Jimmy Kimmel Live: Twilight: Total Eclipse of the Heart was an hour-long, multi-colon special promoting the impending The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. I don’t know why Jimmy Kimmel was hosting it (Lost specials, yes; but Twilight movies and Jimmy?), but I’m glad he did. Who else would ask Robert Pattinson, “Robert, what happened to your dreamy, impossibly tousled hair?” I mean, besides the the most eloquent yet sarcastic Twilight fan ever?
The event took place in a theater in Hollywood packed with screaming Twilight fans. Rarely has an hour-long commercial for a movie been as much silly fun. The big three — Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner — the trio seemed to enjoy deflecting personal questions in favor of jokes and anecdotes. They spoke of performing karaoke in South Korea (Miley Cyrus songs were preferred choices), and answered Jimmy’s question about whether a vampire or a werewolf would fare better in a fight with a shark:
The stars were soon joined by many Eclipse co-stars, including Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Peter Facinelli. When it came time to take questions from fans, one civilian approached the microphone and asked whether any of them had “Justin Bieber fever.” The instant culture-clash provoked by that question was pleasantly, intriguingly absurd. When Kimmel said, “Yeah, [Bieber] should be in the next movie,” the crowd booed lustily. Kimmel hastily added, “Or, we could kill him,” the audience erupted in cheers:
In keeping with the unpredictable match-ups of cultural icons Kimmel enjoys messing around with, there was a taped skit that parodied Twilight, performed by the cast of The Jersey Shore. To say it was unfunny (despite a cameo appearance by Kimmel) is almost beside the point. Nothing the Shore people do is clever, and that fact is what Kimmel used here. It was an intentionally bad home movie, with moments such as The Situation flexing his abs in a new way:
“This isn’t 60 Minutes, you know,” Kimmel said at one point. Exactly. Here’s a link to other clips from the special. It was an odd spectacle: Watching huge stars-of-the-moment shrugging off their fame casually, charmingly, while their fans expressed how seriously they, the fans, take that fame.
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I wish the movies would get some decent special effects. The clips of running scenes look very fake.
Better special effects would actually require Summit to spend more than 6 months on it, and they have to cash in while the fad’s still going. I wouldn’t hold my breath for a better looking movie, if I were you.
I can’t imagine these movies will stand up over time. The books were better.
I hope that the usual (books are better are better than the movies) is the case here. I got dragged to the second movie by my gf at the time (who was all into the books/movies) and hated it. I thought that the acting, characters, and at the base the writing (which is based on the books) was weak, simplistic and unoriginal at best. I get that girls are drawn to all the angsty, brooding romantic stuff but I couldn’t see anything beyond that in the movie.
TO @C… New Moon was my least favorite book of the 4 so it would stand to reason that it will be the movie I like the least. Not that that addresses the bad acting and bad effects, but the storyline is much better in the other 3 books IMO.
NEW MOON the cgi wolves screwed things up a bit—-I noticed True Blood were using real wolves and keeping it simple. kind of turned our wolves into the enormous lion kings on steroids cartoon. New Moon then added new actors we didn’t need while we were still trying to figure out why Edward was protecting her by deserting her. Jacob trying to persuede KStew to make litters with him,Jacob persuades Edward she’s dead, Alice hasta bail ‘um out again. Edward promisses he will never be that dumb again, we agreed and burned New Moon. worst of the 4. Get your own girl , jacob, and settle down to your life of half-breeds, 2 room houses, auto junkyard neighborhood and if you lick those things in your pants enough they will start to sparkle. Really.
The Situation was impersonating Edward Cullen. I don’t know the name of the guy that was impersonating the dog. I’ve become very unimpressed by all the errors that are in news stories nowadays. I know this is just a silly commentary but even the NYT article on Rob said he played Hermione Granger’s love interest in HP&GOF and that is supposed to be a very respectable magazine. Does no one fact check or proof read anymore? Are any news outlets trustworthy anymore? It’s a very sad state of things.
Emma, you might want to fact check yourself. The New York Times is a newspaper, not a magazine.
BTW-It is a weekly magazine as well. Check your facts before you go and tell someone to check theirs.
