Twilight Movie Review

(Sorry I have been too busy to write lately. But here is another feature on how much I dislike Twilight. Enjoy.)

One day I was having a conversation with a coworker and he told me that he understands teenagers today more clearly after watching Twilight. Even though I'm only 26, I have very little in common with teenagers today. I didn't get a cell phone until I was in college, and chatrooms were the cool thing, not text messages. I'm interested in understanding this younger generation more, so I politely asked my man to put Twilight on his Netflix account.

I watched it last night. As a result, I discovered that, one, I have nothing in common with today's teenage girls; two, the producers and creaters of Twilight think abusive and emotionally draining relationships are romantic and endearing; and three,teenagers don't talk to each other. They just stare dramatically at one another from across parking lots and wooded areas.

Oh, Jesus. I'm at a loss.

Here is my attempt at the plot and meaning of this whole load of crap. There is a girl who wants to move from Arizona to Washington State to live with her Dad. She starts school there and meets a 100-year-old man who still attends his junior year of high school. (Where's Chris Hansen when you need him, eh?) Turns out,this guy is a vampire and lusts after this underage girls' "blood". Instead of killing her, he decides to stalk her. He hangs out in her bedroom while she's sleeping, comes into her house without her permission, follows her around in his car, and somehow ALWAYS knows where she's at. Then some bad vampires come and he decides to kidnap this young girl from her father and tells her she has to leave town and go somewhere else with him. Then she gets attacked by a bad vampire and some odd stuff happened and then she's going to prom with him with a broken leg. Then the movie ends a bit abruptly and some horrid band that Eric likes plays in the background. The End.

Now that I have read both the book and seen the movie, I do worry that young women today are going to have some serious relationship issues. Stalking, possesion and alienation from friends and family is emotional abuse. Twilight is portraying this abuse as an idealistic relationship.

I still don't understand the staring at each other without speaking crap. I guess it's hard to think of something to say to someone who is 96 years older than you who is trying to get in your pants.

Anyways, I suppose I learned a few things about teenagers today. Such as, it's too bad they didnt' grow up in the 90's.