"He's just so fabulous I can hardly hold myself together!" Mark's infrequent camp moments are worth tuning in on their own.

'The first time the camera looks at him the camera almost falls over.'

This is why I love Mark Kermode. You honestly never know what to expect from him. The guy calls it like he sees it, and he doesn't feel the need to apologize for enjoying movies that either you or I might think are complete rubbish. I severerly dislike Twilight (both the book and the movie- take your pick) but I thought his review was great. He gets the target audience, and he gets the appeal. The guy is a riot, and I love listening to his reviews , even the ones I don't agree with.

"The background - the hard work - I can do and you can join in with the fluff." Quotes like this are the reason I've grown to love Kermode so much. What a badass.

"He' s just so fabulous I can barely hold myself together! ...anyway..." Teenage girls have Twilight, men have Under Siege, etc.

"He' s just so fabulous I can barely hold myself together! ...anyway..."

i fell off my chair at 3:45 - hilarious Keannu impression.

I disagree I hated the movie but to be fair you make fair points

I'm pretty sure very few twilight fans have ever heard of A Flock of Seagulls =P

10 years ago to this day...

@dbmcwilliams205

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, how time flies! This just popped up on my timeline. Remember my daughter (who was 9 at the time) asking what all the fuss was all about... she’ll be 20 soon😲

@missoujei I do agree in some ways but he is trying to protect her. To be fair the only suicide he threatens her with is his own & thats only in response to her death. He does effectively isolate her by not telling her to hang out with people like Jess, Angela, Mike, Eric etc. but he's not doing it deliberately. He's not trying to hurt her, just trying to make her happy.

@missoujei I would say I'm probably on the same side as kermode on this. I love the concept of the story and themes etc. rather than the actual characters etc. In the books, I think I would fall for Edward but in the movie version, I don't think I would. I doubt I would fall for Jacob in either version.

He sidetracks what the massive issue in the film actually is, and that is the fact that the three main characters are so wooden at the best of times, and angsty and sulky and frustrating to watch at the best of times. Even the clip annoyed me.

Kermode's love of horror and his interest in theology has been his undoing leading him into this state where Twilight seems good.

@mangadrawer5282

Жыл бұрын

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@queenjoanna01 He didn't actually like Twilight. He just didn't want that girl to feel bad.

That's a very, very good point.

Near Dark was awesome, especially due to the fact it has Bishop, Vasquez, and Hudson, as well as Nathan Petrelli

@gregarnold1696

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Doll man

can you review the tv show trueblood?

i didnt think the first one was too bad

@ReligionOfSacrifice

4 жыл бұрын

After slaying five vampires were you afraid that one weak stupid one from the group was still alive as the threat? The first one sucked and the rest were much worse. The only thing I have to admit is that the two main actors were good looking, other than that the movie sucked, which means the movies sucked.

@dinggledoser

4 жыл бұрын

@@ReligionOfSacrifice Dude, you're replying to a comment from 8 years ago. I have no idea what the hell you're even talking about.

@ReligionOfSacrifice

4 жыл бұрын

@@dinggledoser, Twilight. It sucks because it sucks. Pretty people do not mean the movie is good. The ending especially sucked.

@dinggledoser

4 жыл бұрын

@@ReligionOfSacrifice The year is 2020 and nobody cares.

@ReligionOfSacrifice

4 жыл бұрын

@@dinggledoser, this is a review for the first movie of Twilight. Welcome to the time capsule.

@missoujei Its true love in the sense that they can't live without each other. Whether its a healthy relationship is another thing entirely. At the end of breaking dawn once they're both vamps, I think it is a healthy relationship. TBH, I think its whats interesting about the story in that what would you do for love? Would you love a vampire? would you become a vampire for him? Would you fall for a werewolf, knowing you don't have to change for him? etc.

