Oh you silly Ebert and your crazy reviews!Wilfred_Owen
"The characters in this movie should be arrested for loitering with intent to moan. Never have teenagers been in greater need of a jump-start. Granted some of them are more than 100 years old, but still: their charisma is by Madame Tussaud."
"Yes, Edward (Robert Pattinson) is back in school, repeating the 12th grade for the 84th time. Bella sees him in the school parking lot, walking toward her in slow-motion, wearing one of those Edwardian Beatles jackets with a velvet collar, pregnant with his beauty. How white his skin, how red his lips. The decay of middle age may transform him into the Joker."
Vampire movies should suck but not like this. Some will want to drive a wooden stake through my heart. It's a waste of time. Ask anyone who knows me. I don't have a heart. Gary WolcottTri-City Herald
Hmm...I heard it was a lot better than the first. My sources are terrible :x
I'll probably go see it in a couple weeks, once people stop screaming when Edward/Jacob walks on-screen. At least now I know to keep my expectations low, I might enjoy it :P
My Facebook stream is being filled with girls claiming it's the greatest movie of all time. I posted Ebert's review on mine. Kids these days, they'll buy whatever is sold to them. :roll:
My Facebook stream is being filled with girls claiming it's the greatest movie of all time. I posted Ebert's review on mine. Kids these days, they'll buy whatever is sold to them. :roll:Razor-Lazor
gah as an inspiring filmmaker like myself it makes me sick when people put blood,sweat and tears into great movies they are genuinely ignored and when other filmmakers do a terrible job at something people flock to go see it just cause of the damn name.
It was much better than I expected, and I didn't expect much since the first one wasn't made terribly well made. This was a pleasant surprise and I really liked it. But I'm a fan of the books so... that helps.
I never even saw the first one, and I must not be keeping up with teenage girl trends because I barely had any idea this was actually a popular thing. I saw the ads and just thought it looked like some godawful cheesy movie...which it apparently is. :P
I never even saw the first one, and I must not be keeping up with teenage girl trends because I barely had any idea this was actually a popular thing. I saw the ads and just thought it looked like some godawful cheesy movie...which it apparently is. :PSpaceMoose
It looks really horrible from the trailers. Hell, I don't even like the way the werewolves transform. It's just... GOD aweful...
It's really sad this is the stuffthat people are reading right now. We're raising an entire generation on sparkly vampires and pathetic melodrama. I hope you're all happy in 10-20 years.
JustPlainLucas
I know! Sparkly vampires! WTF! That's an affront to any vampire fan! :x Psshh. Anne Rice already ruined vampires.
It's really sad this is the stuff that people are reading right now. We're raising an entire generation on sparkly vampires and pathetic melodrama. I hope you're all happy in 10-20 years.
Vaasman
While we are in this vampire fetish moment in Hollywood, I really hope someone will take the reigns of Anne Rice's Vampire novels and continue the series. Interview With A Vampire was superb, so no need to remake that. Just see if you can get Tom Cruise to come back and reprise his role as Lestat for The Vampire Lestat, or they could get a new actor, just make sure he is capable. But I really do think they should completley remake Queen of the Damned because the movie completely butchered the novel and ommited 2 of the main characters in the novel. Also, the sheer amount of plot in the book means that this movie would have to be made into 2 or 3 parts. I would really love to see the series completed. Memnoch, The Devil is one of my all time favorite novels and would love to see a faithful movie version of it :D
It's really sad this is the stuffthat people are reading right now. We're raising an entire generation on sparkly vampires and pathetic melodrama. I hope you're all happy in 10-20 years.
darkmoney52
I know! Sparkly vampires! WTF! That's an affront to any vampire fan! :x Psshh. Anne Rice already ruined vampires. HOW THE HELL CAN YOU HATE ON ANNE RICE'S WORKS!? Memnoch The Devil was a masterpiece in every sense of the word.
[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"][QUOTE="darkmoney52"][QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"] I know! Sparkly vampires! WTF! That's an affront to any vampire fan! :x Psshh. Anne Rice already ruined vampires. HOW THE HELL CAN YOU HATE ON ANNE RICE'S WORKS!? Memnoch The Devil was a masterpiece in every sense of the word. The first two books were amazing, but the series just constantly got worse as it went on. Actually the drop in quality started in the 2nd book with Lestat starting a goth rock band. And the way they turned practically every vampire after that homosexual kinda urked me too. And apparently made flying a vampire power.
