and the movie suck. I only know about the movie via firsthand experience. The book I know of from my girlfriend. She seems to like it but everytime I flip through it I just start laughing at the writing. 11/24/2008 2:28:39 PM |
miska All American 22242 Posts user info edit post |
This: http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/19551.html?style=mine#cutid2 upset my 16 year old sister
lollerskates 11/24/2008 9:23:49 PM |
Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
I heard this movie was for teeny boppers. 11/24/2008 9:57:39 PM |
Gzusfrk All American 2988 Posts user info edit post |
^^Funny and completely accurate depiction of the movie. 11/26/2008 5:53:00 PM |
Kodiak All American 7067 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "8: 40 p.m. The movie ends, thankfully. As the lights come back on you realize that not only is Leach the oldest person in the room, but he's also one of only two males in the entire theatre. "That was one of the worst movies I've ever seen," Leach says apologetically. It then dawns on him that the reason why he'd heard something about the movie was because it was based on a popular book that many teenage girls loved—girls like his daughter. "The thing that really concerns me is I think we had some guys who signed up to see that movie," he says as he files out." |
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=372168911/26/2008 5:55:37 PM |
twoozles All American 20735 Posts user info edit post |
i enjoyed the movie. i never read the books but im guessing i should have. i've had a huge crush on rob pattinson since he was cedric diggory so i had to see it 11/28/2008 10:45:09 AM |
neodata686 All American 11577 Posts user info edit post |
Had a discussion about the movie tonight. Haven't actually seen it but apparently it's full of Mormon/Conservative values aimed at teenagers. 11/29/2008 2:14:53 AM |
twoozles All American 20735 Posts user info edit post |
i should have never seen it. now i just want to fall in love with a vampire 11/29/2008 11:04:11 AM |
Gzusfrk All American 2988 Posts user info edit post |
^^Can you elaborate? I didn't pick up on ANY of that, but maybe I missed it because the movie was just so bad. 11/29/2008 11:33:37 AM |
EhSteve All American 7240 Posts user info edit post |
If I was an 11 year old girl I would totally want to go see this. Too bad it's PG-13 11/29/2008 12:00:47 PM |
twoozles All American 20735 Posts user info edit post |
i'm the kind of girl that let dawson's creek give me unrealistic expectations about relationships so of course i loved it 11/29/2008 12:03:55 PM |
absolutapril All American 8144 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I loved the books, but the movie was THE WORST book to film adaptation I have EVER seen. It was laughably horrible. The two leads ruined any chance I had of liking it, the dialogue was terrible, and they changed significant portions of the book for absolutely no reason" |
Well put.
I am absolutely addicted to the books...they are really good...but this movie made me ashamed that I actually went to see it. I could have a directed the movie better...no doubt in my mind.11/29/2008 5:59:19 PM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "since when do vampires have super speed and super strength" |
Seriously? Most, if not ALL, current vampire stories give them super abilities. If they didn't, then they'd just be creepy old guys who bite people and never go outside.11/29/2008 6:29:44 PM |
IS250tim All American 943 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The Morning After
[So the next morning Edward picks Bella up in The Vampire Volvo and pimps on in to school like a total mack and everyone's like WHOA THAT WEIRD CULLEN KID ACTUALLY GOT LAID? and he's all like, no, I sparkled for A GIRL!] " |
That was my favorite quote from the http://community.livejournal.com/m15m/19551.html?style=mine#cutid2 script thing.11/29/2008 11:38:36 PM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
my wife tried to get me to go see this nonsense today. I saw James Bond instead. 11/30/2008 1:38:21 AM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
11/30/2008 1:39:34 AM |
TroopofEchos All American 12212 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "If they didn't, then they'd just be creepy old guys who bite people and never go outside." | 11/30/2008 10:26:50 PM |
Gzusfrk All American 2988 Posts user info edit post |
I can't wait until I finish my exams so I can read Eclipse. Seriously, the books are good. Read them, forget the movie. The movie Edward is not the Edward Cullen I know. 11/30/2008 10:43:58 PM |
legatic All American 7481 Posts user info edit post |
I don't know anything about the movies or the books, but I'm digging the chick on the far left
12/1/2008 12:04:53 AM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "wife loved the books" |
Your wife's a 13 year old girl? That's fucking GAY.12/1/2008 1:04:02 AM |
Gzusfrk All American 2988 Posts user info edit post |
^^That's Alice. She's by far the best supporting character, and the best actress in the film. 12/1/2008 9:09:41 AM |
needlesmcgir All American 2427 Posts user info edit post |
girlfriend made me see it and it was the worst. I don't know why I allow myself to get into those situations. 12/1/2008 11:30:35 AM |
Talage All American 5093 Posts user info edit post |
I haven't read the book but thought it was actually pretty good. The girl I was with who had read the book kept commenting on the inconsistencies but overall she liked it too.
Also, If you're a fan of any fantasy that deals with vampires you might get angry at Stephanie Meyer's version of vampires. 12/1/2008 11:46:23 AM |
PinkandBlack Suspended 10517 Posts user info edit post |
I hear that this is really a soft propaganda piece for abstinence, confirm/deny? 12/1/2008 2:19:30 PM |
Gzusfrk All American 2988 Posts user info edit post |
^No, not really. It's a book that's steamy without sex. However, Bella begs Edward to have sex with her. But he won't, because he would crush her feeble mortal body. It has nothing to do with morals. 12/1/2008 2:29:14 PM |
neodata686 All American 11577 Posts user info edit post |
I've actually heard from quite a few people that the word going around is it's kind of soft-core Mormon propaganda. The author of the series is Mormon and there's been lots of connections between the book series and conservative values. Stephenie Meyer is known for paralleling her beliefs with her novels. I think the Time Magazine called her idea about abstinence, the "Erotics of Abstinence".
^on the contrary. It's all about morals. Or at least her morals show in her work.
Quote : | "The characters in Meyer's books aren't Mormons, but her beliefs are key to understanding her singular talent." |
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734838,00.html
Course i haven't seen the movie or read the books, just what i heard.
[Edited on December 1, 2008 at 7:29 PM. Reason : .]12/1/2008 7:23:02 PM |
ncsu_ot_usmc All American 1608 Posts user info edit post |
chick flick, but I watched it 12/1/2008 7:58:01 PM |