Posts Tagged ‘iphone’
It’s so easy to tear anything Twilight-related apart at face value. But often, doing so gains one insults of “You’re just pompous!” or “pretentious!” or “heartless!” from fans of the series.
So I gave it a shot, as best I could. I saw the first film and read a dozen pages of excerpts online. All I found was, in said ‘tearing it apart’, I was probably being too tame.
The truth isn’t that it’s a heartfelt-albeit-predictable love story such as e.g. Titanic. Rather, it’s genuinely, just…bad. In all respects of story telling:
The story is indeed predictable (the typical formula of ‘girl falls for boy she shouldn’t; they resist, end up together; struggle, almost fall apart, but ultimately – after some gunfire and dramatics – end up happily ever after’). But further, the characters are flat and unrealistic. The dialogue is contrived and hokey, and has no driving voice within it. The description is unimaginative and littered with the sort of awkward adjectives one expects to find in an entry-level creative writing course. On and on, et cetera.
But I really do understand: I understand why, and it’s OK that 13-yearold girls (or boys…let’s not discriminate) can connect with the story and be entertained. I understand why teenagers can engage with the shallow ‘romance’ therein. And that’s fine – nobody’s saying everything anyone reads has to be dense and literary.
So that’s not what concerns me. What -does- concern me is 25-yearold high school (or god forbid, college) graduates genuinely being moved by these characters; 35-yearold soccer moms finding the gutless emotion of the story to be deep and involving. Because when people allow themselves to be so bogged down with such masturbatory ‘art’, they lose the ability to really appreciate work with true depth. And a society that vacantly drools over the status feed of failed Facebook relationships, the romance of Edward-the-Vamp + Bella-the-melodramatist, yet can’t conjure the ability to appreciate the love stor
Apple iPhone Protective Vinyl
This is the first time I get an Ipod. Have to say very fun to use.
For Apple iPhone 4
I Love this GPS mount!!! This was actually the third one I bought. The first was for me,the other two were for gifts for my sister and step dad. It stays put unlike the window or dash mounts and is easily transferable if you change vehicles. I would really recommend this to anyone with a GPS.
For Apple Iphone Ipod