Wow, what a difference a director makes.

Rating: 1/10 (23 November 2009)

To begin, I am not a teenage girl, nor have I ever been. However, I respected the first movie when I saw it... Not as some masterpiece or any nonsense like that, but as a well directed movie that was extremely well targeted towards its intended audience.
I might not have been on the edge of my seat, but I was entertained, and I deeply respected the director for making a movie that was thrilling for her intended audience.
A year later, the sequel is made... The same book series, same cast, different director.
"A New Moon" was an absolutely worthless pile of drivel. Endless repetition of moaning and staring into empty space, dry dialogue with absolutely no purpose an nothing conveyed, and absolutely laughable sequences of terrible special effects, all took serious camera time while the plot (which was similar in depth to the first installment - take that as you will) all seemed to happen off camera. The relationship between whats-her-name and the werewolf boy was developed in 5-10 minutes with virtually no dialogue, while we were treated to 10 minutes of whats-her-name staring out a window and no less than FIVE sequences where she woke screaming (no different dreams, no dialogue, just whats-her-name tossing in bed then screaming).
This movie SUCKED.
If you were modestly entertained by Twilight, stand forewarned... Twilight had a different director. This new installment is utter trash.