Nice effects, shame about the dialogue.

Rating: 4/10 (22 November 2009)

Okay so I'll first admit that I am not a fan of Twilight. I haven't seen the first film or read the books. Neither do I indulge in any of the teenage-girl drooling over Robert Pattison.
But I'm not one to judge without trying, so when a friend asked me along to New Moon I went along with an open mind, willing to pick up the story as it went along. Seeing all the hype around it, I hoped it would be an exciting ride.
Oh boy.
And here I can review without the taint of obsessed fan-girl love or by comparison to the books. I will just review New Moon as an independent film. It is weak with a capital W-E-A-K.
The script sounds like it has been penned by a 12 year old girl who still fawns over boy bands and watches Disney movies. It is just a set of cliché after cliché, without any real character development. Unsurprising however, as the majority of the actors appear to have been hired based on their appearance rather than their acting credentials. The two leads especially did absolutely nothing for me, and the main male characters just spent as much time as possible with their abs on show to distract you from the lack of plot.
The plot itself, without giving anything away, is just a weepy mess about a girl who can't look after herself without some mysterious guy running to her rescue every 5 seconds. Yawn.
One thing. The special effects were pretty stunning, especially when it came to the werewolves. But I think that may have had something to do with the millions of pounds they threw at this film, shame they didn't spend more on the actual script.
Not anywhere near worth the hype it is afforded.