The twilight saga movies

I JUST WATCHED THE TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE AN ENJOYED IT BUT IS THAT THE LAST MOVIE OF THE SAGA I DONT THINK SO BUT IDK:confused:

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Originally Posted by reggi-BP

I JUST WATCHED THE TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE AN ENJOYED IT BUT IS THAT THE LAST MOVIE OF THE SAGA I DONT THINK SO BUT IDK:confused:

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theres one more - "breaking dawn"

my wife loves the books, so i go see movies. they will make all of the movies. the last book will be broken into 2 movies. the first is even started filming yet. its due to be realeased next fall

My question: Why would anyone turn a whiny 17 year old emo kid into an immortal vampire?

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

My question: Why would anyone turn a whiny 17 year old emo kid into an immortal vampire?

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So the abusively manipulative, whiny emo vampire has someone to be with. ;)

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Originally Posted by mpkeelee

my wife loves the books, so i go see movies. they will make all of the movies. the last book will be broken into 2 movies. the first is even started filming yet. its due to be realeased next fall

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Place your man-card in the paper shredder :rofl:

:| I can't see how anyone can like those books. They're basically the equivilant of poorly written fanfiction.

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Originally Posted by Raptor

:| I can't see how anyone can like those books. They're basically the equivilant of poorly written fanfiction.

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Agree 100%. The writing style, the reading difficulty (it's low), and the story, they all were on the low end of things. Its like someone wanted to take vampires and Harry Potter-ize them... with a 4th grade writing level...

People should do themselves a favor and pick up Anne Rice... God I cant believe something has made me stoop so low as to suggest people read about vampires with homoerotic overtones...

BTW, that was about the books, not the movies... I just never saw a reason to watch any of them after I accidentally went to the first (I'm fairly certain it was a Thanksgiving day movie outing and it was my third or fourth movie I went to)

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

Agree 100%. The writing style, the reading difficulty (it's low), and the story, they all were on the low end of things. Its like someone wanted to take vampires and Harry Potter-ize them... with a 4th grade writing level...

People should do themselves a favor and pick up Anne Rice... God I cant believe something has made me stoop so low as to suggest people read about vampires with homoerotic overtones...

BTW, that was about the books, not the movies... I just never saw a reason to watch any of them after I accidentally went to the first (I'm fairly certain it was a Thanksgiving day movie outing and it was my third or fourth movie I went to)

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Eh. Anne Rice is good. I prefer good ole dracula though.

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Originally Posted by Raptor

Eh. Anne Rice is good. I prefer good ole dracula though.

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Dracula was good. Actually I have to say the single greatest vampire book I have ever read was The Vampire Slayer's Field Guide to the Undead, which is a collection of information on all the different mythological vampires. And, personally, I never thought anything would drive me to suggesting Anne Rice to people. I hated reading her novels, although I loved the movies... I used to trash her but now... now I have to praise her in comparison to the competition.

Twilight makes me gag. Underworld is the proper way to do a Vampire/Werewolf series.

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

Twilight makes me gag. Underworld is the proper way to do a Vampire/Werewolf series.

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*shakes head* Its really only about 3/4ths an inch up from Twilight...

I don't have the patience to read the books. I don't even like reading books either LOL, so definitely not something I'd do.

Movies are way better IMO. Eclipse was the best yet. I like the Twilight stuff but I'm not all into it like some people are. Although I can't see what girl isn't into Jacob..:bow::wuv:

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Originally Posted by dc1

Place your man-card in the paper shredder :rofl:

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LOL...hey i gotta keep the wife happy, that way i can get more snakes

To me the books were ok (despite being rediculously simple to read....), though I'd much rather read Anne Rice's vampire books. :D

For me, watching the movies so far (haven't seen eclipse yet) has been like watching an incredibly awkward and embarassing trainwreck.... But what's worse is all of the commercials and pathetic advertising using Twilight, which makes the series even more laughable :weirdface

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Originally Posted by mpkeelee

LOL...hey i gotta keep the wife happy, that way i can get more snakes

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:gj:

Nothing wrong with that.

The books are an entertaining escape from reality (easy quick read when on a plane). However the movies are just horrible writing followed by even worse acting.