In reference to your first sentence, Orson Scott Card is a mormon and he wrote the epic that is the Ender's Game saga. Good day

I loved "Near Dark" and it was in my top 300 favorite movies, but has fallen off the list. It is a great vampire movie for having a vampire who refuses to kill (concept of "Interview with the Vampire) and actually ends up with a method of reversing vampirism (in the Ann Rice series of books if you read enough of them) and ending with the man saving a girl from being a vampire to be a mortal love. I have no idea where it would fall now, but certainly in the top 300 to 350 movies of all the movies I've ever seen. "Let the Right One In" is the best vampire movie and "Interview with the Vampire" is the second best vampire movie. Dracula is #3 with Bela Lugosi, who captured my imagination as a child, and was what I always wanted to be for Halloween instead of a clown, and my favorite aunt Vera made me a vampire outfit that I then wore the rest of my childhood while "trick or treating." "Near Dark" would be under all these: 5) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption 27) Interview with the Vampire (1994) 73) Dracula (1931) 80) Nosferatu (1922) 240) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) 290) Hunger (1983) "Near Dark" would beat the Winona Ryder movie from 1992 called "Bram Stoker's Dracula," which would fall under it, but I do love Winona Ryder as an actress.

I won't deny it. I actually enjoyed the first movie, but after that...........

How the hell can the lead actor in this movie be described as a hearthrob when he looks like Herman Munster?.

@amyclarke41

6 жыл бұрын

petertyson2 excellent i thought he looked quite old fashioned i liked the family aspect 😊

loving the jason statham santa in the background

@missoujei is it really emotional blackmail? How does he blackmail Bella by saying don't die or I'll kill myself. Most people don't want to die at any rate. TBH, its unhealthy in the fact that a human is after a vampire and that if they get intimate, he might accidentally kill her or turn her into a vampire. I agree - none of the characters are great. Bella emotionally blackmails Edward in Eclipse to stay away from the fight.

That is a very good point about the book thing... I haven't read any of the books, and when I saw it, I thought it was quite good (apart from a few dodgy wire-work moments), but my dad and sister agreed that the book was much better than the film.

@JMcauley211 Have you heard of opposites attract? Since when did you have to have something in common with someone to fall in love with them? Love is weird. Its something more than have something in common with them or anything else.

Well it's aimed a teens so teens are gonna like it and lots of older people like it too. I am 25 and love Twilight. If u don't like it fine. But i would like to see u do better.

@elspoko In the video game world, I always felt that there was also a definite "follow the leader" mentality amongst Halo fans as well. Yeah, I definitely agree anyway.

@eschultz711 he's honest. he had higher expectations for kill bill because he feels emotionally invested in quentin tarantino's career. it's why he's such an interesting critic. you and i disagree with him, but it doesn't make us better critics.

@pypeworld I agree, "Let The Right One In" is a masterpiece! :)

@ReligionOfSacrifice

4 жыл бұрын

5) Let the Right One In (2008) - Swedish with English caption 27) Interview with the Vampire (1994) 73) Dracula (1931) 80) Nosferatu (1922) 240) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) 290) Hunger (1983)

kermode is team edward

yeah im kinda jaded by that

Saying Twilight sucks is the most obvious thing to do....everyone does it and its gotten to the point where its become a trend to put it down. I saw the original Twilight the week it was released and i really enjoyed it....the only reason i can think of for why people put it down.,..is because of what followed the films success...13 year old girls swooning over hunky movie stars....i just find it sad that people dont want to be associated with that so much that they end up disliking the film

@jamesmoscrop007 not saying Twilight is good but Quantum of Solace was a bad movie - there was no plot in that movie at all.

Jack Nicholson's trampolining in Wolf is more entertaining than any of the Twilight movies.

@pandemic0barretta It's called opinions, and he's able to back them up.

Watch Låt den rätte komma in (Let The Right One In) instead of Twilight. You will not be disappointed. And watch it before there's a shitty remake.

@jack688 I think you missed my point.

Have you seen Superbad?

