Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Gooch's Notes: Twilight Saga

Here's a summary of the Twilight Saga to date. I've watched both films so you don't have to:

It's about this teenage girl who moves to a small Oregon/Washington composite town. Her biggest turn-on happens to be guys that might accidentally kill her. She starts dating a vampire and then he takes off, so she starts dating a werewolf. The vampire appears to her as an apparition - like a dead Obi-Wan Kenobi to her Luke Skywalker - warning her of stuff, and watching himself get cockblocked by the werewolf. Oh yeah, the werewolf's only weakness, apparently, is shirts. And there's this girl named Jessica with a terrific rack, and a token wisecracking Asian. They are not integral to the plot.

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It's simply a complicated love story that can only truly be appreciated by teenagers. The female lead is 17-18 in the movies and she's worried about being with this Edward guy... forever. Only a seventeen-year-old viewer could appreciate that. I'm thinking (as most people that have been in long term relationships) that forever seems like a long fucking time, considering that most couples break up after four years. I'm not unromantic, just practical.

goochout.

Monday, December 14, 2009

New Gooch on Monday

Watched Twilight (the first one) last night. This movie was made solely for teenage chicks. I was annoyed because the Edward Cullen character, the composite of a perfect object of desire, was the complete antithesis of me. Aside from dark clothes, this bloodsucker was skinny, pasty, and quiet. I am none of those things.

Whoever made Twilight took the mythical vampire and made him super cool and threw away any of the bad qualities from traditional vampiredom. Traditional vampires burn when hit by direct sunlight. That's not sexy enough for the Twilight demographic. In the world of Twilight, vampires sparkle... like diamonds. What happens when he's exposed to garlic? Does he start singing in the voice of Miley Cyrus? Fuck, he's dreamy.

I'm guessing, based on my one viewing of the first movie and seeing the posters for the second, that the Indian kid cock blocks the pasty kid. Hijinks ensue, I'm sure.

I'm going to see the second one tonight. Don't tell anyone.

JG