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Mardy thrives in sunshine filled days just like the plastic solar plant on your dashboard. Gets regular doses of drugs from her running shoes (no high like a runners' high). Dares to be different. Is generally happy albeit those typical daily complaints. Smiling doesn't hurt, plan to do it more often.
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Friday, January 2, 20099:12 AMThe Twilight Phenomenon
Happy New Year and all that shiznits. I'm not listing down my resolution here because I don't have one. I am a very opinionated person. I know my opinions vary from others, but I like to voice it out anyway. So I always write about what I think, be it political or anything else. Like how much I'm laughing at Pakatan Rakyat's hiccups at the moment. And how I hate Angelina Jolie and pity Jennifer Anniston though I actually liked the former and hated the latter before Brad went off with Angie. Or how I think Crocs are hideous (the ORIGINAL crocs) and should be burned no matter how comfortable they are. And ultimately, how much I hate Twilight. Which is what I am writing about today. WARNING! This is an Anti-Twilight Post. Please exit yourself if you are a fan of the series and the movie. I am entitled to MY opinion, as you are entitled to yours. This is MY blog so I can say whatever I want. This is NOT A PERSONAL attack against the Twilight fans, but rather an observation and an opinion. If you think you would like me less or take it personally, I strongly suggest you to leave this entry and come again for the next one. If you still continue reading, then don't say I didn't warn you. I would have used a cut but it didn't work and I'm too lazy to fix it. Maybe later I'll do it. Let me sum up the whole thing for you So you may ask, did you read the whole series? Sadly, no. I can't finish it. I tried reading Twilight (the first book) and I honestly fell asleep because it was super boring after reaching page 21. I can't bear to finish it. I only read parts of it, and that's enough to make me form my current opinion. About the movie, I really think it cannot be any better than the book. So I have no desire to spend my money for it. Maybe I would BORROW a pirated copy of it or something just for laughs. Reasons why I hate it and the whole hype about it: 1) "His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday's hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. He lay perfectly still in the grass, his shirt open over his sculpted, incandescent chest, his scintillating arms bare. His glistening, pale lavender lids were shut, though of course he didn't sleep. A perfect statue, carved in some unknown stone, smooth like marble, glittering like crystal." Vampires. Sparkling. Like. Diamonds. Tadaa:  It's just wrong. It's even sad that Stephenie Meyer is so..delusional. 2) The books are the crappiest I've ever came across. I read the first 5 pages (ohoo don't worry I didn't spend precious money on the crap book, I downloaded the .pdf file via Ares) and I couldn't bear to continue (besides it making me fall asleep after a few pages..ohmigodboringcrapola). Why? a) Purple proses (the word sparkle, glitter, are the same thing. She's REPEATING IT shamelessly to lengthen the book. This is exactly why I fell asleep reading it) b) Too much elaboration on how Edward sparkle (as mentioned before) in the sun and how godly handsome he is. In fact, Stephenie Meyer drags the whole thing up to 500 pages! The relationship is sooo shallow and superficial, Bella almost NEVER referred to Edward's personality, but aptly describes his physical attributes. Here is a list of how many times Stephenie Meyer used to describe Edward from Bella's point of view: (taken from The Anti Twilight Movement) ♣Hard- 109 ♣Angel- 84 ♣Cold- 65 ♣Perfect - 59 ♣White- 52 ♣Soft- 48 ♣Beautiful- 36 ♣Cool- 33 ♣Pale- 30 ♣Stone- 29 ♣Marble- 9 ♣Dazzling- 8 ♣Wry- 6 ♣Statue- 7 ♣Flawless- 6 ♣Godlike- 6 ♣Adonis- 2 What a DEEP RELATIONSHIP. c) How Bella is such a bad example for young women. d) How abusive their so-called love relationship is: Don't say he did that because he loves her. Or he apologizes afterwards so its okay. IT DOESN'T MATTER. He did it anyway, and that's being abusive. Boyfriends make mistakes but no girl should ever let them control their life and slap them around like the way Edward does. No matter how godly handsome he is. e) The fact that the author abuses the Thesaurus and repeats the word CHAGRIN. I have no idea what chagrin means and I think its a bad word to use. It's like you want to appear intelligent so you use a word you yourself don't quite understand just to impress other people who have no idea what you're talking about. 3) The annoying die hard fans who just doesn't get it. You like it? Fine, but I don't. And I am making it known. So don't go on stopping me, I have my own opinions too you know. I call them Twitards.
