It has to be said

[cleolinda]

Guys? I just want to make something clear: I am not advocating that you go see Twilight and talk all the way through it or shout out bits from Growing Up Cullen or generally make people who sincerely want to see the movie miserable. Save the full-on out-loud MSTing for DVD or a theater with no one else in it, okay? Don't be Those Assholes. I would have said this sooner, but it didn't occur to me that I would have to.

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[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

Never fear. I'm protesting by not giving Summit my money at all. I'm going to watch an independent film made in/named after my home town (http://www.moviecritic.com.au/newcastle-film-movie-review/) instead.

[nnneng.livejournal.com]

totes. it has to be said.

[missteddy16.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say that the movie was SO BAD that it wasn't even laugh-at-able. Like, I went there fully ready to snicker at it, and it was pretty much not funny in that way at all.

Some of the actual jokes were funny, however, and, as expected, the special effects and most of the dialogue were bad enough that even the Twilight fans were laughing, but there wasn't a single part where my anti-Twilight friends and I could honestly laugh derisively and offend others there.

So no worries.

[fiveforsilver]

That's what I'm afraid of. I totally want to go and mock it, but I keep seeing the commercials and the clips and it just looks...bad. Not so-bad-it's-funny, just - bad.

[julygreen.livejournal.com]

Word. Let's keep the fail squarely on the shoulders of the movie/book/franchise itself.

[labonnefille.livejournal.com]

I...um...did do that. But...it was the midnight showing, and everyone thought I was effing funny, and most people were being loud anyway. And I am pretty sure I didn't *shout* so much as I said it at normal volume to my friend sitting next to me.

But when I saw it for the second time today, I was quiet like I was supposed to be, cause the whole theater was quiet. I promise.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Midnight showings can be a totally different animal, I'll give you that. I'm just seeing people in the comments planning on how they can maximize their obnoxiousness, and I just want to make it clear that that is not something I'm encouraging or suggesting.

[prettyh.livejournal.com]

Brava. I have a couple of friends who went last night and said they'd be doing just that - and they wanted me to come along...? I had to ask why on earth I'd spend $14 to A) see a bad movie, B) listen to them acting like children when I can witness that for free, and C) probably get kicked out because of them. No word yet on whether my stern lecture sunk in, but I hope it did. I'd have been mightily pissed if people had done that during my LOTR or HP opening night experiences; awful though Twilight may be, I'd never subject an audience to my running commentary. It'd come back on me for sure. Karma's a bitch!

[lots42.livejournal.com]

I've encountered this phenom before. People think that their funny trumps everything.

And people in general are just asses.

[dorei.livejournal.com]

this is why it is on my netflix queue already. I'm contemplating hosting an MST3K party :)

[labonnefille.livejournal.com]

BRILLIANT!

[fortuna-juvat.livejournal.com]

Well, you may get an errant "Sparkle!" out of our group when someone wins the bingo game, but that's about it.

Custom bingo cards ftw.

[thecolourclear.livejournal.com]

NEEDS MOAR SPARKLES!

(also? to be clear, this icon was around before smeyer wrote Twilight. It sparkled all on its own without needing vampire sparkliness.)

[julietlaw.livejournal.com]

And this is the reason why I didn't get to enjoy HSM 3 like I could have. I don't know if you've seen it but the first shot of the movie is very-sweaty!Troy at which point some teenage boy screamed (in a girly voice) "OMG!!!1!!!11 He's so pretty!" And the rest of the movie was pretty much like that. I ended up thanking Ortega for all the musical numbers which were loud enough to cover the rest of the noise but still.

Other people: reason number one why I almost never go to the movies anymore -- at my best (17) I went almost twice a week. Oh well.

[jesspark.livejournal.com]

Other people: reason number one why I almost never go to the movies anymore...

This. :( When we do go to the movies, I go in knowing that I'm probably going to have to lean over at some point and tell some loudmouth asshat, "Excuse me, but this is not your living room. Please keep it down."

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

:( :( That is not on. I want to go with my hubby and quietly grin with him during the cheesy parts but I am fully spot on letting the fangirls enjoy themselves...since I am a semi fangirl over this myself in a OMG I can't beleive I read all the books and want to see the movie way.

[prncssaurora.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's how I am too. And while we were probably obnoxious in line with our Harry Potter jokes, my group was very respectful during the actual movie, confining ourselves to silent giggles when the rest of the theatre was quiet. And really, I think it was better that way - stuff is always more funny when you're trying not to laughing out loud.

Thanks for the PSA, Cleo. Unfrotunately, it did need to be said.

[jjrogueangel.livejournal.com]

No! I can't believe I forgot that that was going to happen!

I should really consider taking a roll of duct tape with me.

[anthraxpretzels.livejournal.com]

Hm, that's why I really appreciated going with friends. They help you not be tooo obnoxious XD

[mogumogu.livejournal.com]

All last night at work we were "busy" in the nobody-buys-anything sense with waves and waves of teens coming out of the theater next door after each showing. This meant... a lot of magazines scattered everywhere.

I overheard a lot of giggling and snickering repeating lines and how corny they sounded, how corny the movie was. One I was acquainted with said "It could have been better..." So, even severe fandom cannot forgive its ills...

