Not my sort of film, I'm afraid

Rating: 3/10 (13 July 2013)

TWILIGHT: NEW MOON is the follow-up to TWILIGHT. I hated the first film; I'm not a teenage girl so it just didn't appeal to me, and the kiddified romance just rang hollow from the outset. NEW MOON seeks to develop that story, and also to explore more of its supernatural world, but it's just as big of a bore as the first film.
The plot, in essence, sees Robert Pattinson's Edward go off in a huff, leaving Bella (the ever miserable, one-expressioned Kristen Stewart) to hook up with werewolf-on-the-quiet Taylor Lautner. If you're a fan of bad acting, check out the incredibly wooden Lautner, who somehow manages to seem like a sissy and a little girl at the same time. I never thought I'd be longing to see Pattinson back on screen, but believe me I was.
The tiresome, overlong love story is punctuated by moments of expository back story (which are equally dull) and a few half-hearted action sequences, clearly directed by someone with no understanding of how action works. There are halfway-decent CGI scenes involving werewolves which are fun if cheesy, but as a whole this is perfunctory teen-friendly fare with nary a moment's danger or intrigue to propel it forward.