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Originally posted by MrPeanut
I only saw the first Twilight, but Kristen was like a vacuum of charisma in it.
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It always feels like that when Kristen and Rob are in scenes together though. They don't sell the romance well at all, and they don't have a lot of sexual or even romantic chemistry and that's the main problem in the series. You don't feel that they are compelled to be together and they never established the romance between the two characters. All we got were endless montages, odd camera angles, sweeping pans and horrible dialogue which was performed terribly.
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How did Edward abuse Bella?
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You mean besides the bruises he inflicts on her during sex? How about the time where he forbids her from seeing Jacob and he rips out her car engine? His neglect of her during the entire book which leads her to contemplate suicide? When he leaves her lost in the woods and the entire Forks community sends out a search party to find her? His general controlling behavior over her? "Get in or I'll drag you back" His insults toward her? "stupid lamb" etc.
I personally don't really care that Edward is abusive. Abusive people can be good characters the problem I find with the work is that Bella likes being abused. She likes him just the way he is and she wouldn't change a single thing about their relationship. He is "perfect" in her eyes and that's the problem I have with the series. Bella likes being in an abusive relationship and she makes endless excuses for him. She is happy that he is an abusive boyfriend to her and that makes her hot. That's the part that I find unforgivable. The condoning behavior towards the Edward character's actions and the celebration of her descent into said relationship.