Relationship Expert Reacts to RED FLAGS in TWILIGHT
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Published 2020-08-11
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker, and unlicensed filmmaker Alan Seawright dig in to the 2007 megablockbuster TWILIGHT to figure out whether you should emulate Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, move to Forks, Washington, or just buy a steel drum full of body glitter. Also, what to do when someone who is 86 years older than you sneaks into your room to watch you sleep. (hint: don't fall in love with them.)
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Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker and Alan Seawright
Produced by: Jonathan Decker, Megan Seawright & Alan Seawright
Edited by: Alan Seawright
Director of Photography: Bradley Olsen
0:00 Start
0:13 Edward courts Bella the way Batman terrifies criminals
0:30 Welcome to Cinema Therapy!
2:15 Bella has no agency in this story
5:01 Bella is a deeply stupid person
6:46 Edward courts Bella the way Batman terrifies criminals
8:00 Terrible message for impressionable viewers.
9:10 You don’t want to date a fixer-upper.
13:07 I don’t care that you’re a murderer
16:14 The correct way to watch Twilight: in reverse.
17:43 What if Jonathan calls his wife “Spidermonkey?”
18:07 When is it okay to watch people sleep?
19:03 Not the take you use in the edit
19:28 Co-dependency is not great
20:54 This movie is Attack of the Clones, without the cool stuff
All Comments (21)
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Hi everybody. Several of you have pointed out insensitivity on our parts calling Bella "a moron" and "an idiot," suggesting that these insults could be taken as our views towards anyone in an abusive relationship. We apologize. Our frustration is with the writing and the character. Real-life victims of abuse and neglect are NOT idiots or morons. Very intelligent, capable people are manipulated, hurt, controlled, and used every day. We'll try to be more mindful of what we say. Please keep in mind that Twilight brings out the worst in us.
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When Edward is a red flag but Bella is colorblind.
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Bella Swan is the physical embodiment of the "this sign cant stop me because i cant read" meme
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"He courts Bella the way Batman terrifies criminals" Aged absolutely beautiful
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I think the whole relationship is built upon the fact that Bella's life was so miserable and boring that she was willing to literally flirt with death just to get a spark of happiness and enjoyment. She was too desperate to see how messed up Edward was, all she saw was that he was a hot vampire who could turn her into one and bring a change in her stale life.
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"He courts Bella the way Batman terrifies criminals" Yep, this was just his Batman audition
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Plot twist: Pattison as Edward was just training to be Batman.
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another huge red flag about edward is the way he describes her peers, people the exact same age as her, as children. it just really emphasizes how old he really is and the fact that their relationship is pretty much grooming. Twilight works better as a horror story of a girl completely deconstructing who she is as a person just so she can be desirable for this perfect being she puts on a pedestal, who in reality is just some creepy old guy with the face of a teenager and the lust to literally kill her.
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To quote from this film’s Pitch Meeting, “Bella’s like a bull. She just sees a red flag and runs at it!” 😂
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Edward: I'm designed to kill... Bella: I don't care Audience: WHY?!?!?!?!?!
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I HATE when movies romanticize odd behaviors and stalkerish behavior like “I’m just looking out for you”. That’s not cute. That’s a huge red flag.
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"Three words. Three life changing words" Call the police. "Consent is key." Oh yeah that too.
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Okay, hear me out. As a teenage girl, the thing with the "you have a problem - is it my fault" really was an issue. That stuff was ingrained in every single girl's mind I have ever known. (Well, maybe one or two where it wasn't and they did get problems because of that.) And it STILL happens today. A girl gets raped, the immediate reaction is: what was she wearing? Was she attractive? Did she act "reckless"? Girls ARE framed to think like this. And THAT is why so many females could identify with or understand the character of Bella. Because this is literally what we were brought up to.
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As a victim of a horrible person, I have to say that watching two men talk about toxic and horrible men is VERY therapeutic.
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Edward? Abusive and manipulative. Jacob? Abusive and manipulative. Bella? Naive and impressionable. Charlie Swan? A KING
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“He courts Bella the way Batman terrifies criminals.” The Batman’s casting crew: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!
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About half the lines the main character guy said should trigger a 911 call: "I've killed people" "I wanted to kill you" "I'm thirsty for your blood" "I've been stalking you" "I snuck into your room while you were sleeping" I never read these books or watched these movies, and I have no regrets
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Well, Jacob has consent issues, Edward is a stalker, Bella doesn't have a personality and they all think grooming is okay.
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'He courts bella the way batman terrifies criminals' 'well he's gonna play batman' best moment of the whole video jajajaja
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Thank you for talking about the whole "vanilla" thing. Something I realized in current YA novels is that the sex is almost always rough and you as a reader are supposed to like that because its considered "grown up". As opposed to "vanilla" and things that are considered "boring". Wtf is wrong with wanting to feel safe and okay and good and protected...?!!
