Nice but lacking something

Rating: 5/10 (28 December 2009)

I have read the books, thought it was quite interesting to see how they suck you in. Seen the first Twilight and liked what I saw, showed the range of indie feeling I loved. I have given Twilight a 7. In New Moon, Bella was pretty much devastated by the disappearance of Edward. What I like about it when Bella found a glimpse of Edward, Kristen Stewart gave a great performance of how Bella was glad and thrilled she did found him even just for a little while. Stewart gave a splendid job with what she had, and she repress devastation well enough. Although Robert Pattinson gave a greater performance than Stewart does when it comes to losing the love of your life and that is impressive for the split second you found him in the movie. That is where the connection between Edward and Bella lies through out the movie that it didn't make sense to me that Jacob was a love rival, only a friend who is affectionate to Bella. Taylor Lautner gave a good performance even if at times he needed to pull something in a bit. But it fell bland to me how the film makers rushed the beginning and the end while pasting a longer time in the middle. Some scenes like when Bella went to the movies were almost dragged even if it was a pivotal scene but when it came to Jacob being angered at the end of the same scene, it rushed leaving audience a feeling of 'What?'. The reveal of the Volturri make the story go to a more steadier flow but the leaving at the end made it as if "Yes, the Volturri was there" and done. For a person who has read the book, yes New Moon followed faithfully through the book but for any reason, a movie adapted from a book shouldn't be 98% following the book. Twilight gave a range of diversion here and there from the book which made it flow into a better movie. Overall, the cast deal with a great job but the film makers should be very careful handling an adaptation. Stewart, Pattinson and Lautner gave a great performance overall, and even of the push of Jacob in the movie, it was still a love story between Edward and Bella. In my opinion, that is where Bella has based her world upon, in books and movies.