Why I can't help but to respect the Twilight series. ~ Punch Drunk Critics

When it comes to finding the easy target for ridicule in today's movie world there isn't a series holding a bigger kick me sign then Twilight. A Dawson's Creek style love triangle between a confused girl, a werewolf that takes his shirt off more than any busty victim of the 80's slasher craze, and a bedazzled vampire with great hair. In the great divide that seperates the insanely devoted fanbase and the equally devoted legion prepared for mockery lies one similarity. Opening day of a Twilight movie means something. Personally the flick's aren't my cup of tea, still, I'll never understand why people go to such great lengths, spending countless amounts of their own (possibly) valuable time to shoot down someone else for liking something they themselves have no personal interest in. I've always taken it as a "Thou dost protest too much, methinks" type thing, that those hurling the insults are really just mad that they are unable to do what they want because of their over reliance on what other's think of them. Let's get to the point before I turn this into some rambling series of words who's destination I am completely unaware of. Put quite simply, Twilight knows what it is and more importantly the team behind the saga knows who their core fanbase is and THAT is who they make this for.

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Think about your favorite series and more than likely at some point things were introduced that didn't seem to make sense...this is usually the pull for broader appeal. Sure there are alot of tickets sold to people that aren't 12-17 year old girls but the movies have never shifted to cater to a wider audience. This is exactly the reason why there are plenty of laughable parts in the eyes of a grown man, this is why the dialogue can be sometimes very silly, getting almost cavity inducing when romance is involved, and YES my friends, this is why we got a side note about werewolves body temperatures always running hot, how else is Jacob going to take his shirt of randomly throughout the movie. Hey, it's more than I can say for the previously mentioned slasher movies where it was not uncommon to see a particularly busty blonde randomly jump in the shower for no explicable reason....not even a line explaining the trip to wet nakedness, a simple "Well, I better start getting ready for tonight.". So, guys, before you make fun of Team Jacob remember that at least they throw something resembling an explanation out there (not that any of us are bitching about random female nudity).

In my opinon it all boils down to the fact that what you see on screen is more or less how someone of their target audience would imagine the story playing out. Girls will find out later in life that when two guys fight over them it usually has very little to do with the girl and more to do with the male ego. That when a guy you like comes up to you freshman year in college he'll probably neglect to tell you how eternity in your eyes would still be too short a time and more likely go with something like "Damn girl you got ass for days!". Oh yeah, and that guy...the one you will date for three years and never understand why, more than likely he's going to be missing a few parts of that six pack....if nothing else I can pretty much guarantee he won't sparkle in the sunlight. Bottom line, it's supposed to be an idealic fantasy of eternal love watched through the innocent eyes of someone yet to be shown the harsh, not so glamorous and honestly quite unexciting realities of the real world. Don't worry little ones, you come to appreciate the toned down level of real world life and love.

I guess what I'm trying to say is go easy when trashing these flicks, because odds are if you didn't like them they weren't meant for you in the first place.

And if you are going to trash the movie, remember that 10 million people are doing the same thing so be creative about it...like the guy that first thought of this: