New Moon sets midnight box office record

[kingtonyx]

New top 3 midnight box office openings:

1 The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($26.2 million)
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($22.2 million)
3 The Dark Knight ($18.4 million)

The current one-day record is held by The Dark Knight at $67.1 million. New Moon is expected to break that record also and then gun for TDK's weekend record of $158.4 million.

[citric_bullets]

The only response I have for this is "???" over my head, and then me rubbing my temples while shaking my head.

[back_blows]

Society, I hate you.

[instantdeath999]

Society, I hate you.

Same. The movie looks abysmal.

[moose39]

Here is my response to this. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMj_KWftpBM)

In all seriousness, society's taking a turn for the worse. The Dark Knight is vastly superior to New Moon. I know this for a fact.

[Wolfbeckett]

Ladies and gentlemen, American culture has a new nadir.

[Oscar-Rio]

we're all so afraid that the only sort of culture we're ever going to have is pop-culture.

[BallisticJunkfood]

The only response I have for this is "???" over my head, and then me rubbing my temples while shaking my head.


Society, I hate you.

This.

I saw a commercial at work the other day(since I don't have TV anymore) and it looks like the werewolves change whenever the hell they feel like it. I already had very little respect for the series(not a saga!) but that just made me hate them.

[Jglaubman]

Did not realize there were this many 11-15 year old girls with bad tastes in movies in the world.

[Wolfbeckett]

This.

I saw a commercial at work the other day(since I don't have TV anymore) and it looks like the werewolves change whenever the hell they feel like it. I already had very little respect for the series(not a saga!) but that just made me hate them.

Hey hey let's not go crazy. The werewolves in Vampire the Masquerade can change at will too and they are way badass. This movie sucks all on it's own without having to diminish other fictional works.

[citric_bullets]

Did not realize there were this many 11-15 year old girls with bad tastes in movies in the world.

I knew there were this many "tween" girls out there. I did not know there were this many that had any sort of money and could convince their parents to let them go to a midnight showing on a Thursday.

[BallisticJunkfood]

Hey hey let's not go crazy. The werewolves in Vampire the Masquerade can change at will too and they are way badass. This movie sucks all on it's own without having to diminish other fictional works.

Never heard of it. All I know is, someone who can change into a wolf at will is not a werewolf but an animagus.

[gosox333]

That's unexpected. I had no idea Twilight was that popular.

Also, on the subject of Twilight hate, I can guarantee that, at the very least, 50% of the people who bash Twilight haven't seen or read nearly enough to form a true opinion. And that's being generous.

It really is the case with most anything popular to that extreme these days....

[j_dub_rules]

It's got no shot at The Dark Knight's record. I'm guessing it will do something like 60 million today and maybe 45 the rest of the weekend. It's gonna be frontloaded as can be, since everyone that really wants to see it probably already has or will today.

Also yes, f*** society. The whole Twilight series is total garbage

[back_blows]

That's unexpected. I had no idea Twilight was that popular.

Also, on the subject of Twilight hate, I can guarantee that, at the very least, 50% of the people who bash Twilight haven't seen or read nearly enough to form a true opinion. And that's being generous.

It really is the case with most anything that popular these days....

Umm, I actually sat through the entire Twilight Movie during a flight. Outside of Kristen, I couldn't find any redeemable qualities of that film.

[Wolfbeckett]

That's unexpected. I had no idea Twilight was that popular.

Also, on the subject of Twilight hate, I can guarantee that, at the very least, 50% of the people who bash Twilight haven't seen or read nearly enough to form a true opinion. And that's being generous.

It really is the case with most anything popular to that extreme these days....

I freely admit it. I don't need to eat a fresh steaming pile of dog **** to know I won't like it, either.

[bermuddy]

i'll be watching it tonight. my GF says i can have my testicles back afterwards.

[Lawdog1521]

Mixed up comparison Guy says about New Moon,

"There hasn't been this many shirtless boys in a a movie since Ferngully."

[hmxhenry]

New top 3 midnight box office openings:

1 The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($26.2 million)
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($22.2 million)
3 The Dark Knight ($18.4 million)

The current one-day record is held by The Dark Knight at $67.1 million. New Moon is expected to break that record also and then gun for TDK's weekend record of $158.4 million.

I haven't seen any stats for New Moon online yet. Where did you see those numbers?

I remain hopeful for our future, and maintain that Batman will once again triumph over the forces of evil. I can't imagine any circumstances in which New Moon will top Dark Knight's weekend record. Teenage girls simply aren't the majority of theater goers.

[Lawdog1521]

I haven't seen any stats for New Moon online yet. Where did you see those numbers?

I remain hopeful for our future, and maintain that Batman will once again triumph over the forces of evil. I can't imagine any circumstances in which New Moon will top Dark Knight's weekend record. Teenage girls simply aren't the majority of theater goers.

But they go back... again and again.

[j_dub_rules]

So did everyone for the Dark Knight though...

[citric_bullets]

I haven't read the books, I made my friend who has actually read enough books to be able to adequately judge how good a book is do it instead. Okay she did it voluntarily, but I've assumed her opinion as my own, because I've read like 5 books ever. So the official stance of the office of citric_bullets is that Twilight is "mysteriously addictive, in spite of it's abysmal writing and vapid characters"

Once again, that is just the opinion of the one of the few people whose opinions on books I actually respect and refer to.

