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Nurhachi1991 said:
Listen do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell Oooooooooo closer ooooo waaaa oooooo let me whisper in your ear ooooooooooo waaaaaaaa oooooooo tell you things you might not want to hear.
*whispers* Superman returns was a horrible movie and I'm in no way defending Twilight but there is no sex in it.
and movies do need gore! Hate to break that to ya kid
Well not exactly Nurachi. Superman Returns was perfect in my opinion. At lest it was with the fans that I know of the original Superman films with Christopher Reeves. The movie fit in perfectly and my father and our amigos from Havelock, NC all enjoyed the movie as we watched it on a nice big screen. I can't wait to see the sequel Superman: The Man of Steel.
On the other hand movies don't actually need gore and perversion to be a good movie. X-Men: Wolverine Origins had no gore or blood (if my memory and knowledge serve me right) but the movie was still exciting and almost as exciting as the first three X-Men movies. Plus J.J. Abrams Star Trek was also very much a wonderful film and it was free of gore things of that nature and it was a huge success and the same goes for The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Capsian.
Now to get back on topic I don't know tic- tac- toe about Twilight but from what I've heard and seen in TV ads and all the films and books are a cross between Harry Potter, Dracula and the mushy (almost soap opera) DC Comics/The CW television series Smallville.
I've never desired to read the books but I've seen a few clips along with the Wal-Mart TV Ad for Twilight with the girl and the vampire in a parking lot outside of Wal-Mart and I actually thought I was watching a Smallville or The Supernatural promotional ad until I saw the title card Twilight at the end of the AD. In my opinion it's all dribble and non-sense but it seems as if that is the intellectual level of most girls and young women (i.e. Hannah Montana craze).
I was shocked to hear that the author of the books claims to be a Christian and that she wrote the books as an allegory of Eve and the Serpent in the Garden of Eden. That's what I heard on NPR in the late summer of last year on WFSU's radio station. And to be quite honest that's all I know in regards to Twilight.
BTW just is case you guys think I might be on some kind of happy juice I've included some quotes from Wikipedia.
"Stephenie Meyer has stated that the apple on the cover represents the forbidden fruit from the Book of Genesis. It symbolizes Bella and Edward's love, which is forbidden, similar to the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, as is implied by the quote from Genesis 2:17 that is quoted at the beginning of the book. It also represents Bella's knowledge of what good and evil are, and the choice that she has in partaking of the "forbidden fruit", Edward, or choosing not to see him.[14] An alternate cover features Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, the actors who play Bella and Edward, respectively, in the film adaptation."
"Other major themes of the series include choice and free will.[12][16] Meyer says that the books are centered around Bella's choice to choose her life on her own, and the Cullens' choices to abstain from killing rather than follow their temptations: "I really think that's the underlying metaphor of my vampires. It doesn't matter where you're stuck in life or what you think you have to do; you can always choose something else. There's always a different path."[16]
Meyer, a Mormon, acknowledges that her faith has influenced her work. In particular, she says that her characters "tend to think more about where they came from, and where they are going, than might be typical."[11] Meyer also steers her work from subjects such as sex, despite the romantic nature of the novels. Meyer says that she does not consciously intend her novels to be Mormon-influenced, or to promote the virtues of sexual abstinence and spiritual purity, but admits that her writing is shaped by her values, saying, "I don't think my books are going to be really graphic or dark, because of who I am. There's always going to be a lot of light in my stories."
So as you can see Christianity plays a role in this series and so that gives me a breath of fresh air although I'm still gasping for an understanding of this UNUSUAL series of books.
And while we're on the subject of "twilight" Why can't Disney make an animated television series out of the Twilight Zone ride at Disney with the aid of Tim Burton?
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