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Have you seen the trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation of Twilight? It's uh... looking pretty bad. I mean, the book wasn't exactly fantastic, but the movie looks terrible. My hopes were up when I heard Robert Pattinson was playing Edward because I could kind of see that happening and I was happy that Kristen Stewart was cast to play Bella. But they did something to the both of them and is it just me or do they both look seriously burnt out and tired in that trailer? Yeesh. The book sort of sets up a movie to fail though because the Cullens/Hales are supposed to be unfathomably beautiful and that's a tall order.
So... as much as I thought that the movie might by a guilty pleasure like the book was, I guess I won't be seeing it. I borrowed Twilight the book from a friend and even though I was realizing how half-baked the book was, I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed it enough, but I don't care enough about anyone in the story to read on to New Moon. My chief complaint against the book is how ridiculously sour the main character is. I have no problem with disagreeable protagonists. That's fine. But Bella whines about everything. Every other page was more or less, "Oh my god, these people are nice to me and call me their friend, but I judge them as really shallow and how dare they irritate me when their friendship. And three boys asked me out to the prom GOD MY LIFE IS SO HARD." Seriously, bitch, shut up. You have friends and the boys swoon for you. Dry the tears. It's that sort of quality that makes her a Mary Sue in a way; she can't stand the fact that she just can't keep people from loving her. QUELLE DIFFICULTY!
Also: I understand Edward is supposed to be omgdreamy and I buy that part. But no amount of impossible good looks will make up for the fact that he's such a windsock. That is to say, his demeanor and feelings change every thirty seconds. I understand that he has an internal battle going on and he's conflicted, but he goes from "Oh, Bella, I love you! BUT I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU IN LIKE TWO SECONDS! Let's raise a puppy together!" It gets tiring after a while. There was a line in the book that went something like, "And then his expression abruptly changed" and I decided that totally should've been the title of the book.
ANYHOODLE, I'm going to go wrap my ma's presents. I got her Waitress on DVD and my dad got her new mugs and some running gear.
So... as much as I thought that the movie might by a guilty pleasure like the book was, I guess I won't be seeing it. I borrowed Twilight the book from a friend and even though I was realizing how half-baked the book was, I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed it enough, but I don't care enough about anyone in the story to read on to New Moon. My chief complaint against the book is how ridiculously sour the main character is. I have no problem with disagreeable protagonists. That's fine. But Bella whines about everything. Every other page was more or less, "Oh my god, these people are nice to me and call me their friend, but I judge them as really shallow and how dare they irritate me when their friendship. And three boys asked me out to the prom GOD MY LIFE IS SO HARD." Seriously, bitch, shut up. You have friends and the boys swoon for you. Dry the tears. It's that sort of quality that makes her a Mary Sue in a way; she can't stand the fact that she just can't keep people from loving her. QUELLE DIFFICULTY!
Also: I understand Edward is supposed to be omgdreamy and I buy that part. But no amount of impossible good looks will make up for the fact that he's such a windsock. That is to say, his demeanor and feelings change every thirty seconds. I understand that he has an internal battle going on and he's conflicted, but he goes from "Oh, Bella, I love you! BUT I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU IN LIKE TWO SECONDS! Let's raise a puppy together!" It gets tiring after a while. There was a line in the book that went something like, "And then his expression abruptly changed" and I decided that totally should've been the title of the book.
ANYHOODLE, I'm going to go wrap my ma's presents. I got her Waitress on DVD and my dad got her new mugs and some running gear.