[Lawdog1521]

So did everyone for the Dark Knight though...

I just remember with Titanic it was six months later and I knew girls going to see it in groups.

[gosox333]

I freely admit it. I don't need to eat a fresh steaming pile of dog **** to know I won't like it, either.

But you don't know that. You haven't tried it ;)

[Lameboy19]

I just watched 2 trailers for the 1st time.... holy sh*t, that looks awful.


HURR DURR SPEZAL EFFCZ MAEK MOVZ GUUD

same thing with transformers

[kingtonyx]

I haven't seen any stats for New Moon online yet. Where did you see those numbers?

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=61077

[davidshek]

In this thread: A whole bunch of people who have not actually read the Twilight books, and probably didn't even see the first movie, jump on the Twilight Haters bandwagon.

Seriously people. Are you all just lemmings, or do you ever try to form your OWN opinion?

[Wolfbeckett]

In this thread: A whole bunch of people who have not actually read the Twilight books, and probably didn't even see the first movie, jump on the Twilight Haters bandwagon.

Seriously people. Are you all just lemmings, or do you ever try to form your OWN opinion?

Hey, I've been on this bandwagon since before the first movie came out, I am near the front of the wagon. Don't make like this is a new phenomenon.

[Lameboy19]

Hey, I've been on this bandwagon since before the first movie came out, I am near the front of the wagon. Don't make like this is a new phenomenon.

THIS

yeah never bothered with the books, I hated all the hype about the 1st movie as well

[Wiiman95]

Imagine if they made Jesus: The Movie. All the secularists and people out there would be protesting it. Then they announce that Megan Fox is in it as Mary. The secularists stop protesting and the movie sells out in in .5 seconds.

[Lameboy19]

Imagine if they made Jesus: The Movie. All the secularists and people out there would be protesting it. Then they announce that Megan Fox is in it as Mary. The secularists stop protesting and the movie sells out in in .5 seconds.

shes ugly though

[back_blows]

shes ugly though

Really?

[Wolfbeckett]

Imagine if they made Jesus: The Movie. All the secularists and people out there would be protesting it. Then they announce that Megan Fox is in it as Mary. The secularists stop protesting and the movie sells out in in .5 seconds.

Hey a prostitute might actually be the perfect role for her!

[Captain Zepp 07]

Did not realize there were this many 11-15 year old girls with bad tastes in movies in the world.

Can't forget the parents, the friends, maybe siblings, then 40 year old guys going trying to hook up with girls (this last one happens more then you'll ever believe, and works 1/4 of the time too.)

I don't doubt it, but I know there will be a better movie to wipe all three of these off the map, my hopes its not a Tim Allen christmas movie

[DroolCoveredMom]

This is what I don't get:
This series, the books as well as the movies, is aimed at 'tweens.' I'll be one adult to admit I was sucked in too... altho I think I devoured the books in hopes of finally getting to the action they seemed to promise.
Why waste your time even having an opinion on something not aimed at entertaining you in the first place, let alone ranting and raving about how much you hate it?
People try so hard to "be different" being different isn't different anymore!

[Cpt. Overkill]

In this thread: A whole bunch of people who have not actually read the Twilight books, and probably didn't even see the first movie, jump on the Twilight Haters bandwagon.

Seriously people. Are you all just lemmings, or do you ever try to form your OWN opinion?

I actually read the books and watched the first movie. I still thought they were horrible afterwords. I plan on seeing the second movie, too.

[davidshek]

I actually read the books and watched the first movie. I still thought they were horrible afterwords. I plan on seeing the second movie, too.

You also had not posted in this thread prior to my making that statement, therefore you were not included in it. :p

[hmxhenry]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=61077

Crazy. Also weird that ComingSoon doesn't link any source. I usually turn to BoxOfficeMojo but they don't have much listed for New Moon yet. But considering the first Twilight movie made 70 million on opening weekend, I don't see the sequel performing at 250% of that number to top Dark Knight's opening weekend.

[Cpt. Overkill]

You also had not posted in this thread prior to my making that statement, therefore you were not included in it. :p

:p I could have sworn I posted in this thread.

[Renrock]

Teenage girls simply aren't the majority of theater goers.


But they go back... again and again.

I'm with Lawdog on that. Lots of the people who saw it last night will go a few more times before it's over.

[ThunderCurls]

Can't wait until directors start putting 'polished Zombies' in their films.

[hmxhenry]

I'm with Lawdog on that. Lots of the people who saw it last night will go a few more times before it's over.

If you look at the biggest opening weekend box office totals (http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/) the big films are blockbuster nerd movies (Batman, Spider Man, Transformers, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Iron Man) and family pictures (Shrek, Harry Potter). Teenage girls don't have the same disposable income as the die hard fanboys, and family movies succeed because it's a guaranteed multiple ticket sale. I just don't think New Moon has the right kind of pull on the people with the money, time and dedication to rake in that kind of money.

[afterstasis]

my roommate's gonna make me see this thing, so i'm preemptively stocking up on everclear.

[TeamAliceFTW]

I went and saw this at midnight, not expecting much out of it especially after Twilight. I'm a huge fan of the books, and of course, those are much better than the movies, but New Moon did surpass my expectations.

[back_blows]

my roommate's gonna make me see this thing, so i'm preemptively stocking up on everclear.

