http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2625&p=.htm
Wow. $26 million just from MIDNIGHT screenings of Sparkly Dracula Meets Brooding Wolfman? That’s like Robert Pattinson’s whole eyeliner budget made up in one night!
But then I stood in line for something like two hours waiting to get into Iron Man on opening night, so I guess I’m hardly one to criticize obsessive behavior when it comes to this stuff.
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I am so tired of hearing about this series that I cannot wait for the last two movies to come out so that it can be done with.
You might be in luck, because I THINK there is only 1 more Twilight movie due to be made/come out: “Breaking Dawn”. I’m more than likely incorrect about that, but they had all the twilight crap on display at the local bookstore, and the Breaking Dawn book LOOKED like it was the last one.
With that said, we all know there will be at least 2-3 more sequels.
Sadly there is actually two more books. Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Having worked at Banres and Noble, teenage girls and their mothers just love these books. PErsonally I think they are for overweight teenagers who like to cut themselves listening to Good Charlotte.
There’s one book in-between New Moon and Breaking Dawn, plus whatever sequels get pumped out after that.
The planned fifth book (a planned Edward-centric novel) was cancelled when parts of it got leaked online and it turned out that Stephanie Myers simply lifted entire sections from the first book and changed a few words of the text to make the text seem like it came from Edward the sparklepants POV.
It’s not the teenage girls that have their money, it’s their parents.
You want a good laugh? Go read Roger Ebert’s 1 star review of what looks like another awful movie. Man, this shit is so overrated.
The same Robert Ebert who gave 2012 ***1/2…. perhaps the most clichéd, glossy, played out Hollywood crap ever made.
Yes, the same one. I said his review of this sequel was funny, I didn’t say I agreed with all of his reviews. In fact, I think it would be virtually impossible for any of us to agree on all movies. However, this looks like shit. I sat through Twilight thankfully through the eyes of the MST3K guys (rifftrax).
This made me legitimaley cry.
I guess it’s kind of ironic that people that are into pro wrestling and comic books would be making fun of anyone who is into anything else. Not saying anyone is wrong for thinking Twilight stuff is stupid, just saying those in glass houses probably shouldn’t throw stones.
Yes, but at least comic book and wrestling fans don’t have a tendency to get obsessively violent if anyone criticizes their hobbies. To wit:
http://twilightsucks.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=fangirls&action=print&thread=5175
Wait now, there are plenty of comic books that are considered pretty darn good literature. Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns come to mind.
As far as wrestling, I think most of us are smart enough to realize that it is not “high class” entertaining and we all know that the product has sucked for years and state it very often. We don’t act like it’s the greatest thing since slice bread that’s for sure.
I’m a big reader and like to manage my book collection on goodreads.com. Well, these “twihards” have managed to vote Twilight as one of the best 10 novels of all time. It’s right up there with “To Kill A Mockingbird” and “Moby Dick”. Now if these people aren’t dilusional, I don’t know what.
That’s the difference.
they are delusional. But remember back to some of the fans in the attitude era. And remember when wrestling fans stuffed the ballot for Ric Flair and Mick Foley for the Time person of the year. Along with Howard Stern fans too. I’m just saying that as someone who tells people that he is a wrestling fan and gets those looks like a bad fart is in the room, I try not to bash what other people think is great. That’s me and I realize this is a blog of like minded people who can feel safe to toss out their views.
I’m not trying to start a big debate or anything, I just was struck by the irony of the situation so I posted it.
Oh and trust me I’m not a big fan of Twilight girls either. I was still managing a Blockbuster Video at that point and it was NOT fun. Sold a ton of copies though.
I worked at a Barnes and Noble for the past year and let me tell you. I have not seen anyone be as obsessed as these Twilight girls. Every time something related to the book or movies came out, they were all over it.
Three of my female co-workers were completely obsessed (and these were adults, not teenagers). And you are right, you say something bad about Twilight at all and they get super pissed. Then they would get on me for loving the WWE and being obsessed with college football.
All I am saying is, if you can’t take the bashing, don’t dish it out.
Yeah, there’s one girl I work with…I think she’s 19 or so…anyway, she’s read the 4 books in the coffee room over the last few months which is fine. I noticed her reading the first book again and I asked if she was reading it again knowing what would happen so that she could appreciate whatever bits of foreshadowing might be in the book?
“No, these are the only books I ever read and I just read them over and over again.” And she was deadly SERIOUS about it too. I can understand reading through a book/series of books again for the reason I mentioned above or if you just really enjoyed them but to have those be the ONLY books you read? I felt sorry for her but didn’t say anything.
Flair, I agree with you about goodreads. But check out imdb, Shawshank Redemption is higher than Godfather. I like Shawshank, but let’s get real.
True, but at least Shawshank isn’t utter shit. This is more akin to something like one of the Mummy movies or some other badly written flick listed as a top 10 movie of all time.
I feel like an old man for saying this, but: at least the teenagers are reading. Same for the Harry Potter films, which I loathed.
