Twilight ‘Breaking Dawn’ Movie: Rated R?

Twilight ‘Breaking Dawn’ Movie: Rated R?

By Vic Holtreman

Holtreman, Vic. “Twilight ‘Breaking Dawn’ Movie: Rated R?”, April 2, 2010.Web. April 14, 2010.

http://screenrant.com/breaking-dawn-movie-rated-r-lautner-vic-51554/

Summary: This article begins by stating that Vic Holtreman has not looked into the statistics of which age groups are most attracted to the Twilight movies, but he says he is pretty sure they are under the age of 17. He then explains how “Breaking Dawn” is darker and gorier than the previous books so it seems that the studio wants to release it as an R-rated movie. By doing this he says that there are either going to be lots of unhappy upset teenage girls who will not be able to see it or lots of girls who will find a way to get into the movie. Holtreman is not surprised that they want to release it as an R movie because the director they hired is known for horror films. Summit Entertainment also had a list of potential directors all of whom are known for their R-rated movies. He ends by saying he wonders what’s in store for the box offices and says it’s a “hell of a gamble any way you look at it.”

Analysis: From this article I get a sense that Vic Holtreman doesn’t think making the movie “Breaking Dawn” rated R would be a great idea. He states that he doesn’t know for sure what the biggest age group is, but he has a pretty good idea it is younger teenagers and they are the market for these movies. He does not agree that they should break the hearts of all these young teenage girls.

Response: I agree with Holtreman. Stephenie Meyers wrote this series for young girls. They are the ones who have made this such a big hit. In my opinion it would not be professional for the director to make it R-rated so the younger audience wouldn’t be able to see it. These girls have read the book so they know it is more violent than the other ones so I feel they could leave a lot of those scenes out or make them less violent. Overall, this will be the last movie to conclude the Twilight Saga, why make readers miss out because of their age when they are the ones who have spent hours reading this series and falling in love with each character.

How do you feel about the Breaking Dawn controversy?

How do you feel about the Breaking Dawn controversy?

By Stephenie Meyer

Meyer, Stephenie. “How do you feel about the Breaking Dawn controversy?” Stephenie Meyers, Web. 29 Mar. 2010.

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/bd_faq.html

Summary: This article begins by asking Stephenie Meyers how she feels about the Breaking Dawn controversy. She explains how it did make her sad, but it was something she expected. There was more than she expected, but says it was because she sold more books than she expected. She also said it was bigger on both the positive and negative sides. Meyers explains how the bigger the audience gets, you’re going to have a larger group of people who won’t like it. Everyone has their own tastes in books and that is why there are so many varieties of books out there. No book is a great book for everyone. She tells how there are many really popular books on the shelves that she didn’t enjoy at all and vice versa. There are many that she loved that not very many people enjoyed.

When she publishes her books she knows they are not going to be right for everyone because she writes them for a very specific audience. With Breaking Dawn, there were expectations so big and intense that she predicted there would be a big negative reaction, but she says that in the end it is really just a book. No kind of entertainment is going to meet everyone’s expectations. It might be exactly what some were hoping for, but there is always going to be another who was hoping for something else.

Meyers ends by saying there is nothing she can do, Breaking Dawn either entertained you or it didn’t. She says that if she could go back in time she would write the exact same story. She said this is the story she wanted and she loved it. It was everything she was hoping for in her last novel of the Twilight saga and people’s reactions can’t change that. Meyers does clarify that she did not write Bella’s character as an anti-feminist heroine and that Bella is not promoting teen pregnancy because she is married on her honeymoon when she gets pregnant.

Analysis: From this article I get a sense that Meyers doesn’t care about all the negative attention. She comes right out and says she expected it and in the end she wouldn’t change her story line. It is hard to have people unhappy with her, but she is okay with it.

Response: I was interested to read Stephanie Meyers comment about all the controversy with Breaking Dawn. I think most of the controversy she is getting from this book is ridiculous. It seems like most of the people are just going off what they have heard without ever reading the book. Like trying to say she is promoting teens to have a baby, when she was married when she got pregnant. I don’t know anyone who feels it’s inappropriate for married couples to get pregnant. Overall, I feel it was important for Meyers to have a say in what she feels about the Saga controversy.

Stephen King Vs Stephenie Meyer: The Controversy

Stephen King Vs Stephenie Meyer: The Controversy

By Marciano Guerrero

Guerrero, Marciano. "Stephen King Vs Stephenie Meyer: The Controversy." Article Alley. Yedda, 4 Aug. 2009. Web. 8 Mar. 2010. .

Summary: This article begins by giving a quote that Stephen King said in a recent interview. He said “Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people… The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”

Guerreo then says that from this interview King gave the impression that he was jealous of young popular writers. Fans of Stephenie Meyer well telling people to not buy his books and that he has no popular books today so he cannot see a young writer succeeding.

The author then states that he has read almost all of Stephen King’s books and not one of Stephenie Meyer’s books, so he bought a copy of Twilight and read it. Guerreo then gives an excerpt from the first paragraph in chapter 8 of Twilight. After the quote he picks apart the entire thing. He says it’s inartistic, childish, and as Truman Capote would call it she is “typing” not writing. The whole paragraph is just subject, verb, object. To compare her writing he then bought several of Jo Rowling’s books of the Harry Potter series and he was surprised. He said Rowling is a master of writing. There were balanced sentences, rhythm, and rhetoric. Because Stephenie Meyers writes for children her books are not consider literary by critics and he say that eventually she will just be known as “Mark Twain, C.S. Lewis, Kipling, and Dickens. “

To finish the article Guerreo concludes by saying that Stephen King might be right in his criticism of Stephenie Meyers, but not because he is jealous, but because she “isn’t writing at all, but typing.”

