...no wait, I still hate
Twilight.
RACISM AND GENDERFAIL AHEAD, CHILDREN.
10 Reasons Not to Give Money to New Moon, Because This Shit is Not Okay:1. Laurent, the black vampire, is literally chased and torn apart by wolves (dogs), essentially for harassing a white girl.
2. He is the only black face one can put a name to in the film, and one of the very, very few that even exist on screen. This is the story of a white girl who loves a sparkly white boy (Laurent, incidentally, does not sparkle?), from a "family" of unrelated white vampires, who in the course of the film move to Italy to visit, you guessed it, a clan of white vampires.
3. Native Americans are literally referred to as
dogs, but hey, it's not racist if you're the little white vampire girl and he's the Native American werewolf boy, right? Right? No? Didn't think so.
4. Sorry Jake, but the white guy always gets the girl.
5. Even if he's an abuse, emotionally disturbed, codependent asshole who abandons Bella to be killed by vampires and essentially wins her back by attempting suicide.
6. But before he does all that, he
throws Bella into a wall, resulting in an injury that requires stitches, because she had the gall to go and get a papercut and tempt them all with her freesia scented blood. It's okay, really, he was protecting her when he tossed her back like a rag doll into a painting and coffee table.
7. No really, she's fine! Clearly she's just too weak for him! She'll have to buck up and become a vampire, because old people are OMG GROSS and she just can't live without Edward. She'd rather throw herself off a cliff just to see his precious, sparkly visage one last time.
8. No wait, she can sort of live without him, if she can find a boy to manipulate and cling to in his absence. Bella just isn't complete without a man to make decisions for her.
9. And how! Selfish desire though it may be, Bella
does have full rights to her body, soul, etc. It may seem noble of Edward and Jacob to oppose her choice to become a vampire (but when your boyfriend
tries to kill himself in your absence and says you are the only thing worth living for, does she really have a choice, guys?), but it really isn't. Jacob has literally no say in the matter whatsoever, and Edward can only decide whether or not he'll be the one to bite her. It really is up to her, even if her choice seems selfish and stupid.
10. Of course, Edward could always use the whole thing as leverage to make Bella marry him, so I guess he's okay with it after all. YAY CODEPENDENCY AND EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION, THIS IS THE GREATEST ROMANCE SINCE ROMEO AND JULIET.
God. Barf. Forever.
Also, Charlie wins FATHER OF THE YEAR for deciding that in the face of his daughter's withdrawing from society, engaging in risky behavior, and constant night terrors, the solution is to send her back to mom. Get the bitch a therapist and some medication and a RESTRAINING ORDER, Charlie.
MY RAGE CANNOT BE CONTAINED IN AN LJ-CUT.