I admit that when I first heard about the general disdain thrown the way of the ‘Twilight’ films, I joined right in despite never having seen any of them.
In my defense, can you blame me? Sparkly vampires? Reproducing (as in sexually) vampires? I DON’T THINK SO. I grew up on films like “Fright Night,” “Blood On Satan’s Claw” (which isn’t a vampire film, but it’s plenty creepy and gory for the time period), “Dracula” (with Frank Langela), and “Scream, Blackula, Scream” (which is much, much better film than the title would lead you to believe) so I think that I get vampires.
But clearly there are millions of people that disagree because “Twilight: Breaking Dawn–Part 1” has brought in $500 million worldwide.
That’s a lot of moolah.
But back to my (not-so-secret any longer) shame. I was visiting my parents for Thanksgiving, and doing what I typically do, which is to hang out with my relatives, watch lots of cable, and eat turkey as if it were the last one, and I needed to commune with it.
Between repeats of Project: Runway (quite possibly the most awesome show EVER) I stumbled upon a movie where someone was being chased by these huge wolves. Sure, the wolves were definitely computer generated, but they had a sense of weight, and looked really good.
Even Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) at least looked brooding, though Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), bothered me because he’s a bit too pretty. That’s somewhat ironic because, while I don’t care whom a person chooses to have sex with, I do think that guys should look like guys.
So, I admit it. I (probably) watched all of three minutes of a Twilight film, and didn’t hate it too much.
I not only liked it, but think that one day–perhaps sooner if I am unfortunate enough to be hit by Alzheimer’s–I might even watch one of them.
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In light of not only reading but laughing while enjoying your article I walk a similar line. Usually when a fad comes out I am the farthest from it and I also came from the bloodiest horror films imaginable and still do love the gore. I did however have an experience that did change my perspective on the glittery vampires. Although I work for an entertainment provider, I did not have the money to run out and buy a new HDTV when the new generation of flat screens came out. It took me long enough to pay off the widescreen which has the big back on it and lacks the quality of the new ones. For Christmas last year, my Dad having upgraded himself gave me a beautiful HD flat screen and after the harassment from a colleague who also works for Dish Network I finally upgraded. All I can say is WOW! Regardless if Jacob Black is too pretty, I am watching huge wolves in HD, which is unbelievable. Computer generated graphics are amazing to begin with but I have never seen such color and brilliance. Like any qualified customer, I was able to get HD programming free for life and qualified for a free upgrade to HD equipment. I am not going back now that I have seen the light. Every horror film I see in the future will be bloodier and gorier than ever.
The only HD television I have watched was my parent’s 52-inch flat-screen and I found the picture quality distracting. Everything looked like if were a stage play; an oddly lit stage play at that, so I found myself not quite enjoying myself as I thought that I would, despite the size of the screen.
I wouldn’t have minded seeing the wolves in HD, but people were way too distracting. Another odd thing is that makeup on actors in HD appears really, really obvious. That’s not too odd for women–when it’s expected–but when men are wearing it (as most actors do) it distracts.
Though I don’t know what seeing a real horror film on an HD TV would be like, I imagine that it would make the gore even gorier.