Comments on: New Moon Owns the Boxoffice but still Third Biggest Opening Weekend

By: AARON

AARON — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:34:21 +0000

Yes, but not obsessed with it.

By: Pam J

Pam J — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:25:06 +0000

It’s so funny that people keep mentioning Transformers as a male movie. My 13 yr old daughter loves Transformers and even the awful Transformers 2! She also loves Twilight and New Moon – lmao.

By: Pam J

Pam J — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:16:03 +0000

It seems strange that men like you have so much animosity towards these movies. In comparison, I could care less if GI Joe is super popular with guys. What is it about the movies that threaten you??
I am a college educated(2 degrees), married parent of 2 successful children, and I enjoyed the Twilight books and movies. Are they well written? Of course not. But they still have a spark that I haven’t seen in a long time. They bring me back to feelings and thoughts I haven’t had since I was a teen. I know many women feel the same way. You don’t need to take this personally, though.

By: Vic De Zen

Vic De Zen — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:07:14 +0000

the teenage girl market dominates again unfortunatetly. That’s a crazy amount of records though and i found the werewolf one to be funny =P

By: Peita

Peita — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:46:22 +0000

Apologies … Rodney not John!

By: Peita

Peita — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:44:33 +0000

To provide an alternative insight into the success of this franchise …

These are fundamentally romance novels, something which I am sure most people on this site have never read, and for good reason. However there is a large proportion of the population that for 100s of years have passionately (excuse the pun) followed this type of entertainment, despite its lack of quality writing.
I can’t think of another series (books or movies) that has tapped into this type of vapid pure romance schmaltz in my lifetime, so the market has been kept waiting for a long time! In my view Titanic doesn’t come close to the ‘swooning’ type of storyline that Stephanie Meyers has gone for.
I have to agree with John that the books are poorly written – in fact poorly is an understatement – however if it means that people read, that otherwise don’t then I am all for it.
I just wish I had applied my time elsewhere : )

By: SlashBeast

SlashBeast — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:40:48 +0000

In what way are they stupid?

The driving force behind Titanic’s success was women. That’s as obvious as the sky is blue.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:10:46 +0000

It’s light fare, you know? It is what it is and should be enjoyed (or not) as such.

I went in with zero expectations, and rather enjoyed myself. This in contrast to the massive disappointments that were Terminator and Wolverine.

And the above Titanic comments by Slash are still stupid.

My pick for the year is still Whip It…Men who Stare at Goats wasn’t bad either.

By: SlashBeast

SlashBeast — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:21:48 +0000

The vast majority of appeal from Titanic and romance stories is towards women. That’s just a fact. Just like stating that the majority of appeal of Transformers and action stories is towards men.

If you think Titanic made the ridiculous amount of money it did because of men then you’re out of your minds. Women have the spending power, and they spent it on Titanic.

By: James (Haz)

James (Haz) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:32:57 +0000

Okay okay thats a good point. i get THAT.

But if they want to pick on movies that are anti-God…. WHY PICK ON TWILIGHT? Twilight talks about religion in a good manner and in some parts of the 3rd and 4th book it has some good moral.

Wouldnt they want to talk shit about the Da Vinci Code or The Exorcist or 2012???????????

This shows exactly how much free time these priests have.
Or maybe they have a great sence of humor and theyre just fuckin’ with us.