Yeah, but the article appeared in the Sunday Arts & Leisure section of the paper, not the Magazine. Check YOUR facts before you tell someone to check their facts before you tell them to check their… oh never mind!
wow totally missing the point people
Cedric was Cho Chang’s boyfriend, not Hermione’s.
What kind of idiotic name is The Situation anyway? I’m sure that’s on a whole other blog: Stupid “celebrities” with stupid names.
Kristen Stewart could not have seemed any more uncomfortable on that stage. Sheesh. Lighten up!
Watch her interview on Oprah and other shows and check her out on awards shows, she has the same demeanor all the time. That’s just the way she is.
So….perpetually uncomfortable.
She’s even said in an interview that she’ll be glad when the “whole Twilight thing is behind her”. Didn’t she choose to be an actress? Didn’t she willingly accept the job as Bella Swan? She is so uncomfortable in her own skin. She always has that “Oh God! I hate this. When will this be over?” look on her face.
Wouldn’t you be a little uncomfortable in her situation? I know I would.
she looks like that in everything she does, also I’m yet to see her in a decent picture pose where she doesn’t look like she is in pain or has to go to the bathroom.
I can’t stand that ungrateful witch. She needs to take a page from Amanda Bynes’ book and retire since she can’t even ACT like she appreciates the lifestyle she’s afforded.
I love the Twilight movies and I love Jimmy Kimmel but I just don’t think his ‘specials’ work. I didn’t enjoy the Lost show and there have been much better interviews with the Twilight cast.
I’d have to agree.. I like Jimmy as well, but I don’t know if it’s awkward writing/execution or if JK isn’t the best off the cuff interviewer. I did like the Lost show better as I enjoyed the “alternate endings” clip and Josh H’s clip as well, but the decision to use the ridiculously talentless JShore skanks/bozos was a bad one. Jimmy K really let us down with that piece of S***.
Maybe the LOST show was better (I thought it was fantastic) because Kimmel is genuinely a big LOST fan, so the stuff he was doing was sincere and enthusiastic. He’s an outspoken mocker of Jersey Shore I can’t recall about Twilight but I can’t imagine he takes it seriously.
I agree, but furthermore have to say Kimmel’s show was just stupid. He has almost the entire cast of the hottest series going and he did the most ridiculous thing ever. Stephanie Meyers has to be so insulted right now. Ugh! I used to like the show but that was just ignorant, and a waste of the talent he had on his stage! It will be awhile before I tune in again.
That show was creepy. I love the series but the fans seem either repressed or psycho. I think it’s just typical USA media coverage, not the fault of the actors.
don’t know why all these guys are ready to kill to get Kristen Stewart. She has no breasts.
that’s the obvious flaw with Twilight movies
vampires and werewolves, I can buy that, but there’s no way any man can be obsessed over a woman with a flat chest.
That’s stretching credibility to the max.
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I’m getting a mental picture…
You favor wearing tank tops, wish you had a Hummer but drive a ’93 Dodge pick up, eat chili cheese Fritos for breakfast, and your right hand is your girlfriend.
Yeah, whatta guy. No real man could ever be attracted to a woman with a small chest. Women with small breasts never have boyfriends, hot sex or get married.
What a turd – I feel sorry for any woman who has the unfortunate experience of going out with him!
Its her jaw that gets me. She could be a transsexual. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with that, If that’s you’re thing. She just does zero for me. I bet she’s big in the gay/lesbian community though…
I think Spencer Pratt said that to Heidi.
I watched this last night and it was ok. I thought the skit done by the “Jersey Shore” cast was HILARIOUS. They, and Jimmy, hit the mark! It was the funniest thing I have seen in awhile. For those that are dissing it I think you missed the point. It was supposed to be sarcastic and DUMB! Everyone says thqat the Jersey shore people are dumb and vapid. Hence the skit. It was perfect. I personally think that Snookie, the “Situation”, and the rest of the Jersey shore needs to disappear into obscurity. This actually made me like them momentarily. Also I don’t understand all the waiting in lines for days to see a freaking movie. You people need to really get some sort of life. Get a hobby. Go see a movie but sheesh…and stop all the bloody screaming already.
