It's Twilight. Number 2

Rating: 9/10 (28 November 2009)

It's Twilight. Number 2. I am not sure why people are so derisive about this film. You had to know what it was going to be like. If your girlfriend dragged you to it, then suck it up and enjoy the brownie points. If you saw it under your own stream and didn't like it, then as the sating goes, 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me'. Stop going to see films you obviously won't like. Sheesh!
**Possible spoilers***
After seeing the first one and quite liking it, I was waiting in line today with all the kiddies to see this one. New Moon was my favourite of the series, and I was thinking that maybe they wouldn't be able to pull it off, considering that Edward isn't in it for the most part. However, Melissa Rosenberg has done another outstanding job in translating the book to film again. It's well paced and captures it pretty well. The film looks good, but doesn't have the moodiness of the first film. It works well as a sequel and is a good follow-up to the first Twilight.
The downside is that the film's score is terrible. Twilight had quite a haunting score (by Carter Burwell), but New Moon is all badly placed pop songs.
Unfortunately, I think that the director sucked. The film should have been a lot darker than it was, and more like Twilight in it's feel (It IS the same series, after all). The director said he wanted it to be a 'romantic epic', but the fact is that book ISN'T. What a dofus.
Also, Kristen Stewart isn't a particularly good actress, but she is smoking hot. This film should have had far more emotional depth (yes, I am aware it's a kiddie movie). It wasn't terribly done, but not great either.
Team Jacob has definitely ascended.