Twilight: Love Story?

by Mama Chocolate on December 8, 2011

Tagged as: humor

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{Not Quite} Susie Homemaker December 8, 2011 at 3:54 pm

I love Twilight but Up makes me cry every.single.time.
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The Jacobsen Family December 8, 2011 at 3:56 pm

Aw, I love UP! Totally cried… Aaaaaaand, I’ve never seen Twilight. =)
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Kathryn December 9, 2011 at 5:25 am

Um….you mean.. “Pixar told a better love story in 8 minutes, than Stephanie Meyer did in 4 books”.

Mama Chocolate December 9, 2011 at 5:32 am

You are right…Pixar probably is responsible for the story part, but the movie is actually by Pixar and Disney.
Also the author does spell her name “Stephenie,” not “Stephanie.”

Vicky P December 9, 2011 at 11:02 pm

Pixar is the creative force behind Up (and Toy Story and Bug’s Life and Cars and Monsters Inc and more). Disney markets and splits production costs. In my opinion, Pixar is what Disney used to be–creatively driven; Disney has lost that kind of vision.

ben December 14, 2011 at 12:28 pm

i struggle to think of any good original ideas disney has ever come up with, the lion king can be one, but the rest are remakes of popular stories etc.

Sugarfix December 14, 2011 at 7:29 pm: That’s kind of the point, Ben. They’re fairy tales.
lol not December 14, 2011 at 10:28 pm: Lion King is Hamlet….furrealz
John December 16, 2011 at 8:41 pm: The Lion King was in no way original. It was a nearly direct copy of Kimba the White Lion, a Japanese manga dating to 1965. I’ve attached a link to an interesting read. http://www.kimbawlion.com/rant2.htm I also recommend Elmore Leonard’s “Corporate Mouse”.

nor December 21, 2011 at 12:13 am

pixar is now owned by disney

Jennifer Clay December 9, 2011 at 5:52 am

Janelle December 9, 2011 at 6:03 am

I totally cried watching that part of Up… It reminded me of some of the patients I got to work with..

Janelle December 9, 2011 at 6:04 am

For me Twilight is best seen with riff tracks…hilarious!

Vicky December 9, 2011 at 7:01 am

Twilight is exactly what they were written for; teen girls that have idealistic views about love. Although I don’t know if vampires and sacrificing yourself for your “true love” is necessarily the best but it’s an easy, fun read. It’s not supposed to be deep (at least I hope it isn’t supposed to be).

Pixar/Disney did exactly what they have been doing for the last 20+ years: realizing that their movies don’t always need to be geared towards children, but they can have kids and children truly enjoy it on their own. We love Up, the kids are a little concerned about the wife though.
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Anne December 9, 2011 at 11:09 am

The love story in Up was told so perfectly that when the 8 minutes came to an end I stopped the DVD, stood up and a kicked and screamed and declared that Disney was evil for ending it that way!! I DID NOT want to continue the movie – it took me another week to get back to it.
I’ve watched one of the Twilight movies, and it just left me feeling, “Huh? What? how did Twilight Woman (aka S. Meyer) even get that published?”
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Emma December 9, 2011 at 6:35 pm

To be fair, they are stephanie’s first 4 books. Disney have been making love stories for YEARS. x

Isamu December 16, 2011 at 1:42 am: Ok, these were her first 4 books.
J.K. Rowling’s first 4 books, awesome.
Christopher Paolini’s first 4 books, Awsome (He was 15yrs old when he wrote Eragon).

S. Meyer first 4 books, Pure crap. Her grammar, writing style, character development, and lack of detail are atrocious. When a 15yr old can write better than a 37yr old, that is sad. I’m not even going to bring in how she messed up the vampire genre. Just as a writer, she even insults fans when they ask questions about the “Twilight” universe.

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Brooke December 9, 2011 at 11:22 am

Anne, you made me laugh! I was so disappointed when the first part of the story ended. It was such a sweet beginning to the movie I felt like the rest of it wouldn’t measure up! ( I really like about 90% of the movie- it was just a great story and had a great moral to it!)

Lexi December 10, 2011 at 7:36 pm

Many base the love story of Twilight solely off of the movies. If you would actually read the books, the story line makes a lot more sense and doesn’t seem as ridiculously cheesy. The creators of the movies did no justice for the books so it is an unfair comparison.

Michael December 14, 2011 at 5:15 pm: I haven’t read the books but even Stephen King thought Meyer shouldn’t have written them.

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Michaela December 15, 2011 at 3:28 pm: I actually read all four books and I thought they were just as cheesy and badly written.

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Goerge December 11, 2011 at 7:12 am

Pixar

Rebecca December 13, 2011 at 9:34 pm

I love UP! It’s so true because everyone can relate to it. I’m getting very bored of all these vampire stories.
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Cheesepants December 14, 2011 at 5:46 pm

HOW DARE YOU COMPARE A MOVIE AS GREAT AS UP TO A STUPID TEEN DRAMA SERIES LIKE TWILIGHT?

frant December 14, 2011 at 6:51 pm

it actually is disney/pixar, but the reality is that disney its just a medium to get to be famous, pixar is the real storytellet

LovestoSpooge December 15, 2011 at 7:46 pm

Twilight is an abortion to literature.

workingdan December 16, 2011 at 6:40 am

I have kids so I’m no stranger to Disney movies! Up is one of my favorites. As for Twilight, I have never seen it and have no desire to ever watch it!
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And Another Thing December 16, 2011 at 4:39 pm