Monday, January 16, 2012 at 5:18PM 'Twilight' Franchise To Continue After 'Breaking Dawn' Under Lionsgate?
Woo. Hoo.
The Twilight series of movie and books is really one that needs no introduction. It's a record-breaking franchise hated by pretty much everyone outside of its main demographic, so I imagine that there was going to be a fair amount of celebration when the second adaptation of the very last book, Breaking Dawn, is released in November. A few comments from Lionsgate CEO John Feltheimer indicated that the series might keep going, however, now that he's acquired Twilight studio Summit Entertainment.
In an interview with the LA Times, he said, "It's hard for me to imagine a movie that does $700 million-plus doesn't have ongoing value. It's an amazing franchise that they have done a great job of maintaining with absolutely no deterioration. So the simple answer is 'Boy I hope so.'"
Reader Comments (3)
You wouldn't know a good movie if it jumped up and bit you. And I'm not a teenager, either. I'm a 55-year-old fan with a college education working for a university hospital and I adored both the books and the movies. Only an idiot would look for logic in a fantasy movie. Stephenie Meyer's book and Summit Entertainment (now Lions Gate) have taken a story, a Romeo and Juliet with a twist - that could never happen and made it seem like it could happen to anyone. Old fashion romance, "fight the bad guys to save the day," the male defending the female, the female willing to die for her child, etc. These are all in every one of these movies and they are the oldest stand-by plot lines - because they work so well - and they worked beautifully in this series of movies. And let's not forget the fresh point of view, in today's world anyway, of a couple, especially the guy, waiting until they are married before pounding everything in sight. If you didn't see any of those things you missed 4 excellent moveis.
No, the real problem with the Twilight movies is that the hands behind them don't give a damn. I've never seen so much wasted potential on the big screen. It was like the director wasn't watching the takes and picked the ones to use at random; some scenes worked, whereas some looked like they were still rehearsing their lines. Even Taylor Lautner, who I haven't liked in, well, anything, had his moments. I personally don't know how people can sit back and enjoy these films, when the creators are practically treating their audience as if they're morons with the whole "making movies out of popular books because they know they'll sell tickets" philosophy, so they don't bother trying.
These movies are awful, LittleMo. Nothing about them is good. The story is absolute drivel. The acting is awful. The special effects are terrible.
Being college educated and 55 doesn't mean you don't have bad taste.
This is the story of a girl whose entire life is her boyfriend. He treats her as if she's special even though (unless I'm missing something) there's absolutely nothing special about her except she smells good. She sticks by him even when he ignores her and runs away. She's devastated and can barely function or live while he's gone. When she does finally figure out a way to survive it's in the arms of another boy who likes her (again, for some reason).
It actually is a terrible story written by someone who clearly has some pent up issues about men and love. There is nothing "romeo and Juliet"-esque about this story except that there happens to be a boy and a girl in it. It instills a terrible idea of what love and romance should be and will be.
To recap. These movies/books = terrible.