REALLY odd Atmosphere surrounding the TWILIGHT SERIES

Onset23

Is it just me or is there this REALLY REALLY odd atmosphere surrounding the twilight series!

Theres just an air of dishonesty about it, like everyone involved doesnt want to be there, i dont know ANYONE who likes them.

Its a really bizarre feeling i get whenever i see something mentioned, the entire franchise is ODD, the leads seem to be very strange, the author is strange!

And not in a good way, I wish it would just disappear because the whole thing just creeps me out and makes me feel uncomfortable for some reason

Martin1

Kristen and Rob seemed embarrassed to talk about a few scenes, and on one of the DVDs, when they are doing the commenting or whatever it is called, Kristen sounds like she is blushing just watching it.

That's because they hate it, loll. They've hinted as much many times.

Lord_Darkeyes

Robert even stated that the hype about the series is quite stupid.

Firefly

Robert even stated that the hype about the series is quite stupid.

That's stunned me. They could at least make the effort to show interest.

I couldn't imagine Dan saying he thought Harry Potter was shit.

Lord Stafford

People have finally got to grips, and those people (conveniently enough) are the actors themselves. I know that Rob doesn't like Twilight.

Lord Stafford.

Martin1

Robert even stated that the hype about the series is quite stupid.

That's stunned me. They could at least make the effort to show interest.

I couldn't imagine Dan saying he thought Harry Potter was shit.

Dan would never say that because Harry Potter isn't shit. Rob has a different situation you see

NimbusGold136

^ That's beacause everyone knows it isn't ;-) Whereas Twilight... :0&

Martin1

People have finally got to grips, and those people (conveniently enough) are the actors themselves. I know that Rob doesn't like Twilight.

Lord Stafford.

Rob isn't a bad actor, the scripts for twilight are just god awful. I don't fucking care if al pacino in his prime was playing edward, it would still have been a constipated character with nothing to work with.

Mac

Yes
Rob said that too.

Mac

People have finally got to grips, and those people (conveniently enough) are the actors themselves. I know that Rob doesn't like Twilight.

Lord Stafford.

Rob isn't a bad actor, the scripts for twilight are just god awful. I don't fucking care if al pacino in his prime was playing edward, it would still have been a constipated character with nothing to work with.

I must agree.

Lord Stafford

People have finally got to grips, and those people (conveniently enough) are the actors themselves. I know that Rob doesn't like Twilight.

Lord Stafford.

Rob isn't a bad actor, the scripts for twilight are just god awful. I don't fucking care if al pacino in his prime was playing edward, it would still have been a constipated character with nothing to work with.

When did i ever say that he was? He is just constipated in Twilight! Like he had already done so, other people are beginning to catch on. The rest of us already have caught on, but that was to begin with.

Lord Stafford.

Martin1

People have finally got to grips, and those people (conveniently enough) are the actors themselves. I know that Rob doesn't like Twilight.

Lord Stafford.

Rob isn't a bad actor, the scripts for twilight are just god awful. I don't fucking care if al pacino in his prime was playing edward, it would still have been a constipated character with nothing to work with.

When did i ever say that he was? He is just constipated in Twilight! Like he had already done so, other people are beginning to catch on. The rest of us already have caught on, but that was to begin with.

Lord Stafford.

Oh I know you didn't. Now that I'm looking at, I have no idea why I quoted it, lolll. You said something about Rob, I said something about Rob, so I was like: OOOH OOH OOH QUOTE!

yonythemoony

“When you read the book,” says Pattinson, … “it’s like, ‘Edward Cullen was so beautiful I creamed myself.’ I mean, every line is liked that. He’s the most ridiculous person who’s so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play that aspect. I just couldn’t do that. And the more I read the script, the more I hated this guy, so that’s how I played him, as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus, he’s a 108 year-old virgin so he’s obviously got some issues there.”


“I’ve spent a long time thinking, “How can I take the whole [Edward is] beautiful thing as an interpretation?” And I realized that it’s just Bella saying he’s so beautiful and she’s just in love with him and obsessed with him so he could be like a piece of cheese and she would think the same thing.

I read the book and was like “Well this is really dumb, I’ll never ever… This is so pointless going up for the role.”

