The Twilight Saga: New Moon the Movie
Well, I will say that I’m not as into the Twilight Series as I used to be. I know. Major shocker. I’m not saying that I don’t still love it and cherish all of my Twilight related memories, I’m just not gaga over it right now. That’s not to say I can’t be again in the future. I’m telling you this so you understand my perspective coming into the movie this time.
Even being so neutral about it I loved it. Did I think it was the best movie of the year, no. Not by a long shot. But did it tell my story in a way that was both visually and emotionally pleasing? Absolutely. New Moon is my favorite out of all of the books and while I didn’t feel as much hurt and pain at Edward going away as I wanted to I still felt a lot of it.
I loved that we heard Bella’s voice more this time in her letters to Alice. I didn’t feel like we got that in Twilight the movie and I really missed it.
I didn’t like my first view of the werewolves when Sam was coming out of the forest. It just looked stupid to me but every other scene with the werewolves was fantastic.
And the Volturri were great too though not as beautiful as I imagined them. But how could they possibly be that beautiful? The makeup only detracts from their beauty. I know they need to be pale but I wish they let up on that detail a little bit.
All in all, I love this new movie and I will probably even see it again. Was this the New Moon you imagined?
New Moon is in theaters now.
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I agree with you on the part about Bella’s voice being heard. That was my very first thought once the movie was over, that in Twilight, we really didn’t hear much of what Bella was thinking or going through as we did in the book. New Moon really did a great job with the emails to Aice thing.
By Kim on 11.24.09 12:01 pm | Permalink
Thanks for this review—I’m seeing it next week. I’m only going bc a bunch of my girlfriends are way into it. I think I’m still really into the books, but that first movie just took the wind out of my sails. Plus, I just don’t imagine Bella or Edward as either of those actors portray them.
I just finished reading the first 2 books of the Hunger Games trilogy. The 3rd is coming out next year, and they’re making the 1st book into a movie in 2011. I really REALLY hope it isn’t R since I don’t watch R movies. But those books moved me in ways I haven’t been moved in years—I bawled at the end of the 2nd one. Have you ladies read these books?
By Amy on 11.24.09 1:10 pm | Permalink
I’m just like you — not as obsessed as I was last year. And I really loved New Moon. I think they did a much better job sticking with the book, but still editing for time. And adding in a few things that made it much better — emails to Alice, Victoria and Harry, Edward and Felix fighting.
It was SO much better than Twilight!!!
By wonder woman on 11.24.09 2:29 pm | Permalink
Amy, We’ve all read the Hunger Games series and we love them. You’ll have to look back pretty far for our reviews though. I’m really skeptical about a movie. How can they possibly make it PG-13 which is the target audience of the books? I don’t know but I can’t wait for book three.
By Alisa on 11.24.09 3:14 pm | Permalink
Seriously, what a difference a bigger budget and a new director can make! Such an improvement from the first one in terms of overall quality. I agree that the emotion of the book really came across, too, something hard to do in book-to-movie adaptations. The cinematography made everything and everyone very nice to look at, and even the special effects were awesome.
I loved it and can’t wait to see it again!
By Julianne on 11.25.09 11:34 am | Permalink
I really loved it. This was my least favorite book of the four so I was really surprised at how much I loved it. I am a sucker for Edward and a nice bod in his absence. I know, totally shallow. If you’d like to to see my review, check out my blog.
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By Jen on 11.29.09 8:36 pm | Permalink
Well, I can’t deny that it was significantly better than Twilight. But, I just didn’t LOVE it. I think the hype of it all has possibly started to wear off for me. Also, I happened to go with 2 people who had seen it, and mocked its cheesiness. (They contained themselves for me, but I think knowing how they felt made every cheesy part quite apparent.) I still love the books… but my expectations will definitely be lowered if/when they make the other movies.
And on top of everything- this movie actually made me want to switch to Team Jacob. I didn’t that heart-wrenching feeling when Edward left… That was so significant in the book, and while we “saw” Bella’s depression, and the time passing, I just didn’t feel much emotion from her about it.
By Elaine on 12.01.09 2:10 pm | Permalink
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