I wish I understood the mindset of a production company when they decide what movies to produce. Vampires Suck is one such decision I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for. The only thing I can think of that got this green lit is blackmail. The spoof genre has been around a long, long time. It was perfected by the mad genius Mel Brooks and his masterpiece Young Frankenstein. There is now a new opposite end of the spectrum. This movie was awful, even below the low expectations I had going in. The jokes are recycled to point that they are compost. I was fascinated when I heard my wife laugh at a scant couple of scenes. When I asked what exactly was funny, she said I wouldn't understand since I hadn't seen or read the Twilight series (and I have never been more grateful for passing that up). Herein lies the movie's greatest flaw: it's meant for the Twilight crowd, and no one else. Someone watching this cold, will miss 80% of the jokes, and the other 20% just is so played out, it's not funny, it's groan inducing. I'm sure that if I actually had gone to a theater to see this, I would have left 15 minutes in. I've only ever done that 3 times in my life.
Awful, awful, awful. I wasted my time so that you now won't have to. For those unfortunate Twilight fans reading this: if you love the series as much as you say, don't give this movie the time of day. It borders on insulting, and I HATE everything Edward and/or Jacob. HATE. .25/10.
I really need to start putting more care into my choices, this is really getting painful. See you tomorrow, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!
I agree that the audience for this is very narrow; it's like they made it for all those poor bastards whose women forced them into sitting through the Twilight series.
ReplyDeleteI've never read the books or watched the movies either, and a co-worker let me borrow this. I was mainly confused, not entertained.
I hope your next movies aren't as bad!