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Unfortunately, the saga continues

By Belle Gamble, Columnist on November 5, 2009

I have seen only two truly terrible movies in my life — “La Moustache” and “Twilight.” The former, a French movie, is about some guy who wakes up one day to find his moustache gone. When he asks his family about how this came to be, nobody even knows what he is talking about. They claimed he’s never had a moustache in the first place!

The movie would have been intriguing if it had not gone on for an hour and a half, with the same scene of him looking shocked in a mirror about the sudden disappearance of moustache — which, if you ask me, was an improvement. If you’re not a porn star from the ’70’s, lose the ’stache.

In any case, my dislike for that movie is nothing compared to the burning, all-consuming hatred I have for “Twilight,” the worst movie ever made.

Where to begin? Well, for the sake of fairness, I will start with the positives. The soundtrack was decent and there is a character named Jasper, which I think is a nice name.

And … Yeah, now we’re done with the positives. So, why do I hate thee, “Twilight”? Let me count the ways.

Right off the bat, the casting for “Twilight” was an absolute shame. Nikki Reed, of Italian and Cherokee descent, cast as a blonde? Hmm. I know there is a terrible dearth of blonde actresses in Hollywood but I have to think that someone, somewhere could have put in a little more effort to find an actress who could at least pass as blonde.

And Bella. I can’t recall a time where I have been in more pain watching someone attempt to act. Kristen “Block of Wood” Stewart cast as a lead? What did we do to deserve this? Her one expression, absolute boredom, is never appropriate in the movie. In the books — not that I’ve read them or anything — Bella is funny. She’s got gumption and, well, emotions. Kristen Stewart, instead of being likeable, is a vacuous hole where a personality should be. Although you’d think after all the panning her acting received, she would take some classes. But no. She looked just as inanimate in the next movie. Geez.

Now I risk death in saying this, but Robert Pattinson? Eh. I mean, he’s cute and I dig the accent, but I think as far as “object of my affection” goes, we could all do better.

Adding to my already great displeasure with this movie is the “Team Edward” and “Team Jacob” debate. As if the movie itself wasn’t bad enough, I have to hear, in real-life conversations, about which mildly attractive person everyone wants to win. First, I just want to say if you own a shirt displaying either one, we must never meet. Second, Taylor Lautner is 17. Don’t be gross.

“Twilight,” in general, was just a snoozefest. Once I realized that I would not enjoy my cinematic experience, I thought, “OK, maybe I can just make fun of the film to dull the throbbing pain of viewing it.” I was wrong. Not only is it bad, it’s also not silly enough to make fun of — two things that make for a tragically boring movie.

Now, admittedly, it is strange that I would dispense this much time and effort talking about a movie that came out a year ago. Why now? Well, as I have heard 9,000 separate times, “New Moon,” or “Twilight 2,” for the true fans out there, is coming out this month.

Because I have been repeatedly asked if I am going to see this movie and am tired of saying, “Absolutely not, I’d rather gouge my eyes out,” I have written this column as my answer. If I do hear this question again, be sure that I will launch into a rant lasting about 45 minutes about how truly terrible the whole series of movies is sure to be. So please, for your sake and mine, resist the urge and refer to the text above.

Belle’s column runs biweekly Thursdays. She can be reached at b.gamble@cavalerdaily.com.

5 Responses to “Unfortunately, the saga continues”

  1. Mom says:

    Shut the fuck up!

    If you don’t like the movie, why you lose your time writing this big crap?

    Kill yourself man

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  2. Lena says:

    Wow Mom, it’s fans like you that give the rest of us a bad name!

    While I don’t agree with your blog post (mainly the Nikki part, thought I am need a break from the constant twi-promo. Nikki Reed might be tan, but I think she’s a wonderful Nikki. A lot of the problem with the first film was the make up, it was too… make upy. It didn’t look natural on any of them. This time around, from the scenes we’ve seen and the stills, Nikki looks a lot better (and thankfully wigged her hair!). And, unlike many other blonde hollywood actress, Nikki has some actual actings skills!

    I will give you the Kristen comment. I have to skip over her parts. Since when does stuttering and facial ticks acting? She’s socially awkward in real life, why not play Bella more like herself? I’m not alone in this either. The girl can’t act. If God came down and said, “Kristen, act and I’ll spare the world” the rest of us should start saying our goodbyes.

    Robert isn’t a horrible actor, but he can’t seem to do it with an American accent. It’s like he forgets how to feel when he changes accents. And yes, it’s hard to think and pretend to be American, but he’s exceptionally terrible at it. I loved him in his other stuff, but it seems with the accent, he can’t convey emotion the same way. I don’t find him attractive (I’ll get a lot of ‘you’re jealous of him/her’ comments), but he fortunately is easier to watch than Kristen.

    All in all, the movie wasn’t great, but I’ve seen worse (I still can’t sit through the last HP without crying).

    Great article!

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  3. Sunny Day says:

    So your article made me laugh out loud. I’m sorry Mom but i have to agree that the Twilight movie was overly hyped, and maybe that was part of the reason i did not enjoy watching it..i was led to believe it was “incredible” and “awesome”..it wasn’t.
    That’s just the truth. There is a reason it didn’t win any Oscars. Hell they didn’t even get nominated. The only thing that made it as popular as it became was the teeny pobers and the overzealous fanatics.
    Now i’m no hater and I will go see New Moon and give it a chance because from the trailers it actually looks decent. But in concordance with this article you couldn’t pay me to sit through the first movie a second time.

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  4. Dad says:

    Mom- whatever! Go make me a sandwich!!

    okay I couldn’t resist.

    I agree with Belle- never seen the movies. Won’t see the movies. Haven’t read the books either- I hate vampires. And Taylor is very attractive- but I agree. Lets wait until he is 18 to drool.

    “Dad”

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  5. Harry Knockers says:

    Good review.

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