At the point Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) presents Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) with the traditional bauble as he proposes marriage, he could almost be a Jonas brother suggesting she join his Silver Ring Thing significantly, this comes moments after he's knocked back her invitation to go all the way, claiming it's "too dangerous". While the Potter films are the cinematic equivalent of a cold shower, damping down the urges of its adolescent acolytes, the Twilight films, on the other hand, know all the about the vampire-movie obsession for blood, sex, addiction and death, even if it dilutes it for its own ends.
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But in a universe where almost all CGI-laden, blood-spilling tentpole movies are aimed at ensnaring the teenage male, there's something to be said for a series of films aimed squarely – and successfully – at teenage girls.
T he Twilight films may be as ruthlessly exploitative a franchise as Harry Potter they may be devoted to a creepy ideological agenda to promote pre-marital chastity and they may be simply retreading much of the high-school vampire shtick that made Buffy a TV hit more than a decade ago.
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