056 - Retribution

Recently I came across what I believe to be the best use of Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn I have ever seen.

It was being used as a block/wedge to hold a sash window open. It wasn't even a hardback copy.

Meyer - 0, fans - 1

002 - Twi...uuuugh

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Once upon a time, the Twilight series of books were some of my favourite. I read them through once and jumped on the fangirl bandwagon. I was hooked. I was so hooked that when the first movie came out I was more than excited. I went to see it in the cinema three times. I bought the DVD.

Twilight was on TV last night, so I settled down to watch it. I managed about thirty minutes before turning it over.

WHAT WAS I THINKING?!

Where was I and what kind of state of mind was I in when I actually loved this movie, and swooned over the books? I'm not going to go on a rant about why I don't like them any more, because I'm sure anyone that would read this has already heard their fill of negativity. All I will say is that the guy in the video above, Alex Day (aka. Nerimon on youtube - check him out!) makes some very good points, and I prefer watching his short videos about the books than actually reading the books.

Edit: I remember where I was when I first read Twilight. I was in hospital. Maybe I needed somewhere to escape to so badly that I was thankful for Meyer's work... huh...