The Kiss? It's short and sweet, fully clothed, friendly, basically an elevated peck, no wandering hands, no trace of saliva.TL DR - An improvement from Season 01, undoubtedly better and intertwined social issues with the genre storytelling. These questions vex and perplex as we enter the theater to see "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." "Twilight" brings cinema-goers back to the chaste '90s: Beware, Bella, sex might kill you. What can we predict about teenage romance, through the analysis of the cinematic behavior of lusty vampires and witches and werewolves? "Harry Potter" hints at emotional dilemmas: whether Harry and Ginny's jokey friendship can withstand the added pressure of kissing. Now, "emphasis has shifted more to the emotional consequences" of physical relationships. Has "Twilight" increased heart-thumping expectations of paranormal teen romance? "I don't know where the market is going in terms of teenage sexuality," says Tim Shary, author of "Youth Culture in Global Cinema." From the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, he says, "Teenagers in movies hardly had sex at all" - and never without the safe sex talk. had ripped off "Twilight's" marketing, with moody love-triangle posters reminiscent of the ones for "New Moon," the second book in the vampire saga. "I think we can kind of agree that boys are clueless."īut one wonders: Does all of "Twilight's" undead intensity usurp the "He's Gross/I Like Him/This Is Awkward" innocence of "Harry Potter"? One article suggested that Warner Bros. " 'Twilight' is written from the perspective of a girl" says Lori Joffs, founder of fansite. With "Twilight," it's all glistening chests and luscious lips and naughty thoughts. And when relationships do happen, they are subtle, hand-holding affairs. It's all misunderstandings and mistaken identities and people feeling awkward. " 'Harry Potter' is 'Pride and Prejudice' with wands." He "may have a love figure, but you get the (romantic) payoff after a long wait." Meaning. "Harry is basically a Gothic heroine," Granger says. It happens in a dimly lit bedroom, in underwear, between human Bella, who is eager for hanky-panky, and her vampire boyfriend, Edward, who resists hanky-panky because he's still not sure whether he wants more to smooch Bella or drink her blood.įor an analysis of these two approaches in teen romance, let's go to John Granger, the author of "Harry Potter's Bookshelf" who is working on a book about "Twilight." Rowling had been grooming for more than a decade. "Twilight," a vampire romance based on the first book of Stephenie Meyer's series, tapped into the youth market that J.K. postponed the November release for money reasons, and then Summit Entertainment swooped into the slot with a paranormal romance of its own - a little movie called "Twilight." And the whole kiss thing changed context and meaning. That's when everyone thought "Half-Blood Prince" would be released in 2008. Oh, warm fuzzy feeling!"ĭumblegirl posted this back in 2007. "This is one of the best parts of the entire series. "Am really looking forward to not only THE KISS, but the scenes before it when Harry is having his internal struggle," wrote a fan who calls herself dumblegirl on a Harry Potter message board. The Potter series is first and foremost an adventure series, but it's also the place where many young readers first read about stomach-butterflies, heartbreak and the agony of unrequited crushes - or at least, they did until a sultry young half-vampire couple appeared on the scene. "Half-Blood Prince" is when Cupid's arrows fired in nineteen-freaking-ninety-seven finally hit their targets. Ron and Hermione fess up to their festering crush (fans anticipating that kiss, alas, must wait for Movie 7 or 8). This is the brief lip-lock between protagonist Harry and his pal Ginny, though the sixth installment of the teen wizard series contains a cornucopia of other bumbling, fumbling, mumbling hormonal activity. These things are very important in the Potterverse.īut for some readers, they are not as important as The Kiss. The question of whether Hermione performed a Confundus charm during a Quidditch match. The revelation of the dark magic of Horcruxes. The Potterites lining up for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will studiously examine the film for its treatment of these crucial plot points: The development of Tom Riddle from creepy orphan to wicked Lord Voldemort.
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