Ugh. the female Hayden Christiansen

Rating: Null/10 (3 June 2011)

When Hayden Christiansen gave his robotic performance of Annakin Skywalker he was widely panned and ridiculed.
Double standard. I actually believe Kristen Stewart achieves the Keanu Reeves Hall of Fame for non-expressiveness in this movie. Watch her panic as she runs towards Edward. Then watch as she sorrowfully sits in a chair by the window. Same face. I actually forced myself to rewatch a few "pivotal" scenes and yup. No change of expression. Nada zilch. How did she get into Hollywood anyways? She's not even that good looking...
Anyways, on to the review. As with most sequels the 2nd one tries to amp it up a notch. In this case Twilight was an absurd movie, changing all the rules for a vampire to the point where I expected the Cullens to wear red capes with blue tights and a giant S on the front. They can fly. Their skin turns into diamonds in the sunlight. Absolutely ridiculous. Completely ignore the vampire lore from the past century and makes it up as they go.
Now they do the same for werewolves. No full moon? No problem. Watch as Jacob turns into a werewolf while leaping in mid air to fight a vampire. Yup. Suddenly a werewolf's primary source of prey is a vampire.
And that's pretty much it. Not much story in this one. I really hope I don't get forced to watch the third one.
The only redeeming quality here is the campy performance by Michael Sheen. Sure it's over the top. But hey, who says a vampire has to be sullen, depressed, and expressionless all the time... oh, right. The Twilight series...
3/10