I am a woman

NOT a Twilight fan!!!

I've never really seen a "gothic romance" maybe you guys can give me a few good ones to check out.



gonna go now....

Annnnd as for Twilight. I loved the books. Hated the movie.

I think that its success among the little scene teens and what not is what turned it to the monster that it has become.

I respect your dislike for the movie. It most certainly could have been better. The dialog and acting, for the most part, was terrible. It was directed in a way to please the giddy vamp-obsessed teens.

Alright, i'm done.

I don't understand the whole twilight phenomenon. I have read all of the books and watched the movie only because once I start a series I have to finish it, no matter how terrible it is.

Some of Stephanie Meyer's ideas were decent but the books weren't written well. Perhaps they would have been better if she had written more beforehand. Then again they could have been just as terrible, who knows.

I'm curious as to whether she was writing to go to big screen? I don't recall much of a time distance between when the books came out and when it went into production?

I could swear Harry Potter had a break between the start of the first several books and the movies.

No, Stephenie Meyer never even really planned to write an entire novel, let alone a series. Initially, it was just a story in her head that kept growing as she wrote it down. She was shocked at the popularity of the books herself.

As far as time from book to movie? Twilight the book originally came out in 2003. The movie wasn't in theatres until November 2008. (And she was still writing the last book of the series during the filming of Twilight.)

As far as her writing style? I believe the books are infinitely better than the film (so far). Though I do intend to watch the others. Granted that she had not had any books published before Twilight. But honestly, for an author who has written only a 4 book series along with the single title The Host....and ALL 5 are being made into movies? That is some spectacular luck, especially for a newer author.
(The Host for those who don't know has no vamps/wolves--it's a sci-fi novel and very different.)
The way I see it, even if her style of writing is not your "cup of tea" you should at least respect her in a professional capacity.
And if you didn't like the lines written in for the movie--that's all the screenwriter, Melissa Rossenburg. Casting, IMO left much to be desired for some characters. But essentially Rossenburg kept as close to the original story as possible.

Books and Movies are 2 entirely different mediums for entertainment, and so really can not be judged the same. You invest more time in a book, and so naturally, you will hear most of the people who have read it say they like the books more. And naturally in a roughly 2 hour span of film-time, there is no way to fit an entire book into that time frame.

Though I WILL agree that many of the various movies listed above are better films than the original Twilight Film (But Twilight was extremely LOW budget and the others in the series are spearing no expence so they should be better, along with bringin in a newer, more experienced director.)
Many of the above vamp-flicks are in my personal collection at present. --And I don't believe Queen of the Damned was mentioned yet. John Carpenter's Vampires? From Dusk til Dawn? The Lost Boys? just a few off the top of my head that have not been mentioned.

30 days of night!? really... the end of that movie made me laugh so hard i cried. who knew it was a comedy!

The only "Twilight" I care about is Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone".

How about Twilight verses Underworld? Now THAT would be a hoot!!!

tf73

Ok, first off the Twilight series is geared to Tweens. They are the driving force behind the media hype and the ticket sales. To critique a movie for that age group without having a tween mindset is silly. Not every movie is or has to be of great cinamatic art to be a good movie for the age group it targets. Some times its just fun to see a silly movie for silly's sake. Would you be getting your knickers in a knot over the movie- Lilo and Stich? Probably not, but it was a movie that garnered rave reviews and had a long run with the under 6 set. Remember this, if there were not bad movies how would you know when a good movie comes along?

Case in point-- I love the movie May. I think it is the best acting by the lead actress ( I cant think of her name now of course ) and the cinamatography is without comparison. But not many people have even heard of it, much less seen it. Wrong target audience? Bad critiques by one or two movie critics? Not being sold by the big movie makers? Could be. But that doesnt make it a bad movie, nor does it mean it should be in a film archive.

JMO

I agree. They have made, and are going to make, alot of money off of that age group. (btw...Lilo and stitch was awesome. )
However, I personally don't like the movie, or the books for the simple fact that while they aren't bad, there are much better books and movies out there, and to cause this much fuss over something so blah...is mindboggling to me. It was the mindless crazed fans that made me nearly loathe twilight.

After my rant,i forgot to add 'Interview With The Vampire' to my list of great gothic romances. It may have been homo-erotic,but it is still a far better film than 'Twilight'. be seeing youj

I'd like to see Rocky Horror. I have alot of friends who like it, but then the reason i read twilight was because i wanted to see what all the hoohah was about.

see it in a theater

the audience is 90% of the entertainment