Fine. I'll be the first to say I enjoy it all. The books and the movies; however I definitely enjoyed Eclipse the most so far. Didn't really like New Moon. And I love the Harry Potter series too. Has anyone read the Sookie Stackhouse novels?? I have read just about everything else mentioned too. You can't compare them all to each other. They're obviously aimed at different audiences and I appreciate them for what they are.

The Soockie Stackhouse novels are a rare exception where their on-screen adaptation is better than the original.

I just finished True Blood S3 ep 3, good stuff.

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Originally Posted by mrsbrougher

Fine. I'll be the first to say I enjoy it all. The books and the movies; however I definitely enjoyed Eclipse the most so far. Didn't really like New Moon. And I love the Harry Potter series too. Has anyone read the Sookie Stackhouse novels?? I have read just about everything else mentioned too. You can't compare them all to each other. They're obviously aimed at different audiences and I appreciate them for what they are.

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Hey I agree with you completely! I think being an English major in college has taught me that I read things for completely different reasons. Sometimes I read books (see Mary Barton, Moby haha apparently I can't say Moby's last name on this forum, and Invisible Man) because I am forced to and other times I read books (see Harry Potter, Milton, Toni Morrison and Robin Hobb novels) to be titillated.

Rarely however I just need to read a book so that I can be embarrassed by its awkwardness and be all gushy and giggly. I don't think anyone in their right mind would dare compare the Twilight series with Wordsworth or Shakespeare, but they serve a purpose nonetheless. Even though the books are extremely easy to read they got a lot of young people interested in reading again, and who knows maybe the next book they pick up will be a little more difficult.

You would be surprised how many young adults don't read because they are intimidated by the size and difficulty of a book.

Yeah the majority of the fans can be pretty damn annoying especially if you happen to be in a theater but honestly I don't expect anything different. I will say though that if it had been that noisy in The Dark Knight theater when I went to he midnight showing I DEFINITELY would have stabbed someone.

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

The Soockie Stackhouse novels are a rare exception where their on-screen adaptation is better than the original.

I just finished True Blood S3 ep 3, good stuff.

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Yes, for some reason those are just painful for me, I don't know why I think the voice of the text just rubs me the wrong way. But I love me some True Blood. However NOTHING beats Dexter :D.

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Originally Posted by equinebeing

You would be surprised how many young adults don't read because they are intimidated by the size and difficulty of a book.

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Oh I realize this. And that's the saddest part of all. Seriously, by the age of highschool/college a person should be able to pick up a novel and read it, maybe not Catch 22 or Anne Rice or Poe, but at least Brave New World or Stranger in a Strange Land (I use them for comparison as I dont have much else aside from satire and a bit of sci fi/fantasy to fall back on, most of my reading material is in text books).

Its kind of sad when you know someone who likes sci fi movies, but they cant keep up with Douglas Adams *sigh*

I only watch the movies so I can see Kristen Stewart LOL.

I've read all the books and own them. I'm going to see Eclipse tomorrow, then I'll have seen all of them so far. I hated New Moon. I hate Robert Pattinson, I think he's a terrible actor. Kristen Stewart is getting better, she got lucky with the character being as awkward as her acting is. I look forward to how she'll pull off the last movie.

The books were incredibly easy to read, that's probly why I read them. I was working at Subway at the time and would read them to get away from everything. It worked well. I never got caught up in all of it like most people did. My BF's sister did, and sometimes I just wish there was an off button to the subject of Twilight, lol. I typically try to hide that I read and own the books, because I don't want to be categorized. I have a Twilight shirt (Actually wearing it now, lol) I don't like wearing it alot, I can feel the stares I get when I do wear it. Fortunately it's a simple shirt and doesn't have any huge pictures of the actors on it, so it doesn't attract that much attention.

After I read all 4 I tried to read The Host by the same author... Now that book sucked, lol. I didn't even finish it cuz it was so slow. Ever since I read the series though I've tried to read more, and am branching out into other things. Yeah it took Twilight to get me back into reading... But whatever works.

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Originally Posted by Elise.m

After I read all 4 I tried to read The Host by the same author... Now that book sucked, lol. I didn't even finish it cuz it was so slow. Ever since I read the series though I've tried to read more, and am branching out into other things. Yeah it took Twilight to get me back into reading... But whatever works.

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Avoid Tolkien, Poe and Rice. Rice I only suggest if you're hardcore into vampires or if you like thinking about boys in bed together, otherwise it's slow.

