TWILIGHT
I hate to make sweeping generalisations, and more so about a whole nationality, but anyone who’s ever dated a Filipino will tell you that among the many things they teach you (spending money being one of them) the most important is that sex is always about the foreplay rather than just the whole wham-bam thing. The prime focus is given to 'anticipation' rather than just 'copulation'.
And if you think a little, you will also probably agree that a promise of what’s to come is far more appealing than what happened last night.
If you know this to be true then you will absolutely love Twilight.
How ever if you go in looking for a gore fest then you will be greatly disappointed.
And if you think a little, you will also probably agree that a promise of what’s to come is far more appealing than what happened last night.
If you know this to be true then you will absolutely love Twilight.
How ever if you go in looking for a gore fest then you will be greatly disappointed.
This is NOT a horror film.
Yes there are Vampires and Humans but when Edward the Vampire tells Bella his Prey;
Yes there are Vampires and Humans but when Edward the Vampire tells Bella his Prey;
"I don’t have the strength to stay away from you anymore” I am guessing the overwhelming feeling is more of passion than fear.
The movie is above all a great love story. Like the type they used to make during the glory days of Hollywood where Passion & Love were more important than Lust & Sex. When abstinence was far sexier than sex itself.
“You really should stay away from me” he says in a classic example of when NO means YES.
In the old classic, Casablanca, Bogart & Bergman sway as the song “A Kiss is Just a Kiss” plays in the back. However here, a kiss is never just a kiss.
It could possibly lead to Edward losing self control and devouring Bella fully (metaphor anyone?).
“You are like my own personal brand of heroin” says Edward to Bella perfectly capturing the abundance of teen lust wrapped in just that hint of the forbidden fruit metaphor.
Its like if Adam was the Serpent and Eve his temptation.
The special effects are bad (you’ll see better in TV series) and the action is almost comical in its amateurishness but what works is the central and all consuming love between the lead pair.
The special effects are bad (you’ll see better in TV series) and the action is almost comical in its amateurishness but what works is the central and all consuming love between the lead pair.
I remember reading long ago that most high school kids in the US lose their virginity during prom night.
In Twilight, at the final prom when the two dance slowly in a strangely deserted gazebo (where did all the other school kids go), Bella bends her head back, exposes her nubile virgin (in more ways than one) neck and tells Edward to take a bite. He leans in, then stops just short of the act and gently kisses her neck instead. He doesn’t bite. Not Yet.
There are 3 more sequels for that anyway.
There are 3 more sequels for that anyway.
In a way, isn’t this what great Foreplay is all about?
Enjoying all the ecstasy of longing without going all the way.
Not Right Away Anyway.
In fact isn’t that what Love is all about?
A Great Love, that is, not just Infatuation.
So how’s that for a Metaphor.
However don’t take TWILIGHT too seriously.
At the beginning of the movie one of the characters (the asian {but of course} nerd) used a word I hadn’t heard before.
At the beginning of the movie one of the characters (the asian {but of course} nerd) used a word I hadn’t heard before.
Chillax, he says, meaning (I presume) to both Chill & Relax.
It’s a good word to remember while watching this movie.
Chillax!
It’s a good word to remember while watching this movie.
Chillax!
TIll next time and another movie
Luv
Vish 
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