Wyck Godfrey compliments Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's work in the Breaking Dawn Sex Scene

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It worked indeed. I thought it was sensual and romantic. And too short.

Time magazine explores the bigotry of Twilight Haters

Time magazine explores the bigotry of Twilight Haters



Time.com posted a fantastic opinion piece about Twilight and the love we have for the story and by proxy, Edward Cullen. I thought many of you would enjoy this piece and enjoy discussing it. I was just talking about this issue to a friend over the weekend. I'm glad to see it in a credible and mainstream news outlet such as Time.

The Harsh Bigotry of Twilight-Haters by Erika Christakis:

Hating Twilight is so 2009, and with the newest installment, Breaking Dawn, ruling the box office, the juggernaut hardly needs defenders. But the virulent seriousness of the haters is surprising. Many of the reviews have heaped disproportionate and moralizing scorn on an Oscar-winning director’s fantasy enactment of a young girl’s dreams and fears. Kristen Stewart and her co-stars have been excoriated for their “sullen” and “wooden” performances despite receiving respectable and sometimes highly favorable reviews in other movies in which they have starred.

The negative reactions fall in two camps: The dismissive camp simply mocks Twilight’s incorporation of silly, “moony” elements like undying love and the surprisingly authentic portrayal of wedding ritual, honeymoon jitters and the shock of unintended pregnancy; the topics are apparently too boring and unrelatable for most reviewers. The deluded camp, conversely, takes Twilight far too seriously, faulting it for leading young girls to mistake fantasy for reality in dangerous, disempowering ways.

It makes you wonder if some people missed the memo that hundreds of millions of females, like their male counterparts, enjoy their fantasy life straight-up weird, sexy, and implausible.

Why is it that female fantasies are such a source of derision and fear? The male species is allowed all manner of violent, creepy, ludicrous and degrading movie tropes, and while we may not embrace them as high art, no one questions them seriously as entertainment, even when sometimes we probably should. (Violent imagery is, after all, associated with violent behavior.) You want to saw someone in half or put their head in a vise? Showcase naked strippers as a fake plot device? Pair a beautiful and successful career woman with a slovenly, unemployed man? Pretend you are Wolverine? Go right ahead. We know you can’t really be serious. But watch a tender wedding night between a virginal, undead superhero and his teenage, human bride, and the scolds come out in force. Are parents worried that their teenage daughter actually wants to be impregnated by a 100-year-old vampire who can crush a headboard with his hands (and perform an emergency C-section with his teeth)?

Maybe part of the reason critics deplore these movies is not only because they are so unfamiliar with kooky heterosexual female fantasies but also because they don’t really like what these fantasies say about men.

The discomfiting reality of the Twilight phenomenon is the way it strips off the veneer of détente between the sexes. For all the progress we promised our daughters, women’s bodily experiences mark them in ways not only unimaginable, but also uninteresting and even repulsive, to men. When was the last time (or only time) you saw a movie that featured menstruation? (The Runaways, directed by … a woman.)

Most mothers know the sense of their body being taken over by aliens, and more than 500,000 women still die in childbirth every year worldwide. Is it really so surprising that we would be drawn to Bella’s gruesome tribulations? For all its tremendous ick factor and craziness, the vampire-hybrid delivery captured with excruciating realism the desperation (on poor Edward’s bloodied face) that attends a birth when things go badly wrong. You could hear a pin drop at the screening my daughter and I attended. The gothic horror felt more palpable because it merely exaggerated, rather than imagined sui generis, what many women go through every day. We sure know blood.

The other thing women know all too well is the lurking danger of men. The idea of a wildly earnest romantic lead who isn’t demanding oral sex in the high school parking lot (and who happens to look like Robert Pattinson) is all very appealing, no? Yet our perfect vampire man, alas, also has the capacity to inflict serious harm — much like in the non-cinematic world, as even 5-year-old girls can intuit.

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So??? What does the dark recess think about this?? I must know :)

Robert Pattinson compliments Bill Condon to the LA Times

Robert Pattinson compliments Bill Condon to the LA Times



Excerpted from Los Angeles Times:

The 25-year-old English actor, who plays Edward Cullen in the series, had nothing but kind words for Condon, the fourth director to sign on for a "Twilight" film and the man who will conclude the saga next year when "Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" is released. He said he appreciated what the filmmaker was up against: a tonally challenging narrative, a special-effects-intensive production and pressure to meet outsize fan expectations for the first half of the finale of the franchise adapted from author Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance novels.

"It was a massive undertaking, much bigger budgets and huge expectations, since it was the last one in the series," Pattinson said of the production. "There was much more pressure than the last one."

Pattinson said he felt that Condon had a point of view with the film -- Condon told The Times that he wanted to marry melodrama and horror in telling the story of Edward's marriage to Bella (Kristen Stewart) and the fallout from the unplanned pregnancy that happens soon after. The actor also enjoyed Condon's humor, which showed up both on-screen and off.

"It's very easy to become cynical about stuff, especially where you are doing five movies in the series," Pattinson said. "It's a very sentimental story in a lot of ways, and I'm an incredibly cynical person. Bill would always have a great explanation for why it's not ridiculous and it's not corny. It was great to have someone on set who could convince me of those things."

Pattinson said that from the beginning, the shoot was a challenge. The six-month filming schedule for both parts of "Breaking Dawn" kicked off in Brazil, where Pattinson said "everything went wrong."

