We are Harry Potter nerds, and as such, anyone involved in the franchise can do no wrong in our eyes. However, we found a quote from a recent interview with Emma Watson to be kind of peculiar. Emma explained the romantic element of the final Potter films, she said “This kiss between Hermione and Ron is highly anticipated, it’s been building up for eight films now. And Harry Potter is not Twilight, you know; we’re not selling sex.” Don’t get us wrong, we love everything about Emma, we love her new pixie hair, and mostly we love Hermione Granger, but we found this to be weird, since Twilight is 3,000 pages of sexual tension and about 2 pages of island sex.
These are the books where the main characters do it all of two times (in no gratuitous detail, thanks for nothing, Stephenie Meyer) before a monster starts growing inside Bella, trying to punch, kick and eat it’s way out. Sure, there’s the mental image of Robert Pattinson biting his pillow to downy bits which we’d pay good money to see, but there’s only about 2% more sex in Twilight than there is in Harry Potter. Just, you know, to clarify. Of course we don’t blame Emma for not reading the books, girlfriend has movies to shoot and Ivy League universities to attend.
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16 Responses to “Emma Watson Has Clearly Never Read Twilight”
Actually the difference between 0 and 2 means that there’s 200% more sex in Twilight than in Harry Potter.
Regardless, I don’t think that was Emma Watson’s point.
I think she was suggesting that sex is something that the Twilight series is CLEARLY about – whether it’s the ridiculous sexualization of Robert Pattinson (I dare not go against gospel and suggest that I don’t understand THAT phenomenon… too many Twi-Hards lurking…) or the apparent pedestrian and ‘first-timey’ sex Bella and Edward apparently have. On the other hand, Harry Potter is FAR less concerned with sex, and far more involved in OTHER relationships (father-son etc).
I totally agree with T said. She do not have to read the Twilight books just to suggest that they what to explode Robert Pattison & Kristen Stewart sensuality, you have to see every merchandise or TV programs to do so.
Harry Potter and Twilight are about as similar as a cheerleader competition and a strip club.
agreed with both above. Whoever writes this blog is lacking the sophistication to analyze even the simplest of scenarios. What a waste of bandwidth. Clearly could benefit from a university ir even a more solid high school education.
Actually, the difference between 0 and 2 means that there’s infinitely more sex in Twilight than in Harry Potter. Because 2 divided by 0… never mind.
T hit the nail on the head perfectly.
Herpaderp, “selling sex” doesn’t mean actually portraying sex.
Topless dudes running around fighting with other (arguably) hunky dudes over the affections of one virginal chick is “selling sex”. To 12 year old girls. The entire damn book is about sexual tension. The only tension of that nature in the Potter books is when a KISS will happen. Unless of course you count Hagrid’s yearning for some giantess nookie.
Please, it’s like one long teen-girl wet dream: one sad and out of place loner girl longing for adventure has two uber-powerful ultimate ‘bad boys’ fighting over her?
T is right. It IS about the sex, or about building up to sex, even if it is really lame sex. I only read the first book because it bored the hell out of me. At least in Harry Potter the kids have goals and personalities. That’s a nice thing to have.
Twilight and HP are just different sides of the same coin. It is just a matter of what you prefer. Harry Potter is more of a Fantasy/Adventure (guy friendly) versus Twilight is a Fantasy/Romance(girl friendly). I have read all the Twilight books because I like a good romance without a lot of lustful sex. I could not get into HP books because I do not like reading adventure books. I do like the HP movies. Both franchises are good to the fans that follow them. No need to bash either. This is the first time I have ever seen a romance/fantasy in a trilogy let alone soon to be 5 movies. The Twilight Saga may not be for everyone but I for one enjoy it . Evidently, I am not alone.
Twilight is a fantasy about gender roles, which are man-made. Our society teaches women to seek “emotional” romance over purely physical relationships, hence the series’ sexuality being disguised in its more “emotional” expression. Sex is still the center of it. Even marketing something for its supposed “pureness” hinges on sex appeal. Disney’s been marketing the Jonas Brothers (and their purity rings) for years, but little girls certainly don’t like them for their musical talent and just as friends.
Emma’s completely right.
Emma’s got it right. Period. Twilight is attractive to pubescent girls for exactly the reason she’s saying; it’s profoundly sexual throughout the whole series. I think Anonimus got it right when he/she said it was like porn for young girls. Harry Potter focuses so much more on the story/characters and much less on the idea of sexual tension. Even the relationships are portrayed as more innocent than in Twilight, I find.
Just a sidenote to Mona: fantasy trilogies were around a long time before Twilight. The Lord of the Rings, X-Men and the new Batman series were all started way before Twilight, and that’s just to name a few…
Yeah, Twilight is entirely about sex. It’s not about love, none of the main characters really have anything in common, they never really talk about anything (beyond how dreamy they find each other), and they have no personality traits beyond the absolute superficial. The whole series is about lust. Period.
Um, I don’t think she is comparing the two book series, she is talking about the way the films are marketed and yes Twilight is marketed on sex appeal. The entire first movie was sold on Robert Patiison being sexy, broody and gorgeous (still don’t see it) and the second movie’s entire marketing campaign was buff shirtless werewolves. Harry Potter is marketed on mystery and adventure.
Emma read the book,its all about waiting to get married,before sex,nothing wrong with that,she certainly goes back and forth on this,alot of us dont like harry potter either,but we dont put it down,if you want to see nothing but sex,go see a double x rated movie,and leave twilight alone. we love this cast.
I think the point is that whether or not Bella and Edward are actually having sex, their relationship is THE central theme to the books while any relationships whether Ron and Hermione, or Harry and Ginny are strictly secondary. That is a big difference. Emma may not have articulated her point to this blogger’s satisfaction but I totally understood what she was getting at.
It doesn’t matter to me whether the Twilight movies sell sex while the HP movies do not. One franchise is mainly a love story that appeal to mostly females young and old while the other franchise is mainly about fantasy-adventure,appealing to a broader audience. HP wins hands down as the far bigger franchise. What matters to me and annoys me about that obviously uppity Watson girl’s comment is that she praised her movie by putting down other people’s movie(s), which shows what she is inside–not really a nice young lady.