Accio_Log

“When you read the book,” says Pattinson, … “it’s like, ‘Edward Cullen was so beautiful I creamed myself.’ I mean, every line is liked that. He’s the most ridiculous person who’s so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play that aspect. I just couldn’t do that. And the more I read the script, the more I hated this guy, so that’s how I played him, as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus, he’s a 108 year-old virgin so he’s obviously got some issues there.”


“I’ve spent a long time thinking, “How can I take the whole [Edward is] beautiful thing as an interpretation?” And I realized that it’s just Bella saying he’s so beautiful and she’s just in love with him and obsessed with him so he could be like a piece of cheese and she would think the same thing.

I read the book and was like “Well this is really dumb, I’ll never ever… This is so pointless going up for the role.”

This is all fantastic!

Lord Stafford

Thank you, Rob. Show us your true colours, that is the way.

Lord Stafford.

HorcruxWanderer

It's so absolutely clear that there is no real ethos about the Twilight movie series at all.. Not a smidgen as much as Harry Potter - Just recently there was an article that stated they were all exhausted and grouchy upon finishing Breaking Dawn which is what film 4/5? Harry Potter has 8 years spanning 10 years.. Twilight has 5 films (Isn't breaking dawn split into two) what 5 years? And all I hear is that it was a negative experience it was for the actors..

And some of the actors seem miserable anyway

Martin1

“When you read the book,” says Pattinson, … “it’s like, ‘Edward Cullen was so beautiful I creamed myself.’ I mean, every line is liked that. He’s the most ridiculous person who’s so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play that aspect. I just couldn’t do that. And the more I read the script, the more I hated this guy, so that’s how I played him, as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus, he’s a 108 year-old virgin so he’s obviously got some issues there.”


“I’ve spent a long time thinking, “How can I take the whole [Edward is] beautiful thing as an interpretation?” And I realized that it’s just Bella saying he’s so beautiful and she’s just in love with him and obsessed with him so he could be like a piece of cheese and she would think the same thing.

I read the book and was like “Well this is really dumb, I’ll never ever… This is so pointless going up for the role.”

This is all fantastic!

This is why I don't hate Rob. If you've seen some of his other movies, he's not a bad actor. I just hate twilight though

Richard

when I see twilight it gets me sleepy

GodricGryffindor

“When you read the book,” says Pattinson, … “it’s like, ‘Edward Cullen was so beautiful I creamed myself.’ I mean, every line is liked that. He’s the most ridiculous person who’s so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play that aspect. I just couldn’t do that. And the more I read the script, the more I hated this guy, so that’s how I played him, as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus, he’s a 108 year-old virgin so he’s obviously got some issues there.”


“I’ve spent a long time thinking, “How can I take the whole [Edward is] beautiful thing as an interpretation?” And I realized that it’s just Bella saying he’s so beautiful and she’s just in love with him and obsessed with him so he could be like a piece of cheese and she would think the same thing.

I read the book and was like “Well this is really dumb, I’ll never ever… This is so pointless going up for the role.”

This is all fantastic!

LOL!

G.G.

Lord Stafford

when I see twilight it gets me sleepy

Well, it is past your bedtime, so... ;-)

Lord Stafford.

Richard

I already slept

Lord Stafford

Then, you better again.

Lord Stafford.

Richard

why? I need to go to work soon.

Liz

People have finally got to grips, and those people (conveniently enough) are the actors themselves. I know that Rob doesn't like Twilight.

Lord Stafford.

Rob isn't a bad actor, the scripts for twilight are just god awful. I don't fucking care if al pacino in his prime was playing edward, it would still have been a constipated character with nothing to work with.

definitely agree. I seen Water for Elephants and he did an excellent job in that movie. Oh and Remember Me was a good one too.

Lord Stafford

why? I need to go to work soon.

Sleep. Sleep.

Lord Stafford.

Richard

I wish

Lord Stafford

Sleep. Sleep.

Lord Stafford.

RuneMarauder

Guys... Rob played Harry Potter first and after it Twilight seems shit ofc..

Joshie

Owl

I feel really bad for Rob, he's a really decent actor and a lovely guy but The Twilight Series is most certainly going to anchor him down as an actor. :-S
I don't like him in the series and such but i really respect that when he is asked directly about what his thoughts are towards the series he tells the truth.
Though vaguely, so to avoid getting in to trouble of course, but he never openly lies.
He is a genuinely good guy and i really hope we see more of him after the twilight fans declutch their claws and let him be.

chester

Twilight is not good for the actors themself. At the moment, twilight is popular but after it's done and let's be realistic: twilight will be forgotten quickly (i think potter will last very long). Then the actors will be known as the actors of 'that very bad movie series". It's just not that good for their carreer.

