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Which is to say, I went out with many a relative and saw Twilight yesterday. I liked it. I thought it was fun. We did burst into laughter at times where they probably didn't intend the audience to do that--though I'm hoping they did. (Such as Robert Pattinson's extremely weird, yet very adolescent-male, moments of being socially awkward to the point of rudeness.)
Random notes, none of which spoil anything:
1. The pasty vampire makeup, with the red lips, looked a little silly in some shots. My sister Kate put it best: "Maybe he's immortal. Maybe it's Maybelline."
2. The Pacific Northwest looked beautiful. As it always does, thank you very much. Complete with chainsaw-carved bears! That is a very authentic touch, we must admit.
3. But, unless Charlie keeps the house at 75 degrees, I doubt Bella would be sleeping in a little tank top in the cold rainy months. Our shoulders freeze here if we try that.
4. Jasper's alarmed facial expression cracked me up. Looked a lot like Johnny Depp as either Edward Scissorhands or Ichabod Crane.
5. Could the subtext under the vampirism plot be any more clearly about the dangerous allure of teen sex? Approximate conversations from the film:
He: I can't be near you. If I start, I won't be able to stop.
She: I'm not afraid.
He: You should be. I'm not that strong.
She: (nuzzling up close) Yes you are. I trust you.
He: (labored breathing) You really shouldn't.
6. I did like the leads for the most part, especially Billy Burke (Charlie) and, yes, Robert Pattinson. I appreciate that he did the self-loathing, rather creepy interpretation of Edward, rather than Too Suave And Romantic To Endure, as it's possible to interpret him in the books. Flaws are endearing.
7. The Cullen house looked nothing like its book description. But it did look like a typical expensive house in the Northwest, so maybe that's better anyway.
Which is to say, I went out with many a relative and saw Twilight yesterday. I liked it. I thought it was fun. We did burst into laughter at times where they probably didn't intend the audience to do that--though I'm hoping they did. (Such as Robert Pattinson's extremely weird, yet very adolescent-male, moments of being socially awkward to the point of rudeness.)
Random notes, none of which spoil anything:
1. The pasty vampire makeup, with the red lips, looked a little silly in some shots. My sister Kate put it best: "Maybe he's immortal. Maybe it's Maybelline."
2. The Pacific Northwest looked beautiful. As it always does, thank you very much. Complete with chainsaw-carved bears! That is a very authentic touch, we must admit.
3. But, unless Charlie keeps the house at 75 degrees, I doubt Bella would be sleeping in a little tank top in the cold rainy months. Our shoulders freeze here if we try that.
4. Jasper's alarmed facial expression cracked me up. Looked a lot like Johnny Depp as either Edward Scissorhands or Ichabod Crane.
5. Could the subtext under the vampirism plot be any more clearly about the dangerous allure of teen sex? Approximate conversations from the film:
He: I can't be near you. If I start, I won't be able to stop.
She: I'm not afraid.
He: You should be. I'm not that strong.
She: (nuzzling up close) Yes you are. I trust you.
He: (labored breathing) You really shouldn't.
6. I did like the leads for the most part, especially Billy Burke (Charlie) and, yes, Robert Pattinson. I appreciate that he did the self-loathing, rather creepy interpretation of Edward, rather than Too Suave And Romantic To Endure, as it's possible to interpret him in the books. Flaws are endearing.
7. The Cullen house looked nothing like its book description. But it did look like a typical expensive house in the Northwest, so maybe that's better anyway.
Comments
Hey this is the movies. They all sleep in little tank tops....even the vampires.
I really want to visit Forks!
Anyway, true enough, there's much less drama than in many a vampire universe, even though I'm pretty sure there is at least a little bloodsucking in the books. (I've only read the first two so far.) Still, I deeply hope the Twilight fans eventually get their hands on Buffy, which has a lovely pan-gender-appealing mix of romance, comedy, angst, and violent death. :) (And better writing.)
Once Star Wars fandom wasn't all-male, but the unspeakable prequel trilogy pretty much ended that... Better not go down that road. Too much bitterness.
HP fandom is gender-neutral, I think. I gave a talk on HP to a class of fifth-graders the other day -- it was wonderful to see how fully all of them had internalized the stories, and to hear how much they had to say; there were some pretty deep thoughts there.
Buffy, Star Trek... These are equal-opportunity fandoms too, but aren't all the BNFs female? HP too, for that matter. Typical -- boys never want to do any of the work.
Yeah, I noticed years ago that the fanfic writers are almost always female. I'm not sure why this is, but I bet others have written dissertations on it. Maybe after breakfast I'll have some deeper thoughts.
Nope, didn't like My Little Pony. Not even a little bit. Not even as an adult, when my daughters went through the MLP phase.
I did like the Powerpuff Girls, though. Draw what conclusions you will.
Dissertations indeed, and conferences -- and somehow I'm usually the only guy there.
/"I don't know, you are more in touch with your feminine side than most guys." -- Toph Bei Fong
But you may be right about comic books being much more a non-girl thing. I can't quite get into them, even the Buffy ones.
But much swooning and stuff was inspired... one of my favorite comments made by us when we saw it was "Oooh a doctor ... too bad he's not a gynecologist!" This coming from one of my coworkers, the oldest in the group, who should be a good influence on all of us young whippersnappers, instead of being so darn bad all the time. LOL
Yeah, what happened to her tatty sweats and t shirt for that scene? *sigh*
Heheh...Carlisle wasn't bad looking either. Kind of like Christian Bale gone blond.