Funny you should ask, as I just bought tickets for myself and my girlfriend. (Don't tell her! It's a surprise.) Guys, just take your girlfriend/wife/booty call to the new Twilight movie. Just suck it up, be a man and do it. Yes, it's about a vampire who sparkles in sunlight instead of melting into vampire goo like every other vampire in the history of vampires. And yes, a good portion of the first movie consists of the vampires playing old-timey baseball in the rain for absolutely no reason. But sometimes, you just have to do it. You sat through the Sex and the City movie (Why was it so long? What was the point of Jennifer Hudson's character?), and you're going to have to sit through this one. Do you think she wanted to see Transformers 2? No, but she sat through it for you, and you will both never get that two and half hours back.
But, really, taking you to a silly vampire movie is the least he should do. Yes, seeing New Moon is probably as appealing to him as getting a root canal while rabid monkeys bite his face. But seeing the occasional "chick flick" is part of what comes with being in a relationship or marriage, like taking out the trash or killing scary bugs. He should be man enough to sit through New Moon for you. And, hey, there's a giant werewolf in this one. (Why are vampires and werewolves always enemies? You would think they'd get more done by teaming up. The werewolves could hunt their human prey and bring back fresh kills for the vampires to gorge on. Just think how badass a vampire with a werewolf pet would be.)
To be fair, as a fan of good "bad" movies, there are moments in Twilight that I legitimately enjoyed. Like when one of the vampires smashes a salad bowl with her vampire strength because she's SO MAD that Bella has already eaten dinner. I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard during a movie. And the first half, before the baseball scene, was decent enough I guess. But, I'm sorry, vampires should never, ever, sparkle.
But, really, taking you to a silly vampire movie is the least he should do. Yes, seeing New Moon is probably as appealing to him as getting a root canal while rabid monkeys bite his face. But seeing the occasional "chick flick" is part of what comes with being in a relationship or marriage, like taking out the trash or killing scary bugs. He should be man enough to sit through New Moon for you. And, hey, there's a giant werewolf in this one. (Why are vampires and werewolves always enemies? You would think they'd get more done by teaming up. The werewolves could hunt their human prey and bring back fresh kills for the vampires to gorge on. Just think how badass a vampire with a werewolf pet would be.)
To be fair, as a fan of good "bad" movies, there are moments in Twilight that I legitimately enjoyed. Like when one of the vampires smashes a salad bowl with her vampire strength because she's SO MAD that Bella has already eaten dinner. I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard during a movie. And the first half, before the baseball scene, was decent enough I guess. But, I'm sorry, vampires should never, ever, sparkle.
My boyfriend and I had the exact same argument a few days ago. I suggested we go see New Moon and he legitimately looked at me and said, "dear, you are out of your mind!" In the end we came to a compromise. Since I never agree to go see scary movies, and he is a horror buff, I decided to trade one scary movie for each chick flick he agrees to see. Last weekend we saw The Fourth Kind. Even though I still can't sleep at night without holding my man's hand, I got him to buy tickets for New Moon, and in the end we are both happy. Compromise is key.
Exactly, compromise. My girlfriend endured GI Joe, Where the Wild Things Are, Wolverine, Watchmen and other nerd movies for me. If Twilight makes you happy, that should be enough for him.
waitwaitwait-- she had to ENDURE where the wild things are? but that's like... reliving your childhood! i thought everyone loved those days!
She didn't like it, I did. What can I say? Opposites attract.
those are nerd movies? haha i love watching those xD maybe i'm a nerd at heart haha.
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Terrible answer. Supporting the making of movies like Twighlight by buying tickets is a betrayal of American cinema, and that's far more important than any single human's feelings.
I feel very strongly about this.
Hear hear! And buying the books = awful! I've felt this way ever since I read the first book.
Too bad it's literary crack, midnight book parties, midnight showings of the movie... I've been to them, and I will be seeing New Moon at 10pm Thursday night (...that's not even midnight. What the hell is that?)
For any guys looking to go see the movie, there is a hilarious summary of the book Here.
It's all you'll ever need to know about it.
Abomination of modern cinema or not, this is one where if she wants to see it in the theater, you've got to see it in the theater. The ol' "we'll Netflix it" routine just won't cut it. This isn't your run of the mill Sandra Bullock movie. It's like the lady version of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull-- they all know it's going to suck, but they have to see it in the theater anyway.
My boyfriend actually read the Twilight series to keep up with his girl friends in college who kept talking about it. He's determined to take me to every movie now. He claims he's doing it for me, but I know he's actually measuring the books up to the movies. :) Oh, silly boy.
I wana see transformers 2! the first one was great :) :) :)
If I give someone my boyfriend's email, will they anonymously send him a link to this page? I don't want to see Twilight or New Moon or any of that nonsense... I JUST WANT TO SEE WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE!
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Actually, now that I think of it...
Why not go to the movie by yourself? There are TONS of movies that I want to see, but no one else does. I understand having a date to the New Moon movie would be nice, but why bother trying to convince someone to do something they don't want to do when you actually don't need them to do the actual activity.
I'm sorry, but I would never force another sentient being to watch that crap. I say to the girlfriend suck it up and get better taste in books and movies.
I'm sorry, but I would never force another sentient being to watch that crap. I say to the girlfriend suck it up and get better taste in books and movies.
I'm sorry, but I would never force another sentient being to watch that crap. I say to the girlfriend suck it up and get better taste in books and movies.
I saw the first movie - my mother made me watch it. Edward looks like he fell out of David Bowie's ass when he sparkles in the sunlight...
I agree with you on that last crucial point: no vampire should ever, EVER sparkle!! Other than that, the books were alright. I've read better, of course, but as one of my friends says, "we read shit like this for guilty pleasure; it's so bad we have to keep reading just to see what happens next." I haven't seen the movie, but I'm thinking about going to see New Moon, if only because I'll be in enough pain from having my braces tightened that the only thing I'll be able to censentrate on will be, "Oooh, hott mostly-naked guys!" Aka, the La Push werewolves in human form. Even my mom agrees they're not bad on the eyes at all. ;)
Woa, after reading that, suddenly I felt that I'm outta place. I LOVE transformers, watchmen...and all the action, thriller or scary movies...but I HATE movies like twilight, new moon..well, most of the chick flicks. The problem is, I'm a girl...no wonder we never fight on what movie to watch :)
I feel like i might have a problem because i'm a sane woman and i'd rather see an action packed horror film, and pretend i'm afraid too make my man feel good and the protective role before i see new moon.
Just tell him that it would make you really happy if he went with you and that you'll give him a blowjob afterwards (or sex). That's what I said to my ex all the time when there was something i wanted to do and wanted him to go with me. By offering sexual favors afterwards always gives the guy something to look forward to when he's with you doing whatever your really wanting to do.
yea this answer is bullshit. sitting through chick flicks is the price of being in a relationship with a stupid girl, not any and all girls. that's degrading to both men and women.
and who invented a rule that being a man makes you need to take out the trash?
and i can count on both hands how many times my girlfriend, sister or mom have had to kill a scary bug for me
When my mate was going out with his gf everytime she aked him he said he wasnt really into movies which his not but yea comprimising is a good tip.
I only got to the Twilight movies because it's in Taylor Lautner's contract to take off his shirt every so often in filming. Yeah, I'll pay 15 bucks for that.