The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Rating: 3/10 (11 February 2011)

I knew that if I was going to watch the first film I would have to see the sequel, only because all things vampire were a big craze, and despite it being a low rating, from director Chris Weitz (About a Boy, The Golden Compass). Basically Isabella 'Bella' Swan (Kristen Stewart) has recovered from the previous events, and she is looking forward to celebrating her eighteenth birthday with her love Edward Cullen (Razzie nominated Robert Pattinson) and his vampire family. But when she is attacked again and they all see her blood exposed it is too intense for them to take, so the Cullens leave the Washington town of Forks for her sake. For a while Bella is not spending time with friends, keeping to herself, not talking much and feeling alone, but this changes when she starts spending time with friend Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). It is quite obvious after a while though that they are becoming much closer than friends, and she is also developing a high interest in living recklessly, despite seeing flashes of Edward. After a while Bella is becoming concerned with Jacob, and with the situation of people being killed in the woods, she not only finds out it is a wolf, but that it is Jacob turning into it, he is a werewolf. There is some big deal with Bella going against the dark forces, including an encounter with vampire Aro (Michael Sheen), as she is stuck in the middle of a war between the vampires and werewolves, but Edward returns. In the end Bella is wanting to possibly turn into a vampire herself, in order to be with Edward forever, and he only has one condition which is the film's cliffhanger, she asks her to marry him. Also starring Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen, Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria, Billy Burke as Charlie Swan, Peter Facinelli as Dr. Carlisle Cullen, Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale, Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen, Dakota Fanning as Jane and Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen. Once again the cast are alright, the scripting is much less of a grip, the moments of action and the special effects are fine, but this is certainly the lowest point of the series, a slightly terrible teen romantic horror fantasy. It was nominated the Razzies for Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel, Worst Screen Couple for Stewart and either Pattinson or Taylor Whatz-His-Fang and Worst Screenplay. Adequate!