Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer

[Azrayne]

Originally Posted by Screamfeeder

Could it be that he is based on a character in a story about a girl with zero personality who falls in love with a "perfect" man-child who treats her like shit but is just SOOOO perfect that zero-personality-girl can just up and give her entire life up to be subservient to said perfect man in a book written by a woman in a movie directed by a woman which movie-going women all heard about from their women friends?

Naw, I bet it's just really, really, really good acting.

Yeah I know, it's stupid. Even if it weren't horribly written, I'd hate the series for the fact that it's basically a chance of chicks to vicariously insert themselves into a feminists worst nightmare, as well as giving them all sorts of unrealistic expectations about men and relationships.

It's true what they say I guess, guys watch porn, girls read romance novels.

[nosf]

Not interested in reading these books, but I saw a pretty funny review of the movie where the female reviewer said it was a great movie about female disempowerment.

[Amzin]

Originally Posted by Azrayne

It's true what they say I guess, guys watch porn, girls read romance novels.

That is so absolutely beyond true. Working at a bookstore, I get to see it in action. Guys come in and buy the playboys, penthouses, etc. and women buy the "romance" novels. I've flipped through those and a huge percent are more graphic than playboy actually :P

[aychamo_aycono]

I saw this movie and didn't want to make a thread. One of the worst and most horribly stupid movies I've ever seen in my fucking life.

[Venijk]

I saw it the other day. It would have been worth it for 15 or so blowjobs. But alas I saw with a couple friends who have been dating a long time and not a significant other. The saddest part is that it was the guy in the relationship that wanted to see it, the girl wanted nothing to do with it.

The first half of the movie was absolutely brutal. The second half was laughably fun. People who sparkle in the sun playing baseball during a thunderstorm and then having an almost Greece style showdown. You can't make that shit up.

[Dandai]

TL;DR - if you're curious as to the story line, go to Twilight (series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It's not worth wasting your time on page after page of [spoiler follows] "I want you to bite me so I can be immortal and we can be in love forever" and "No I don't want to kill your soul! You'll get old and die and then I'll kill myself!"

For some god forsaken reason my best friend from high school recommended this series to me saying that he "really enjoys reading them" and as I'm playing WoW for about 12-16 hours a day I have listened to the first 2 books in a few days.

I really wish I had looked here first before wasting my time on this prepubescent, angsty, goth, emo girl shit. The writing is terrible. The plot arcs (lol?) for the first two books are non-existent. I would definitely agree with the reviewer that said this series moves the female disempowerment movement twenty leagues forward. I'm surprised I haven't seen more ranting and raving by feminazis about how helpless and meaningless this character is and how she shouldn't be a protagonist for any series, let alone a vampire novel.

[Goliath]

The feminazi's are definitely crazy. But the reason you haven't heard more raging is that because most women may be feminists, but deep down inside they are still biologically determined. This series appeals to their biology, whether they want to fight it/admit it/deny it or not.