Dear Anthem Healthkeepers,
Fuck You.
Sincerely,
Meg
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Victory for Twilight
“Twilight fans, start your protest campaign now. Summit Entertainment has announced that it will not move forward with director Catherine Hardwicke for the Twilight sequel New Moon….”
Oh Entertainment Weekly, how wrong you are. Although we Twilight fans are unified over by love(or like) for a nonsensical book series that doesn’t hold a candle to other major fantasy works (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Song of Ice and Fire to name a few), we still have limits and that movie was far and away beyond what a lot of us could handle. I tried making excuses for it, but at the end of the day it was like a really good college film project. Translation: a deplorable movie.
I knew the movie would be aimed at a younger demographic but I didn’t realize they were aiming lower in more ways than one. Considering the books' following, you would think they would put a little more money and effort into the project. Watching the movie was an uncomfortable experience and not in a sexy angst-y way. It was just too over the top. Part of me wanted to blame Robert Pattinson (aka Edward Cullen) but it wasn’t his acting so much as every other decision that went into his scenes. The camera work was erratic. The make up looked cheesy. And yeah, some lines were pretty hammy but with some coaching/guidance from the director I’m sure it would have been fine. The casting had a few noticeable problems as well. I get that Catherine Hardwicke worked with Nikki Reed in Thirteen and yeah, she’s very pretty but my god why was she cast as Rosalie? Just because a blond wig worked on Orlando Bloom, doesn’t mean all brunettes are bombshells in blond, some just look shell shocked (hooray bad pun!).
With any luck, Summit Entertainment will take the time to find a more qualified director. Preferably one who has experience with action scenes, special effects and fantasy movies. Too bad we can't clone Peter Jackson.
Catherine Hardwicke is gone, this film franchise may be saved and I for one, refuse to protest.
Oh Entertainment Weekly, how wrong you are. Although we Twilight fans are unified over by love(or like) for a nonsensical book series that doesn’t hold a candle to other major fantasy works (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Song of Ice and Fire to name a few), we still have limits and that movie was far and away beyond what a lot of us could handle. I tried making excuses for it, but at the end of the day it was like a really good college film project. Translation: a deplorable movie.
I knew the movie would be aimed at a younger demographic but I didn’t realize they were aiming lower in more ways than one. Considering the books' following, you would think they would put a little more money and effort into the project. Watching the movie was an uncomfortable experience and not in a sexy angst-y way. It was just too over the top. Part of me wanted to blame Robert Pattinson (aka Edward Cullen) but it wasn’t his acting so much as every other decision that went into his scenes. The camera work was erratic. The make up looked cheesy. And yeah, some lines were pretty hammy but with some coaching/guidance from the director I’m sure it would have been fine. The casting had a few noticeable problems as well. I get that Catherine Hardwicke worked with Nikki Reed in Thirteen and yeah, she’s very pretty but my god why was she cast as Rosalie? Just because a blond wig worked on Orlando Bloom, doesn’t mean all brunettes are bombshells in blond, some just look shell shocked (hooray bad pun!).
With any luck, Summit Entertainment will take the time to find a more qualified director. Preferably one who has experience with action scenes, special effects and fantasy movies. Too bad we can't clone Peter Jackson.
Catherine Hardwicke is gone, this film franchise may be saved and I for one, refuse to protest.
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