What is it with you Twilight anti-fan people?

Rating: 9/10 (25 November 2009)

Did many of you who have come up with bad critics really have such a bad time watching New Moon? Let's see things clearly: Twilight Series is a TEEN ROMANCE, with certain aspects for adults to understand, if they think beyond the script lines. I have read all 4 books and watched the 1st movie. So I had specific expectations about New Moon. It probably isn't a film going for the Oscars. The ACTORS are beginners (this is their second or third movie),so let's not criticize them as if Tom Hanks was Edward and Meg Ryan was Bella! It is also based in a book series written by a fresh writer, who - as she claims in her blog - thinks of herself as a progressively developing writer. SO: I knew what is all about and I enjoyed the film, as much as I enjoyed the first one, knowing that I had been less fond of New Moon than of the other 3 books, like most of the readers. I think that Twilight books have been fascinating to many people around the world (women and girls but not only...) mostly because of EDWARD'S CHARACTER. He is certainly NOT Mr.Perfect and YES we know that and we love him for that! We also know that he can exist! Not as a vampire of course, but - if you see the allegory beyond the story - as a MAN WHO DOMINATES HIS INSTINCTS AND PASSIONS FOR THE SAKE OF HIS LOVED ONE: he wants to suck all of her blood and tear her body into pieces to satisfy his needs and yet he spends all his time caring for her, watching her sleeping, protecting her and RESPECTING HER and HER HUMAN LIFE! We also know the reason why Edward does all that: "he is kind of a reluctant vampire", he thinks he has lost his soul, he has been "living" in a hundred-year midnight, until Bella appears in his life and gives him a strong new perspective for it. What's more in this? People seem to have been fed up with so much sex and violence that they really enjoy a romantic relationship not going further than a kiss! It isn't gay or in-orgasmic or Mormon-oriented as it has been written, but perhaps it is just doing things in a different way! (the right way to many people).
I think EDWARD'S CHARACTER IS NOT FULLY REVEALED IN ANY OF THE TWO FILMS BECAUSE OF THE SCREENPLAY! Pattinson did very well in Twilight, but his acting in New Moon is a little subdued and somehow awkward, as the director and the producers apparently wanted to show more off Jacob. Rob has got more potential - if you can see the sparkle behind... As for Bella, she is a vulnerable character progressively growing on stronger. Most people would disagree with many things she does and wants for herself and some of her choices. But as the writer herself indicates,we're talking about TRUE LOVE here, not just a high-school romance. And maybe it is difficult for her to deal with the fact that she - an ordinary and clumsy girl- is being involved with an extraordinary person, not human at all. Kristen is good but she should show more passion acting as Edward's beloved.
As for the film adaptation, here are some things that I liked: Alexander Desplat's music, also Bella's emails to Alice as a form of narration, Bella sitting in front of her window as months go by without Edward, the break-up scene (with Edward closing his eyes with pain as he kisses her goodbye), the short Edward come-back-on-screen scene in Rio, the Volturi scene (Aro was good!), also the finale scene: the end being abrupt, yet promising for the 3rd sequel.
There are also things I didn't very much like, such as: Essential dialogs in the book between Bella and Edward, Bella and Jacob, Bella and Carlisle, were omitted in Melissa Rosenberg's screenplay. THE FILM WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOKS! So most people who hadn't read the books, could not understand the presence of the wolf pack, why they became their wolf phase and also their convention with the Cullens. They also could not figure out many things about Carlisle and Edward - what they believe about being vampires, about their soul and their purpose of existence, about why trying to be good ones. They also did miss many deeply emotional words between Bella and Edward (especially when Edward explains the truth about leaving her...). THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE IN THE BOOKS than "You don't belong in my world" and " Your breathing is my gift". (The "You are my life now, Bella" in Twilight was so thrilling...)
So, when people are writing a screenplay out of a book, just make sure they get all the best parts of the book on screen! As for the scene where Bella and Edward are running in the woods I felt it was a little awkward... What I didn't like mostly was that all male stars had to have their shirts off to show their abs, for the teenage girls to scream all the time! It was unnecessary! Last but not least, they rushed 200 pages of the book in the last 5 minutes (readers know what I mean)! Well, it looks that as Twilight overcame all expectations, Summit had to try for something bigger in the 2nd one! So the director and the screenplay writer were very much focused on this, that they sometimes missed the point of giving the actual idea of the book and the romance.
To be fair, I think most twi-fans will spend 2 happy hours watching the film, hopefully waiting for an even better 3rd sequel... As for the rest of you who are not fans... Just give the young bright actors of the romance a chance and let yourselves enjoy the atmosphere...