"Just the fact that he didn't get overwhelmed within two seconds was a big deal," Pattinson said of Condon. "We were in Rio [de Janeiro] for one day. Two cameras broke down, a crane broke down and everything was crazy. There was no crowd control, and he stayed perfectly calm. Bill was really thrown in the deep end, and we came up with really nice stuff. It was really pretty and nice."

So sweet from our sweet man. :)

LA Times

David Cronenberg says Robert Pattinson is brilliant in Cosmopolis

David Cronenberg says Robert Pattinson is brilliant in Cosmopolis



Excerpted from MovieWeb:

Do you think this will be the project that really sets Robert (Pattinson) apart from his past, so to speak?

David Cronenberg: I have no control over that, obviously. All I know is, as with Keira, I thought that Robert was very underrated. I mean, Keira has done more work than Robert has, but in England, they're always on her for whatever weird English class reasons. I'm not sure what that is. I always thought she was a substantial actress, and I had no doubt that she could really ace this role. I felt the same about Rob. The fate of the movie, though, who knows. I certainly think this. I don't think that any director who's looking to see what Rob can do, will not be able to see how terrific he is by looking at Cosmopolis. Even if the movie isn't a success at the box office, creatively, as far as I'm concerned, it is a success, and for Rob, it totally is. He's brilliant in the movie, he's fabulous. If nothing else, it will be a great demo film for Rob, for any other director who's looking for a great actor.

Do you love it or do you LOVE IT?!?

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Who Did Robert Pattinson Channel While Filming The "Breaking Dawn" Wedding Speech?

Who Did Robert Pattinson Channel While Filming The "Breaking Dawn" Wedding Speech?
The answer might surprise you.



From EW
One of the most anticipated scenes in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1? The long awaited wedding between Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart). And considering how many people went to see the movie in theaters this weekend, plenty of people have now gotten to see the action for themselves. (But for formality’s sake, consider this your official SPOILER ALERT.)

We’ve already told you about why the Iron& Wine song that plays during the ceremony held special significance for some of the cast, but Stewart and Pattinson also tell EW about some of the things audiences didn’t get to see. For example, the moment when Pattinson channeled another actor while filming the speech he gives at the wedding to his new bride. “No one was there really,” he says. “Just a bunch of extras. And for one of the takes, I went into a total Christopher Walken impression. I don’t know why. [Director] Bill [Condon] said, ‘What just happened? Why are you suddenly playing this like Christopher Walken?’ And I just couldn’t get out of it. It’s one of the weirdest things that’s ever happened to me.” He laughs. “I wish it happened more often.”

Another scene, featuring the Denali cousins (important because of their role in Breaking Dawn — Part 2, out November 2012) coming over to congratulate Bella and Edward, apparently didn’t make the final cut. “A little tiny piece of the scene made it into the movie,” explains Stewart. “It was the last thing we shot, at 4 a.m. We did my close-up last, and I was laughing — literally laughing! — just looking at these ladies. All of a sudden it seemed so ridiculous to me, like, who are all these people at my wedding?”

“That scene just went on and on. It felt like forever. I loved it,” laughs Pattinson. “I always like the scenes where Kristen loses it.” A bonus feature for the DVD, perhaps?

via RobPattzNews

"Breaking Dawn" UK DVD Release

According to Lovefilm.com "Breaking Dawn" will have a release date of March 12th 2012.
I'm SO excited!!
Amazon.co.uk have not updated with a release date yet but as soon as they do we will let you know.



Thanks to Lindsay for the tip!

*NEW* Robert Pattinson Press Junket Portraits

These Press Junket Portraits of Robert Pattinson just keep on coming and I'm not complaining about it. I adore these pics.

Why so cute Rob?












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Good because there's more pics After The Cut

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*NEW* Cute Pics From The Stockholm Meet & Greet With Robert Pattinson & Ashley Greene

Check out these Cute Pics From The Stockholm Meet & Greet With Robert Pattinson & Ashley Greene.
Am I jealous? Hell ya! Aren't you?



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Robert Pattinson's "Bel Ami" Gets A Uk Release Date

Yes you read that right Robert Pattinson's "Bel Ami" Gets A UK Release Date



From Bel Ami UK:

“Here it is the news we have all been waiting for confirmed just minutes ago:

UK theatrical release date has been added to the calendar for 2nd March 2012

Official social media channels for the film will soon be set up and we will have all those details here once they are made available.”

via RPattzGirl

Bravo Interview Robert Pattinson At The Berlin Press Junket

Bravo Interview Robert Pattinson At The Berlin Press Junket

This interview is really great, the interviewer came up with something a bit different.
And really Rob? It's extremely easy to shoot sex scenes ;-)

Bill Condon & Melissa Rosenberg Breakdown "Breaking Dawn"

Bill Condon & Melissa Rosenberg Breakdown "Breaking Dawn".
This is a GREAT read BUT please only read it if you've seen the movie because it's full of spoilers
And because of that I'm putting it After The Cut

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*NEW* Interviews With Robert Pattinson & Co From Berlin Press Junket & Red Carpet

In this new interview from German TV Robert Pattinson talks about German Fans and how consistent they are and lots more.

Skip to 10:19 for the start of the "Breaking Dawn" segment.
The Press Junket interview starts @ 15:18 and the Red carpet interview @ 22.39