New Moon: A Review

Picture it: 9pm Thursday night. Green Hills theatre. 16 midnight showings of New Moon completely sold out. Lines divided by auditoriums. Girls everywhere. Twilight shirts a necessity. Around 9:30 they announced our auditorium was going to be seated first. Girls naturally began to scream in joy. 11:59, lights dim. Previews begin. First preview, a new movie featuring Robert Pattinson: screaming. Finally, the movie begins. Edward appears: more screaming. Later Jacob takes his shirt off (ok several times): more screaming. It was pure girly chaos.

So. First, I love the book new moon. I love the character Jacob. I do of course love Edward, but I like the idea of Bella being with her sun more than her drug. But that’s just me. I love the comfortable relationship Jacob and Bella share. The book is a tad depressing of course, but it is raw. and relatable. and it is great. because I love the book so much, I was really looking forward to the movie.

i was slightly disappointed with the movie. i liked it, but i felt it could have been done a lot better. in the book, bella hallucinates edward’s voice when she is in dangerous situations. i understand the director wanted edward to still be a part of the movie, even in his absence. but the whole ghost-like appearance during the hallucinations were cheesy and awful. the werewolves could have been more lifelike. they looked so fake. it also seemed that they tried to give them human-like qualities with their expressions, which added to the fake look. and the vision that alice had where bella is a vampire running in the forest with edward = MAJOR cheese. taking the “anne of green gables” thing a little to literally. i was disappointed they didn’t play up bella and jacob’s relationship more. in the book she needs him in a huge way. and that did not come across well on screen. did anybody else think that the make up on the vampires looked worse this time? and the sparkles may have looked better, but for some reason they seemed cheesier? and the instrumental music that accompanied the dramatic scenes did not fit well at all. it seemed like they were trying to make it seem big production, when it just wasn’t there. i didn’t really like catherine hardwicke’s production style in twilight, and had high hopes for chris weitz. but left pretty disappointed. i guess the movies will never be as good as the books. i am hopeful that eclipse will be better… some of my favorite moments are there; one being jacob and bella kissing! haha i am not looking forward to breaking dawn, however. if the cg is anything like it was for the wolves, then renesmee is going to look ridiculous. and i already hate that part anyway. but i love: “why am i covered in feathers?” “because i bit a pillow or two, but that’s not the point.” that better be in there!

so, would i see it again?  yeah. would i buy it? of course. better than the book? no way. do i regret going at midnight to see it with a bunch of crazies? no freaking way. it was totally awesome and worth the 3 hours of sleep i did get. it was fun being a part of something so huge and ridiculous.

and for all you twi-haters, i survived on my little amount of sleep. i just stopped being tired and started being awesome instead.

it was legen

wait for it

dary!

[team jacob!]

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