New Moon
April 12, 2010
Although I’m not a fan of the first film (Twilight), I thought New Moon was better in some area’s and worse in others. Being more depressing than Twilight was going to be hard. It was also much more predictable. At least there’s a little more action this time. The special effects were average as they decided to go werewolf style instead of vampire style this time around. You would have expected better with the budget they had to work with. It was much more mysterious and suspenseful when you knew they were werewolves but never really saw them. I don’t know, 10 foot tall, 500 pound werewolves made it just a little silly and overdone for me but, legions of loyal fans made the movie a huge success at the box office. So who am I to argue.
As the film picks up where Twilight left off, as we find Bella Swan – Kristen Stewart and Edward Cullen – Robert Pattinson are breaking up, which sends Bella into a long, tiring, depressive state. Bella begins seeing mirages of Edward whenever she’s in danger, trying to warn her, so decides to do anything dangerous just to see his face. When she finally begins to come out of her shell there’s Jacob Black – Taylor Lautner ready to try and swoop her off her feet and fill the void. You never really believe she is going to give up Edward for Jacob and thats where the film kind of loses it’s bite. Eventually Edward will return and the love triangle will start to cause drama (no surprises there). The film deals with love lost, friends trying to become more than friends and all the young love issues in between. I really kind of miss the vampires because the werewolves are just a bunch of wild teenagers looking for thrills and there just not that interesting. It’s always going to be team Edward and you all know it.
If my review sounds a little on the negative side it’s because the whole teenager depression thing just isn’t my cup of tea. most teens will really like this, and the true Twilight fans will love it. I do have to give praise to Kristen Stewart though, she really is the star of movie, and plays her part very well. She seems to be the only person in movie with real emotion and character. Is it what-to-watch? It sure is.
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2 Comments, Comment or Ping
Mikayla
Great review! Interesting that you found Kristen Stewart’s performance to be one of the movie’s highlights – I think it was one of its downfalls. I liked her performance as Bella much more in Twilight… in New Moon she fell short on the emotional turmoil that is conveyed in the book. Bella is beyond devastated when Edward leaves her. The book portrays the scene in the woods (when he dumps her) in a much more powerful and heart wrenching way. Kristen didn’t do that scene justice by whining and curling up in a ball – I wanted full tears and extreme pain! I have to say though, Taylor Lautner shined in New Moon. He made me like Jacob much more than I did in the book.
Jun 27th, 2010
Phil
Its interesting how everyone sees something different huh? He’s a little shallow for me, but I’m sure he’ll get better as he grows up. I’m sure the book was much more emotional for Bella, she just seemed like the only one in the movie with any emotion at all. I hope your next movie is good, have fun at the premier
Jun 27th, 2010
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