Twillight made me do it...
Nov. 26th, 2008 11:24 pm


For those who don't know:
Meyer = Twillight / Hamilton = Anita Blake Vampire Hunter / Wedon = Buffy the vampire slayer / Rice = Interview with a vampire / Stoker = Dracula.
Look! I managed to combine vampire jokes, back to the future jokes and a much delayed "wow, americans finally woke up and elected someone decent how the hell did that happen?" joke (no offence to americans, it's just Bush made your country look terrible. Don't feel too bad, we still have our "Bush" here in Canada, aka Harper art killer, worse prime misniter for arts ever.)
I'm on fire.
As far as Twillight goes, my opinion is thus; I was hoping the movie would be better then the book. I did not enjoy the book, though I understand why some would (angst, vampires, true love, heck, that's easily best seller material if you insert the right words in between) and I was hoping the director would have enough artistic inspiration to make it better. But honestly, I think I preffered suffering thru the book rather then the movie (bad, bad acting. Pretty graphics though.) The movie felt like a fanfic re-telling of the original story or something. So yeah, if you're a twillight fan, don't expect too much from the movie and stick to your book. If you hate twillight, don't spend money to go see the movie. If you really want to laugh at it, rent it. In the privacy of you own home, you can make a drinking game out of it.
Oh and for those who wonder, I don't like Ann Rice either. Vampire angst is not my thing. I prefer how Wedon potrays them; savage beasts with one or two smarter alpha males. Cuz really, they are under, savage killing machines and Louis is a weepy annoyance.
I'm also addicted to the new Disney film Wall-e. I watched the thing twice, got the soundtrack and even asked a friend of mine (aka Diane, my Disneyworld park-working minion) to fetch me some wall-e and Eve plushies. Wall-e is incredible in so many ways, and it's the cutest love story i've seen in ages. Yay, Pixar robotic love.
Just a reminder you kids: Comic book shoppe, sunday november 30th... There's a comic book Gala featuring yours truly among some super artists. Be there or be square (if you are physically in the area)!
-Isa
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Date: 2008-11-27 02:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-27 06:06 pm (UTC)......And apparently parent's don't worry about suddent death wishes and the fact that their daughters might ditch everything for dark broody potentialvamps? Yeah.
*sarcastic snorts*
Seriously, this chick and the guys I bumped into in montréal? Not the best representatives of your faith, I tell ya.
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Date: 2008-11-28 05:37 am (UTC)..why do you think it shames me so much every time I even hear that book/movie name? SHAMED!! I'm all for fantasy and such, but Twilight seems to represent everything I hate about vampires/goth culture/teenage culture in general. And it's written by an LDS person.
I think my brain just broke. At least people like C.S. Lewis could find ways to get across their beliefs and such in such a way that the stories themselves were good, but also carried a good message. I'm sorry, but I'll take a girl's joy in finding a benevolent lion over a girl angsting about some stupid vampire.
(My older and younger sister have both read/are reading the books. My younger sister didn't like the movie, apparently, but she thought the book was okay. Then again, my sister doesn't read much in to things. If something's not spelled out on the pages, in her mind, it never happened. Still waiting to hear what the older sister thinks.)