You're going to need more than that stasis. May the mighty powers of salvia be on your side.

[Starfleet_Rambo]

I'll be seeing this when it's released on DVD.

And all you whiners, get over yourselves.

[afterstasis]

You're going to need more than that stasis. May the mighty powers of salvia be on your side.

i'm trying to numb the pain, not hyperventilate and/or pee myself in public.

[Wiiman95]

I'll probably be dragged into this movie. My Sister is in love with that series.

[jonoo24]

Hey, two different girls want to see this with me, so go New Moon!

[Starfleet_Rambo]

I'll probably be dragged into this movie. My Sister is in love with that series.

She got friends? Good movie/place to get lucky I reckons. ;)

^That's what I'm talking about.

[Wiiman95]

Most of her friends are dudes. And I am 100% positive they're gay....

[back_blows]

Most of her friends are dudes. And I am 100% positive they're gay....

You can still get lucky!!

[gosox333]

Hey, two different girls want to see this with me, so go New Moon!

That's the spirit :cool:

[jonoo24]

That's the spirit! :cool:

Besides, they wolf transformations actually look like they spent money on Special effects. No more just-wrap-him-in-foil shining vampire.

[citric_bullets]

i'll be watching it tonight. my GF says i can have my testicles back afterwards.


Hey, two different girls want to see this with me, so go New Moon!

These two have the right idea. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q72gvldxoA)


I would watch this if my girlfriend asked. I like the benefits that provides.

Also bman.

[bmaninc]

I would watch this if my girlfriend asked. I like the benefits that provides.

[CCDaDon]

I was coming home from School yesterday and I went to a McDonalds on the way. In line there was this asian chick and a guy dressed in drag... and had a beard... Anyway it was about a 10 minute wait in line(It was a downtown McDonalds -_-) and ALL THEY TALKED ABOUT was Twilight... I wanted to kill myself.

[TheClashTheClashTheClash]

The sad thing is, is that Twilight isn't limited to high school and middle girls. There were a bunch of girls here in college freaking out about it. So sad

[back_blows]

I was coming home from School yesterday and I went to a McDonalds on the way. In line there was this asian chick and a guy dressed in drag... and had a beard... Anyway it was about a 10 minute wait in line(It was a downtown McDonalds -_-) and ALL THEY TALKED ABOUT was Twilight... I wanted to kill myself.

afterstasis is in Chicago now?

[DeadPhoenix223]

Oh, its because it has naked guys. naked Native American guys. 4 naked Native American guys. And one with just his boxers.

...So... Yeah. That's the reason 99% of my school wants to see it: For the girls: To look at 'em, for the guys: to laugh at 'em.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrVOxSQVSUg

[lanky316]

Had to laugh today. One of the Twilight fangirls saying it's one of the worst films she's ever seen! High praise indeed.

[nbalive2005]

Those wolves look like pussies...

[davidshek]

The sad thing is, is that Twilight isn't limited to high school and middle girls. There were a bunch of girls here in college freaking out about it. So sad

It's not just high school girls and college girls either. My neighbor is 33 (with 2 daughters of her own, The Qtz), and she and some of her cougar friends went to go see it tonight. Several women at work were talking about it all day too.

[Lawdog1521]

Besides, they wolf transformations actually look like they spent money on Special effects. No more just-wrap-him-in-foil shining vampire.

What's funny is I can buy them turning itno wolves, but what bugs me about those clips is they also increase in size twofold. That just bugs me. :p

I also can't stand bemoaning vampires. I've hated them since Interview with a Vampire. You're a vampire! You're evil and should want to rip peoples throats out. Where's Christopher Lee when you need him?

Edit: Cody from Conan O'Brian is cool though. Cody nooooo!!!!

[Starfleet_Rambo]

I thought Kristen Stewart was cute in the first one. Then I saw her on Conan O'Brien. :(

[kiggidykev]

Oh my, I really hope this doesn't set a new precedent. I don't want to hear people compare figures to New Moon from now on

[Lawdog1521]

I can’t help but feel that if The Adventures of Milo and Otis had a better marketing campaign it’s numbers would have been through the roof.

[Cubecubed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjnOqgyH-z8

[monkeyfish]

I feel sad to admit I was dragged into the the theater to watch this with my girlfriend. I now have thirty dollars less in my wallet and 90% more unhappy images.

On the plus side, I think she's finally coming to realize how flat the characters are, especially Bugs Bunn- er, I mean Bella. Here's to hoping Clerks and Zebraman are finally rubbing off on her.

[Banky71]

Vampire 90210!

[dady5000]

The only response I have for this is "???" over my head, and then me rubbing my temples while shaking my head.

Yes, this sums it up quite nicely.

I'll be interested in reviews to this movie to see if it's actually gotten worse or a little better.

[dady5000]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/twilight/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/twilight_saga_new_moon/

According to Rotten Tomatoes it's actually gotten even MORE worse reviews.

[Sarge51]

HURR DURR SPEZAL EFFCZ MAEK MOVZ GUUD

same thing with transformers

The special effects in Transformers 2 wasn't even that good.

Few notes: (Most of these were formulated after reading the first two pages.)

They're not werewolves. M'kay? Also, those aren't vampires. What's with Stephanie using those words to describe her creatures when they're pretty much nothing like the words she's using to describe them. She could've at least made up some silly names for her own creatures.

