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American romantic fantasy based on 2005 novel by irected by Catherine Hardwicke. With Kristen Stewart, Sarah Clarke, Matthew Bushell, Billy Burke. When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.
Can't rec, not well made enough to compensate for unaddressed misogyny and rape culture. I recognise the franchise punched an entire generation in the ID, and I get that the fantasy of getting to have intimacy while existing in that culture is powerfully attractive. I'm glad so many people got pleasure from it. For myself, I'd rather engage with fantasy where the default is not misogyny and rape culture.
Can't rec, not well made enough to compensate for unaddressed misogyny and rape culture. I recognise the franchise punched an entire generation in the ID, and I get that the fantasy of getting to have intimacy while existing in that culture is powerfully attractive. I'm glad so many people got pleasure from it. For myself, I'd rather engage with fantasy where the default is not misogyny and rape culture.
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