The Twilight Saga : New Moon

The Twilight Saga : New Moon

oh, i found new moon review from a site. i don't know why, i thought the one who made this review has a very inteligent, smart, and blah blah blah brain, because he made it with very hard words. ahaha. i don't know what i just said..

HERE IS A PART OF THE REVIEW

The driving force behind the TWILIGHT movies is Stewart’s layered and deeply felt performance as Bella. She acts circles around her on screen love Pattinson – and conveys emotions expertly with a simple look or gesture. She’s teen angst personified. The script by Melissa Rosenberg, gives her the occasional great one-liner and some meat to play with. Unfortunately, if you know where the story is going (I looked it up), it’s leading to a wholly unsatisfying conclusion that’s paid off in a ridiculously crapped out fourth installment.

Since there’s a huge debate going on between Team Edward and Team Jacob, I would have to say I firmly fall in the Team Jacob category – since with Jacob, Bella could at least have the semblance of a normal life. And Jacob has always been there willingly and unwillingly there to protect her. Edward, as much as he claims he loves her and doesn’t want to eat her, clearly wants to suck the blood right out of every orifice of her. And even if she became a vamp to be able to live immortally with him – what happens when that love fades? Then she’s stuck with Edward – FOREVER! With Jacob, if things go wrong, she could always take him to the pound.

Kids, and their unrealistic ideology about romance and true love.

Thankfully, director Weitz brings a nice glossy sheen to everything. He’s a filmmaker through and through, and makes the best of the ridiculous story he’s saddled with. He understands how to make awkward, silly moments, actually feel meaningful. And unlike Hardwicke in the previous installment, he knows how to direct action. So when the time comes to wake people from the overly long two hour and ten minute running time, he does so with gusto and flair.

Of course, most people are going just for the romance and simplicity of it all and you get what you ask for. There’s numerous shots of Lautner and Pattinson without their shirts on (prepare for the shrieks of glee from teenage girls during those moments) and some unconvincing werewolf CGI for horror fans who will pissed more money wasn’t spent to get not only the perspective right on these beasts, but to actually make them look cool.

Still, there is one element I really liked throughout the movie – Bella’s relationship with her father Charlie (Billy Burke). Here’s a relationship that I buy, and one that I haven’t seen explored in quite this way on screen. It’s layered and real, plus Burke gives a slam-bang performance as the frustrated dad trying desperately to communicate with his whack-a-doodle daughter. It’s great stuff and proves to be some of the better parts and emotional high points of the entire film.

None of what I’m saying though really matters. The fans are going to see the movie regardless. It’s going to a huge hit. And people are going to rip this review to shreds. Let the vicious comments start piling up below.

But for those people not in the film’s demographic curious about what all the hubbub is about, NEW MOON is probably not for you. As a movie, it’s too slow, too self-aware and incredibly frustrating in its laborious storytelling. Sure, it’s a hair better than TWILIGHT, but honestly, some moles have hair, and it doesn’t make them any more appealing. (By CARL CORTEZ)