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Aint It Cool used my Twilight review.
And now people in Talk Back are totally trashing it, so I've decided not to look at the Talk Back anymore. I think that it's all a test having to do with my own writing. I have spent much of this vacation attempting to perfect four screenplays so I might copywrite them before Christmas. That's the dream. But, I'm a people pleaser. I'm always careful about who reads my work, and my best critic is my father, who will tell me what doesn't work, but doesn't give me an ultimatum on how to change it....
Anyway, I wrote a Twilight gut-reaction review after seeing the flick. I enjoyed it, though I had some quibbles about first-act pacing and not enough of the Cullen family, and leaving out a few facts that do affect any future film installments. However, for the most part my review was positive, because it was a positive film experience. A bit choppy in the first half? Yes. Definitely. But once the film found its groove, it was lots of fun to take in.
Did I hail it as the next Blade Runner? heck no. Harry Potter? nope. I just wrote a positive review about a positive experience... and people in the Talk Back are doing what they usually do: Picking apart my review, calling me a plant (I wish!) and basically saying what crap the movie looks like.
So, I started second-guessing myself about my review, wondering if I was too generous... but since when is it a bad thing to have fun suspending disbelief and taking in a flick? I've seen MUCH worse films this year, and, in my opinion, this movie is definitely above the latest Bond film in my estimation. Does that mean everyone else should feel that way? Heck, no! But, it's how I feel.
So, I have resolved not to look at the Talk Back anymore, because my review has been written and posted, and I couldn't edit it even if I wanted to. I feel like this is a test for me to see if I can really resist going back and looking at all the opinions....
I've always said that I would not be able to read reviews of my screenplays because it would kill me. I'm a people pleaser, but if I start trying to please everyone, I only end up exhausting myself, losing the vision, and pleasing no one. So, I'm resolving to look towards God's will for my writing and not the will of the world.
This review is just a test for me, and I'm writing about it here because though I've already written about it elsewhere, I need to keep telling people what I intend to do so they can hold me accountable. I am not going to look at the Talk Back anymore, but instead, be excited that they chose to use my review. Is it perfect? Nah. Was the movie the perfect flick? Nah, but I enjoyed it, and that is no crime.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Muffy
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
19 november 2008, 17:13:59
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