Lots of ADULT women are seeing this movie, either because they are just as dense as the tweens that watched the first one, or because they wanted to see the tan naked boy. I know MY mom does.

Special effects? The only cool special effect I liked was the transforming into wolf parts. and even that wasn't that cool. But, the wolves at least look furry, and I'd like to hug one if one were real.

The main characters seem to have gotten much uglier since the last movie. Seriously? Did they start doing meth or just hire cruddy makeup artists like the previous movie?

---

I've seen the first movie and read bits of the books. It's horrible, and that's my formulated opinion. I think Stephanie Meyer is a money grubbing ______ for turning the series into a movie, when the movies are worse than the books themselves. Has she no shame? or love for her series? She's just making people outside of the Twilight vibe to hate it more than they already did. But, I suppose it IS a good publicity stunt.

I'm just glad this fad will be over within a couple of years. I mean it can't drag on as much as Harry Potter, and at least HP is a decent series, but even it is starting to get on my nerves with so many books/movies. I stopped watching after awhile and now I am confused as to which movie is which.

[DethTung]

Next fad: Warriors! Also, Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Once the film adaptation of The Lightning Thief comes out, the Percy Jackson series is going to freaking explode.

[DroolCoveredMom]

First people are dumb because they don't have the same taste in music as you do... now they're dumb because they like movies you don't... get over yourself!

[Banky71]

First people are dumb because they don't have the same taste in music as you do... now they're dumb because they like movie you don't... get over yourself!

I have horrible taste in music. And movies for that matter. :D

[monkeyfish]

First people are dumb because they don't have the same taste in music as you do... now they're dumb because they like movie you don't... get over yourself!

There's a difference between "movie" and "shill marketing harpoon aimed at the lard of tween naïveté."

Just like there's a difference between "music" and "radio friendly unit shifter." This however comes with an exception from Nirvana. :D

[Banky71]

My honest opinion is that these movies and these books are not made for me. I have plenty of things that I like that other people don't dig. To complain about someone liking these movies is an exercize in futility. Sounds like a bunch of people trying to ruin and bunch of other peoples good time to me.

[Pwnz0r3d]

So, sparkly vampire ditches mortal girlfriend for her safety, she hooks up with a lycan (there is a difference between them and a werewolf), she pisses off thier clan, fight between vampires and lycans (no surprise), Kristen Stewart ditches Taylor Laughtner for Robert Pattinson. 13 year old girls scream for this why?

[DroolCoveredMom]

And everyone else screams about 13 year old girls screaming, why? lmao

[Renrock]

But considering the first Twilight movie made 70 million on opening weekend, I don't see the sequel performing at 250% of that number to top Dark Knight's opening weekend.

I don't know if it'll beat out

If you look at the biggest opening weekend box office totals (http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/) the big films are blockbuster nerd movies (Batman, Spider Man, Transformers, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Iron Man) and family pictures (Shrek, Harry Potter). Teenage girls don't have the same disposable income as the die hard fanboys, and family movies succeed because it's a guaranteed multiple ticket sale. I just don't think New Moon has the right kind of pull on the people with the money, time and dedication to rake in that kind of money.

I thought the first one doing 70million opening weekend was already impressive. Now I'm not saying this is going to break any long term movie records, but I think you underestimate how much the Twilight hype has grown since the last movie.

. . . and yeah, my girls are begging me to take them. :(

[kingtonyx]

9 PM showings of the original Twilight film pulled in an additional $1.5 million, which could potentially put it in the box office top 10 for the weekend..

[Tego1in]

Blech.
More blech then Wii Play being the most bought video game in the past 5 years

[onidragon]

A Cobain special is in order, it seems.

[macamatic]

If you want to watch a vampire vs. werewolf movie, why not just rent Underworld? 100% less homosexual sparkling.

[supernova1324]

If you want to watch a vampire vs. werewolf movie, why not just rent Underworld? 100% less homosexual sparkling.

And more Kate Beckinsale.

EDIT: lol, that reminds me of what happened with my Bio teacher. He was interviewed about Twilight for the school paper and they changed what he said so that it made it seem like he liked Edward, when he really just kept on talking about Beckinsale.

Kinda creepy considering he is 60...

[macamatic]

And more Kate Beckinsale.
I was trying to think of a good "100% more" to tack on, but couldn't come up with a good one. This would have fit perfectly. Oh well.

By the way, just in case you actually have respect for this series: the third one, Eclipse, is coming out in June next year. This is a clear indication of movie executives seeing the pattern and trying to milk the franchise for all its worth before the hype dies. Saw may be the Madden of movies, but Twilight is quickly becoming the Guitar Hero.

[DethTung]

Saw may be the Madden of movies, but Twilight is quickly becoming the Guitar Hero.

...said the Guitar Hero fanboy. :D

I don't think Breaking Dawn is going to be out any time soon.

[ThrobingCane]

I was at the theater today (made a delivery) at 7 and it was just pure insanity there, So many little 13 and 14 year old girls there. Its times like this I am glad I dont work at a theater any more. I could see this breaking the weekend box numbers easily. The manager I was talking to said they had over 3000 people for the midnight show last night.

[ArchangelZero]

Any guys you see there will be either dragged by their partner, or trying to pick up a girl.

