'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Shatters Records

[Megrez]

"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" has shattered midnight screening records in America, grossing an estimated $30 million from early morning shows on Wednesday.

It has also become the first film to pass $1 million from midnight IMAX screenings.

The third film in the "Twilight" series explores a love triangle between Bella (Kristen Stewart), Edward (Robert Pattinson), and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) as the werewolf pack and the Cullen clan join together to fight a new breed of vampires.

Source: http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2010/07/01/the_twilight_saga_eclipse_shatters_rec


I wonder what people find so special about this shit?

Anyway,
http://www.lolblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/633839569142980630-twilight.jpg

[Piparskeggr]

I wonder what people find so special about this shit?

Me, not so much... :mmmm::shrug::scratch:

[Murphy]

Twilight must be censored. Every book should be burned at public gatherings. The movies should be dropped in a Russian nuclear test site including the cast and tech-dudes associated with their making.

Twilight is a sure sign that the end times are nigh.

[Lars]

Horny girls and women who fantasize about abstinence and rubbish literature?

[Lithium]

http://api.ning.com/files/KWAkKF6sYqmy8LEBcoqiRK*CFxUTYM1o7vYQ5dC2SkDoztC1B5 mMq4PaMEx7H*JXDvNEf8wHaQxXDLn5bOt7pJY9MM3EgxT3/1259922942300.jpg

[Eldritch]

I wonder what people find so special about this shit?


So do I. Not that I know anything about the whole series. Maybe someone who does could explain?

The Harry Potter movies at least were mildly entertaining and clever (I haven't read any of the books).

[nisse]

So do I. Not that I know anything about the whole series. Maybe someone who does could explain?

Me three. Although i doubt anyone will volunteer with an prelude like that ;).

There's a plot summary of each book on wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_%28novel%29)...nice and short :D

[Absinthe]

Me four, I refuse to watch this crap. The mere publicity puts me off. :p

[RoyBatty]

you'd have to be a 14 y/o girl to understand

[Cato]

I wonder what people find so special about this shit?

Anyway,
http://www.lolblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/633839569142980630-twilight.jpg

Go Blade, go!

[Cato]

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/sipa_blade_080501_ssh.jpg

There are worse things out tonight than vampires... Like me.

[Eldritch]

http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/sipa_blade_080501_ssh.jpg

There are worse things out tonight than vampires... Like me.

True enough, although perhaps not in the sense Wesley Snipes probably likes to think. ;)

[Cato]

True enough, although perhaps not in the sense Wesley Snipes probably likes to think. ;)

http://static.funnyjunk.com/pictures/ultra_nigger.jpg

Worse than a vampire do you think? :eek:

[Austin]

Emo Fags all those guys. Ughhh that show disgusts me so much, that show and the fact that it is so popular is exactly what is wrong with this culture ughhh despicable. And the people that like it are indescribable really....the quintessential zombie imbecile.

[Cato]

Emo Fags all those guys. Ughhh that show disgusts me so much, that show and the fact that it is so popular is exactly what is wrong with this culture ughhh despicable. And the people that like it are indescribable really....the quintessential zombie imbecile.

The fact that people know more about this Twilight fad than Stoker's Dracula or Le Fanu's Carmilla merely reinforces in my mind the the age in which we all live is a degenerate one.

[Austin]

They should all pay a superficial idiot mental drain-on-society tax.

[lei.talk]

Bella's "infatuation with outsider Edward", their risky relationship, and "Edward's inner struggle" as a metaphor for sexual frustration accompanying adolescence...a "high school drama with a bloody twist ... no secret, of course, at whom this book is aimed, and no doubt, either, that it has hit its mark"


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/The_twilight_saga_hardback.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_(series))

i have them displayed with the romance novels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_novel)
next to the harlequin romance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_Enterprises#Harlequin_Category_Romance_I mprints) and barbara cartland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Cartland#Novels) -

sold thousands of them to frustrated house-wifes
(i can not thank their ignorant husbands enough). :biggrin:

[Arrow Cross]

you'd have to be a 14 y/o girl to understand
Indeed. It's a teenage girl thing. You(and fuck, me neither) wouldn't understand.

