Chris Weitz turns New Moon into generic money maker

Rating: 6/10 (21 November 2009)

I really did not like the feel of New Moon. I love the story and have read all the books. New Moon was pretty much spot on with the book in the sense that scenes were 98% book derived. However, Weitz's take on New Moon has left me feeling annoyed. He took a sensual, magical book and first movie and turned it into a stereotypical American money maker "blockbuster".
The movie was all fast, cheesily cut dialogue with almost no time to feel real emotion from the characters. I did not appreciate the scenes in which Weitz tried to turn a serious situation into a comedy by having the characters emphasize lines into a joke that were not meant to be funny. But I guess that's what brainless American's want so he had to go there.
The movie felt rushed and did not properly show the relationship formed between Bella and Jacob. Yeah the movie would have been longer but many fans would be willing sit through it anyways for the sake of a properly made movie.
The eyes, the eyes, the eyes. Waaaaaay overdone. These contacts were so crazy looking compared to the ones in the first movie it was almost hard to concentrate on the lines. The more subtle look fit much better.
And last I want to express my disgust with the musical score. Why oh why did you all have to ruin the musical integrity of the movie? All major movies do NOT need a full orchestra playing suspenseful music to make watchers feel a scene. It's really corny and at times I felt like I was watching something more like Home Alone. Twilight had a more intense feeling because this was not done. Whoever is doing Breaking Dawn, save the corny violins and clarinets for your next Hollywood production. And if Eclipse has this same sort of orchestrated music, edit the movie and do it like Twilight. :)