Oh for f#ck's sake STOP desecrating genres to market to tween teenage girls and lonely middle aged women! It's cynical and produces less than turd quality stories, literature and movies. At Border's they're hawking all these Twilight wannabe books and it's f#cking sickening just how cynical and crappy they are!

Then don't buy them, don't even give them a second look... how the hell is something not Geared towards you some horrible affront? I mean people gear stuff most likely to types like you way more then they do teenagers who happen to be a seriously large market that any company thats in need of a save from the economy is going to market something too. Has it diminished you in some way? Has it destroyed all that you are faithful too? No it hasn't all the stuff you love and like are still being made and movies and music etc are geared towards it. So what if for the first time in X many years something is geared towards teenagers and older women. They're a market too. Its not all about male needs and male wants. Get over yourself and go buy what makes you happy ..there's no reason for everyone to keep crying OMG OMG they destroyed Batman with twilight..It didn't..batman is still a better peice of cinema and everyone knows it.

BTW its hardly out of LINE to gear Beauty and the Beast towards girls..that story has pretty much been geared towards them since the 80s with the Beauty and the Beast tV show and then the Disney movie. Its never been a guy thing.

Well, the guys can hope that Vanessa loses her knickers.

"Vampires and werewolves may be hot this year"

Oh please. Nobody with a degree of sense takes this steaming pile of garbage seriously. Get over yourselves, the sooner the better.

@ TruthBeTold What don't tween aged girls deserve movies marketed at them? Or is it just girls in general that shouldn't be on the recieving end of movie marketing? You may not have noticed this thing called feminism that happened a while back that changed the world enough for it not to be so centred on boys and their toys. Theres this weird thing called the other half of the population that also likes movies and likes movies that suit them.

As for the trailer, looks good. I'll have to see more before I really make up my mind though.

@Bluesman I'm for Vanessa loosing her knickers!

I have no problems with movie studios and authors targetting their movies, shows or books at any segment that they want to; that is, after all, the way that they make money.

What I do object to in the Twilight series, and others of its ilk, is the way that abusive and dysfunctional relationships are held up as the ideals that the people consuming that schlock should be aspiring to. I certainly wouldn't want my daughter in a relationship such as the one Bella has with Edward. Give us some strong female characters who don't settle for moronic, controlling little freaks like Edward...

Gee, can't tell I don't like Twilight, can ya?!

This movie is just trying to cash in on the popularity this type of story is enjoying right now. Need I remind you that studios are in the business to make money first and foremost? Making "art" is way down the list of priority...

Gotta agree with BoredDad here. As a father myself, I dislike the twilight series mainly because of the exceptionally poor role models they portray.Anyone who says to lighten up, it's just a movie really doesn't understand the psyche of kids. When they see this sort of movie and they don't have movies showing strong female characters, many kids do gravitate towards acting like that.
I know this is absolutely shocking to most people (it certainly was to me), but I have found the animated Barbie movies to show strong female characters as well as men that any dad would love to see date their daughters. They are nice and considerate and actually respect women without being made effeminate and emasculated. They are as good role models head and shoulders above anything Disney has put out. And the stories work well as traditional romances, they are Barbie movies after all.

So, if the makers of Barbie can do this, why can't Hollywood make a movie like this?

Meh!
No thanks.

While I agree with jdmimic about the strong role model Barbie represents in her movies (my daughter has them as well), I really would like to see her figure adjusted to that of an actual woman. I know Matel did come out with a line of dolls for awhile that tried to implement this, but I don't recall what happened to them.

In regards to the Beastly movie, as a young girl I watched the Beauty and the Beast series and I found Catherine to be a tough gal (she took on mob bosses, criminals, etc.) and I look forward to seeing a character of her strength again.

@TruthBeTold - Hate to tell ya', that ship sailed a LONG time ago - for proof, just check out a little series called "Beauty and the Beast" from the late '80s - if that wasn't bodice-ripping tween-and-cougar fodder, I don't know what was. Heck, there are STILL internet shrines to the pair.

Big NPH fan here...so I'll give this a shot, however this has been done before with Linda Hamilton back in the 80's.

Actually, I would like to have one question answered by the fathers on here...I am not a father, but I would like to understand more about what you're saying about Twilight being a bad example of teen dating? I watched the movie, and I really don't see what you're talking about.

Gsizz: While I haven't seen the movie, so I can't say anything about that, but in the books, Bella is the epitome of the useless damsel in distress that can't seem to do anything for herself except be subservient to the men in her life.
The men in her life are not great. Edward is not exactly nice to her, is extremely possessive and controlling. He stalks her in the book, even breaking into her room to watch her sleep. I don't know about you, but as a father, I would not tolerate that sort of behavior. Edward isolates her from her friends and family and "convinces" her to do things she doesn't want to do.
Edward says he loves her, but treats her terribly, not as a woman he respects. After all this, when he dumps her, she is so despondent and needy that she abandons everything and everyone to track him down in another continent with no thought to anything other than being with him. In the real world, girls who act like that very often wind up attempting suicide when their entire existence is dependent on another person and that person dumps them.
Oh yeah, and she acts basically like her father's servant. he apparently is incapable of doing his own clothes or cooking. Too much woman's work apparently.
I don't know about you, but I want my daughter to think for herself and do what makes her happy, not just do what makes others happy. The romantic fantasy of the male as uber-dominant and the women completely subservient to the will of her man is a dangerous idea for both the male (leads to abuse towards women and needless pissing contests with other men) and female (degrades them and keeps them from doing anything for themselves).

@jdmimic Thanks for replying. I never quite saw it like that. Many of those things facilitated the story, yet I can see where you're coming from. I thought the sneaking into her room thing was a bit weird, to say the least. I also felt that she was seemingly weak because, well, she was weak in that world. She was just human to super-human creatures that could kill her very simply...and when she did stick up for what she cared about, it was practically suicide.

It's definitely a fine line, one that I can understand and see your point, but I also feel there is a gap there that must be crossed through one's own interpretations. For example, Bella doesn't like her friends, and she seemed to find herself gravitating towards her curiousity. She was a loner, and an independant mind that went after her own ambitions, even if that meant leaving family behind (coming from a broken home).

I'm an aspiring writer on the side. I read as many books as I can to help me improve my craft, and also to get better at storytelling. Perhaps there was much too much lost in translation. Or maybe this happens to be just one of those polarizing topics that can be viewed upon from many different angles. Also, I'm sure that as a father, that one side of interpretation gets enhanced to a higher level when thinking about protecting your own, and that's a good thing.

Thanks for taking the time to write back and explain things. I appreciate it.