By the way for anyone, if you want something that's a quick read for any given book, funny, short, and all around awesome, pick up Terry Pratchett's Disc World series, I ended up owning and reading almost all of them... quit when I started picking up text books, neuroscience, philosophy, etc because it's far too simple to appeal to me much anymore. Still a great series and quite a bit better written than Twilight/Harry Potter.

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Originally Posted by Elise.m

Yeah it took Twilight to get me back into reading... But whatever works.

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And this is exactly why I am all for these books or any kind of literature :D!

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quit when I started picking up text books, neuroscience, philosophy, etc because it's far too simple to appeal to me much anymore.

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It's when I'm in the middle of those sort of books that I turn to the lighter literature the most, haha my brain needs to have balance! It's like, I can be so into movies like Schindler's List and be so emotionally moved and follow all of the symbolic cues etc but ...I can enjoy watching the Devil Wears Prada too haha.

I was taking a Literary Theory and Criticism class during the Winter Qtr and half way through Foucault, Derrida, and Strauss I was happy to have a little bit of Robin Hobb on the side. :D

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Originally Posted by equinebeing

It's when I'm in the middle of those sort of books that I turn to the lighter literature the most, haha my brain needs to have balance! It's like, I can be so into movies like Schindler's List and be so emotionally moved and follow all of the symbolic cues etc but ...I can enjoy watching the Devil Wears Prada too haha.

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Those are the things I turn to for enjoyment ~_~ Calculus, Biology, Philosophy, these things make me all giddy. Algebra based physics, english courses with bad teachers, psychology, etc... they just make me feel like I am wasting all my time and I start to fall asleep, so I try running through some integrals or reading about the neurotransmitters involved in love.

That's why I'm aiming towards Neurosurgery.

I really wish more people were raised around books. I was raised in front of a TV and it took a long time before I grew past it, and ultimately I dropped it from my life, and now I just dont see why so many people just sit in front of them all the time, they're horrible and I have no intention of ever having a television in my life again. But even sitting in front of the TV for the majority of my childhood I did manage to read and enjoyed it, from the magic school bus up to Catch 22.

I watched almost no television when I was younger. I spent most of my time outside, and because I was the only child I had to hang around my older cousins and they did fun things like go to the orchards and play rotten fruit war. Funny that I was usually the dirtiest when I came home, guess I was an easy target lol (<3 those guys). But anyway, I didn't really read or watch television.

Now I'd say I read at least 10 academic books a month (depending on difficulty and length) plus journal articles and maybe 1 or 2 fun ones. Everyday for about 5 years my dad told me that I had to grow up to be a Supreme Court Justice and they read a lot so he would force me to read and now I genuinely enjoy it. But my dad is going to have to settle for a lawyer (or an English teacher it depends how my LSAT goes haha, just kidding...I hope).


That being said I also watch a disgusting amount of television. There isn't much that I DON'T watch. I don't sleep much o______o because that's not even counting how much time I spend on the internet.

I missed 1 and 2 but went to see ecilpse the other day with my friend and really liked it. There is still another book isnt there? Which they are making into 2 movies.

I think there will be 2 more movies.
My wife is a fanatic. LOL

My roomate loves that stuff. I try not to hate on what people like but that twilight stuff is just so vomit inducing. The BK commercial sends me into a homicidal "Don Vito" esque rage.

The books were ok...read them all...the movies they could have done more with....all the technology out there...so I kinda expected more. I like the Vampire Diaries. Was watching TrueBlood..but that got a little cooky even for a vampire spoof. Ann Rice is the Best...but I dont think shes writing in that area anymore...I read somewhere she is writing Christian book now..Dont know? Went and saw Eclipse last night. My husband thinks the whole mess is gay..The acting is getting a little better with each movie but not by my much...I saw another Robert Pattison movie "Remember Me"....his acting is much better in that one.

TrueBlood is absolutely awesome.

Twilight..meh. At least the special effects are cool.
And no, Eclipse is not the last movie. There is one more, and...well, let's just say that plot's been done before. lol

My favorite Werewolf story is by the author Donna Boyd. The Passion and The Promise. Even years after reading them both - they still rank as two of my most favorite reads.

I like the movies, but the books are better IMO. I heard the fourth movie, Breaking Dawn, is going to be broken down into two parts.

Not a fan of the books or the movies but I'll give them credit they know how to market to young girls.

