You Don't Need No Stinkin' College Degree!!

[AXiDMeesh]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

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

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

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!

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

Originally Posted by DrPhil

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

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 AGDee

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!

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.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by AXiDMeesh

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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.

Yeah, I know...have you read her "adult" book? It screams fundamentalist creepy mormon marry a child bride weird.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

That settles it?

Yes.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Yes.

I wish I hadn't...I could use those brain cells!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by AXiDMeesh

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.

It can be an entertaining book series, but I can't acknowledge that it's good. I read all sorts of fluff and crap that I'd never admit to my stuck up friends (or I wouldn't have before, now it's all on my goodreads) and as long as people read Twilight that way, ok fine. But damn all the tweens and grown up 35-50 year old women who sat outside bookstores mooning over *~*Edward*~* when in reality he's a 117 some years old emotionally abusive teenager.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by als463

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.

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.

Originally Posted by als463

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.

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.

[als463]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

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.

You know, I have heard of this argument by some people. To be honest, until watching the movie, I never read the book because I didn't even know it was based on a book. I'm going to check it out. Thanks for the idea because I am looking for some great summer reading! I really hope that he is still very close to the family because they were there for him when he needed them (from the movie perspective-the book I will check out). Oh, and I LOVE Sandra Bullock!