Saturday, July 02, 2011

Of Vampires, Franchises and Crappy Movies

Or, I'll Take "What is Twilight?" for $2000, Alex

Maybe I'm old.  Maybe I just don't get it.  Ah Hell, I am old and there are a lot of things I don't get.  Now here's one more to add to the list.  Last night we tried to watch the movie "Twilight," On-Demand.  Fortunately it was free and not Pay-Per-View.  I say tried, because we got not quite halfway through it and couldn't take it any more.

Can someone explain to me how this is a popular movie, let alone a fucking hit franchise?  It's a bunch of kids with silly make up staring across the screen at each other.  Sometimes  there's no dialogue - just the brooding stares.  Is that the whole point of the movie? Young girls who like to look at male eye candy?  Aren't there enough pictures of good looking guys on the Internet that you don't have to subject yourselves to a slow-moving story-less movie that would put a brick wall to sleep? The plot (what there seemed to be of it) and acting were so bad, it was like watching a porno flick without the sex or good music!

Seriously, the story and the character interaction were so damn boring, the mosquitoes in my house were committing suicide by flying into walls rather than having to endure that drivel while sucking our blood.  I mean, "Really!?"  I know I have friends and relatives who like this crap. Will one of you please explain this phenomenon to me?  How was this a popular movie, and why the hell do people like it so much that someone needed to spend money on sequels?  Perhaps the world really is coming to an end!

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