personally, i think this movie reminds me of the twilight series by stephenie meyer. both are about young girls who fall in love with immortal beings. i can't remember the finer points of tuck everlasting, but they seem to follow somewhat closely at times.
shareI just saw Tuck Everlasting today and all I could think about was the connection with Twilight (The books, I was not impressed with the Twilight movie at all!). Even the fact that Jesse was 17 and had been for a very long time....It was almost the same line Edward gave Bella when she asked how old he was. It was also set relatively close to the era when Edward was born...just a few years earlier. The immortal family living in the secluded woods was another similarity. I Love both stories! :)
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more like twilight reminds me of this. tuck came first.
shareI haven't seen twilight, but I know the full story arc, and I have to say I'm not impressed, something form the beginning bothered me about it, and I couldn't pinpoint it. I was read the book tuck everlasting as a child in class, and later saw the disney version of the movie, but it was not until I rewatched the disney adaptation when I suddenly realized WHY I was disgusted with twilight, It was, indeed, the similarities. The immortality, love story, and even the "tracker" type character seems similar. I mean no offense to those of you who enjoyed the show, if you did, that is fine, I am supporting your observations, but merely stating their relationship to me.
shareI know a difference between Tuck Everlasting and Twilight. Twilight sucks, and Tuck Everlasting is awesome.
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The thing about Bella and Edward's love, as other people have said, is that it's less love than it is obsession. Without each other, they literally can't live. It's a selfish, needy kind of love. Plus, as another poster said, Bella is just so bland without Edward. Unlike Winnie, who is strong enough to live life after Jesse, Bella literally can't get through a day without Edward. All she does revolves around him, and it's a little pathetic. I read the first book, and I really liked it, as I was so caught up in the "perfect romance" of the two main characters. However, I couldn't get through the second or third, because Bella was just so pathetic. What kind of role model is she? She literally NEEDS a guy, whether it's Jacob or Edward, to be loved by, and then moans about how she can't choose and how she's hurting everyone. Blah blah blah. Even now, when I reread Twilight, I just keep seeing the intense obsession between Bella and Edward. Plus, the fact that Edward is in everyway perfect is kind of a turn off for me. His perfection makes him bland and Bella is so insecure she just keeps thinking he's going to leave her for something better. Meanwhile, the love between Winnie and Jesse is something innocent, and it's bittersweet ending, though sad, makes it even better.
shareI totally agree.
With Bella and Edward, it's like they just fall in "love," right at first sight, and I can't tell what they see in each other really. Bella is bland and clingy and Edward is too flawless with too much self-loathing. But with Winnie and Jesse, they don't love each other right away, they're intriqued by each other. Jesse is a playful sort of rascal who represents freedom to Winnie, and Winnie is curious and lively and Jesse sees her as a companion with whom he could travel the world - a cure for his loneliness.
I also think the message of Twilight seems a bit screwed up. All through the series it's sort of implied that if you are just some lame human and you're not a vampire or a werewolf, you're boring and worthless. Humanity is seen as something to be avoided.But in Tuck Everlasting, a more complete picture is shown - there's Jesse Tuck pointing out how amazing it would be to see the world, to do everything, to live without boundaries. And then there's Angus and Miles Tuck who show Winnie the importance of change and growth and the amazing things that being human entails - both life and death. Mortality, and humanity, is valued so much more in Tuck Everlasting.
And in the end, I think Winnie makes the right decision. Winnie faced her fear and made the difficult decision that Bella could never even consider. And I guess some people say that Winnie was less attached to the Tucks and they weren't as attached to her, but they clearly loved her and even though it hurt them to know that she would one day die, they loved her enough to let her go.
Personally, I just found that to be much more interesting and moving than the end of the Twilight Series.
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Exactly! Being around Bella and Edward must be like being in a big self-pity fest. Love in Twilight is too all-consuming and too intense. So much that without each other, Bella and Edward become suicidal. I like how you explained the love between Winnie and the Tucks. I don't think they were less attached to each other like some say, they just knew that it was for the best--loved enough to let each other go. Tuck Everlasting has a very beautiful and interesting message, while Twilight is a sappy romance.
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Amen if twilight was going to rip off Tuck they should have ripped off the character depth from Tuck and made the Twilight character more than 2 dimesional cliches
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Yes. But the book is not a love story, like the movie is. The movie, Winnie is 15 while Jesse is 17. In the book, Winnie is 10. There is no romance in the book. So it's not compared to Twilight.
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Twilight is better though. Because it actually IS a love story. Tuck Everlasting, the movie is Just a love story, the book isn't.
shareThe real difference is that the book is NOT a love story one bit. Whereas the movie is. With Twilight, they are both love stories.
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