Do you hate this man? You do? I understand completely.
Unfortunately, for fans of the Twilight Saga, they’re not getting any support from viewers who haven’t read the books. It appears the only ones who like New Moon are the tweens, Twilight-moms, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner fanatics, and any other obsessors who don’t fall into these categories.
So, why doesn’t anyone else enjoy this latest chapter with Bella, Edward, and Jacob?
It’s simple. There’s no one to hate. So, we hate them all.
What I’m getting at is that there is no main antagonist throughout the piece. No, Twihards, Aro and that council don’t count. Uh, no, they don’t. They are a threat at the end; they have nothing to do with propelling this story forward. Victoria isn’t it, either. As I’ve heard, she’ll have that role in Eclipse.
The antagonist is Edward Cullen. We should hate him.
After leaving Bella for obvious reasons — I’m a vampire; I don’t want to hurt you — he leaves Kristen Stewart’s character shattered. She spends months in her room, broken. Jacob, a really good friend, with impeccable abs, is left to pick up the pieces. He has many of the same traits as Edward, except he’s a werewolf. He also has a strong moral code. He’ll kill any vampire because they’re bloodsuckers — they kill people. The exception are the Cullens, unless they attack only one human.
Jacob is perfect for Bella, plain and simple. This storyline is the formula for many romantic movies, if not all. So, in the last scene, when Bella chooses Edward over Jacob, it’s incredibly frustrating. In just this one film, it makes sense for her to choose Jacob. It makes absolutely NO sense for her to choose Edward. None. Zip.
Bella’s father, Charlie, tries to help her by saying, “Sometimes it’s good to like what’s good for you.” He, of course, means Jacob. Charlie, this is terrible parenting. What you needs to say is, “It’s time to move, the fuck, on.”
She can’t because she’s in love. We twihaters think she’s insane. Jumping off cliffs, riding motorcycles with creepy men, driving one herself and hitting your head on a rock — this isn’t what people do when they’re in love! This is what people do when they are insane. Bella needs help. Anyone who screams in the middle of the night needs help. You can’t disagree with me on that.
Here’s a clip to prove she’s out of her mind.
“He tells me nothing because he’s afraid of you!”
Dude laughs.
She punches him in the face.
Not only was that punch out of line, what woman would hit a big, scary dude like that? The crazy ones, that’s who.
So, if we twihaters go to see this movie and follow a protagonist, Bella, whom we think is nuts, and who chooses the antagonist to be her beau, Edward, who is less deserving than Jacob, why should we like this film?
We shouldn’t. Twihards like it because they’ve fallen in love with the books, with the movies, with Edward.
And if there is one thing we can all agree on, it’s that love makes us do stupid things.
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