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A GQ Confession: I am a male fan of Twilight

November 20, 2009  Posted by Lindsay in Twilight

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Let’s face it. We know you guys are out there. The male Twilight fans. Most of you just won’t fess up. So here we have a junior editor at GQ named Andrew Richdale who is a GUY and is taking a stand for his Twi-love. Here are his defending points.

• The New Moon soundtrack is kinda like going to be Bonaroo, but without the ripe smell of hipsters. Seriously, it’s stacked.
Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Lykke Li, and Thom Yorke, the reigning king of indiedom…it doesn’t get much better than that.

• It’s not like the four-movie series is being thrown together by the ex-High School Musical squad. The Twilight directors are actually legit.
Catherine Hardwicke, who directed the first film, gave Kids a run for it’s most-effed-up-teen-movie-of-all-time money back in 2003 with Thirteen (which also starred Twilight vamp Nikki Reed). New Moon’s Chris Weitz (About a Boy, American Pie), is a former Oscar nominee. And if the track record of suspense film-sensei David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night) is any indication, Eclipse, the third film of the series about a vamp-on-vamp war, will be something closer to a pants-shitting horror than a preteen romp in the meadow.

• If there’s one thing that makes up for the lack of sex in Twilight, it’s the violence, of which there is plenty.
Have you ever seen a vampire ripped to pieces and set to fire? Or a brood of bloodsuckers devouring throngs of humans at Morpheus-style speed? There will be blood—plenty of it.

• And, with a rumored 80 million dollar budget for New Moon, they’re not cutting too many corners with the special f/x in the series either.
Which means some of the harder-to-pull off effects—like fanged killer babies, high-speed auto chases, men turning werewolves—will actually look pretty sweet.

• And, finally, the actors in New Moon have some chops.
Say what you will about the perma-pained stares of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart (who can actually act, in case you didn’t know. Check out Into the Wild and last year’s Adventureland for some proof), but it’s hard to knock a guy like Michael Sheen, who’s become an Academy favorite for his roles in The Queen and Frost/Nixon and plays head dick in charge of the vampire race in New Moon. And Anna Kendrick, who essentially plays Stewart’s bitch, has been generating some award season buzz for her role in the upcoming Up in the Air—a film Tom Carson named our Movie of the Year.

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  • Guy Twilight Fan!

    Guy Twi-hard and proud of it! Kristen Stewart is super HOT! Though I think Bella's a whiny bitch! And that doesn't make me like Twilight any less!

    Team Jacob! Because he's always getting hurt by Bella!

  • propper vampire fan

    Isuppose You like what You like,Musical theatre anyone ?

  • Chetana54321

    I'm a guy from India, proud to say twi-fan.i never read books.here there r not available.but i saw the 3 movies more than 25 times.I'm really obsessed with twi-saga.its been a month, still my minds thinks about the twilight saga , characters etc.i really liked Taylor Lautner & Kirsten Stewart.they both looks hot & made 4 each other .Taylor & Stewart are the only reason I've started liking the series.after a while i started liking Edward character too.the dialogue he will tell to Bella in bedroom was EPIC "I may have stolen a kiss or two, but only after asking your father's permission and I would've got down on knee. And I would've presented you with a ring.. Isabella Swan, I promise to love you every moment of forever. Would you do me the extraordinary honor of marrying me? " and great sound track too. i listen to them every day..

  • BellasLove1918

    I'm a 20 year old guy and I absolutely love The Twilight Saga! I have read the books twice and they have changed me so much for the better, my wife calls me her Edward since my personality is so much like his ever since I read the books. So I may be a little obsessed but hey I love it and it makes me and my wife very happy! I can't wait for Breaking Dawn!
    Team Edward!

  • bigdog8154

    i love twiligh. can't wait for breaking dawn. plus kristen stewart is so hot!!!

  • Draigar

    I am a guy and i LOVE the Twilight Saga!!
    And I'm on team Jacob too xb

  • Im guilty.

  • justinflynn

    I am a 16 going on 17 yr old boy from england and i thought that twilight and new moon were awsome and that i cant wait to see eclipse and breaking dawn when they come out

  • My husband is a Twihard!!

  • tttwilight

    My teacher is a Twiguy!!!

  • tttwilight

    My teacher is a TwiGuy

  • bellascura

    My fiance went with me and my best friend to a 12:20 showing of New Moon and loved it.
    He disliked the film Twilight, but he's currently reading the books.
    It's really nice when we can sit there and read Eclipse out loud... him playing the part of Edward and I being Bella.
    For the record, I'm 21 and he's 22.

    I'm just amazingly lucky. (3 years in December, yay!)

  • Team_Jacob09

    im a male twilight fan and i dont care twilight rocks
    the books are loads better than the movies though!!!

    TEAM JACOB!!!

    shame on people who dont admit they like twilight!!!

  • twilightgirl15975

    i'm so excited 4 new moon !!!!!! and there's nothing wrong from a guy to like twilight cz it have action in it and i say GO TWI-GUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Ahahahahhaha yeup, my boyfriend loves em.. I made him read the books..
    He isnt HALf as obsessed as me, and gets well annoyed when I start talking bout Twilight, though..
    Mainly coz it's always about Jacob and/or Taylor.. Cant blame him.. lol
    He's definitely a fan tho..

  • Devin Geworsky

    I am obsessed with Twilight! All my friends tell me to shut up cause I talk about it too much! lol Im a Twiguy!

  • Guest

    I am not any more just so everyone knows... It was a dumb fad and i have stopped reading the books and watching the movies...

  • sonnet602

    So glad to see the Twi-guys come out! Wish more would because these books are for everyone! It is simply just an amazing story!

  • Tali

    I'll admit most of the guys at our midnight show looked pained and forced by their girls to go.. but by the end they were enjoying it more than the girls!!
    Plus my boyfriend is also a fan (he doesn't like to read so I read it to him while he works or plays games) and he was as psyched as I was for the movie and he enjoyed it. You know what guys, girls can seriously appreciate that! Go for it

  • dark_flame360

    I'm a Guy, and I love Twilight :) Most of my friends do (Girls AND Guys) The people that don't like it only like really bloody and violent ones. Twilight series have a good story :)

  • kat22

    I went to see New Moon last night as was suprised by the amount of guys. 3 sat behind me and my partner. There was a group of guys sitting near the front (a fairly large group too).
    The guys behind were discussing the books in the end credits and comparing.

    My partners reading Eclipse now, he enjoyed the movie more than me.

  • Guest

    you guys are freakin FAGS

  • lmac24

    If were fags, then that makes u a BITCH!!!

  • jannalee

    You are ignorant!

  • lmac24

    I'm a guy, and I've seen both movies, saw New Moon at the midnight showing, I haven't read the books simply becuz I don't like 2 read that much lol, I've read the plots 2 each book, and I can proudly say I'm obsessed with the Twilight Saga. By the way, there were guys at the midnight showing of New Moon when I was there. There's nothin wrong with guys liking these types of movies, just girls like them more.

    Don't worry ladies, I'm a Twilight fan, I'll hold us guys down!!!

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