film totally fails emotionally - horrible score

Rating: 3/10 (27 November 2009)

i was so totally disappointed by new moon. it has no soul, there's no atmosphere (that Hardwicke was able to create in twilight for example), there's no real suspense at all (and there would be sooo much potential!). one of the biggest disappointment was the score, which in my opinion completely fails to create any kind of the right mood... =( i mean it's supposed to be a deep movie, loaded with emotions, serious tone... people were laughing in the cinema (but not because it was supposed to be funny), the film just gets ridiculous too many times. it's just really missing the passion and the emotional load. =( if they could only do the score again - i believe this is one the major weakness of the movie. it totally misses the point of the story, in every single important scene - it's completely detached from the action, doesn't fit at all. it's more like a classic epic kind of music (totally flat and boring) - it really doesn't do the story justice. the soundtrack songs saved some scenes though, thank god. the overall impression of the film is its emotional emptiness. there’s no real coherence between the scenes, it’s cut off from one scene to another too abruptly too many times. you can’t really feel the development of characters’ feelings etc. you can’t really feel for them. it just remains flat in all aspects. i just can’t ignore the feeling I got watching this movie that they just wanted to include everything they thought is important in the book, important for the story (providing all the facts) but not letting the characters to develop in depth – which is most essential for the story – to feel the emotional load… the film just rushes through the story line. even in most critical and emotional moments of their lives Edward hardly even approaches Bella, they’re standing strangely remote and apart from each other, and when they do kiss, then the music fails, or, the previous and following cut destroys it…and so on. another thing that really bothered me was the bad taste in design of the birthday party and of the clothing of the Cullen family. it just doesn’t do them justice. Alice’s clothes are just downright ugly and the decoration of their house is just a disgrace. anyone with just a little taste would agree, i’m sure. it’s really a pity, cause the story is bursting with potential and the film just suffocates it. i think they should redo it. at least do a new score to bring some emotions to life!