November 22, 2009
New Moon Review
Well this weekend I saw New Moon, the second installment in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. (Like I even have to explain what it is, I am pretty sure everyone on the face of the earth knows about Twilight by now.) I have to say that overall I would give the movie 4 out of 5 stars. It was fairly good.
I really appreciated the change in director. Chris Weitz did a wonderful job. The scenes were much more artistic than Hardwicke’s Twilight. I also liked the gold hue to the movie better than Twilight’s blue hue. Makeup and costume also improved greatly in this movie compared to Twilight.
While I enjoyed the idea of Bella actually seeing Edward when she was acting recklessly in the movie, compared to only hearing Edward in the book, I could have done without the emails to Alice. I felt like it was way too much speaking. I would have liked to see a more of Bella and Jacob’s relationship. It is important for the audience to understand just how depressed Bella was in Edward’s absence, but I think the complexity of the connection that she and Jacob share is very important at this stage. A few lines of dialogue from her human friends at school could have replaced the emails to Alice very easily and clued us in on Bella’s depression.
I wanted more of the wolf boys. And I don’t just mean seeing them shirtless (although that would definitely be a plus), I mean more of their dynamic and chasing Victoria.
I definitely loved it, but I will always prefer the book to the movie!
