Where is the love??!?!?

Rating: 2/10 (25 November 2009)

I absolutely loved the creative writing of Stephanie Meyers in the Twilight Saga. Although I couldn't relate to any of the characters and I didn't like their motives and actions at times, I guess it made me enjoyed it more because it didn't whitewash teenage angst and emotion.
I will state Im female 31yrs, I don't crush on either Rob or Taylor, they are too young so Id feel creepy.
Twilight was good. I work in the film industry so I always like to watch the latest movies and crazes. You can tell it was low budget. But it did well to encapsulate the emotion of all characters. I really liked it. So I was thinking with a much bigger budget New Moon would be phenomenal. It turns out it was an embarrassment to the film industry. Its up there with Britney's Crossroads and Mariah's Glitter.
The CGI was nicely done. Makeup was great. Continuity was tenfold better. Visually appealing, great audio. BUT....WTF was with the acting?? It was pathetic. There was no real emotion in any scene, every scene Kristen was in was either so underacted or so overacted its like she was reading her lines off Que cards. Even Taylor had bad moments (kudos to finally having a movie where we see hot bodies and not tits and ass) and the scene where Alice tells Bella that Edward is going to the Volturi was so forced and fake I felt so embarrassed just watching. I enjoyed the portrayal of Jessica, Billy Black, Charlie and Mike.
I didn't believe for one second that Edward and Bella have some great love affair, like in Twilight. There was absolutely no chemistry between them. Its very hard to believe that Rob and Kristen have a real life romance and if they do /shudder I can imagine how unsatisfying it must be and figure it will fizzle as quickly as it started.
I do have faith in Eclipse though, if Carter Burwell & Alexandra Patsavas are brought back for the score and soundtrack and they get a new director even bring back Cathrine. Id say that through all the negative feedback that New Moon has received 'they' will go back to the drawing board.
Lastly the New Moon film does not do much for empowering teenage girls. Telling them that guys that don't respect them or their feelings (Jacob, even more so in Eclipse) are good, caring guys or that controlling domineering guys like Edward, as long as they are good looking, are positive influences. And that being a miserable, depressive, weakling is the appropriate response to having a guy you hardly know break up with you. I hope teenage girls out there have more self respect, self control and self worth then Bella.