The worst was Lord of the Rings trilogy, though. Twilight is crap, and the Potter films were a mixed bag, but many, many people, supposedly with taste, thought LOTR was terrific. They even gave Best Picture to all eighteen-hours of The Return of the King. I’m not saying they were terrible films, but God, what was the big deal?
So you’re saying that the LOTR movie trilogy is as bad as the Potter and Twilight films?
No way. What I meant was that while all three were pop culture phenomenons, the LOTR craze was the most obnoxious, because at least the other two series weren’t/aren’t being defended as great art by people whose opinions I otherwise respect. I can appreciate LOTR for what it is, but by Movie #3 it was so overblown and self-important that I could barely sit through it (and before you ask, my girlfriend at the time was a fan, and I went because she wanted me to). If you think about it, the last 45 minutes of the third film are nothing but ‘falling action’; the climax has been reached, the quest has been met–all that’s left is nearly an hour of self-congratulation. Which, I admit, was probably deeply satisfying for those who liked Parts One and Two.
and also true to the book. in fact they left out a whole another part where Frodo and the hobbits go back to the Shire to find Saruman is controlling it and they have to defeat him. Of course since they killed off Saramun earlier in the movies, they didn’t do that part.
Now I liked the LOTR films. And I say that as Tolkien devotee. I’ve read the trilogy numerous times. I will say they haven’t aged as well as I would have hoped. I think Fellowship is the strongest of the three. The reason is that it is the most true to the book. What they did leave out like Bombadil or changed (making Frodo leave immediately to make it more dramatic than waiting 18 years) were understable. Two Towers started to make some changes that now bother me more than when I first saw then in theaters. But, the emotion you can feel with the Battle of Hornburg makes up for it. Return of the King has great acton sequences, but at this point the writers and Peter Jackson drop all pretense of sticking to the book and don’t just leave stuff out, they add things in and change characters horribly.
Hated, hated, hated what they did with Faramir and his meeting with Frodo and Sam. Hated, hated, hated Frodo believing Gollum and telling Sam to go. Why even do that? That one made no sense. I guess Faramir was to make Frodo’s journey more dramatic since in the book, much of the journey to Mordor is actually internal drama rather than external threats.
Also not a fan of how bad Denethor comes off. Little to cardboard cutout villian to match the depth of the character in the book. And of course Aragorn throughout all three movies, but more so in the final two, has to be made out to be the typical action hero protagonist instead of just one of many noble characters. As most people did, I also didn’t care for anything to do with Arwen and her expanded role.
But, I try to remember how much I enjoyed them in the theater and how enthralled I was. And if hadn’t have read the books a million times I probably wouldn’t be so critical now. Each successive viewing makes me nitpick more.
Yeah, totally agree on some of what you’re saying. Some of the changes Peter Jackson made from the books were simply unnecessary. One that bothers me every single time I watch the extended edition of ROTK is the Witchking destroying Gandalf’s staff. Obviously, this is nitpick stuff; but there’s no reason why it should have happened. The Faramir stuff is the worst change towards the books I can think of. In the books, Faramir was one of my favorite (if not my favorite) character and to turn him into Boromir jr. towards the ring will always bug me.
However, with that said, as movies I think they’re pretty great. I can see why some folks would find some stuff repetitive; but they’re def not shit.
A wise man once said “There is only one trilogy, and that is Star Wars.”
People… LOTR was three films about walking!
Damn straight. I was in Germany when Fellowship came out, so i was suckered into buying the DVD, cuz my gf at the time was hankering about it.
BORING!
So then the second comes out, and we go see it in the theater.
A little better, but still… BORING!
I was stationed in Qatar when the thrid one came out, and I swear I want my 18 hours of my life back.
Overall, 3 boring ass movies about little people walking to put a ring in a lava pit.
Wasn’t Star Wars two trilogies?
My personal bias would be to change your line to include Back To The Future instead.
Star Wars was epic.
BTTF, not so much, by pt. 3 it was limping towards the finish line, whereas RoTJ was just awsome.
I suppose I take your point about IV-VI but if you factor in I-III, that’s 3 movies weakening the overall saga whereas BTTF only had one.
I agree with you about BTTF III though–I think the mistake was they switched from the first two movies being about Marty’s problems and how he solved them to making the last film about Doc.
BTTF III > BTTF II.
Part II had too many things which made no sense. Part III is not only an underrated movie, but also a very good western film. And yes Part III can be called a western.
And if Indy 4 never existed, Indiana Jones Trilogy would be the best.
BTTF 2, while is full of plot holes and paradoxes is wayyyy better than 3. but although I disagree with you, i will defend your right to say it to the death.
And as much as I love Temple of Doom, for its cheesiness, its really a shitty movie compared to Lost and Last Crusade.
Star Wars went from epic to epic suck as soon as George Lucas smelled licensing money. Why do you think we got the toilet-swirling mess that was “Return Of The Jedi”?
You know us being wrestling fans can understand how people feel about twilight. But I wouldn’t have such a problem with it, if it wasn’t poorly written and shitty movies.
