Peeps Against Twilight club

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I disagre. It's a vampire love story. Not against God, and it's a neat idea.
 
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Attcak? LOL what should we be expecting? Is that anything like an attack?
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Or is it more dangerous?

it's a more dangerous then you could ever think
 
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It is a movie. Actually there will be like a total of 4 or so, (based on book series) but only the first one is out now. It is targeted toward teens, the vampire/love story, although I have seen it and I thought it was pretty good.

I watched it with my granddaughters, and while it has some intense moments, its actually quite good and a sweet love story. I know where I am at, there is almost cult following for it. . .its not any worse than "the Lost Boys" or some of those vampire movies. Wonderful graphics.

"Lost Boys" and Keifer Sutherland (not to mention the two Coreys) SHOULD NOT EVER even be used in the same sentence with this pathetic excuse for tween entertainment.
 
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I watched it with my granddaughters, and while it has some intense moments, its actually quite good and a sweet love story. I know where I am at, there is almost cult following for it. . .its not any worse than "the Lost Boys" or some of those vampire movies. Wonderful graphics.

"Lost Boys" and Keifer Sutherland (not to mention the two Coreys) SHOULD NOT EVER even be used in the same sentence with this pathetic excuse for tween entertainment.

so apparently you have not seen lost boys 2..... they should have stayed lost...that was a pathetic piece of (clears throat) work
 
I didn't hate it until a friend read it and made me read it, saying Bella is the person she's always wished to be.

I read it, and Bella is a person who believes she's worthless, and seems to make it a self fulfilling prophecy. She thinks there is something noble in loving and sticking by a man who is emotionally abusive with obsessive, stalkerish tendencies. Not to mention that he seems to always be on the verge of adding physical abuse to his list of "merits." The best thing these books have done is given me an insight into some of my friend's most self destructive tendencies. All her boyfriends have been like Edward, and the result is always catastrophic and leaves her even more convinced of her unworthiness in life.

I'm surprised this book is so popular with young girls. I would think its target audience would be men who believe in the old timey beliefs of female submissiveness and obedience. Ugh.

ETA: As for whether the books themselves are well written, Stephen King summed it up nicely. I'm sure this quote may have been posted before, but something that is true can never be posted too many times.

Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. ... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn.
 
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the actual style of writing suits me fine... Mr. King on the other hand...you could not pay me to read one of his books..... I am not saying that he is a bad writer cause with billions of books sold and then made into movies the man can obviously write...just not for me.

JK Rowling again another writer who I dont care for her style

there are very few authors I can get into reading Stephanie Meyer is on the fence with me...I could not get into the book the Host, but loved Twilight

Michael Creighton, I could not put ALL of his books down... Same with Dan Brown...

So just cause Twilight does not "fit" well you or Mr. King.. does not mean that they were not well written
 
I hate Stephen King's writing, but that doesn't make his statement any less true. Twilight reads like something that should be found in the trashier section of romance fiction . . . and there's nothing wrong with it at all, if that's what you feel like reading, but most people understand that it's not quality writing.

I never have issues with people reading books of any caliber. I do have issues when people like my friend admit to looking up to a character who is the very epitome of everything a woman should avoid trying to become. Characterless, utterly dependent, drawn to abusive men, self involved to the point of neurosis, dismissive of family and friends . . . It's very sad. It's also bad that these teeny boppers view Edward as an ideal man. The shallowness and focusing on beauty apparently outweighs the fact that he's an obsessive stalker who mentally abuses girls. Great, that's what I've always wanted to wind up with.
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It does follow the pattern of women always wanting what's bad for them, though, doesn't it?

Of course, I'd never post any of this in a Twilight lover's thread. I'm not one to try to decrease anyone's joy in books, but it is nice to vent in a thread for Twilight haters.
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Can somebody point out to me WHY they think Edward is so abusive????? If he were to hurt Bella it wouldn't be on purpose.

I don't think its physical abusive, but he was very controlling. I think in the 3rd book, he wouldn't let her visit jacob, etc. he was just kind of stalkerish.​
 

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