Just admit you like Twilight

[bunnyboy]

I watched the 1st Twilight movie on cable. It seemed like everyone was on Valium.

Nah they're just capturing how this area really is, we may have a huge meth problem, but oddly it seems like everyone's tired half the time and overcaffinated the other half.

[Severen13]

Ah yes, the adventures of Lord Stalker McSparklepants, Princess Zoloft McAirhead, and Lord Fuzzybutt McPedophile make for gripping cinema.....

I've seen more gripping episodes of Scooby-Doo and better writing on the back of shampoo bottles.

[Magpie]

Mass marketing kills any desire I have to watch a movie. I can't go to the bookstore/department store/etc without being assaulted by the marketing blitz surrounding these films.

Same here. Or read a book (Harry Potter, I'm looking at you. I only started reading your series because my sister got assigned it in class, and we discovered it was better than we expected.) It used to be that the really good stuff didn't need that kind of marketing, so they didn't bother. Now they market decent (and some really good) stuff that way too, so it's horribly confusing.

As for the guy in the OP, I was at a friend's wedding recently. The best man, in his speech, commented that normally it's a sign of dedication when a guy watches a chick flick marathon with his girlfriend. However, when it's the guy's collector edition boxed set, he doesn't get that kind of credit. Although it's also possible that it's not that the guy in the OP wants to see Eclipse, but that he doesn't want to see Inception, doesn't want to see it with his girlfriend, knows that she'll give him a hard time if they don't go see his movie. Doesn't sound like it though.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Ah yes, the adventures of Lord Stalker McSparklepants, Princess Zoloft McAirhead, and Lord Fuzzybutt McPedophile make for gripping cinema.....

And I thought Sparkles the Vampire was good.

You win like a million billion internets.

[Mr Hero]

I prefer to compare the Adventures of Sparkles the Vampire series to World Cup soccer.

Too long, boring, nobody scores, and all its fans insist you don't understand it at all.

That's exactly what my brother says about Twilight.

[Gawdzillers]

Ah yes, the adventures of Lord Stalker McSparklepants, Princess Zoloft McAirhead, and Lord Fuzzybutt McPedophile make for gripping cinema.....

Why is everyone Irish?

[Treasure]

Twilight - Never read it, never seen it, don't get all the hype - though i did watch The Runaways recently and Kristin Stewart actually did an impressive job as Joan Jett

I do however watch TrueBlood, haven't read the books, but feel that TB is what Twilight wishes it could be - Darker, grittier, more sinister, better (imo).

[Severen13]

Why is everyone Irish?

Because it makes for an Awesome McCoolName.

[dalesys]

Why is everyone Scottish?

O'Blarney they are not.

[greek_jester]

...and I haven't read any of the books and I never even saw the first one until it was actually out on video...

I can't comment on the films, which I have heard are much better than the books, but I have read the books. The first 2.75, anyway. The quality of the writing is... not very good. At all. The books versions are the ones I think of when I mock fans, if that makes you feel any better. And I have been careful not to mock on the boards (the adventures of sparkly, indeed )

[Android Kaeli]

I read the books, only because A. I needed something to read inbetween other books, and B. I really wanted to see what the hell everyone was talking about. The only book and movie I really enjoyed "reading" and "watching" was New Moon and only redeeming part about the movie (of which I watched over someone else's house) was a shirtless Jacob.

I just couldn't really get into the books or the movies, it doesn't appeal to me. I don't even see the romance between Bella and Edward, it looks like it's more of a forced relationship then an actual "I love you" type of relationship. It seems like Bella is the only one that's really "in love". *shrugs*

[Pagan]

Ah yes, the adventures of Lord Stalker McSparklepants, Princess Zoloft McAirhead, and Lord Fuzzybutt McPedophile make for gripping cinema.....

I love you, too!

Why is everyone Irish?

O'Blarney they are not.

Ya beat me to it! I was thinking Scottish, too!

[crazylegs]

Remember folks, there are some people on the boards who like the books/films - so be gentle out there.

[iradney]

haven't read the books yet - not sure if I want to. Have watched the movies - fairly entertaining, but I must admit I've always been a werewolf kind of gal.

[bankworking]

Whether or not you like Twilight, this blog gives some funny review of the books:

http://community.sparknotes.com/inde...ht-index-page/