Women Gave This Film a 7.0 Rating

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2012)

I just want to point out to readers trying to decide whether to see this movie or not that there is a serious gender gap with regard to the votes for this film. As of this writing, the film's overall average rating on IMDb is a 5.8 but 18,200 males gave it an average of 4.7 and 14,700 women gave it an average score of 7.0. So men are dragging down the numbers here, lol. I think one reason for this might be that the male viewing audience is still getting adjusted to films where men are eroticized for women's visual pleasure. Of course, women have had to watch hot young women eroticized in films for decades so we're used to it, but I suspect it still makes a lot of men nervous in our homophobic society.
I enjoyed this film, not because of the acting (hey, after 5 films, we know Kristen Stewart can't act!) but because it is very sensual. I enjoyed all the uber close ups that took us into her vampire reality in a very visceral way. And that cabin in the woods! What a dream! That's paradise wish fulfillment on film if ever I saw it.
Was this film great art? Heck, no. But for this red-blooded heterosexual female it was great ENTERTAINMENT. Thanks, Hollywood, and keep up the good work of making films that pander to people's capacity for fantasy stories rooted in LOVE, with an adventurous female protagonist who rejects gender stereotypes, eroticized supporting male characters who are also gender conscious, sensuality, passion, eternal romance and epic battles fought for love. How refreshing to go through an entire film without having to cringe at some neanderthal unconscious objectification of our strong heroine! Goodness knows, we are STARVING for THAT type of movie! I'm not surprised these film's are making BANK at the box office, lol. :)