If you only saw the first movie, your perceptions are probably a bit off because that one's the worst movie in the series. They get better as they go along, as does the acting of Robert Pattinson.
Genre? Vampire romance? You're seriously telling me that there's silly escapist exploitative books about vampires and cute girls that are good?
Just playing Devil's Advocate here, but come on. It's one thing calling it a bad story, it's another thing to say it's somehow worse than bad. And you're underestimating the level of popularity. The third movie came out two years after the first one, before the second movie came out on DVD. Nothing has ever experienced that level of accellerated production - this is because the demand is simply that high.
So one thing you're going to have to accept is that Twilight is here to stay and will likely be remembered as one of the major pop culture contributions of the 00/10s.
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You are wrong. Twilight just fails in general.
I agree that it fails at its genere. What is really scary is the fact that there are fans who claim it is the best of the genre.
@#3627 - Actually, that is NOT typically a sign that something will stay in pop culture, it is usually a sign that it won't. With each new release Myer makes, she loses more and more fans. Simple as that.
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Twilight fails even in its own genre.
A lot of people hate this series. I decided to go watch it solely for that reason alone. That said, I was going in with a fairly open mind. I dislike judging things without seeing them. Having watched I feel that after watching the first movie, all the scorn heaped onto this series is justified and I'm going to explain why.
I'm not against the reimagining of vampires and werewolves. And despite how silly certain scenes are, that is not the biggest problem of the movie. I realize that I'm not the target demographic of this movie, but I have a decent point of reference as far as this genre goes, and even then I can enjoy it if its done well enough. The movie fails because of how absolutely boring and uninteresting the actual reverse harem is. The movie relies on two things; To appeal to different female fetishes and to design the characters, dialog and setting to fit in the mood of the romance. It fails on both these levels. We are stuck with only Edward as a love interest the entire movie. As main love interest he is expected to be the best written character in the movie for this genre. Instead we are stuck with a childish, twitchy character who completely fails at the "Dangerous, dark, more effeminate" appeal he is supposed to have. The only scene where he is interesting, likable, reasonably realistic, or falls into the role he has is the scene where he pays a visit to Bella while she is working on her truck. He turns around and nonchalantly fixes a large dent in her truck by just grabbing under the body and pulling with his super strength.
It also fails to grab the periphery demographic of men because its action scenes fail equally hard, lacking any tensity or even interesting fight scenes.
As such the reverse harem completely fall apart in this movie because the only character in it absolutely fails at even fitting the lead male into his designated fetish. You're better off just Googling images of Robert Pattinson.
The hatred this series receives is justified. The thing is, its not just a bad story. There are plenty of those. At this point the movie is a cultural phenomenon, and probably the worst one in history. The more something is loved and in the spotlight, the more scrutiny it will be placed under and deservedly. Its obvious it cannot stand up to the pressure. It cannot even live up to its own genre.