I know where to go now if I want a date. :)

[ThrobingCane]

Any guys you see there will be either dragged by their partner, or trying to pick up a girl.

I know where to go now if I want a date. :)

the theatre was swarming with jail bait.

[ArchangelZero]

the theatre was swarming with jail bait.

I wonder if they have a Dateline crew with their own Chris Hansen in every theatre just waiting to catch a pedobear in the act....

[ThrobingCane]

I wonder if they have a Dateline crew with their own Chris Hansen in every theatre just waiting to catch a pedobear in the act....

If they didnt they should have... No joke I think some creepo's went to the movie theatre just to scout out the jail bait.

[macamatic]

...said the Guitar Hero fanboy. :D
Er, what?

[jeccaneko]

The only response I have for this is "???" over my head, and then me rubbing my temples while shaking my head.

I agree. It makes sense though. I went to the local mall on Monday. Both Suncoast and Hot Topic were full of Twilight/New Moon stuff. When I was walking out of Hot Topic this woman had her cellphone out and was taking pics of this display Hot Topic had sitting in the window of that werewolf guy from New Moon and the sparkly vampire dude. I thought it was weird.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

That's unexpected. I had no idea Twilight was that popular.

Also, on the subject of Twilight hate, I can guarantee that, at the very least, 50% of the people who bash Twilight haven't seen or read nearly enough to form a true opinion. And that's being generous.

It really is the case with most anything popular to that extreme these days....

True. I haven't read any of the books, or seen the first movie... nor want to for that matter. But I'm not going to make an opinion on this; all I will say though for a fact, is, wow.

[jonoo24]

Blech.
More blech then Wii Play being the most bought video game in the past 5 years

You have to realize that they counted a sale for wii play when they sold a console.

[j_dub_rules]

$72 million dollar opening day for New Moon, a new record....Yet they don't even think it will get close to TDK for the weekend. Not even a 2 multiplier for the whole weekend. Talk about frontloaded

http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/phenomenal-breaking-records-new-moon-doing-dark-knight-midnight-numbers/

[daftuprising]

I'll admit, me and my girlfriend went at midnight release, but moreso so we could see each other and hang out.

[lanky316]

Are there any actual attendance details out yet? Box Office receipts are worthless now.

[Baanu_Rass]

A Cobain special is in order, it seems.

That's my new favorite term.

All the girls I know don't like this series. I'm on the fence on if that's a good thing.

And isn't the premise for the first book 100 year old guy stalks high school girl until she falls in love with him? Not creepy at all.

Twilight is Eragon for girls.

[DrumStix]

New top 3 midnight box office openings:

1 The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($26.2 million)
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($22.2 million)
3 The Dark Knight ($18.4 million)

The current one-day record is held by The Dark Knight at $67.1 million. New Moon is expected to break that record also and then gun for TDK's weekend record of $158.4 million.

Damn. It's over Harry Potter and Dark Knight. Both movies were awesome.

But . . . Twilight . . . Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[Lameboy19]

The special effects in Transformers 2 wasn't even that good.



I was trying to bash transformers too, the special effects sucked in that movie, cheap CGI for lazy editors

[kingtonyx]

$72 million dollar opening day for New Moon, a new record....Yet they don't even think it will get close to TDK for the weekend. Not even a 2 multiplier for the whole weekend. Talk about frontloaded

http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/phenomenal-breaking-records-new-moon-doing-dark-knight-midnight-numbers/

Interesting

[killer_roach]

All I can say is that Mencken is definitely proven right by this development.

[davidshek]

You have to realize that they counted a sale for wii play when they sold a console.

Off-topic, but nah, it wasn't that. I think you're thinking of Wii Sports.

When the Wii first came out, Wiimotes were not available for sale individually yet. So since the Wii console only came with one, a crapton of people bought Wii Play because it came with a Wiimote and that was the only way to get a 2nd one at the time.

[DrumStix]

In this thread: A whole bunch of people who have not actually read the Twilight books, and probably didn't even see the first movie, jump on the Twilight Haters bandwagon.

Seriously people. Are you all just lemmings, or do you ever try to form your OWN opinion?

These are our opinions.

Official statment from The Twilight Haters Bandwagon.*
All Rights Reserved.

[Starfleet_Rambo]

These are our opinions.

Official statment from The Twilight Haters Bandwagon.*
All Rights Reserved.

Lame.

[davidshek]

These are our opinions.

You cannot have an opinion about a movie or series of books without having actually either read the books and/or seen the movie(s).

These are not your opinions. They are somebody else's and you're trying to claim them as your own because you're a sheep that is just following the rest of the flock. Hence the "bandwagon" comment.

[DrumStix]

Lame.

Lame.

[DrumStix]

You cannot have an opinion about a movie or series of books without having actually either read the books and/or seen the movie(s).

These are not your opinions. They are somebody else's and you're trying to claim them as your own because you're a sheep that is just following the rest of the flock. Hence the "bandwagon" comment.

I.
Saw.
The.
First.
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Check the Last Seen Movies thread by Jayou521.

You must loove the Twilight movie . . .

EDIT : I can beg to differ about your comment in white.

[jonoo24]

I've read all four books and seen the first movie. The books were ok, but i mainly read the 4th one because of the influx in the amount of girls that talked to me. The first movie just sucked vamp balls.