Analysis: From this article I get a sense that Marciano Guerreo agrees with Stephen King. He does not say he hates Stephenie Meyers writing, just that she writes childish.

Response: I disagree with the article. Marciano Guerrero is basing his opinion on one book and more specifically on one paragraph from Twilight. If this were my article I would at least give a list of horrible paragraphs, but he can only state one. This to me comes across that he had to search for one and finally 152 pages into the book in chapter 8, he finds one.

He also says he bought Twilight and then says he bought several Harry Potter books and has read almost every Steven King book. He is not equally comparing all three authors so I don’t think he has a valid point.

As far as what Steven King says I would think he would have to be jealous in some way. This article says he has written several books and I do not know of one of his books, but people across the world know of Stephenie Meyers and it has only been 7 years since she started writing.

Is Twilight Appropriate for Young Girls and Tweens?

Is Twilight Appropriate for Young Girls and Tweens?

By Twilight Fan

Twilight Fan. "Is Twilight Appropriate for Young Girls and Tweens." Always Twilight. 23 December 2008. Web. 11 February 2010.

Summary: This article starts by asking if Twilight is appropriate for young girls and tweens and says that parents need to consider this before they let their kids read the books and watch the movies. This author says she is the mother of three and is a “HUGE” Twilight fan. She goes on to say that the movie Twilight is PG 13 and although it is a pretty innocent parents should stick to the age 13 and up guidelines.

After talking about the movie she says that the books are completely different. The first and second books are very innocent. There are a few passionate moments, but nothing actually happens except for kissing. She then says that since Bella and Edward’s physical relationship cannot progress because of the human/vampire problem it would make it easier on young girls to see that this cannot exist in real life. She then explains how the third book gets a little less innocent. She says Bella thinks a lot about sex and tries to take off her clothes when they kiss. They also talk a lot about Edwards’s perfect body. They never have sex in the third book, but there is a longing for it. The fourth book is the one to watch out for. She says that they have a ton of sex in the fourth and it goes into lots of detail. Since Vampires do not sleep the use their time by having sex and since they are immensely strong they end up destroying furniture. After explaining all four books she says how the 4^th book is very much an adult book and she would not recommend this for young girls. She wants her daughter to wait till she is 15-16 to read them.

She concludes her article saying that the movie is okay for kids 13 and the first two books are ok, but the third and fourth should wait till kids are around 15 and there should be parental discussions while they are reading. She said that it would be a good idea for parents to read them as well so they can get a feel for what their daughters might be thinking about sex and relationships.

Analysis: From this article I get a sense that the author is for Twilight and teens should be able to read it, but parents should be cautious and monitor them.

Response: I thought this author gave a lot of great advice. She is a fan of Twilight, but agrees that parents need to be responsible and monitor what they let their children read and watch. The movies do have rating for a reason and parents should know what they are letting be put in their children’s minds. I think there is enough R rate material in schools and in public that I don’t think the Twilight Saga is going to introduce kids to sex and relationships. I think they already know about that at a young age.

Controversy over Twilight Saga Series by Stephanie Meyer

Controversy over Twilight Saga Series by Stephanie Meyer

By Mary McCarthy

http://teen-culture.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_teens_are_reading_breaking_dawn

Summary: This article starts by saying how popular Twilight is. She says that is hasn’t been since the Harry Potter series came out that a book has been so demanding. People are having parties and waiting till midnight when they can go purchase a part of the saga. Mary then tells that the first three books are: Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse and the 4th book just released is Breaking Dawn. She gives a little summary of the book telling how Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black are the three main characters in this saga. She explains how Bella is “torn between a werewolf and a vampire” because she loves them and they love her. She explains that it is this love triangle that is making the world fall in love with these books. Then Mary gets into the controversy of the article. She says everything about this book has been a controversy from the cover image to the ending and everything else in between. She tells how “1.5 million copies were sold in it first day of release.” Though all of this is creating controversy she explains how the major controversy is about the character Bella. They do not think she is a good role model for teenage girls because she is stuck in a love triangle between two “monsters“, and here only decision is which one she wants/needs more and in the end she ends up getting pregnant. She finishes the article by telling how they are making a movie of Twilight and now teens are going to be stuck in the book and the movie.

Analysis: From this article I get a sense that this author is completely against the 4th book Breaking Dawn. She does not say one positive outcome of this book.

Response: I can see where this author is coming from. Bella Swan is probably not the best role model for teens, but I feel that this book is actually more positive than negative. If I were a parent I would be so happy that my teenagers are wanting to read and staying up all night having parties waiting for these books to come out. Yes she does get pregnant, but go to any high school and I can guarantee that there will be pregnant girls there and I don’t think any one of them is going to say “I’m pregnant because Bella Swan is pregnant!” The major point this author is leaving out is Edward and Bella are on their honeymoon when she gets pregnant, so there should not be any controversy with this issue any way.