I finally watched Twilight
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On Monday night, the impossible happened. I watched Twilight. You can go puke, I almost did.
I’ll wait.
Are you back? Okay, let me explain.
I have this friend Victoria, she loves Twilight. So much so that our differing opinions on the movie was becoming detrimental to our friendship. So I bit the bullet and watched the vampire flick, she is that good of a friend.
My overall opinion will not be shocking. It was cheesy and sorta super-lame. But everyone knows that. And seriously who gave Kristen Stewart the right to be such a self-righteous actress. It was the closest form of torture, outside of reading a novel, I hope to ever have to experience.
But my biggest problem with the movie was it’s overall message. When Bella finds out that Edward is a vampire, she is totally cool with it. When she finds out he used to kill people, she’s like “yeah, that’s fine, it doesn’t matter.” Um, actually Bella, yeah it does. Love is great and all, but if someone tells you that they are un-dead and kill people, that should at least be something you consider to be a deal breaker. I mean sure, it would be great to work through it, but to be 100% complacent is just poor judgement. And yes, it is a bit creepy to watch someone sleep. Creepy should never be confused for romantic. Need further clarification: Romantic is buying flowers or a Where The Wild Things Are t-shirt, creepy is watching someone sleep and then telling them about it. I’m not sure it’s the exact message we want to be sending out to our tween girls who adore this movie. Hey girls, does your crush make Chris Brown look like Mary Poppins? No worries, as long as you love him. It was a probably a one-time thing anyway. Yikes.
It’s things like this that terrify me about having kids. I’m adding Twilight to the list of movies that my kids must watch on their twelve birthday. Also on the list is Fight Club and A Requiem for a Dream. That should teach them good.