[DrumStix]

I've read all four books and seen the first movie. The books were ok, but i mainly read the 4th one because of the influx in the amount of girls that talked to me. The first movie just sucked vamp balls.

Thank you.

I agree.

[ultimatespidey81]

i read the first book and that was enough. if i had to read about the vamps glimmering in the sunlight one more time i was going to vomit.

[davidshek]

You must loove the Twilight movie . . .

No, as I stated earlier, I've read the books and enjoyed them for what they are, and thought the first movie was a wretched representation of the first book.

I don't love the Twilight movie. But I do hate lemmings.

/except the old PC game Lemmings
//that was awesome

[DrumStix]

No, as I stated earlier, I've read the books and enjoyed them for what they are, and thought the first movie was a wretched representation of the first book.

I don't love the Twilight movie. But I do hate lemmings.

/except the old PC game Lemmings
//that was awesome


I'm not a lemming.
What I say is the truth.
(Although you may think different . . .)

[kingtonyx]

Shek, if you enjoy the books I did read that the new director did a better job sticking to the books

[bradylicious9]

i am proud to say that that harry potter is the only midnight movie i've ever been too.

[DrumStix]

i am proud to say that that harry potter is the only midnight movie i've ever been too.

I read all the books, and they were good.

The movies were also good.

The 7th one comes out in 2010, and I can't wait.

Anyone who disagrees with me is stupid.

[Alright_Computer]

/except the old PC game Lemmings
//that was awesome

Yes it was. I used to love playing that game, both to save the lemmings and to see their little pixelated selves die in the most humorous ways.

/tangent

[Renrock]

On topic: Man, Twilight's putting up some crazy early numbers.

Off topic:


When the Wii first came out, Wiimotes were not available for sale individually yet. So since the Wii console only came with one, a crapton of people bought Wii Play because it came with a Wiimote and that was the only way to get a 2nd one at the time.

What? :confused:

Although they got hard to find like the systems, extra controllers were available since the '06 November launch. WiiPlay didn't even come out in the States for another 3 months after the system originally launched.

[Alright_Computer]

On-topic: I'm kind of surprised this many parents let their kids go to a midnight showing on a school night. (I'm assuming that the majority of the moviegoers were high school girls here) That seems like it would be the first obstacle in the way of this achieving midnight showing success. I guess nothing can stand in the way of rabid teenage Twilight fangirls.

[Renrock]

On-topic: I'm kind of surprised this many parents let their kids go to a midnight showing on a school night. (I'm assuming that the majority of the moviegoers were high school girls here) That seems like it would be the first obstacle in the way of this achieving midnight showing success. I guess nothing can stand in the way of rabid teenage Twilight fangirls.

Think that just shows it's not just the teenage girls as originally thought. Now its spread to older females too! :eek:

[davidshek]

Although they got hard to find like the systems, extra controllers were available since the '06 November launch. WiiPlay didn't even come out in the States for another 3 months after the system originally launched.

My view of that might have been skewed by the availability (or lack thereof) of standalone Wiimotes in my area. :)

But I might also just be mistaking that with the fact that Wii Play only cost a few dollars more than a standalone Wiimote, so people bought it to basically get a free game with their 2nd controller.

[jeccaneko]

On-topic: I'm kind of surprised this many parents let their kids go to a midnight showing on a school night. (I'm assuming that the majority of the moviegoers were high school girls here) That seems like it would be the first obstacle in the way of this achieving midnight showing success. I guess nothing can stand in the way of rabid teenage Twilight fangirls.

I was reading this article last night about middle aged women who are obsessed with Twilight and have a group called TwiMoms. :rolleyes:

[DrumStix]

I was reading this article last night about middle aged women who are obsessed with Twilight and have a group called TwiMoms. :rolleyes:

Oh my god.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[General Lein979]

I read all the books, and they were good.

The movies were also good.

The 7th one comes out in 2010, and I can't wait.

Anyone who disagrees with me is stupid.Part 1 comes out in Nov. 2010, Part 2 comes out in July of 2011.

[monkeyfish]

Part 1 comes out in Nov. 2010, Part 2 comes out in July of 2011.

I must admit the Potter books are decent because the themes and plot become more mature with every book (which fits the year-a-book progression perfectly), but to split a book into two movies is such a cash cow move it's not even funny.

[davidshek]

I must admit the Potter books are decent because the themes and plot become more mature with every book (which fits the year-a-book progression perfectly), but to split a book into two movies is such a cash cow move it's not even funny.

I imagine it's more because book 7 was really really long, and there really isn't a whole lot of the plot you can just chop out to make a movie (like they've done with the others).

So it's either: 2 movies, or one 7-hour-long movie, which nobody would go to.

[DrumStix]

I imagine it's more because book 7 was really really long, and there really isn't a whole lot of the plot you can just chop out to make a movie (like they've done with the others).

So it's either: 2 movies, or one 7-hour-long movie, which nobody would go to.

That is the truth. they split it because the book was 742 PAGES LONG.

[Mikey803]

The only response I have for this is "???" over my head, and then me rubbing my temples while shaking my head.
Basically

[jonoo24]

That is the truth. they split it because the book was 742 PAGES LONG.

The 4th one was 800+

[DrumStix]

:confused::confused::confused:
The 4th one was 800+

Why the hell they didn't split that one in two is unknown.

[monkeyfish]

:confused::confused::confused:

Why the hell they didn't split that one in two is unknown.

