Comments on: New Moon Spoiler

By: HELLO Second Trimester | Seagull Fountain

HELLO Second Trimester | Seagull Fountain — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:10:48 +0000

[...] choosing these things it’d be Russell Crowe (the Gladiator one, not the puffy Insider one) or Taylor Lautner’s abs — he could wear a paper bag and not talk, right?) (but it was Pierce Brosnan, a Pierce [...]

By: Felice

Felice — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:41:24 +0000

Ha! I loved the bit about the angel hair noodle. Very well written post–unlike anything Stephanie Meyer had ever done. Frankly, I will never let my daughter or any friend of mine read Twilight because they are so poorly written. But if you’re reading or watching for a good laugh, go right ahead.

By: Steph

Steph — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:17:25 +0000

I couldn’t read this until after I saw the movie. I love you but I have to disagree. This movie was far better then the first. Except the sparkly vampire parts. Those still sucked ducks.

And with that glowing movie review I am sure I will get offers to review movies left and right. LOL

By: Sharla

Sharla — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:14 +0000

When I watched it today the music actually didn’t seem as bad. I think I was particularly slap happy and noticing all the weird things when we went. And I had way more fun with you and Chrysanthemum! (Shh don’t tell). We should do it more often.

By: Lori Z.

Lori Z. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:46:44 +0000

At ten, my friend’s daughter very much wants to read the series, but her mom has said no. She can read it in a few years, there’s always time!

I agree, the first movie was better and it wasn’t great, though I did watch it a couple times after my first reaction and reading your review of it last year and I think that my initial opinion changed a bit for the better.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:44:18 +0000

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but will be going with my 12 year old daughter. Although we have had multiple conversations about how unhealthy the relationships in the series are, and she understands that. She was read the series (minus the paper clipped sections in the last book). Of course she also read 1776 last month, so at least I am giving her a balanced diet of books a little above her head. When I was her age I was reading Of Mice and Men and the Pearl.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:11:19 +0000

I hope incidence of date-rape doesn’t go up as a result.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:10:02 +0000

Well, I’m just sayin’ I’ll keep my options open. Charlie was a welcome voice of sanity and (very gentle) humor, and his mustache is sexy, even though in real life they just seem problematic. I need to look up Billy Burke on imdb.com or something and see him some more!

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:24 +0000

So, are you telling me you’ve gone from Team Charlie to Team Jacob’s Chest?

By: Emily H.

Emily H. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:08:39 +0000

I enjoyed Brandi’s comment–never thought if it that way but now that you referred to that professor’s comment I can totally see it. I am not a fan of the series unless you consider them comedies rather than fantasy. (I laughed my way through book #4.) But I do enjoy a good set of abs so I may have to break down and see this one in the theater rather than on DVD like I saw Twilight! LOVED this post–it rocks!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:25 +0000

I believe parents should protect their children’s innocence and allow them to be children while they can. Let them wait until middle school or even high school to join the popularity rat race. We absolutely shouldn’t try give them a boost up the popularity ladder with “adult-style” or (a more appropriate term) “apprentice slut” apparel. Many who are super popular in high school find the rest of their lives anticlimactic. Those who spend their school days concentrating on learning, sports, and friendhip with other innocents will hit their strides in college, and find individual paths through life that suit their own personalities (not what the popular crow considers cool).

Stick to your guns on shielding them from things 8-yr olds don’t need (like twisted vampire love stories). Besides, would you like to explain some of the concepts in that movie to her on the way home?

By: Rebecca Irvine

Rebecca Irvine — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:33 +0000

My 9 yr old daughter is getting peer pressure to go see New Moon, too. I refuse. And i think it is sad other moms out there are willing to expose their kids to so many adult issues so young in life. I guess that’s not my place to judge, though.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:07 +0000

I read an article recently by a SLC professor (it’s driving me crazy that I can’t remember her name or where I read the article), but she described the sex (or, rather, the lack thereof) in the Twilight books (and movies) as “Abstinence Porn.” She asserts that young girls are now seeking out relationships with boys just to try to experience that extreme tension caused by wanting but not having, a la Bella and Edward. She explains it better, obviously, but it was pretty interesting.