Popkin

“When you read the book,” says Pattinson, … “it’s like, ‘Edward Cullen was so beautiful I creamed myself.’ I mean, every line is liked that. He’s the most ridiculous person who’s so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play that aspect. I just couldn’t do that. And the more I read the script, the more I hated this guy, so that’s how I played him, as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus, he’s a 108 year-old virgin so he’s obviously got some issues there.”


“I’ve spent a long time thinking, “How can I take the whole [Edward is] beautiful thing as an interpretation?” And I realized that it’s just Bella saying he’s so beautiful and she’s just in love with him and obsessed with him so he could be like a piece of cheese and she would think the same thing.

I read the book and was like “Well this is really dumb, I’ll never ever… This is so pointless going up for the role.”

'I creamed myself' Lol

He's really not a bad actor, he's just playing a bad character in a bad movie. Everything else I've seen him in, he's done pretty well.

Lord_Darkeyes

After five years, they were exhausted after finishing BD and they couldn't wait to et put of there.

After 10 years, they were sad after finishing DH, and they all cried when they had to leave.

Bane

It's because Twilight is incredibly shitty and awkward and lacks any semblance of proper storytelling. People who like Twilight tend to enjoy it as a guilty pleasure; for that I cannot blame them because it's some seriously amazing work but for all the wrong reasons. What happened was that Meyer introduced an artificial romance that appealed to girls in middle/high school who, at the time, are discovering and exploring sexual fantasy and intricacy. Twilight is nothing but pure exploitation and pipe dreams; it's not a series of books so much as an exploration of two-dimensional characters who live in an alternative society. Meyer then threw Jacob into the mix in order to propose some level of conflict which resulted in catastrophically artificial thoughts and actions by these characters, if one could even call them characters because she knew that at that point, she's making money and people want more.

But hold up-- there's no plot, and she quickly realized that her own middle-aged sexual conflicts weren't exactly prudent or legitimate enough to carry forth an entire series, and starting with New Moon, she began to grasp at potential story threads that never come together in an organic nor interesting way, leaving the reader with nothing but stilted and foolish pillow-talk that no one under the age of 14 would ever say, not even in a cheesy love poem. I don't say this because I'm a 28 year old male who detests this kind of storytelling; I detest the fact that there are four of those novels and the fact that the "plot" is a rear-ended trainwreck written for people who don't understand fuck-all about narration or character development. I detest it because it revealed that so many people could be tricked into believing that the property has any kind of merit, which proves that, when it comes to any level of exploitation, people are sheep.

For something that is to be considered one of the epic romance tales of our day, it surely lacks any level of real romance or spark. I've read them, and there is not one thing, not one event, not anything whatsoever that occurs to make me believe that these people are in love. Attracted to each other? Yes. Because they're good looking, because Edward is a vampire (chicks love vampires), because Jacob is a werewolf (apparently chicks love werewolves). Because the "love" is forbidden and the nature of them having a real life is so incredibly at odd that it presents an atmosphere of interest. You get the impression that Bella is, thus, merely interested in Edward because it would be so incredibly hard for them to be together, which poses a challenge. Not because she really loves him, but what he is. It's telling when you get to the fourth book, and the only thing happening is that Bella is pregnant and her life is in danger, and when she finally has the vampire bastard child, the plot settles on "okay here come the Voltouri because they're upset about this whole mess," resulting in a non-confrontation and a happily ever after ending where they live in a cottage in the woods.

As a series, Twilight lacks practically everything, aside from the one thing that pulls people in: appeal. Harry Potter had appeal, but it also had real characters, a real narrative, real twists and turns, a fruitful and dense world, and people genuinely cared about seeing Harry's story through to the end. Despite being fantasy, it was grounded. Twilight is about as grounded as a satellite orbiting our planet, and is absolutely one of the most ridiculous and unrealistic things that our current generation has ever accepted, and quite frankly, we should be ashamed for that. That's not to say that it isn't okay to read the books or watch the movies, or even to do so for guilty pleasure, but anyone who thinks Twilight is anything remotely more than robotic sexual exploitation is heartily mistaken.

