Twilight Movies

I read the books. I liked the first one a lot. The other three were just too much, and couldn't get on board. I basically skimmed all three to get to the end just so I'd know the conclusion (predictable thought it was). The movie was not good. I understand that teenage girls will not care that the acting is horrible, the special effects are phony, the dialog is contrived, and everyone looks constipated all the time. But critics and adults, mostly women my age and older, loved it too. I don't get it. Robert Pattinson is a cutie, but no more so than any other hot young actor in his 20s. Kristen Stewart is horrendous. People love her and I don't get it. She's pretty enough, but always looks bored and annoyed and high. I think she probably did one movie where her character was bored and annoyed and high and she carried it over into everything else she ever did, including real life. It doesn't work. It doesn't translate at all, and while watching it I was so confused by why she even took the role since she seems to hate it so much. The scene I keep playing over in my head is at the end when she's in the hospital and Edward is threatening to leave. She just thrashes in an annoyed fashion, breathes and says "um, no" over and over. I can't believe that scene made it through editing. I'd have redone that in a heartbeat and recast her if she couldn't possibly make that scene mildly believable.

I do not understand how it was such a universal hit across all people. It's one thing that the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus and everything else Disney spit out are loved by the tween masses, but for a movie to get such appeal while basically encouraging pedophilia is beyond me. Seriously, I don't care if the dude is 17, fact is, he's been 17 for like 100 years. Looks aside, he's an old man. If Chris Hansen got a hold of this guy he'd be toast. Not to mention the fact that GROWN women around the world are drooling over the 16 year old werewolf kid. It's so socially acceptable. If a 40 year old man wore a tee shirt with Miley Cyrus on it and swooned over how "hot" she is, no one would laugh and nod in agreement. Such a double standard for this poor kid, who despite his 30 pounds of muscle, still very much has little boy face and voice. I will probably see New Moon someday. Maybe when it's on TV. I've heard the acting, story line, and special effects are better than in the first one, but I just can't be bothered. I will not be posting a picture on this post. FYI.