It's good; I accept that. It also happens to have a target audience I wouldn't be seen dead with, a sad fact considering I'm a 17 yr old male, but there you go. Good in the sense that it is perfect for its target audience, objectively there isn't much wrong with it; subjectively, however, worst film I saw that year.

@Enoemen I think Kermode looks at this too much, he's become like an executive producer critic. Is the FILM good or not, not its business viability!!?

So I'm afraid it's always going to be around - but then again it's not all black & white, girls are into many things, while I was swooning over my unmentionable boyband in the 90's, my favourite movie was The Shawshank Redemption. It's still in my top 5! AND I still think Tim Robbins in HOT!

when he says dracul, he reminds me of eddie izzard

@VejlorMorne well said but admit that it touches us guys too... not as much but still

stop banging the table while on the radio mark

@eddywards84 I do actually kinda agree that it doesn't deserve ALL the bad press it's got, because now it's just a magnet for hate basically. But I'd still say it was crap and boring, and it's really cheesy. You can't just generalise that all men hate romance and that's why we dislike it, it's just that men aren't affected by the soppy side of it, and it's therefore easy for us to see what a bad movie it is...

Agree. I like the Twilight books, not obsessed but I enjoyed them. Think the kiss was too much, jumping was awful but everything else was pretty good. Not the best film ever made, but for what it is, it is better than most teen films. It wears it's ridiculousness on it's sleeve.

@HillDueceua He also thought Inception was great film.

@missoujei It is just a movie and teenagers know that it isn't real and if any teenage girl takes the film literally blame the parents not a movie!

best film ever! but i am a 14 year old girl... =p

@jordank1489

3 жыл бұрын

How do you feel now, in your mid twenties?

So erm, he likes it? WTF!? And he doesn't like Watchmen, or Dark Knight, or The Shining? I watched the whole review waiting for him to say "actually it's crap".

@VejlorMorne but guys LOVE porn... so why do we get so annoyed at this films massive success (with yes mainlyt girls)??

@keirarts30 In all fairness, Near Dark is kind of like Twilight, if Twilight had been directed by Hank III and wasn't completely braindead.

@Filmzie That and the glittering...

Near Dark. Good flick. You notice they never say the "V" word? Vampire is never uttered in it. I want more from Bigelow! I've never seen any Twilight films, am I missing much?

Go Mayo!

Near Dark is the best vampire movie. A must see.

You know what, if you want teenage angst + vampires, go watch Buffy. At least that show was fun at times.

21jump street with vampires!

Kermode was not necessarily saying he liked it, just that he thought it did what it was supposed to do well. Which was basically to cash in on teenagers who have a lot of angst and are horny. He was just mentioning he's not part of the intended audience (i.e. teenage girls.) I am however and I can't stand the movie or books.

@VejlorMorne You would have no idea how much I hated it . You cant imagine how much hate I had. Until I just wanted to watch it with no expectation, just to see it you know, .... I never watch this kind of movies but I tell you this movie still got something,. a lot could be improved, I write stories for hobby ( I dont work in hollywood) heck

@PurushaDesa exactly.

yeah, thats what it is, kermode is just so LOYAL to britain that he won't criticise british actors, yes, that sounds very likely.

Why does this remind me of the Yogscast? Simon=Simon, Mark=Lewis

Well if you like your males to act more like a girl than you do then twilight is your movie....I agree with those that say it was dull and really had no plot and personally I would rather have to read a dictionary through twice than to read another of Meyers books again.

Referencing Ultravox in relation to this mess is insulting one of the coolest bands of the '80's. Both Midge Ure and John Foxx would fit.

Angst! Angst! An good angsty film is a paradox!

the thing is, i guess he is viewing it with no outside influences and a kind of un-biased take compared to most of us. i know i don't like it but its also a sin to like it these days.

The only vampire film I can tolerate is Blade #1.

@pypeworld That's a pretty sweeping statement about fifteen year-old girls. Did I like the movie? No. But I'm not going to dismiss an entire demographic on that basis, because it's kind of narrow minded and insulting. I was a fifteen year-old girl once, and I wasn't a moron.

