Originally Posted by DaemonSeid (Post 1934560)

GC....where the sockpuppets are crazy and the women are violent enough to cut you.

Originally Posted by AOII Angel (Post 1935434)

The last one was the creepiest! Imprinting on a baby and having the child grown up quickly to marry Jacob. It was just a little too fundamentalist mormon to me!

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1935461)

That settles it. I won't be watching Twilight.

Originally Posted by AGDee (Post 1935491)

My daughter, who was one of Twilight's biggest fans (and early too, before it was really hyped, she was getting all of her friends to read it) was thoroughly disgusted by the fourth book and now refuses to have anything to do with any of it. Why? Because of the incongruence of vampires having no fluids yet Edward was able to impregnate Bella. She couldn't reconcile that..lol. I said "So you're turned off from books about vampires and werewolves because of it includes an event that is impossible?" She was able to understand the irony of that, but stuck by it anyway!

Originally Posted by AXiDMeesh (Post 1935551)

My new siggy :)



Stephenie Meyer is Mormon, I wasn't surprised when I got to that part, but thoroughly disgusted yes.



Please don't. It's a good book series but the movies are sucky and none of them can act and RPats sounds like a girl to me. Worst Edward ever.



When I first read Twilight I only knew one other girl who knew about, and she was the one who told me about it in the first place. The fourth book is all kinds of screwed up.

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum (Post 1935484)

That settles it?

Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1935644)

Yes.

Originally Posted by AXiDMeesh (Post 1935551)

Please don't. It's a good book series but the movies are sucky and none of them can act and RPats sounds like a girl to me. Worst Edward ever.

Originally Posted by als463 (Post 1935121)

Why is it bad I mentioned that movie? You said you didn't even see it. I liked it and I thought it had a great message. Here is this kid who came from nothing and instead of just living the dream based on his athletic abilities, he also finished college. There are so many athletes that choose not to finish college. I think that is sad.

Originally Posted by als463 (Post 1934459)

I am really happy about the ending (spoiler alert) that Michael didn't just make it because of his athletic ability but, because he was willing to put in the academic work.

Originally Posted by KSigkid (Post 1936939)

Have you ever read the book "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis? I thought the book brought up some serious issues, and the movie kind of glossed over them (besides being a terrible movie).

I won't get on my Sandra Bullock rant, as it's a little off-topic. Needless to say that I think her Oscar was a big mistake.



That part is questionable if you read the book. Lewis doesn't make a big deal of it, and tries to make it into a "rags to riches" story...but honestly it seemed to me like a family taking advantage of a poor, athletically-gifted kid.