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Variety’s review of Twilight: it sucks
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
I’ve just read the first review published by a major news outlet for Twilight and it’s not a good one. That doesn’t mean that I believe the film is going to bomb at all; this thing is now a genuine phenom and is going to do at least $45 million dollars worth of ticket sales this weekend. No, what I think we’re seeing is another review proof movie, just as the three Star Wars prequels were. Shaky acting, too much soulless CG and weak storylines didn’t seem to matter with audiences who paid up to see The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Quite possibly Twilight could be the fangirl equivalent of this kind of movie event. Continue reading…
Posted at 11:43AM by Patrick