Lord_Darkeyes

=P~

Bane

And before the shit hits the fan, I'm not telling people what to like, I'm telling people that there are so many fantastic works of literature and storytelling out there in literally every genre, including romance, that they should be reading, that they should be experiencing, instead of this completely inane and pathetic drivel. Twilight has the workings of something that could be dramatic and interesting, but the fault lies with the writer who mistakenly, instead of trying to write a series of books, wrote a series of adolescent romantic propaganda but without the romance. Again there are so, so, I mean I can't even stress how many real, well-written, well thought out, well established, well-- everything works of romance, fiction, fantasy, you name it that exists. Twilight is not one of them.

ezanie

Ron/Hermione defeat Edward/Bella in NextMovie's Most Epic Romance poll !

http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/4638

Owl

@darthorcrux
=D> 8->

Mac

It's because Twilight is incredibly shitty and awkward and lacks and semblance of proper storytelling. People who like Twilight tend to enjoy it as a guilty pleasure; for that I cannot blame them because it's some seriously amazing work but for all the wrong reasons. What happened was that Meyer introduced an artificial romance that appealed to girls in middle/high school who, at the time, are discovering and exploring sexual fantasy and intricacy. Twilight is nothing but pure exploitation and pipe dreams; it's not a series of books so much as an exploration of two-dimensional characters who live in an alternative society. Meyer then threw Jacob into the mix in order to propose some level of conflict which resulted in catastrophically artificial thoughts and actions by these characters, if one could even call them characters because she knew that at that point, she's making money and people want more.

But hold up-- there's no plot, and she quickly realized that her own middle-aged sexual conflicts weren't exactly prudent or legitimate enough to carry forth an entire series, and starting with New Moon, she began to grasp at potential story threads that never come together in an organic nor interesting way, leaving the reader with nothing but stilted and foolish pillow-talk that no one under the age of 14 would ever say, not even in a cheesy love poem. I don't say this because I'm a 28 year old male who detests this kind of storytelling; I detest the fact that there are four of those novels and the fact that the "plot" is a rear-ended trainwreck written for people who don't understand fuck-all about narration or character development. I detest it because it revealed that so many people could be tricked into believing that the property has any kind of merit, which proves that, when it comes to any level of exploitation, people are sheep.

For something that is to be considered one of the epic romance tales of our day, it surely lacks any level of real romance or spark. I've read them, and there is not one thing, not one event, not anything whatsoever that occurs to make me believe that these people are in love. Attracted to each other? Yes. Because they're good looking, because Edward is a vampire (chicks love vampires), because Jacob is a werewolf (apparently chicks love werewolves). Because the "love" is forbidden and the nature of them having a real life is so incredibly at odd that it presents an atmosphere of interest. You get the impression that Bella is, thus, merely interested in Edward because it would be so incredibly hard for them to be together, which poses a challenge. Not because she really loves him, but what he is. It's telling when you get to the fourth book, and the only thing happening is that Bella is pregnant and her life is in danger, and when she finally has the vampire bastard child, the plot settles on "okay here come the Voltouri because they're upset about this whole mess," resulting in a non-confrontation and a happily ever after ending where they live in a cottage in the woods.

As a series, Twilight lacks practically everything, aside from the one thing that pulls people in: appeal. Harry Potter had appeal, but it also had real characters, a real narrative, real twists and turns, a fruitful and dense world, and people genuinely cared about seeing Harry's story through to the end. Despite being fantasy, it was grounded. Twilight is about as grounded as a satellite orbiting our planet, and is absolutely one of the most ridiculous and unrealistic things that our current generation has ever accepted, and quite frankly, we should be ashamed for that. That's not to say that it isn't okay to read the books or watch the movies, or even to do so for guilty pleasure, but anyone who thinks Twilight is anything remotely more than robotic sexual exploitation is heartily mistaken.

=D> =D>

Mac

Twilight is weird.

Abhishek

Darth how do you put everything into perspective so easily ???? ^:)^ :-bd :-? :O =D>

chester

Ron/Hermione defeat Edward/Bella in NextMovie's Most Epic Romance poll !

http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/4638

That's normal. Emma watson has great chemistry with both Dan and Rupert. Her sex-appeal is more than huge. And ofcourse they grow up with us.

Bane

Twilight is weird.

