Member Discussion of TWILIGHT: S.B.D. #1

It'll stay between 25-30% at R.T.. So it's on the same level as NEW MOON.

I just saw the weekend box office numbers for this movie and I am appalled. These gullible moviegoers decided to waste perfectly good money on crap when they could've spent it on something that's actually worth their time. It pains me to $139M spent on a movie that makes 'The Love Guru' look like 'Wayne's World', 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' look like 'The Empire Strikes Back', and 'The Last Airbender' look like 'The Sixth Sense'. The public wants us to shut the fans up and let them know this series's place in cinema (at or near the bottom). Let's do them a favor and give this farce its just desserts.

Of course, we may end up giving Happy Madison Productions its just desserts instead.

Miguel, all three of those movies you mentioned were worse than this. I gave all three of them F's.

Miguel, Miguel, Miguel....I hate to say I told you so...but no matter what you may think of these movies, no matter what I may think of these movies and no matter what the critics may think of these movies, they have a loyal audience. Further, we could give these movies every Razzie on the board this year and Breaking Wind 2 will do just as well at the box-office. This is yet another reason why our giving any attention to these movies whatsoever is as productive as pissing up a rope. The audience this license has established is going to go see them. Period. The people that don't care won't be particularly interested that we Razzed them. They will continue to take the appropriate course of action and ignore them, while probably scorning us a bit for not picking on something more deserving.  

This series has already done enough damage to earn a number of Razzie Awards, but the package still needs to be delivered.  And with Happy Madison barring the way, it won't be easy.

Let me spell it out for you, Vits:  My heart wants "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1" to win big at the Razzie Awards, but my brain doesn't think it will.  That's why my list of predictions for front-runners is different from the results I would rather see.   

I just saw it.

F.Y.C.:
-Actor for Pattinson (also for WATER FOR ELEPHANTS) and Lautner (also for ABDUCTION); Supp. Actor for Billy Burke (also for DRIVE ANGRY and RED RIDING HOOD): Yes.
-Screenplay; Worst Excuse For A Horror Movie*: Maybe.
-Actress for Stewart; Supp. Actress; Director; Couple/Ensemble; Picture: No.

*If you've seen it, you'll understand why I listed it there.

Originally posted by saturnwatcher I'm guessing that when Spielberg made Shindler's List, it was more about getting the story told from his perspective than making a lot of money. But if some young, relatively unknown director walked into a major studio production office with the same script tomorrow, he'd get his hind end tossed out onto the street. Spielberg was at a point in his career where simply having his name attached to that movie guaranteed that it would be a cash cow. So, lest we forget, this IS still America and most films are created to make money, not necessarily to raise consciousness about the horrifying religious wars going on between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria. Those stories are left to be told by documentary film makers who are typically lucky if 500 people ever see their films.

What people forget is that film is art and entertainment, but it's also a job. And one works to earn money.

Originally posted by SchumacherH8ter Also, for anyone else feeling masochistic, there's an end-credit scene.

Based on how the movie ends, that scene has the only reason to watch PART 2.

Originally posted by mbh "Breaking Wind" is amongst other record holders: biggest difference in percentage of critical reviews (26%) compared to audience reviews (92%) on RT.

Right now is at 27 and 72. Coincidence?

Time to bite the bullet and review this.