Bring Back Catherine Hardwicke!!!

Rating: 2/10 (20 November 2009)

Chris Weitz clearly doesn't connect with the love story that drives the Twilight series. I was expecting his adaptation of New Moon to be poignant, to bring to life Bella's painful heartbreak and her struggle to figure out her true feelings for one of her closest friends. I was not expecting it to be a second-rate teen movie!
Weitz's New Moon is packed with soap-opera moments, hot naked torsos and pretty poor special effects. The scenes shot in Tuscany end up being the most memorable ones in the entire movie, largely because of the stunning backdrop! Twihard tweens will probably love this movie, but I don't see how any other Twilight fans could.
Let's hope David Slade does a much better job with Eclipse.