You can see why 14-year-old girls eat this stuff up. That the Edward Effect is no less potent for many of their mothers seems troublesome.<\/p>\n
Twilight and New Moon are essentially uncritical celebrations of that overwrought, obsessive passion that is the hallmark of immaturity\u2014passion that wholly subordinates all sense of one\u2019s own identity and elevates the beloved to summum bonum, or even the sole good; passion that leaps as readily to suicidal impulses and fantasies as to longing for union.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That\u2019s the best reason to read Greydanus\u2019s review. But you\u2019ll get a good chuckle if you check out the comments below.<\/p>\n
Very disappointed by this review. It\u2019s not very useful since you obviously don\u2019t really like this series. So it\u2019s just you more showing why you don\u2019t like it. But I guess that\u2019s okay since you know people who this is aimed at will watch it and love it anyway, LOL.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah. Golly. What\u2019s wrong with you, Greydanus? Don\u2019t you know that if you find any fault with these stories you\u2019re automatically disqualified as a critic? You must love the movie\u2026 even before you see it\u2026 to be useful<\/em>.<\/p>\nMore troubling is this reaction:<\/p>\n
Twilight is just plain evil and I do not want any part of it put in my brain. My friends and I use our brains for worthwhile pursuits not garbage pick-up. (We are an award winning robotics team.) \u2026 Oh, by the way, Pattinson looks creepy and I hope my future husband looks nothing like this very icky sicko.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Um\u2026 no. The Twilight<\/em> stories run in the tradition of Beauty and the Beast stories. They\u2019re misguided, but not \u201cjust plain evil.\u201d There are redeeming qualities to be found in stories of young lovers who try to cope with their destructive impulses, and stories of monsters who try to overcome their wicked appetites.<\/p>\nFurther, the commenter has decided that Pattinson is a \u201cvery icky sicko\u201d based on the fact that\u2026 what? He\u2019s wearing monster makeup.<\/p>\n
But who am I to argue with somone on an award-winning robotics team?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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