Hi guys, im doing a study on vampire movies, and twilight is the main focus. I was hoping you would comment on the twilight movies, whether you like them or hate them? Also, how do you feel about modern day vampire movies their changes in convention from films like nosferatu?
thank you.
I don't think that there is anything wrong with romanticise vampires, indeed I think that Cappola's Dracula is the best one, but when it comes to Twilight....
kill it with fire.
They're are no vampires in Twilight. There are certain things that are necessary for a vampire to be, namely fangs and burning or weakening in sunlight.
I personally hate the twilight series...not the books..i haven't read them..but the movies were just plain horrible...The plot was just awful, the make up bad, direction- what direction?, acting was terrible...I understand that vampires are open to interpretation and people can tell the stories about vampires from their point of view..but there is a line, a line if you cross it ceases to be anything about a vampire..A vampire is meant to be a blood thirsty creature that comes out in the night to feed..It was a superstition.. The vampire can be shown as a wandering soul, even romantic...but not to the extent of the cheesy uber romantics shown in twilight... These monsters vampires, frankenstein, werewolves come from legends, myths and superstition.. Please let them be..
Next you'll see werewolves in calvin klein ads...
I know the actual purpose of this thread has most likely run its course, but I felt obliged to share my point of view as well.
As said so eloquently and many times before, twilight has destroyed the vampire myth. If Ann Rice left the vampires in a to be sunny spot when sunrise comes, Twlights has certainly dusted up the remaining ash, built a coffin of silver, engraved with garlic spikes and buried them 6 feet under on a secret location, never to be seen again.
My views on vampires isnt the mindless killer as has been suggested, but more a predator that works on a similar level as we do, but removed from humanity completely, leaving no remorse of lost human life. Humans are after all only food for them, nothing else.
I do feel that Rice still kept true to this to a certain extent, but strayed too far eventually.
Twilight hasnt even considered this.
Twilight is populistic made specifically to sell to a girls just getting used to new hormones to give them something to sigh for. It has nothing to do witht he actual vampire myth, and by calling them vampires they are utterly destroying the legends that we came to learn and love.
Twilight has done in a few years what it took breeders thousands of years to accomplish with wolves to vegetarian hairless lapdogs.
Talking about that by the way, I am very saddend about the fact that they are doing the same to the werewolf.
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Wat r talkin bout mate ! Twilight vs. Nosferatu ! Don't make fool of u'r self ! For u'r kind info Nosferatu was an unofficial version of Dracula ! In the 30's it had so much sacriest moment dat people boycot it ! The original version is still misin ! It has been officially announced the Sacriest horror movie of Century by DK's film encyclopedia ! So stop diz discussion in da name of Nosferatu !
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I like lots of vampire films from Nosferatu and Dracula to Blacula to Twilight. They are all different interpretations. Though it must be said Nosferatu is by far creepier and evil looking than any more recent vampire films I've seen. Not sure if the silent nature of it has something to do with it, but Nosferatu just looks the most inhumane of vampires I've seen.
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I love Nosferatu, and hate the Twilight films. Complete drivel. Here's what I recommend instead of those movies: http://www.shadowlocked.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti cle&id=337:how-to-have-a-twilight-free-vampire-movie-marathon& catid=37:lists
Exterminate!
I cant help myself from also adding my 2 cents worth. Twilight is less than crap, its less than drivel and its in no way intended for any fan of the Vampire genre as I learned upon seeing that first film. Twilight is exactly a female tweenage romantic fantasy that incorporates something like a vampire into its story for the benefit of any tweenage girls that feel alienated in matters of the heart.
I get the value in that for the target audience but lets not confuse it with or even compare it to an actual Vampire tale, let alone one as excellent as Nosferatu, as the original poster has. In another 100 years people will still be watching Nosferatu and marveling at it, cant say the same about Twilight.
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WTF is Wrong WITH YOU PEOPLE???????? Your comparing a Classical film WITH a Chick Flick film???? JESUS!!!!
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put this in your paper. twilight is a bunch of bull *beep*
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The only good thing about Twilight is it inspired a lot of people to make fun of Twilight. Vampires Suck, was a horrible horrible movie, but it was by far better than Twilight. I would give it maybe 3 stars, maybe. The reason is probably because of the disco ball nuts, if you saw Vampires Suck you know what I am talking about. So, Twilight would get 0 stars, it had no redeeming qualities by itself, it was a foil for other comedy only. Did I say other comedy. Yeah, come to think of it maybe it was a comedy because as a film it was pretty laughable if you could get through the migrane of watching it.
As far as Nosaferatu, this is definitly the creepiest vampire of all time. He was one of the elements of inspiration for The Gentlemen in the episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer called Hush. Even if you hate Buffy, this episode is a must watch, scaries episode of a tv show I have ever seen and it is because of The Gentlemen who do look very Nosaferatu like. There is nothing in Twilight that will ever inspire horror 70 years from now, like Nosaferatu did with the Hush episode of Buffy.
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I have literally no opinion whatsoever on Twilight. It's for teenage girls.
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