When they fade into obscurity, can they take Twilight with them?
I would have liked them to cut the “Jersey Shore” spoof in favor of more face time for the Wolf Pack. What was the point of even recognizing the fact that Alex Meraz, Julia Jones and Chaske Spencer were there if they were only going to sit in director’s chairs for the last two minutes of the show? This is my big worry for the movie, too, that the wolves were cut in favor of the Volturri who are pop into the final scenes of the book at the last possible moment.
Kristen and Rob were gorgeous, as usual.
Jersey Shore needs to go away, a month ago.
Define irony: Twilight fans complaining about how vapid and pointless Jersey Shore is. Twilight may take itself more seriously, but its cultural value is roughly the same.
Ok dude, I get how u hate Twilight. But you can’t seriously compare Twilight to Jersey Shore. That’s ridiculous
honestly im so sick of these jersery shore people. they are bad entertainment. and nothing ever makes me want to watch them. on top of it all, the little video above of them in friggin twilight, makes me sick.
Despite the fact that bad weather kept interrupting my satellite reception…I found this show to be hilarious.
The only thing that bothered me were the ridiculous questions the fans asked the stars. There has to be an intelligent question out there begging to be asked instead of inquiring if Taylor’s abs were sprayed on or real and then asking him to open his shirt to expose them. Seriously? You have a chance very few people get to ask them a question and it’s going to be wasted on something trivial as his ‘abs’ or the location of a missing t-shirt…DUH!
The girl who asked this question was like 12. Give her a break!
I agree. The questions were ridiculous. The only remotely good question was the one about something from the book that wasn’t in the movie.
It’s garbage. Don’t buy into this crap. You’ll be better off.
Why does EW report on every single thing related to Twilight, yes this is an entertainment magazine but still every single insignificant thing. But main point here: New Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows trailer on Monday!!!!!
Yeah! Now those are good movies! I can’t watch twilight movies with a straight face.
because it sells. you Potter fans seem to keep things orderly and classy and are respectful of your cast while we in the USA treat Twilight like some horney trailer-park mom whose been sexually repressed since 13. Sho us them abbbbbbbs! drop them shirts!!!!! We will camp out for you among the scary street bums who may steal our pizza but it’s all for you Rob and what’s-her-name-.
I wasn’t even able to see any of this, thanks to Channel 7′s CONSTANT interruptions about storms that were nowhere near me. Anyone else annoyed about it who lives in Michigan?
Yes I was also SERIOUSLY annoyed! Will have to watch the whole thing uninterrupted on youtube later. Agree with everyone that thinks Jersey Shore needs to go away. They were even more annoying than the weather reports.
I’m hoping they repeat it! I was taping it, and there went that idea! Jersey Shore is awful!!!!
Write a nasty letter to the television station. The CBS station in Atlanta kept pre-empting the People’s Court for bullshi* severe weather alerts (for counties i’ve never even heard of). I sent them an angry-gram (the weather chick even responded) and the next day they just did a crawl instead of interrupting the program. Yay for the interwebs!
ya i live in canada but we get american channels that are based in michigan and omg was that weather guy annoying! couldnt he have interupted the commericals luckily i get channels from the west coast too and taped it 3hrs later
You people leaving comments about how Twilight sucks and it’s not any good, saying Twilight fans need to get a life, maybe YOU should get a life. You’re the ones that are on here wasting your time reading and commenting about things you obviously don’t like. Just because you don’t like something, doesn’t mean no one else has the right to like it too. What if this was about your favorite t.v show or movie and all these people started saying that it sucked. You’d think all those people were being a bit unfair, don’t you? If you don’t like something- DON’T READ ARTICLES ABOUT IT.
Honey, I think some of these people, like me, used to be fans of the book, but became turned off the series as a result of the joke the movies and the entire franchise have become. I really did enjoy the first two books, but once the franchise became more about exclaiming over Edward’s looks and Jacob’s abs, it just didn’t hold the same appeal for me. Compare to a franchise like Harry Potter, which actually has ingredients besides sex appeal to back it up – I think you might better be able to understand why original fans of the books feel slighted.
