10 Awful Movies That Opened On Independence Day Weekend

6. Twilight: Eclipse (2010)

Twilight_Eclipse_Poster OK, I fully understand that I may be predisposed to hating this because I'm an above-teenage male, but even on purely artistic merits, I can't understand why this drivel is so popular. The leading characters have all the charisma of sock puppets, and for all their supposed sex appeal they aren't really that attractive, are they? Kristen Stewart always seems to look like she just woke herself up with one of her own farts, and Robert Pattinson more resembles a haunted cinder block than a lord of the undead. Grossing over $64 million on its Independence Day weekend opening is enough to render everything I just said obsolete, of course, and I'm reliably informed that this entry is in fact one of the better ones. Still, I'm sure that no matter what the critical reception, anything to do with this franchise would sell itself. Answers on a postcard if you have any idea why.
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