(in TrueBlood news... I have supercable, so I'm watching it on demand now! When we got to Bill's origin flashback, my mom was watching, and, before the widow revealed her true nature, my mom was like, "Don't tell me--she's the ancestor of the guy who sleeps with everyone!")

[sugarcages.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Although I never shout in theaters, I may have a big problem keeping myself from laughing in inappropriate moments, but I swear I won't be obnoxious about it.

[vanessa-sly.livejournal.com]

Okay, I confess -- I had the best time at the movie last night. NO, I didn't yell anything obnoxious. The best part for me was -- when the fangirls squealed in delight (when the Cullens came on the screen for the first time, when Edward came on the screen for the first time, when he saved Bella in Port Angeles, when Jacob came on screen, when James came on screen, etc) -- I did too.

And I was born in the early '70's.

I actually thought alot of the cheesy lines (like when Eric kept repeating "La Push") were not in the book.

It just reminded me of how my girlfriends and I used to talk about guys and dating back in my late teens/early 20's, and I got to be back there for a time again. It was just so much fun!

Growing up Cullen

[bella-stella78.livejournal.com]

Forgive me for not being in the "know," but what is Growing up Cullen? I keep hearing about it, I'm thinking it might be some sort of fan-fic, and if it is, please send it my way. I could use some lulz . :D

Re: Growing up Cullen

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

http://oxymoronassoc.livejournal.com/tag/creative+endeavors:+growing+up+cullen

Start here: http://oxymoronassoc.livejournal.com/462027.html

Basically, it's a series of IM conversations between two LJers imagining what Edward's like at home. There is lots of scrapbooking (this is where all jokes about Edward scrapbooking come from) and compulsive cleaning and he gets progressively prissier as the entries go on. Also: their Emmett is HYSTERICAL. And then I read Midnight Sun and Midnight Sun!Emmett was JUST LIKE HIM, I nearly DIED. And MS was clearly written before Twilight started filming, so it was just... magnificent extrapolation on their part, I guess.

(And they even had A FAMILY MEETING in MS just like in GUC. It was MAGICAL.)

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

I hope I didn't come across as wanting to ruin things for the audience by laughing in all the wrong places. That's why the hanky--it's to repress the more irrepressible giggles, assuming there are any. Of course I don't want to ruin their experience.

Frankly, if they're anything like the people I was sitting next to at *Mamma Mia,* they will never notice. Lots of cell phone calls at the beginning of the "where are you?. . . well, I'm in the theater" variety, getting up to meet the person who was joining them, finally getting a phone call about an hour in: "No. I'm at the movie. . . .Pretty good. I was thinking of going swimming later only I'd have to swing by and get my bathing suit blah blah blah." I asked her if she'd please take the call outside if she was going to continue to talk and she got so miffed that she and her clique left.

If I get seated next to a yacker this time, I'll figure no one can hear me anyway.

[kitaloon.livejournal.com]

Dude, Neil Gaiman just linked to your blog. Why does the internet keep making my life surreal this week?

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, that didn't really surprise me. I mean, I wrote about a really nifty thing the publicity people for his movie did; I wouldn't be surprised if he linked to any description of a Mystery Box.

[berseker.livejournal.com]

YES PLEASE.

[violatekate.livejournal.com]

oh, just popping into say that stephanie meyer makes a cameo in the movie. a very blatantly obvious cameo. i couldn't help but laugh when i saw her.

[saramiskismet.livejournal.com]

Here's your Veggie Burger, STEPHANIE.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

Ugh, yeah, that's totally not cool. No one should be that kind of asshat.

[mudpuppy83.livejournal.com]

Well, in the showing I attended, even the fangirls seemed to be laughing their asses off.

Nobody was riffing it loudly, at least. Though my wife and I did trade snarky comments silently.

Commenting during movie time - and free stuff!

[suzeclues12.livejournal.com]

Uh, guilty (head bowing in silent shame).

Really, during the meadow scene (which I suppose is like doing when Jack shouts "I'm king of the world!" in Titanic).

Mainly, whenever Bella tripped, Edward's eyebrows took over the screen or ANY special effects came up, I took a pointed sip from the soda that sat between my husband and myself.

Oh, but when we got our tickets, we got a little flyer-thingie about "The HP Magic Giveaway" (and not as I first thought Harry Potter - rather Hewlett Packard). It starts with giving away products to "50 of the word's top bloggers....asking them for unbiased product reviews." So if you could use some free hardware, Cleolinda, check it out!

P.S. Does it say anything about the power of the SMeyer that, even after my husband whined about going to the movie, he is continuing to read New Moon? Complaining, mind you, but still reading.

[not-tragedi.livejournal.com]

I went to the midnight premiere then got up and went to the early afternoon showing yesterday. Now, at the premiere, we were hooting and squeeling (especially when RPattz initially walked on screen) and the negative comments were non-existent...or drowned in the upbeat screams. Either or.

In fact, I'm still partially recovering my hearing from the midnighter.

[labonnefille.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. We went to a 12:01a and then to a 2:15p showing the next day. And I just *know* I'll be seeing it again.

My favorite part was during the second showing, my best friend and I were being quiet and keeping the lulz to ourselves (cause it was a smaller, less crowded showing the second time), but every time something "Growing Up Cullen" would happen, we'd just inhale sharply and look at one another all wide eyed, smirk, and then look back to the movie.