That being said I think the only way those movies or books would have been good would be if the lost boys showed up and got rid of both the glittery vampire and the werewolf. I'm a fan of the old school vampire movies. Salem's Lot and such and this twilight craze has me on the constant verge of vomit.

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Originally Posted by V1L3 DiaL3cT

Not a fan of the books or the movies but I'll give them credit they know how to market to young girls.

That being said I think the only way those movies or books would have been good would be if the lost boys showed up and got rid of both the glittery vampire and the werewolf. I'm a fan of the old school vampire movies. Salem's Lot and such and this twilight craze has me on the constant verge of vomit.

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Sad thing is..Not just young girls read it. There's hoards of 40 year old women that's obsessed with it. Frankly, I'm of the opinion that the books should be destroyed and the manuscript set on fire. Nothing good has come of that series except hoards of overly obsessed females (who harass people if they don't like twilight. Read an article where a teenager went a killed a child's fish because the child didn't like twilight) who are being taught that it's perfectly acceptable to be stalked.

I'm not sure whom you think is stalking whom, in Twilight. (lol)

Now, as a rabid, frothing, crazed, unrepentant bookworm, I recommend the following:

Lighter fare:
P.N. Elrod (pretty much everything she's written). - vamps as good guys.

Tanya Huff - Blood books. vamps and other critters. Superb characterization. Was made into a short-lived television series called "Blood Ties", which fell short of its potential due to televisionizing and removal of a key character. Still notable for having the least whiny vamp main character on TV.

Charlaine Harris - Southern Vampire Mysteries. This is the series True Blood is based on. One of the best adaptations of book to tv I have ever seen. The books are great and will make you giggle--but yes, this is how books SHOULD be made into TV.

Jim Butcher - Dresden Series. wizards, vamps, werewolves, and other various critters. Made into a short-lived tv series whose writers should have been pounded into a pulp for taking what could have been the next 'Buffy' and turning it into formulaic garbage. And I will never forgive them for what they did to Bob.

Carrie Vaughn - Kitty Norville series. - werewolves.

Weightier tomes:
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Saint Germain series - vamps.

C.S. Friedman - When True Night Falls (trilogy) - sorta vamps. Science fiction. The best anti-hero ever penned.

I've read the books, they could've been worse. Extremely easy to read, which means half of the time I was reading them I was zoned out thinking about something totally unrelated to vampires. I haven't seen any of the movies, though.

I read them and I've watched the movies. I enjoyed them but I don't obsess over it like I've seen so many people do. Whenever I go see one of the movies in theaters, I see these squealing, Edward/Jacob t-shirt wearing, dark eyeliner wearing, highschool nit-wits who I just want to knock upside the head but *sigh* I just go on about my business. I like vampires and werewolves and will watch just about anything or read anything with them in it, but I do have to agree that these books and movies are basically just a bunch of whiny, hormone crazed teenagers with a dash of the mythical thrown in.

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

I'm not sure whom you think is stalking whom, in Twilight. (lol)

Now, as a rabid, frothing, crazed, unrepentant bookworm, I recommend the following:

Lighter fare:
P.N. Elrod (pretty much everything she's written). - vamps as good guys.

Tanya Huff - Blood books. vamps and other critters. Superb characterization. Was made into a short-lived television series called "Blood Ties", which fell short of its potential due to televisionizing and removal of a key character. Still notable for having the least whiny vamp main character on TV.

Charlaine Harris - Southern Vampire Mysteries. This is the series True Blood is based on. One of the best adaptations of book to tv I have ever seen. The books are great and will make you giggle--but yes, this is how books SHOULD be made into TV.

Jim Butcher - Dresden Series. wizards, vamps, werewolves, and other various critters. Made into a short-lived tv series whose writers should have been pounded into a pulp for taking what could have been the next 'Buffy' and turning it into formulaic garbage. And I will never forgive them for what they did to Bob.

Carrie Vaughn - Kitty Norville series. - werewolves.

Weightier tomes:
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro - Saint Germain series - vamps.

C.S. Friedman - When True Night Falls (trilogy) - sorta vamps. Science fiction. The best anti-hero ever penned.

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I'll have to check these out, but I have to say that the Sookie Stackhouse books being made into a t.v show, kind of pissed me off that they didn't follow the books very well. There are so many differences and I can't help but laugh every time I hear Bill say Sookie's name.