Me: I really want to dump all over New Moon, but as I haven't read the books and have no intention of ever seeing the movie, I really don't have the right, do I?
Cathy: Nope. You always get mad when religious groups dump on movies you like but have no plan on ever seeing. You think they're hypocrites.
Me: This is true. Oh well. Besides, it's not like the movie is made for people like me anyway.
Cathy: Who is it made for then?
Me: Well, there are three target audiences - teenage girls, soccer moms and gay men.
Cathy: Well, teenage girls like the guys, and I guess gay men like the guys. And I guess the soccer moms have something they can bond with teenage girls with. This might be one of the few things that a mom and her daughter can talk about, especially when they're teenagers.
Me: I guess that's true, but...
Cathy: But?
Me: I just assumed they were cougars and wanted to fuck the guys as well.
Cathy: You're hopeless.
Last Five
1. Sand in my shoes - Dido
2. Never gonna happen - Lily Allen
3. Red light - U2
4. This is not America - David Bowie
5. Caroline - David Gray
6 comments:
Ron told me about this!
His reply is longer than the post!
This sparked a great conversation between Ron and I!
I love this blog.
Hungover.
Must go...
P.S.. . . I'm going to see NEW MOON, right now!
Not really.
Hey,,,I just saw New Moon today. I loved the books and the movies not too bad either.Trying to figure out what category I fall into. I'm not a teenage girl nor a soccer mom nor a gay guy. Guess I'll have to be the cougar.....lol.
Ron, for the sake of satire, which I'm sure you know I'm engaging in, I'm using some pretty broad stereotypes. I'm sure there are some teenage girls who would rather shoot themselves in the head than endure five minutes of this. Or some moms who would view all of this as silliness.
And just as not all hetero guys would find Megan Fox attractive, I'm sure not all gay guys would go for the men/boys in New Moon.
However, do I think, say, a 20 year old gay guy would look at this movie and the male leads and have an indecent thought or two? Yes.
Or, as one of my favourite reviewers - James Berardinelli - wrote:
The movie's focal point is Bella's romantic choice: does she go with the soulful, suffering Edward (who always seems to be walking toward the camera in slow motion) or pledge herself to Jacob, who is marginally more interesting and charismatic (and who spends 3/4 of the film sans shirt and looking like he's posing for a gay porno video box cover). Based purely on physique, Jacob has the edge, but I guess there's a segment of fans who prefer Edward's goth look.
I saw the first one as a hostage, er, guest of my then-girlfriend. It was a steaming turd-heap of cinema fail.
No one, regardless of demographic, should like something that bad.
Craig -- if you stretch those three categories broadly enough, I am sure you can fit into one of them.
Cochrane
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