Turning in my girl card?

I have a confession to make. I hated Twilight. I do not get what makes the story so appealing to women. Or teenage girls for that matter.

First of all the movie tried to be too artsy. The use of color and lighting was over the top and added to the ridiculousness of the movie to me.

Second the heroine was dull. Really dull. There was no personality at all. She was emotionless. She did not have an interesting part at any point in the movie. Even worse, she was the narrator.

Third the "hero" and object of Bella's emotionless affection was way too effeminate. He was overly emotional. He expressed his feelings with words too much to be a realistic guy. I don't want a guy who talks about his feelings more than me ... or that has this overwhelming desire to kill me by sucking my blood. Plus I thought the actor is unattractive, and I find it disturbing that grown women are talking about how hot this guy who is forever 17 (and therefore forever a minor) is. My guess is that it is even worse for the new film since the actor that plays Jacob really was 17 when he played the part, and grown women are fantasizing over him too. Too weird for me! I don't get why women think that Edward is ideal.

I was afraid to watch the movie because I felt I would get sucked in like I did with Harry Potter. Fortunately this movie was not well written enough to entice me to read the books like Harry Potter was. Twilight ranks right there with The Notebook for me. I feel that both movies prove that women are too easily entertained. Plus both have too much teen porn - visually in The Notebook and emotionally (through Edward's unmasculine expressions of love) in Twilight. Since women almost universally choose those two movies as some of the best chick flicks of all time, I guess I need to turn in my woman card. However I still like a good Jane Austin book so maybe I can hold onto the woman card a little longer ... so long as I remember that Mr. Darcy doesn't exist!

I doubt that I could bring myself to watch New Moon. I wish I had the time back that I spent watching Twilight.


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