Random Entry Title: Screw Twilight I'm reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

[forgottenbennet]

To start off with this entry is just to let off steam (which may or may not be shooting out of my ears right about now) on my behalf.


Unlike some self-professed "Experts" who think their opinion is "God's Word" (Don't worry folks it's no one on my friends list. Nor am I talking about a snotty Austen fan site) I actually appreciate most Vampire movies/books I see/read (Twilight and it's progeny being the exception of course. Can't stand the books and to a certain extent to movies are actually amusing but not in the ways the Author/screenplay writers intended them to be "Here's your garden burger, Stephanie!" hah!).

I'm talking about a certain person on IMDb on a vampire movie message board who refuses to believe that, yes, some people can actually like a different canon than the first movie (Am I dropping enough clues? lol) I personally prefer to think of it as a bit of an AU when compared to the first. (As is some of the same things may have happened but not all) I say to this person "Shut Up! and let people like what they like without turning you nose down at us (repeatedly, loudly, and often all over the 'net! Many time used the same argument copied and pasted with the occasional revision) It's been almost 8 YEARS since the movie was released! Chill the fuck out already!


*ahem* Yes, well that felt good to say/type and in case you're wondering I'm typing this while I wait for SGU to come on (Pathetic. yes I know but I'm got to keep up with 'canon' just in case for whatever reason I should feel like writing SG-1 fic again (or continue as the case may be)

So! A list of my Favorite vampire movies (in not particular order unless otherwise noted)


Queen of the Damned
Let the Right One In
Blade
Van Helsing
Underworld (I'm counting all the movies an one)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
LXG (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which is not technically a vampire movie but it DOES have a vampire in it so I'm counting it)
Interview with the Vampire (I like it well enough, despite Tom Cruise chronic-overacting((which I don't believe even 'Lestat' himself, in the books, was ever THAT bad)) but to me it belongs on the bottom of my list)


I'm judging this on my DVD collection and I can't remember ever Vampire movie I've ever seen but these are, in my opinion, top notch


And as an added bonus I recently,for the first time read this fabulous little short story by Neil Gaiman where Snow White isn't as innocent as she seems to be.



And as for the entry title?


I just think PPZ is awesome and Twilight is not.

Snow, Glass, Apples

Comments

[finferwen.livejournal.com]

Have you read the book version of Let the Right One In? It may just be my opinion, but the movie is to the book what Edward is to Lestat.

Also, people need to STFU about Queen of the Damned. It happened, you can't change it, get over it. It wasn't bad (except for the Armand cameo, blech), it was just different and differently focused. It would be nice to see another movie focused on the twins and the whole Egypt flashback-y thing, but I have no objection to seeing half naked Stuart Townsend. ^^

[bijjy.livejournal.com]

Ah sadly no I don't think I've ever seen the book anywhere, if I had I probably would've snapped it up in a hurry!

As for the yummilicious Mr. Townsend he's so under-appreciated in his work. I'm happy though that he's seemed to have acquired a role in the Movie,"Thor". I hadn't planned on seeing the movie before now, but when I heard Stuart was attached to it I all but jumped up and down with glee.

And so I've been a Stuart fan since the QotD movie was released and I can happpily say that he is indeed the Ultimate Lestat for me. The Lestat we see/read in Interview with the vampire is just from Louis' point-of-view. It's through Lestats eyes we see him for how he truly is in TVL/QotD (both books and movie). I could go on forever on how thay had to adapt QotD like they did but all it comes down to is time. How do you squish 2 books together witout maing some adjustments or changes? It's a good adaption and I wish J would shut up about it! Especially bashing Stuart (ARGH!)


lol. I guess I still had alittle rant left in me ;p