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Originally Posted by lovestoreadalot
Why have the MOVIE at all? The book came first, and as always was hundreds of times better than the movie.
Twilight is the best book I have ever read, and hundreds of years from now I'm sure other people will be saying the same.
Romeo and Juliet is always praised for being great and its a love story, Yet Twilight also a love story is usually criticized. Only difference is Twilight has its happily ever after while Romeo and Juliet ends in tragedy.
Why are the tragedies usually praised?( By the way I hated Romeo and Juliet!)
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My understanding of it is, that the movie made things more campy and isn't quite as good as the books. I am also under the understanding that the books aren't all that well written, but still a fun read. (I've not read them, and so this is based on the opinion of a dozen or so people I know that have read the books and seen the movie). Thinking of it, almost everyone I know that read the books hated the movie.
As far as the criticism, well, it isn't so much the basic premise of that it has a happy ending, but rather that it just isn't that great of a story. Note that enjoyable, and good are two different things. I love watching B movies, yet you'll never see me saying that they're great works of art.