Oh and I have wondered this for a quite a while. here’s something I never understood about wrestling.
If a guy tries to kill you why would want to pin him? I would beat the living shit out of him.
and why don’t police exist in the wrestling world, except when the “powers that be” are in a power struggle with a wrestler. You can run someone over with a Hummer but if Austin is banned from the arena that night…well hell trespassing gets the cops, not murder.
Any angle that brings in the “police” is stupid. This is a personal rule that I have. It never, ever makes sense.
Unless the Mountie is involved…
He enforces the law.
Hey, it’s right in his song…
Yeah, I’ve never gotten the whole a-wrestling-match-can-solve-any-problem theory…I’m thinking of the HBK/Bulldog feud in 1996 where HBK was accused of trying it on, if not outright sleeping with Diana and I seem to remember the sense of “if HBK wins the match, that proves he was telling the truth all along!”
OTOH, I wouldn’t mind seeing this theory used in place of lie-detectors sometimes but they’d be equally inadmissible in court, I’m sure…
reminds me of the stupid axiom on the basketball court that “the ball never lies” Dispute over a foul? Shoot for it. Well hell, sometimes the guy who got fouled isn’t that good!
For all the people who argue that as wrestling fans, we can’t bash Twilight, nor can we criticize the fans for their fervor, keep in mind that at least we have a sense of humor about wrestling, and indeed, wrestling has a sense of humor about itself. The same can’t be said for Twi-hards, which is why they and their world are fair game.
The thing is, pretty much ever other writer in the literature world thinks that Stephanie Meyer is a horrible writer. Stephen King himself has been one of her harshest critics, and it’s funny to hear what Twilight fans have to say about him now.
On the other hand, he is a huge J.K, Rowling fan, and she actually came to him for advice on how to finish out Harry Potter’s story, seeing as he had just released the last Dark Tower book.
Yes, but in Meyer’s defense (despite what I wrote above, and I mention this only b/c of her defender), I believe Orson Scott Card gave her the seal of approval, and we all know how much the Ender series rules.
So I, too, was all poised to go along with the argument about other writers’ opinions, till I read that Card was a supporter and was like “Ah, crap, he’s someone I really respect!’
Stephen King doesn’t have much room to talk about anyone being a horrible writer after that steaming pile of crap he just put out called Under the Dome. That’s 1100 pages and 12-15 hours of my life I’ll never get back.
Every writer has a bad book, and King’s good definitely outweighs the bad. Have you read Dreamcatcher? Pure crap, and the movie is just as bad.
However, this guy wrote the Stand. THE FUCKING STAND. He has plenty of room to talk. Not to mention he wrote Salem’s Lot, a book about vampires.
Salem’s Lot (the book) is freaking awesome, the tv mini series…not so much. And yeah, Stephen King can talk. Insomnia, The Dark Tower series, Apt Pupil, Shawshank, Shining, etc, etc…all awesome novels.
Oh, and the television show LOST is basically the novel Stephen King hasn’t finished yet.
@ Haha555
In some ways, Part II is actually my favorite of the whole BTTF trilogy but that’s mainly because I’m a time-travel junkie and so seeing all the various times and timelines and especially Doc’s explanation of what was going on and how to fix it made me geek out.
Although, that being said, in terms of actual human emotion, II definitely trails behind the other two movies. In parts I and III, I cared as much ore more about the characters than the time-travel aspect but if you took the time-travel aspect away from II, the whole movie would fall apart.
Yeah, don’t get me wrong, I still love BTTF II. I remember seeing it in the movies when I was young. Its one of those movies I can watch on a Sat or Sunday afternoon if I have nothing to do.
But I agree that part II didnt have much human emotion as the other 2.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon set a box office record for biggest single day gross, pulling in $72.7 million on Friday. The previous record was $67.2 million set by The Dark Knight. New Moon has already set the record for midnight openings with $26.27 million.
The next target for New Moon is the 3-day record of $158 million currently held by The Dark Knight….
I wonder how much of that is kids seeing the movie more than once. Maybe New Moon is like a social event for the tween girls? God knows they might miss half of it the first time, like the trio who sat next to us during Paranormal Activity with their cellphones on, texting through a movie that’s only 90 minutes long.
Funny enough, the reactions even among the teenage girls is almost universal disappointment. My kid sister is a freak for this stuff (and vampire stuff in general). Had ticket on first day advance sales started.
And on Friday when I had to pick her up from the show I had to listen to how bad it was and how she’s done with the movie series for the entire car trip home. She loved the first one, but she traded it and a bunch of her other Twilight shit towards True Blood on DVD.
The movie was bad enough to kill her interest in the series. And apparently she’s not alone. It seems the older the fans (16 to 18 year olds) the bigger the hatred is.
Kids these days will swallow anything no matter how stupid, and even they hate it.
Me thinks this 105 million could end up being as good as it gets. They really alienated a lot of people.
Is the second book that much worse than the first or did they just do a much lousier job adapting the material than they did with the first movie?