by Lynda Rey 4/15/09 Girly movies. Yeah, I don't mix too well with them. We have an awkward history. If there's no balance to be had in a girly movie, something to water down all that fluff, it wouldn't be surprising to catch me rolling my eyes at what I see. What is a girly movie? Anything with an overly mushy, unbelievable love side to it, where it's all about the love, love, love and nothing else. Oh there are a few exceptions to the rule, however. Not even my reaction to the excessive mush can prevent me from appreciating the depiction of love in movies, at least sometimes, especially if it's unique. To this day I'm still surprised even "The Notebook" was able to lure me into its grasp while presenting itself as a pretty sweet love story. It's unrealistic and hard to believe, but what a great possibility to hope for, in the real world, that is.
That all being said, we now have this girly type of a movie by the name of "Twilight
," the film version of the first book of a 4 part series. For those who are familiar with the Twilight Saga, it's no secret that this radical love story of a movie is a major girl magnet, and many a male ran for the hills upon its release. I personally knew nothing of this movie, and upon viewing the original teaser trailer, my response was simply, "I guess that looks interesting." Vampire movies tend to be intriguing. But then I heard about how obsessive females were about the movie (and only females), how every teenager and her mother will be viewing it, and how utterly crazy people were going for it. I didn't understand why, and those facts turned me away from it. "There's just no way I want to see a dinky love story geared for teenage girls," I remember thinking, and I left it at that.
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