What is UP with Girls and Twilight?

There’s nothing like a little sexy vampire chit-chat to kick-start your day.

im going to click the great question button for the next three hours

Do yourself a HUGE favor and arm yourself by reading Breaking Dawn. Not the first or second, because BD is by far the most ridiculous and if you don’t come into it by reading the others first, the inappropriateness of relationships becomes way more obvious. Then prepare for battle!

(No, seriously, either read up so you can argue about it or ask them to take their discussion elsewhere.)

I read the entire series. When me and the other girls are talking about the movie, we are dissing it because the movie went so far away from its origin.

I fit right into the demographic of Twilight. I have not read the book, or watched the movie and have no intention of doing either.

I once asked a few of my friends what the deal is and they just gave me a cold stare and returned to their chat.

Twilight fan fiction, Twilight paraphenalia, dreaming about Edward… these are the things that keep it going. My daughter is now rereading the series.

Personally, I liked the book (I have only read the first one and have started on the second) but it did not rock my world. I like the movie a lot because it is stunning visually. As an aspiring filmmaker, I am most impressed by the details such as lighting, shots and those little things that each actor brings to his/her role. I will read the rest of the series because I am interested in what happens (though, thanks to the facebook bumper sticker application, I now know some of the big twists in the later books). I am not particularly impressed with the writing, mostly because I think I am a little old for the target audience (I’m 19 and I believe the target audience is 14 and 15 year-old-girls).

In summation, I am also obsessed with Twilight, but for entirely different reasons. :) Oh, and I was born in Washington state so when I see those big, beautiful panoramic views of the landscape, a tear comes to my eye.

I’m not even exactly sure of what “Twilight” is. I think that I saw a TV commercial for a movie? (Female, 32)

I saw the movie with 4 other guys and 1 girl. We laughed for about 75% of the movie because of how awkward it was. The girl was nearly in tears as to how much she loved it.
Just one of those things I guess.

Here’s a fun article that you can read and then use to attack Twilight. Apparently it sets feminism back a couple years, sad that girls want to be like Bella now.

@Perchik: There are a LOT of articles like that out now. I read one on Jezebel. I think it reflects, like I said earlier, a sense of self awareness.

I thought that I had surrounded myself with people who did not want anything to do with Twilight.

And then, when I was talking on the phone to my own mother, she told me she wanted to see it. I begged her not to but she wouldn’t budge.

There is no logic or reasoning to Twilight. Only madness.

I asked a similar question and I feel the correct answer is that the movie made vampires into pussies who would rather make-out and get a pedicure with some chick than drain her of every ounce of blood she has and make her into a sweet ghoul slave…

They’re obsessed with a perfect, unreal, fictional character who would never come to life. He can’t be sexy cuz he ain’t real, so those girls aren’t gonna be gettin’ any from him ;D

@mangeons: But he’s not perfect! If he were in real life, they’d all call the police on his ass for stalking and generally scaring them. And if they didn’t, like Bella, they’d end up in an abusive relationship.

lol @Empress. In real life, this is true. In fantasy, it is not. After all, it is fantasy.

was kidding in first post ;) ^^^^^^^^

My daughter, in real life, got to meet Ed…. uh…. Robert Pattinson. She got to help the local movie critic to interview him. I believe there was a somewhat funny/awkward moment. He said something negative about himself. My daughter didn’t disagree. He stared at her for a second, and said, “You agree?” I can just imagine a highly arched eyebrow. She says that contrary to published reports, she didn’t swoon.

what did he say bad about himself?

I would have told you if I remembered. Something like not working hard or being lazy (academically?) or something like that. If I can get my daughter to tell me again (she’s twelve; it’s always dicey getting information from a tween), I’ll pass it on.

okay, thanks daloon.

see this thread for more answers to your Q. I do not care for those books at all.

bravo PnL!! More added to my group!!! :D

“Apparently it sets feminism back a couple years…”

Decades. It sets it back a couple decades. Horrible series…

As one of the few girls who aren’t absolutely enthralled by it, I can’t give much insight, other than to say I don’t fucking know. It is annoying as shit though, I have to say. It feels like the Harry Potter craze all over again, but with less creativity on the part of the author.

And I’m sorry, but the actor who plays Edward Cullen (I know the name of the character solely because of FACEBOOK BUMPER STICKERS that were EVERYWHERE), is NOT attractive in any way, shape, form, or fashion. I just want to tell those girls that, even IF he was real, which he most certainly is not, he would not pay any attention whatsoever to them.

I also heard the movie was poorly made and poorly acted, and after seeing an interview with the actress who stars in it, I don’t know how anyone could’ve watched more than about 20 minutes of her without doubling over in pain.

Robert Pattinson needs to wash his hair.

@Tits: If you’d read the books, you’d know they had a high pain tolerance to begin with.

I read my 12yo daughter some of this thread, and laughing loudly, this is what she said: “Tell those people it’s just a movie, Mom. Edward may be hot in the movie but he’s just any other guy in real life. And yes, it would be cool to have someone love you like crazy, but it would be weird if he was jumping out of bushes all the time. A better question would be, why is Bella always in these dangerous places? Everyone knows it’s just a movie. It’s like High School Musical; we all love Zac Efron, too – but we wouldn’t want him singing to us in the hallway of school.” “Don’t those people watch movies or read books that are so cool you get excited about the characters or the sequel? What about TV shows; aren’t they excited to see what happens next week?”. Spoken like a true 12 year old, but she makes some great points, I think!

@bytheby: HAH!

@bythebay: Ugh, Zac Efron. What is the entertainment industry coming to? Remember when male celebrities were actually ATTRACTIVE?

i have noooo idea. i’m a chick and i read twilight around the time it first came out before eit was a stupid trend, and it was okay. i mean it wasn’t a bad book, but it’s certainly not an epic piece of literature. i guess lower standards are to blame. and no one cared about robert whatever when he was in harry potter, why does everyone think he’s hot now? it’s stupid.

i think people these days are getting more caught up in the story than what the book actually says. They weren’t horrible books, but they definately weren’t Gone With the Wind or Jane Eyre.

i find it annoying when people read books and they are popular but nothing you hear people raving about, then someone makes a movie of the books, and all of the sudden everyone gets all excited and people buy the books. I personally have zero interest in seeing Twilight, sounds lame.

@ cinderflubbin, i totally agree.

edward…

everyone lovees edward