Twilight – RiffTrax Review
by john on May.17, 2009, under Reviews
Yes, I watched Twilight. I also read the book. The Estrogen Phenom has taken up a considerable amount of my time these past few months and I’m so tired of talking about it. But because it ended on such a high note, I’m compelled to give it a few- hundred word sendoff.
The visually gifted of you probably noticed the RiffTrax notation in the title. I’ll get to that in a second, but first I should say something about Twilight, the movie. I don’t think there’s a man on this planet qualified to give a proper review, but in my non-scientific polling, fans of the book are not fans of the movie. Add those numbers to the total number of men alive and there’s a pretty good indication this is a complete waste of celluloid.
But oh how blessed we are to have men who dedicate their lives to polishing turds. I’m talking about the RiffTrax crew, not Mythbusters - though those guys are equally as awesome. If you don’t know, RiffTrax is the same crew that did Mystery Science Theater 3000 back in the day. But back then, they only did B-movie scifi/horror flicks. Today, they are ripping on new releases.
Setup can be a little challenging. You have to have the original DVD along with RiffTrax’s special MP3 Soundtrack. You play the DVD normally, but need a PC with extra speakers for their soundtrack. There are then audio cues to synch everything up. Once you’ve got the technical parts down, you can just sit back and enjoy.
I’ve seen a few MST3K movies in my time, and they’re generally pretty funny. Twilight is by far the funniest thing I’ve heard them do. I laughed for two solid hours at something, in its original form, would have caused me to cut myself. Anyone who can turn depression and nausea into fun and hilarity deserves our attention and accoldaes.
Check out these links for samples:
www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/twilight
Grade: A+
August 22nd, 2011 on 9:24 am
I watched this with the RiffTrax recently, and it was hilarious. It was still kind of a slog toward the end, though, and you could hear the RiffTrax guys even getting sort of tired of the whole thing. This is a two-hour movie in which nothing happens, and then a vampire is finally dismembered and burned AND IT HAPPENS JUST OFF-CAMERA!
So, yeah, that’s one thing from the MST3K days that unfortunately the RiffTrax guys can’t do for new releases: they can’t edit the films down to a nice, watchable 90 minutes.
Still, I love that virtually everyone involved in MST3K is now back in the game in one form or another.
July 10th, 2009 on 6:07 pm
I agree that the movie was definitely for girls and housewives. I am a big fan of the books because they flow so well and who doesn’t like a love story? Of course the idea that vampires live among us as vegetarians is awesome too. (totally kidding. ok maybe only just a little)
The only good thing about this movie is that a reader could visualize Edward as Rob Patinson from that point on when reading or re-reading the books. I mean come on, he’s hot and he was Cedric Diggory.
I personally don’t think books made into movies ever really fulfill the hype that the books do and that’s ok because film and books are different. I also think that occasionally that is an unacceptable reason. In this case it is.
The only reason to watch this film is to see some cute actors.
haha.
Kristi