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Is It Just Me?
My name is Mekhatansh McGuire but everyone calls me Mekha. I'm 16 and I live in Lexington, KY. I'm a junior in high school and a self-proclaimed art nerd. I love all art forms but my favorite is film. I'm an aspiring filmmaker and I adore cinematography. My influences come from filmmakers like Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Spike Lee and Sofia Coppola. These filmmakers have all affected the way I look at film, and the nuances of life in general. I hope that by reading my blog, you will see the beauty in the little things as I see them from behind the camera.
Is It Just Me?
I've been known to be a film snob, but "Twilight"? Now, I know some if not most of you absolutely die for Twilight, but please someone enlighten me on the mystique of this "film". I see so many girls running around the mall, spazing out when they see the stand up posters of Jacob or Edward. They stalk the theatres and wait for them to throw out there movie paraphernalia, they set up shop in front of Joseph Beth (bookstore) two-three days before the book release. Some of them have actually made themselves believe that they are vampires. Yes people Vampires.
Far be it from me to tell someone how to have fun and use there imaginations...but really? Not to be a total tool, but it's a bit extreme. No it's crazy. Now, there are reject spin-offs about Vampires on TV. Everyone is getting on this train and becoming a die hard for this novel. But I don't see it. Maybe it's one of the many chick things that I don't get. Maybe I've been brainwashed by the Indie film industry. Maybe I'm just a little upset because great films get turned down everyday for crappy novel sequels. I DON'T KNOW! But I don't see it.
Now, I will give the film props for it's brilliant cinematography. Whoever was in charge was doing their job. BUT IT WAS SO CHEESEY. I appreciate a corny emo flick everynow and then, but whoa. That was pure CHEESE and CORN. I'm so lost about this whole thing (as you can tell). Everyone keeps saying that it's a poignant love story and it's ladden in layers and symbolism. I need help finding it.
Can anyone of the enlightened please school me? I don't want to be in the dark anymore.
I know, It''s like a cult or something. (I'm probably making some young teenage girl upset.) I just don't get it, the story isn't an orginal spin on a classic...It's pure nauseum. I sat at my friend's house and predicted each line. Consecutively. Maybe I'm over thinking the film and it's just as corny as it is.
I understand completely... although I've never seen the films and have vowed to spare myself the JOY of actually sitting through one. It still puzzles me how people or over-hormoned teen girls(totally different catagorie) could become so obsessed with such a cliche story which has been told over and over again....Oh I'm sorry could not shine the light on you... but I too am lost.
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