Because they probably found it more cost-effective to cut parts out than split it. But that has clearly changed. Won't be surprised if the Twilight series tries the same thing at some point, but I'm not a 100% on if any of the books even LOOK like that would be necessary.

[goodbyetonight]

The fact that this abusive-relationship and pedophilia promoting garbage beat out The Dark Knight makes me sick to my stomach. And embarassed to be a 20 year old girl (aka the target audience). RAGE.

[CJHobbes]

I have a few friends who went to see Twilight at the midnight showing. I asked why they didn't go to the theater they usually go to, and the reply was that it had been sold out for months. Probably an exaggeration, but this movie definitely had some pull and hype behind it.

One of those friends loves, loves, LOVES the books..but she hated the first movie. Take that as you will. Another friend who loves the books (and reads about a book a week) hated the second movie after seeing it at midnight. I also know girls who have enjoyed the first movie and love the books. *shrugs*

I never read the books, but I did see the first movie. I will admit I enjoyed the first part of it for what it was, and I actually started digging all the side characters. It was amusing as one of those dumb high school drama movies. Then the vampires were introduced...and it went downhill. The acting, plot, pacing and script seemed to feel elementary and vapid. Not much depth, awkward transitions and dialogue...it was just bad cinematically.

Not my cup of tea, and won't see the 2nd unless someone puts it up on the TV while I'm playing games or something.

[BigMonkE]

i am disappoint.

[FlyGuyLXI]

I was not surprised Twilight made that much, the news coverage of the screaming fangirls and pre-release events pretty much set the value.

[General Lein979]

The 4th one was 800+Fifth not the 4th. They cut out all the stuff with Harry on that one girl what was pretty much filler.

[Abeotroid]

My god. I hate today's generation.

[citric_bullets]

On-topic: I'm kind of surprised this many parents let their kids go to a midnight showing on a school night. (I'm assuming that the majority of the moviegoers were high school girls here) That seems like it would be the first obstacle in the way of this achieving midnight showing success. I guess nothing can stand in the way of rabid teenage Twilight fangirls.

I posed this question on page one, but it remains relevant. :D

[macamatic]

But I might also just be mistaking that with the fact that Wii Play only cost a few dollars more than a standalone Wiimote, so people bought it to basically get a free game with their 2nd controller.
There you go. Also, Lemmings was (and is) an amazing game.

[Der_Lex]

My god. I hate today's generation.

I don't think you can point the finger squarely at today's generation. Twilight is at its core a chaste (dare I say Mormonized, considering the background of the author?) version of a romance novel, with supernatural elements thrown in. It's a wish-fulfillment fantasy of an author looking back on her teen years and making up a story about how they should have been. The reason why the books and movie sell so well is because there are women of all ages who identify with this.

They're not looking for a decent plot, or quality writing/acting/filmmaking (things which you certainly won't find in Twilight), they're looking to escape into a simple fantasy for a few hours. Speaking very generally, going to see a Twilight movie is the romantic equivalent of going to a big explosion-filled action movie. The main reason why you're seeing Twilight get even more flak than the average brainless Michael Bay movie is that its appeal outside of the target audience is extremely limited, if not nonexistent.

So even though I'll avoid New Moon like the plague because I know I'm not part of the target audience and will not enjoy it one bit if I would watch it, I can't say it really bothers me either. It's a cheap romance novel turned movie, but it doesn't pretend to be more than that (the only people who might claim that are the obsessive fans, who are not exactly a credible source of information anyway).
Meyer is a pretty poor writer, but as far as I know she never pretended her books were deep or great literature, unlike certain other hacks out there *coughcoughdanbrowncoughcough*.

That being said, I do pity all the guys out there who end up dating someone who thinks Edward is the perfect man. Having a creepy obsessive stalker with passive-aggressive tendencies as a romantic ideal doesn't seem all that healthy.

[monkeyfish]

That being said, I do pity all the guys out there who end up dating someone who thinks Edward is the perfect man. Having a creepy obsessive stalker with passive-aggressive tendencies as a romantic ideal doesn't seem all that healthy.

Girls purposefully ignore this. Or at least mines does. You bring up the obvious like the potential for bestiality between a human and "werewolf" (I use that term lightly), or the creepy notion of a vampire chilling out in high schools for a century? It's ignored.

That, or you get the look that means either shut up or it's nothing for you for the next couple of days.

[Wertty]

Girls purposefully ignore this. Or at least mines does. You bring up the obvious like the potential for bestiality between a human and "werewolf" (I use that term lightly), or the creepy notion of a vampire chilling out in high schools for a century? It's ignored.

That, or you get the look that means either shut up or it's nothing for you for the next couple of days.

Try explaining how vampires can't have children.
I got my girlfriend started on The Anne Rice Books after these, and she admits that she would've hated the twilight series if she would have read those first.
Mission accomplished. :D.

As for this movie, I really hate hating on series that people absolutely love, but this one... it's hard not to.
I went to go see this last night dressed up as Harry Potter and my girlfriend as ron with a slytherin shirt on. We were trying to piss people off in more ways than one.
Yelling "LUMOS!" whenever the movie theatre started to get dark made MY night, atleast.

But as for the movie, it was semi decent actually, compared to twilight. Probably because edward wasn't in it for more than 15 minutes maybe.

[fuselage321]

I think New Moon deserves the record.