Also, I find it hypocritical of you to imply that people aren’t allowed to feel a certain amount of entitlement for franchises’ they were once invested in, when you yourself clearly are.
I totally agree with you. The books weren’t the best written, but I enjoyed them all. I was so disappointed at how bad the script and direction was for the first movie. The special effects were better for the second, but I was still bit disappointed with things that got changed (like when Bella just leaves Jessica in Seattle so she can hop on some creepy guys motorcycle-that was bizarre). I’m really hoping that the franchise can redeem itself with Eclipse.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I kind of can’t believe I paid to see the first movie, but it was kind of a silly “I can only diss it if I’ve actually seen it” ego-trip moment for me….I knew it was going to be bad, but I still had to be sure. I just regret actually shelling out movie to see it in the theatre, lol. *is sheepish*
I don’t think the franchise can redeem itself for me, personally. I actually got so turned off by the fanatics and “Twi-hards” or whatever you want to call them that Twilight kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth whenever I think about it. Call me the typical Indie music snob who feels upset when their band of choice recieves national acclaim, but I do truly feel that all the attention the Twilight Books have recieved has spoiled them for me….Y’know, when I first read it, it was like my own little find; another precious gem to cherish. And now all these cray cray fans are only going crazy over the franchise because they think Edward/Jacob are hot. It’s upsetting, to say the least.
seconded karly and mostly haters of twilight are harry potter fans.let jealousy not be the death of you all.it is twilight time to shine.haters go suck your mom breast the milk is up.
It seems that more care was taken with the making of the HP movies. I was a bit irritated by changes made in some of them (like just about every fan) but still thought that they were well made. It seems like they rushed the making of the Twilight films and quality suffered (script, acting, direction,and especially FX). I still own the T.Saga DVDs despite that. It’s a good story.
Say what you will about HP fans, but the vast, vast majority of them can actually read and write, which is more than I can say for quite a few Twilight fans these days. Including (especially?) you.
I am a Harry Potter fan, but the reason I dislike Twilight is because I think the franchise has become a bit of a joke. As someone who originally read the first novel *before* the craze swept the nation, I can wholeheartedly say that the crappiness of the movies has managed to single-handedly turn me off the books as well. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth knowing what has become of a product I once quietly cherished. Make an analogy of me being something like an Indie music snob, say what you will…but I truly did like the two first books. I just can’t get behind something that is based more off of exclaiming over someone’s abs than a real plot-line, good acting, or staying true to the intentions of the books it was based off of. Not to make myself sound like someone who can’t appreciate a shirtless guy or some good, silly movie fun….I just don’t appreciate that kind of stuff when it occurs at the expense of what had been one my top 3 favorite novels of the year.
Kristen’s dad works on Jimmy’s show, that’s how he ended up with the Twilight special.
As if the “Twilight Special” is this vaunted venerable property that every talk show is desperately vying for.
I do not normally comment on things like this but I have been silent to long I have to speak out Melinda Chloe and Dee, Kirsten Stewart was not uncomfortable ….what you saw was what you get with her SHE CAN’T ACT!!!!!!! THIS GIRL CAN NOT EVEN SPEAK IN PUBLIC! …..I cringe when I see her because I know she is getting ready to speak. I do not think that the producers nor the backers for this movie ever thought in a million years this movie would blow up the way it did of they would have cast with much higher profile actors now please do not get me wrong I never thought in a million years that I would ever like this series but I do and yes you could say I am hooked I have to see what happens next but thank god for Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner and the rest of the cast they are able to carry the movie and keep the people coming back because if Kristen Stewart was the main caricature in this movie it would have not made it past the editing room I have seen this girl in a few things and wow like I just do not understand ????? but then again look at the roles she has landed all I have to say is this I hope she invest her “twilight” money wisely cause this chick can not act and I really do not see her going far no matter how popular this series is she is the worst actress I think I have ever seen.
amen sista!!!! Watching Kristin try to act is extremely painful for me. But I endure it to see the rest of the cast. I hope we get to see more Dakota this time and I am still pist about Rachelle leaving the franchise. And I hope we see a lot less “Bella”.
Where were Kellan and Jackson??