Weird,I just finished eating taquitos... As for New Moon...asking me if I'm going to watch it,is like asking me if I'm going to brush my teeth with acid while gargling Drano fluid.
[QUOTE="AtomicBaconBits"]Weird,I just finished eating taquitos... As for New Moon...asking me if I'm going to watch it,is like asking me if I'm going to brush my teeth with acid while gargling Drano fluid. Well that would be painful, why would you do that? Maybe you should chill out. Watch a movie. Say... Twilight New Moon. I get a strong feeling you'd like it.
[QUOTE="darkmoney52"][QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"][QUOTE="darkmoney52"] Psshh. Anne Rice already ruined vampires. HOW THE HELL CAN YOU HATE ON ANNE RICE'S WORKS!? Memnoch The Devil was a masterpiece in every sense of the word. The first two books were amazing, but the series just constantly got worse as it went on. Actually the drop in quality started in the 2nd book with Lestat starting a goth rock band. And the way they turned practically every vampire after that homosexual kinda urked me too. And apparently made flying a vampire power. I personally never liked Lestat and thought that Louis should have remained the main character throughout. Lestat comes off as being obnoxious and smug, and not in the good way. That being said, her stories are always intruiging and so are her characters. I thought Memnoch was a superb character and the book was a fantastic "sympathtic devil" novel. Sure there are some stupid things like Vampire's flying and the whole rock band trash, but overall the story is great. The origin of vampirism in Queen of the Damned was handled well, as was the origin of the Devil and God in Memnoch The Devil. As for the sexuality thing, I actually saw it the opposite way. Vampires arent homosexual, they lose all sexual preference. I thought it showed how distant they are from humans. Lestats relationship with his mother changes after she is turned. Anne Rice's vampires can't have sex (They are dead thus permanently flaccid) so blood is erotic medium for them. The exchange of blood between 2 vampires is just as intense and intimate as sex for vampires. Once one becomes a vampire, the sexual lines are blurred and only the emotion remains. Also, you must remember that Lestat was bisexual to begin with, and David Talbot was already gay There is no indication that Louis has homosexual tendencies. In fact, the one person he loved Claudia.
[QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"][QUOTE="darkmoney52"][QUOTE="II_Seraphim_II"] HOW THE HELL CAN YOU HATE ON ANNE RICE'S WORKS!? Memnoch The Devil was a masterpiece in every sense of the word. The first two books were amazing, but the series just constantly got worse as it went on. Actually the drop in quality started in the 2nd book with Lestat starting a goth rock band. And the way they turned practically every vampire after that homosexual kinda urked me too. And apparently made flying a vampire power. I personally never liked Lestat and thought that Louis should have remained the main character throughout. Lestat comes off as being obnoxious and smug, and not in the good way. That being said, her stories are always intruiging and so are her characters. I thought Memnoch was a superb character and the book was a fantastic "sympathtic devil" novel. Sure there are some stupid things like Vampire's flying and the whole rock band trash, but overall the story is great. The origin of vampirism in Queen of the Damned was handled well, as was the origin of the Devil and God in Memnoch The Devil. As for the sexuality thing, I actually saw it the opposite way. Vampires arent homosexual, they lose all sexual preference. I thought it showed how distant they are from humans. Lestats relationship with his mother changes after she is turned. Anne Rice's vampires can't have sex (They are dead thus permanently flaccid) so blood is erotic medium for them. The exchange of blood between 2 vampires is just as intense and intimate as sex for vampires. Once one becomes a vampire, the sexual lines are blurred and only the emotion remains. Also, you must remember that Lestat was bisexual to begin with, and David Talbot was already gay There is no indication that Louis has homosexual tendencies. In fact, the one person he loved Claudia. My complaint about the homosexual elements came from The Devil Memnoch (I think it was that book anyway, it's been a long time since I read it) where the main is character is jerked off by the vampire before becoming one himself. It just seemed so unnessary, like the kind of weird fantasies you'd read in a fan-fic. As for the rest of you points, I'd actually agree with you. I guess I can ignore the rock band stuff, and the origin was very well done.
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