ii) The slightly more mature 17 and above year olds who are getting slightly defensive: iii) The scoffing smart-ass defending it by pointing out the obvious: It's a fictional character, of course its not logical. iv) The angry fan: v) The superior fan: ..among others. I am perfectly fine with fans. But I don't like people who don't allow me to say I hate it just because they love it. I would never diss Twilight in front of my friends who love them because I respect them. But I have my own opinion on Twilight, and I want it to be heard. What's wrong with that? You can diss the things I love, like Elle Woods or Bridget Jones or Mark Darcy or Harry Potter. I would laugh it off and still love them anyway. I always laugh at Harry Potter haters and those who make fun of us fans. It's all in good fun. 4) It is compared to J.K Rowling's exceptional series, Harry Potter. How could you insult JKR like that! Can you honestly say this Young Adult fiction about vampire-human romance is as good as (or even BETTER) than JKR's fiction about fighting evil, believing in yourself, standing up for your friends, sacrificing to rescue other people?? Twilight has only one message to me: I will never be as stupid as Bella, ever. 5) Edward Cullen is now the perfect man. Everyone wants an Edward. Why again? What's so perfect about a 107 year old vampire who has 'diamonds' embedded on his face and dates a 17 year old? What's so perfect about a handsome man who uses all kinds of control tactics to abuse and manipulate the poor girl? Guys, don't worry if your gf starts comparing you to Edward. You are being a REAL MAN because you respect her and you would never abuse her. If she seriously cannot see that, you better think about your options. 6) Isabella Swan is now the perfect woman. She is a whiny teenager with hormones raging, what is so perfect about this? She is COMPLETELY anti-feminist (there is NOTHING WRONG with being a feminist, feminism is about choices, and in Islam women are given choices) and a horrible, horrible role model for teens. It's not just ME who thinks so. There are a lot websites and forums discussing this phenomenon. And we're not the only ones. Even the ACTOR WHO PLAYS EDWARD THINKS IS BULLSHIT. Just look at these: i) What he thinks of the book ii) Interviews. Highly recommend you to watch and listen to what he has to say. He should know, he's the one playing Edward. He's potraying a character he needs to understand first. a)He's trying hard to be diplomatic about it, but you can tell he hates the character. "He wants to kill her everyday, and she's like 'I don't care, I love you' There's definitely something wrong with her!" b)This is my fave. He really thinks Smeyer is nuts. "When I read it, I was convinced that Stephenie was convinced she was Bella and it wasn't supposed to be published. It's like reading a sexual fantasy..I'm convinced Stephenie Meyer is MAD..it's kinda like a SICK PLEASURE" Whoa. I'm speechless! So that's why I don't think Twilight deserves the spotlight its getting. I'm not going to ruin it for those who love the whole thing, thats why I warned them to not read this post. But I feel like I should say this at least in my own blog. If you feel like I'm saying you're an idiot for liking this series or the movie, I'm sorry I didn't mean to insult you. But I never said anything along that lines, I just don't like it, and you're really entitled to the things that make you happy. I don't want to make you feel miserable because of this, my intention is just to criticize the entire thing, excluding genuine fans who respect my opinion. Labels: random 12 had kissed me<$BlogCommentBody$> By <$BlogCommentAuthor$>, at <$BlogCommentDateTime$> <$BlogCommentDeleteIcon$> |
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