Brain Candy

I've been reading a lot of articles bashing entertainment like the Twilight series, or the new Wolverine movie, or the Fast and the Furious movie. Mostly though, the focus has been on the Twilight series.

This movie and the books are "brain candy". Just like the scary vampire movies. They are meant for entertainment.

Not every movie or book needs to be deep or match a specific formula. Sometimes mindless fluff is exactly what some people want. I don't want to go to the theater to be preached to, or be shown something miserable or to learn something, every time I go. Or in the case of horror flicks, have the S#!% scared out of me. It's not my thing. But someone likes it, right?

I am going to get a lot of crap for this but I thought Kristin Whats-her-name was a terrible actress in this movie, and the special effects were over the top and lame (Like Underworld 2) But I understand the appeal. Starcrossed lovers in peril...gasp! This idea has been a huge seller of women's novels since the early 1800's, so of course it's going to sell. After reading these books, some of my well educated and "well-read" (i.e. Tolstoy, Austen, Dickens, Shakespeare, Tim Robbins, Isaac Asimov, Palahniuk, etc) friends now read the "erotic" (gross, you don't sleep with your food!) vampire novels, and they know they're tripe and crap, but they still enjoy them because it's escapist. By the way, I did read the Twilight series, and while I appreciate why they are popular, I never thought they were anything special because they are formulaic ideas in a different setting.

So, judge if you want, but remember, a lot of people think scary or gory or even some action flicks are ridiculous and a waste of time and cellulose. Especially the ones with the screaming naked women that get slashed up. Or the naked women that are "token hotties". Or the ones with senseless violence offset with pithy humor. It's all junk food for the brain. Just in different flavors.