I went with my 11 year old sister and mom, and dad who has hearing problems, and the way those girls would scream when Jacob took of his shirt or when Edward took off his shirt even made my dad cover his ears.

[kingtonyx]

Alright, an update.

New Moon makes $140.7 million over the weekend, good for 3rd all-time

$251 million worldwide, which is second all-time (TDK pulled in $253.5 million)

Twilight's $1.5 million off of one Thursday night showing was good enough for #11 for the weekend.

[j_dub_rules]

I expect to see a 2nd weekend around 30 million. I am expecting a historic drop off

[daftuprising]

On-topic: I'm kind of surprised this many parents let their kids go to a midnight showing on a school night. (I'm assuming that the majority of the moviegoers were high school girls here) That seems like it would be the first obstacle in the way of this achieving midnight showing success. I guess nothing can stand in the way of rabid teenage Twilight fangirls.

My parents had no problem with me going. And my theater was 90 % high school/college kids. (Keep in mind I was only in 1 of 13 screenings at my theater.) My girlfriend's parents didn't object either, and neither did all her friends' parents.

[gosox333]

Holy balls, I still can't believe it came that close to beating The Dark Knight.....

[LibertineStripes]

Holy balls, I still can't believe it came that close to beating The Dark Knight.....

There are only slightly more nerds than teen angst trend followers :cool:

[kingtonyx]

I think the one-time showing of Twilight almost making the top 10 for the weekend is pretty crazy as well. Considering only half of the theaters that had New Moon midnight premiers ran the first movie before it. Imagine if it had a larger release and ran all weekend... It probably would have come close to the top 3.

[citric_bullets]

*coughcoughdanbrowncoughcough*.

I'm glad someone else shares my opinion of Dan Brown. I got about 2/3 of the way through Angels and Demons and pretty much just gave up. The plot was interesting enough (exciting things were happening at an acceptable pace), but his writing was just painfully simple.

Also, I've wrapped my mind around the notion that the Twilight phenom is really just a safe romance novel. It just concerns me because I've personally seen girls read these books, become obsessed with the backwards ideas of romantic relationships presented in them, and then proceed to go out and completely muck up their actual relationships.

[Der_Lex]

I'm glad someone else shares my opinion of Dan Brown. I got about 2/3 of the way through Angels and Demons and pretty much just gave up. The plot was interesting enough (exciting things were happening at an acceptable pace), but his writing was just painfully simple.

Also, I've wrapped my mind around the notion that the Twilight phenom is really just a safe romance novel. It just concerns me because I've personally seen girls read these books, become obsessed with the backwards ideas of romantic relationships presented in them, and then proceed to go out and completely muck up their actual relationships.

I've posted some massive rants about Brown on here in the past. To call his writing 'painfully simple' is a compliment he doesn't even deserve. 'Mangling the English language in second-rate potboilers' is a more fitting term.

As for those girls you mention, maybe we should consider the fact that they keep themselves from having a decent relationship by behaving in such a manner an example of social Darwinism? :D

[Starfleet_Rambo]

Well, like, ya know! I am soooo waiting to rent Angels & Demons on DVD.

[Pwnz0r3d]

The sad thing is that half of these girls probably never even heard of/read the books when the first film came out. (not saying they are good, i compare it to a cheap/poorly written novella)

Its all about Robert Pattinson, who looks like a douchy hobo which appears to be a turnon for 85% of the young female population. The other 15% love Taylor, who looks like a built normal 16 year old

[Jordanfre]

Did not realize there were this many 11-15 year old girls with bad tastes in movies in the world.

This.

[Renrock]

Holy balls, I still can't believe it came that close to beating The Dark Knight.....

What's even scarier is that it would've probably beat the Dark Knight had there not been so much Heath Ledger love at the time. DK would've still done great, but I'm sure his death helped spike ticket sales even more.

[bood-boy]

one of the twilight stars will die before the next movie is released and its gonna be huuuuuuuuuge. look out.

[bermuddy]

too much to read, but ill say that it's loads better than the first one and it's not the worst movie ive ever seen.

i enjoyed the CG wolves. they looked pretty badass.

[Der_Lex]

one of the twilight stars will die before the next movie is released and its gonna be huuuuuuuuuge. look out.

This sounds like a promise. I now have the mental image of bood waiting outside the Twlight kids' houses with a big axe.

[kiggidykev]

Bood no! They'll just get replaced anyway, like Dumbledore

[Renrock]

Bood no! They'll just get replaced anyway, like Dumbledore

Yeah, and the Slinky dog in Toy Story! :(

[kiggidykev]

Oh right, he was Ernest, wasn't he?

[davidshek]

one of the twilight stars will die before the next movie is released and its gonna be huuuuuuuuuge. look out.

http://www.noahvslarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/blade-twilight.jpg

[bood-boy]

i dont know who any of them are tho.

[kiggidykev]

Ask Muddy, he'll know

[bood-boy]

all i know is that they dont wear their shirts

[kiggidykev]

what! this movie sounds sexy!

[bermuddy]

they walk around sporting the "incredible hulk" look. if only they'd switch from cut off denim to the cut off purple dress pants!

[Renrock]

Somewhat funny Twilight prank (http://www.nerdsalad.com/2009/11/die-hard-twilight-fans-get-owned-by-vampire-intervention/)