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review: "Twilight" (movie)

Apr 05, 2009 11:14

Aids and I (and with much, much reluctance on his part) finally watched the Twilight movie via downloaded DVD-ripped avi. My first thought after the whole thing was done was "You know what? I actually LIKED IT."

The good:
1. A movie has to compress the book's content in order to fit the running time. This is usually the reason why movie adaptations ( Read more... )

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joannaland April 6 2009, 05:50:11 UTC

oh it's lust alright

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genki_geek April 6 2009, 06:01:06 UTC

OMG I love it!!! Hahahaha. Shouldn't it be the other way around though? I found it fascinating that the movie didn't even attempt to include getting-to-know-you scenes that could explain their attraction. It was all about Bella's scent. Jeebus.

joannaland April 6 2009, 09:28:25 UTC

nah i think the gif is more appropriate lolololol!

kinda makes you want edward to pee on her to mark his territory no?

genki_geek April 6 2009, 11:27:14 UTC

Yes! Though I think he did that when he yanked her away from Jacob in the prom scene. Haha

the_bumper_car April 6 2009, 10:36:24 UTC

1. A movie has to compress the book's content in order to fit the running time. This is usually the reason why movie adaptations suck, but it was a godsend in this case as most of Twilight The Book is fluff anyway. Short running time = faster moving plot = the lovey-dovey scenes are short and we get to the bad guys faster.

They also cut out most, if not all, of Bella's tiresome narration. Praise Jeebus.

1. Minimal Jacob. I thought he was her friend?

Because the Powers That Be hate Jacob's character, and what to make sure that no question of Bella and Edward ending up together ever come up in the first movie. I can point to you all the discussions of the comparisons between the Bella/Edward/Jacob and Hermione/Ron/Harry relationships for further fun. And by fun, I mean HORROR.

genki_geek April 6 2009, 11:38:38 UTC

They also cut out most, if not all, of Bella's tiresome narration.

YES!!! Hahaha.

I can point to you all the discussions of the comparisons between the Bella/Edward/Jacob and Hermione/Ron/Harry relationships for further fun.

Hey, I resent the BJB and HHrR comparisons. Hermione>>>>>>>>Bella and Harry>>>>>>>>>>Edward :p Plus DanRad>>>>>RPattz. HAHAHAHA :p

the_bumper_car April 6 2009, 12:17:15 UTC

While I agree with your statement, I have bad news for you: the way the analogy works it goes:

Bella = Hermione (the heroine!)
Edward = Ron (the twu love!)
Jacob = Harry (the best friend!)

which makes HP sound a lot dumber than it really is. *shudders* I also noticed that most of the HP fans I consider "sane", regardless of where they fall on the H/Hr vs R/Hr shipping, prefer Bella/Jacob. Or death.

genki_geek April 6 2009, 13:28:11 UTC

Bella = Hermione (the heroine!)
Edward = Ron (the twu love!)
Jacob = Harry (the best friend!)

I already knew that but in my world, Harry is the twu love :P Hahaha. I don't have a stand regarding Bella/Jacob because I haven't read the books, but anything has got to be better than Bella/Edward.