3:53

There is some good work put into the film. It has a nice atmosphere, and it takes itself serious enough that it can draw you in to some scenes. The story is meh, and the sparkling vampires is not cool. But the only truly unforgivable thing is Kristen Stewart's acting. Having not read the books I don't know if the character is supposed to be that twitchy and annoying, but I've seen her in other roles and it was the exact same mess. Edward was done alright, and Bella's father was quite good.

@jack688 Twilight doesn't aspire to anything, whereas Watchmen was a violation of a classic work done in a pitiful way. It's all about context.

I disagree with Kermode too, but come on! Let him have his guilty pleasures.

It's just as much fun to disagree with Mark Kermode, though. I'm convinced that it's only the horror and religious elements in Twilight that made him look twice at it.

lol you can tell the film is rubbish as he is having more fun talking about Dracula.

This movie is one of my guilty pleasures, due to its stupidity.

@cofpaddy It's a movie. more to the point, it's a Steven Seagal movie.

It bored me senseless and also New Moon which is even worse. It's like watching an episode of Dawson's Creek with Vamps. Kirsten Stewart is truly awful, Pattison just about holds it together. How this tripe ever got greenlit..Cherr Ching!

I just heard the audio of this film and already disagree with Mark

Reason why The film is better than the book. Its shorter ;D. The twilight books is possibly the worst book i've read. Also, Why are they In love? They having nothing in common, Nothing that shows its love. I don't have a problem with Vampires being in the sun light, as In past novels they could survive in Light but they became weaker. However if they Sparkle, That annoys me. ;D

I would like to point out that a lot of people supported Bush's war on terror, as did alot of people voting for McCain. While I do not agree with these two actions that does not lesson him in my opinion since he writes epic books. What's more while I agree Mormon belief if taken literally is ridiculous they still attempt to do good, as do Christians despite their holy book being ridiculous, they don't take it literally they interpret.

Transformers talks to its target audience just as well, the box office tells you that much, it also launched Megan Fox and Shia Labeouf's career. I'm a girl, I can tell you Twilight is a porn for girls as Transformers are for boys. I think older men think there's something sweet about the sexual longing and fantasy of a girl who's nervous about the actual thing, that's why they don't judge Twilight as harshly. You will also notice those who're most critical of the series are actually women.

honestly.. twilight isn't a bad film. and I'm a nineteen year old heterosexual lad. I was surprised myself.

The film is intriguing, well directed & very stylish, however the acting, characters, effects & lack of pacing is what derails the film. (48%) (2.5/5 stars) (mixed)

i really is a very good film, it gets such bad mass reviews from males purely i think because of a macho culture, any film with a romance is soppy and rubbish. However, despite the romance this is not all about a romance this is about conflicting hidden worlds, which have effects on any relationship developing, but at the centre of it, is a believable romance, with is driven by character development and an ever moving narrative

Hey now, let's not badmouth 21 Jump Street!

Why are you using this word like this?

Maths? What maths?!

It's alright, it's just the hype that fucks it up.

Of all the reviews from Kermode I've seen over the years, I find this one the most baffeling.

When I first watched it at the cinema I thought it was actually pretty good - if I'd seen this review before I'd have agreed with everything he said but I watched it for the second time yesterday and it was so SLOW! The two main characters had no personality - Bella was so horrible to everyone and so selfish. Why did I think it was so good before?? I've agreed all along about the lame special effects though - and the sparkling in the sun thing with the chimes sound effect - embarrassing.

@ec123456789able Agreed man. Agreed. Calling it a piece of shit is an overstatement.

YOU GAVE ME BAD ADVICE, KERMODE!

You have to understand, if Hollywood says such and such person is a hearthrob, the mindless follow.

I bet some of the people here who hate on twilight haven't even seen it. Thinking they are cool to dis it.

Kristen Stewert is the only person I've ever seen with a sexy chin.

Well if you've only saw 10 minutes of it then you haven't seen the film and can't pass judgement on it