It's incredibly weird. Nothing about it makes any level of sense whatsoever. I listened to the four audiobooks when I had a data entry job, and I barely got any work done because I sat there in slack-jawed fascination over the fact that what I was hearing is considered to be "good" by so many people, fascination over the fact that they were even printed, fascination over the fact that it made the "author" ungodly wealthy, and so on. Which is why I say that, while incredibly bad, it's also like not being able to look away from a fiery, vehicular pile-up on a busy road.

Bane

Darth how do you put everything into perspective so easily

It's not easy at all; in fact, upon re-reading my post, I don't feel as though I put it into perspective, period. I would have to write a fucking thesis paper and spend weeks on it in order to even begin to extrapolate what level of a mess the Twilight series is.

Bane

I mean look at the trailer for Breaking Dawn. "You are invited to the cinematic event of the year." A wedding. A fucking wedding. Yes, because a wedding scene has more cinematic merit and poignancy than anything else to be released on film this year. The worst scenes in Transformers 3-- and let me tell you there is some real shit there-- has more cinematic merit than a wedding scene in a Twilight film. That's literally how much of a crutch they had to go with. I imagine that Summit Entertainment's marketing department consists of balding people, for I can't imagine that they do nothing but sit around all day, ripping their fucking hair out, while a few interns retrace their decision to get into the film industry.

Abhishek

LOL. Well by putting into perspective I meant that all the arguments become ridiculously simple to follow and your post always has that "Bottomline" feel to it. Almost as if it is absurd to discuss the issue any further after you have voiced your opinion. I know I would not be able to do it even if my life was on the line.Not to mention that your posts are classy in their own right.

chester

Twilight just wants to be like us.

Abhishek

Agree with u cent percent. Dont want to put my opinion because yours does it an effortless way. Nothing more to add from my side.

Richard

I mean look at the trailer for Breaking Dawn. "You are invited to the cinematic event of the year." A wedding. A fucking wedding. Yes, because a wedding scene has more cinematic merit and poignancy than anything else to be released on film this year. The worst scenes in Transformers 3-- and let me tell you there is some real shit there-- has more cinematic merit than a wedding scene in a Twilight film. That's literally how much of a crutch they had to go with. I imagine that Summit Entertainment's marketing department consists of balding people, for I can't imagine that they do nothing but sit around all day, ripping their fucking hair out, while a few interns retrace their decision to get into the film industry.

Lmao

Bane

LOL. Well by putting into perspective I meant that all the arguments become ridiculously simple to follow and your post always has that "Bottomline" feel to it. Almost as if it is absurd to discuss the issue any further after you have voiced your opinion. I know I would not be able to do it even if my life was on the line.Not to mention that your posts are classy in their own right.

It's difficult not to sound borderline when discussing Twilight because there's not much to discuss. I don't mean to come off with an air of authority as I realize that so many people do, in fact, like Twilight, and their opinion is their own. However, every time I've tried to get someone who likes Twilight to explain why they think it's good writing (holy fuck), the best, and only thing I really get comes right down to "I just do." Whereas, when talking about something like The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and the myriad of other proper tomes in existence that handles everything Twilight tries so hard to do with little to no effort, nobody has a difficult time projecting why they like it at all. See with those, one can legitimately say "the atmosphere is fantastic, the characters are deep and interesting and likable, the story kept me hooked, the conflict was real, the emotion was real," and so on. It could literally go on and on. With Twilight? Have fun trying to convince anyone with any taste or knowledge of writing and storytelling that it contains any of these features.

Again, it's the appeal and nothing more. It's because it is a conglomeration of things that appeal to many people. Oh, Twilight has romance (except it doesn't), Twilight has vampires and werewolves (except it doesn't), Twilight is entertaining (except it isn't). It has these things, it just manhandles them to the point where the appeal is nothing but surface-level garbage.

chester

I mean look at the trailer for Breaking Dawn. "You are invited to the cinematic event of the year." A wedding. A fucking wedding. Yes, because a wedding scene has more cinematic merit and poignancy than anything else to be released on film this year. The worst scenes in Transformers 3-- and let me tell you there is some real shit there-- has more cinematic merit than a wedding scene in a Twilight film. That's literally how much of a crutch they had to go with. I imagine that Summit Entertainment's marketing department consists of balding people, for I can't imagine that they do nothing but sit around all day, ripping their fucking hair out, while a few interns retrace their decision to get into the film industry.

That's just because we did sort of the same with our trailer. Like i already said: twilight wants to be like us. We can't blame them, our fandom is easily the best there is. We are loyal and we exist for quite a long time now.