The Official RAZZIE® Forum : TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 http://www.razzies.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; The Official RAZZIE® Forum : TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Last 10 Posts Wed, 22 May 2013 23:07:44 +0000 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:55:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.70 30 www.razzies.com/forum/RSS_topic_feed.asp?FID=653 The Official RAZZIE® Forum http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_images/RazzieLogo02.gif http://www.razzies.com/forum/ TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53476#53476 Author: Vits
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: January 13 2013 at 9:55am

My comments:

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Any thoughts?
]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:55:21 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53476#53476 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53328#53328 Author: cvcjr13
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: December 30 2012 at 10:17pm

I agree with you on John Carter, but don't you feel as a whole that the entire series of Twilight movies has to be one of the worst franchises in movie history?  I mean, sparkly vampires and beefcake werewolves played by actors who can't act, with special effects that are more botched than special - gimme a break!  


]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:17:14 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53328#53328 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53327#53327 Author: GTAHater767
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: December 30 2012 at 9:48pm

Not me! I did my best to vote AGAINST The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 AND John Carter. Every year someone or other hypes the wrong film(s) for RAZZIE nominations -- and once the reviews prove that one of our prime targets is not that bad, people like me have to worry about throwing our votes away. That's why most of my nominations went to other, far worse films that had the best odds of beating Carter and Twilight 5 to the finals, such as Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, A Thousand Words, That's My Boy, and One For the Money, with an occasional vote for Battleship. I only cast 2 or 3 votes (out of a possible 50) for Underworld: Awakening, Resident Evil: Retribution, Silent Hill Revelation 3D, and Gone because I didn't want to put too much wager on things that had less of a chance. 

Though the situation isn't quite as dire as Rambo IV back in 2008, I won't be happy if I fail in my efforts...  


]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:48:56 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53327#53327 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53318#53318 Author: cvcjr13
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: December 30 2012 at 7:40pm

Everybody is voting for this one, right?  Just checking. . . .]]> Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:40:17 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53318#53318 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53089#53089 Author: Vits
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: December 12 2012 at 11:15am

That's because, no matter the franchise, fan boys don't cry when their favorite movies are over...They do scream when there's an announcement of any kind, but they aren't shrill.

And I stand by what I said before: Although HARRY POTTER and THE HUNGER GAMES are good movies, their fans can be just as annoying! 
]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:15:28 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53089#53089 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53087#53087 Author: saturnwatcher
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: December 12 2012 at 7:53am

I wouldn't necessarily disagree with objections to comparisons of the Twilight movies to Star Wars if we limited the discussion to the first 3, but the last 3 were garbage, not significantly better than these movies. Even the first three Star Wars suffered many of the same plot deficiencies. I use that analogy not as a comparison between the overall quality of the films (which would be a stretch) but rather because many of the exact same criticisms can be leveled at both franchises but, for some reason, almost never are.
 As for HeadRAZZ's charge of the author "dicking around with basic elements of both vampire and werewolf lore," as previously noted, there are simply too many radically divergent cultural variations to pretend that the matter is set in stone. In fact, some of the variations that have been used in this series have also been utilized in previous American films. 

Make no mistake on my stand here: I think these films are basically crap. However, I have a disturbing suspicion that if the primary audience for these films was teenage boys rather than teenage girls, we might not be treating them with the same derision.  
]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:53:49 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53087#53087 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53086#53086 Author: SchumacherH8ter
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: December 12 2012 at 5:01am

In the Bram Stoker's Dracula (the novel, not the movie), he could walk around in daylight, but it restricted his power.]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:01:59 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53086#53086 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53076#53076 Author: Vheid
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: December 11 2012 at 12:58pm

To be fair, the entire idea that sunlight is deadly to vampires was made up in the first/silent Nosferatu movie (for the sake of the plot)....  

Originally posted by HeadRAZZBerry

Other than Stephanie Meyers' continual dicking around with basic elements of both vampire and werewolf lore (for the sake of the plot, both creatures can now hang out in broad daylight?) there is little original, ground-breaking, or worthy of praise in any of this material.


]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:58:33 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53076#53076 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53062#53062 Author: Vits
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: December 10 2012 at 10:29am

Actually, there have been many discussions on this Forum about how fans and "fan-bases" can take things too far. I think it has more to do with the fans' actions than the movies. Our users make more fun of TWI-HARDS than of WAR-SIES because it seems more justifiable to camp outside a cinema to see a new STAR WARS movie (because at least some of them have proven to be good). However, fanaticism is bad in general. Even if the movie turns out to be good, if you set your expectations too high, you'll wind up thinking it's good, no matter what...and that's not fair.
]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:29:08 +0000 http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53062#53062 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 : Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner! http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6022&PID=53061#53061 Author: HeadRAZZBerry
Subject: Member Discussion of 2012's RAZZIEŽ Front-Runner!
Posted: December 10 2012 at 8:55am

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: This back-and-forth comparing and analogizing STAR WARS and the TWILIGHT movies is berry interesting, but I think, rather specious. The original STAR WARS trilogy was both ground-breaking and technologically innovative. Even if one were unimpressed with the dramatic elements of the original STAR WARS films, one could not deny their impact on American culture and the movie industry in particular.  

The same can hardly be said for TWILIGHT (either the novels or the movie adaptations). Other than Stephanie Meyers' continual dicking around with basic elements of both vampire and werewolf lore (for the sake of the plot, both creatures can now hang out in broad daylight?) there is little original, ground-breaking, or worthy of praise in any of this material. It basically takes the core elements of Teen-Aged Angst Novels and does a mash-up of them with monster legends to create a bogus dilemma (should Bella marry the werewolf or the vampire?) unworthy of discussion or devotion from anyone other than pre-pubescent girls. 

While this final TWILIGHT movie may not wind up among this year's Worst Picture nominees, my opinion of the entire franchise falls closer to that of MigulAntilsu than that of Saturnwatcher and other Forum members attempting to make a comparison to STAR WARS. While it may make for interesting reading, I find the basic premise of  comparing STAR WARS and TWILIGHT to be a bit of a stretch... 


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