Re Twilight: IMO, the books are worse than the movies. Meyers is not a great craftswoman--at ALL--and her grasp of what makes a plot (hint: not Bella and Edward staring into each other's eyes) is pretty weak. The movies are an improvement because they add plot--the first one expanded the threat of the nomads (the three "bad" vampires who intrude on the baseball game) much more, and all of the movies actually SHOW the climactic battles. If you can believe it, Bella never sees Edward & James fight in Twilight (she's passed out), never sees the wolves take down Laurent in New Moon (which--AWESOME--I just love the wolves), never sees Edward fight the Volturi in New Moon (there *is* no fight, they added that for the movie) and only hears about the fight in Eclipse (makes sense, she's not there, but I love that they show it in the movie. It's like an emo teen version of the battle in The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe when the wolves charge out!).
But for all that, I still like the books. She's tapped into something there and I give her credit for it. And I don't mind if people criticize them, not at all, but the tone of the criticism, the constant harping that you read by the fanboys and whatnot. Please. None of us give a shit about guy franchises. We all have our guilty pleasures. Here's an article that talks about it further (http://www.movieline.com/2009/11/threatened-fanboy-responses-to-new-moon.php?page=all). Some creepy responses (quoted in the article):
“I hate Twilight pretty much as passionately as anything I’ve ever hated before…If you’re a lady and you’re under 21, good on ya. Enjoy what you built. Your dollars and zeal have led to a tonal shift in the cultural landscape. If you’re 35, I hope your holes seal up.”
This is from a guy who, as one commenter said, "dresses up as Darth Vader."
I love how the article itself says:
A lot of bad movies make money every year, but most film sites didn’t complain about it until New Moon arrived on the scene and broke a box office record held by The Dark Knight. Suddenly, writers who had dutifully chronicled every Transformers voice casting and G.I. Joe character poster on their blogs were bemoaning the state of cinema, and though their reactions may not surprise grizzled veterans of the Comic-Con Gender Wars, it’s nevertheless amusing to see.
Cleolinda puts it this way (http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/825036.html):
There's a line between "The Twilight movies are ridiculous and I disagree with their view of the world" and "OMG SOMETHING LIKED BY GIRRRRRRRRRRRRLS." I was glad it didn't outgross The Dark Knight because the latter is one of my favorite movies, not because such an event would shrivel my e-penis, BOYS.
Yes, the SATC movie (the sequel anyway, never saw the first one) is geared towards fans of the show, I can see how you wouldn't enjoy it.
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But for all that, I still like the books. She's tapped into something there and I give her credit for it. And I don't mind if people criticize them, not at all, but the tone of the criticism, the constant harping that you read by the fanboys and whatnot. Please. None of us give a shit about guy franchises. We all have our guilty pleasures. Here's an article that talks about it further (http://www.movieline.com/2009/11/threatened-fanboy-responses-to-new-moon.php?page=all). Some creepy responses (quoted in the article):
“I hate Twilight pretty much as passionately as anything I’ve ever hated before…If you’re a lady and you’re under 21, good on ya. Enjoy what you built. Your dollars and zeal have led to a tonal shift in the cultural landscape. If you’re 35, I hope your holes seal up.”
This is from a guy who, as one commenter said, "dresses up as Darth Vader."
I love how the article itself says:
A lot of bad movies make money every year, but most film sites didn’t complain about it until New Moon arrived on the scene and broke a box office record held by The Dark Knight. Suddenly, writers who had dutifully chronicled every Transformers voice casting and G.I. Joe character poster on their blogs were bemoaning the state of cinema, and though their reactions may not surprise grizzled veterans of the Comic-Con Gender Wars, it’s nevertheless amusing to see.
Cleolinda puts it this way (http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/825036.html):
There's a line between "The Twilight movies are ridiculous and I disagree with their view of the world" and "OMG SOMETHING LIKED BY GIRRRRRRRRRRRRLS." I was glad it didn't outgross The Dark Knight because the latter is one of my favorite movies, not because such an event would shrivel my e-penis, BOYS.
Yes, the SATC movie (the sequel anyway, never saw the first one) is geared towards fans of the show, I can see how you wouldn't enjoy it.