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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
She's painfully awkward in "Catch That Kid", too, so I think it's just her.
My dad asked me last night why this whole thing appeals to grown women so much...not just women my age (20s), but women he works with as well - 40s+. I didn't really have a good answer for him. He pointed out that it obviously wasn't "the guy" - meaning Pattinson. LOL.
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I really think that it's just the whole fantasy/adventure appeal. Almost every woman I've talked to (in my admittedly short life) has either articulated or hinted at wanting a life with 1. a secure attachment to a significant other (specifically a kind, caring, and considerate one who always does what is best for her) and 2. a life of adventure/romance. I think that Twilight delivers both, and therefore plays to the ultimate women's fantasy. Not to mention that the hero is dashing, that she is fought over, and that Edward is chivalrous and suave. The vampire aspect is really only the surface of it; at its heart Twilight is a romance novel like most others, except that it is a more innocent version of one (i.e. the lack of graphic sex).
In this way I think that the Twilight phase will pass, because the only difference between it and other novels like it are that it is innocent and somewhat of a new take on an old theme. Combined with the fact that it was not especially well written (not to say that it is particularly bad writing, just also nothing rather noteworthy), I will bet that it will fade into obscurity in the next five years.
That being said, I will still probably watch all of the movies as they come out and most likely re-read the books a few times before then--meaning that while there are and will always be Twilight haters and skeptics, there will probably also be enough people that support the series to keep it quite profitable for those involved.