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2009/5/20/633784514818168155-Realvampires.jpg

http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/i/25902/original/alucard-is-amused-alucard-edward-sparkles-demotivational-poster-1245131963.jpg

Still, it's slightly better a mass-hysteria than Herr Riporter was.

[Tony]

It seems to me that at some point in the past , I'd say the around the 80s , Hollywood , followed then by Europe to a lesser degree , started to target two previously ingnored segments , teens and women.
If you check pre-80s movies and compare them to those post 80s you will notice that the first when labelled as sci-fi/horror/crime/etc match the label almost 100% while the latter not , being very often teen/women movies i.e. based on feelings , gossip , family problems , silly adventures and stuff

I gave a watch at this Twilight saga and it totally lacks the horror atmosphere of say two good movies like Near dark and The hunger.

[RoyBatty]

I've given the general "art" situation some thought in the past and my conclusions were:

- In bygone days the general output was much lower for a number of reasons. Most people needed to do "real jobs" to survive, entertainment and luxuries were scarce. Not many people had the means or time to pursue "art" for either personal interest or commercial reasons.

- In the past, "art" was not as "industrialised" and organised as it is today. There were of course artistic centers but even these didn't operate on a commercial scale. Many were state supported / financed. Others were to some extent supported by wealthy patrons. However, there weren't really mechanisms in place to collect endless revenue streams from the public.

So... what does all this mean?

Due to the limited opportunities which existed most of the rubbish was automatically prevented from entering the system. Why? Because mediocre work stood little chance of being accepted or generating a slice of the limited revenue which would have been available. Mediocre and wannabee "artists" had no choice but to spend most of their time working long hours in non-related jobs to get by.

The most motivated and talented (and sometimes connected) artists therefore grabbed the biggest slices of the pie whilst the rest fell by the wayside.

The end result was that there tended to be more quality output as opposed to the situation today where we are bombarded by quantity of dubious value.

Another difference imo is that there's a lot more ideological and psychological manipulation and agendas (for both political and commercial reasons) at work today than there were in the past.

Producers have become more sophisticated at manipulating the public's tastes and then feeding them a steady diet of predictable fodder which fit those tastes. It sort of becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy where the masses start liking things which they have been taught to like.........

The end result of all this dumbing down is the sad situation where, in this particular case, today's teens are wetting themselves over rubbish like "Twilight" yet remain completely oblivious to the far more original and interesting material from real directors as opposed to "industry film producers".

[nisse]

- In the past, "art" was not as "industrialised" and organised as it is today. There were of course artistic centers but even these didn't operate on a commercial scale. Many were state supported / financed. Others were to some extent supported by wealthy patrons. However, there weren't really mechanisms in place to collect endless revenue streams from the public.
I think these form of funding had a double impact. On one hand there was less funding and thus more competition (as you pointed out), on the other hand those allocating the funding were better educated. Previously both the wealthy and those in higher positions in government were generally from the elite which was well educated and had some sense of personal history and pride, or at least strove for education and "cultured" status. They would have likely been more discriminating critics than the movie theater patrons of today.

[Leliana]

Anyone as much excited about the final part of the series as me? :dance nerd Can't wait for next week, I got two tickets for the premiere day in Germany on 22th November. :cool:

[Ushtari]

^^ cant be fun having to pay money to see a dubbed movie

[Leliana]

^^ cant be fun having to pay money to see a dubbed movie
How's that related with the topic and my question?

Btw in Germany and Austria all movies are dubbed! It's no problem, the voice actors are professionals and we're familiar with it. When I watch subtitled movies on the Internet I can hardly concentrate on the scenes because I'm busy reading the subtitles down on the screen. And watching movies with a different spoken language but German is a kinda strange feeling.

[Leliana]

German trailer for 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2'. The voice actors are great and often lip-synchron.

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