SPOILERS!!! If you haven't seen the movie, and don't want to know anything about it, turn back now. You have had FAIR warning!!
First a little back story!
A few months back, I read the entire Twilight series(all 4 books) in less than a week. I resisted reading them for a while. I am not a huge vampire fan, or one that likes to read love stories. I just didn't see how they could hold my interest. I had watched Twilight with my friend, Val, right after it came out on DVD, and it was an okay movie, but not one I was extremely impressed with, which made me even less interested in reading the books. After much prodding from my friends, and sister, I decided I would give it a try. Little did I know that once I started reading them, I wouldn't put them down.
Since I watched Twilight BEFORE I read the books, I thought I would rent the movie, and watch it again. Thinking now that I read the book and understood the story better, I would probably appreciate the movie a lot more.
I am VERY critical about movies that come from books that I have read. Watching that movie again after I read the book made me dislike it EVEN more. First they moved WAY too quick into the love between Bella and Edward...how is it that in one scene, Bella doesn't even know Edward, and thinks he is disgusted by her, to being in love with him in the next?? REALLY?? Did that director NOT read the story. They completely missed the story behind the love, and tried to just jump into it. Secondly, they added parts in there that were not in the movie..not even CLOSE...I cannot stand that. Yes I know you need to change things a bit, but don't rewrite a story that is FINE the way it is. It seemed like the director tried to focus too much on Laurent, James and Victoria, when Twilight is more about the forbidden love building between Edward and Bella. So to say I was disappointed in that movie is quite the understatement!!
Now on to New Moon...
I have been watching the previews, and listening to all the hype about New Moon. From what I had seen and heard, it appeared it was going to be a good movie, and I really wanted to go see it. I told hubby how badly I wanted to see it, so he decided that he would take me out on a date last night to go watch it. He even set up the babysitter!! **GASP**
So we get to the movies last night about 30-45 min before it started, after getting drink and popcorn, get into the theater about 20 min before the movie starts, and the only seats left are in the very front row. Now as a kid, I ALWAYS wanted to sit up front, but now, I really don't enjoy having to look up the entire movie, and having to turn my head from side to side to watch the thing either!! Oh well, what can you do? I should have know better, it was opening day!!
Okay, now for my thoughts on the movie, first my negatives...
- Too Quick
I thought that they moved rather quickly into the birthday party and the Cullen's leaving, but scanning back through the book, there wasn't much at the beginning of the book to really put into a movie..so that part is understandable. - Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart's acting gets under my skin. There are a few things that I have noticed about her that REALLY bug me. She stutters a lot. Every time she speaks she looks like she is in pain. Before she talks, whether acting or in an interview she does this thing before she talks. It starts with her jutting her chin out, then she will tuck her chin to her chest and looks down almost the entire time she is talking. She makes this popping/smacking sound with her lips before she talks, and she says "UM" a lot. I know it is really minor..and I don't claim to be an actor and would probably make a HUGE fool of myself if put before a camera, but she is a professional! Someone should really point these things out to her and help her to fix these things!! So watching her throughout the movie is almost painful for me..but I can overlook her for the most part. - Cheesy
There were a few cheesy parts in the film, like when it shows Alice's vision of Bella becoming a Vampire, but the books really play off of your emotions, and I am sure it is hard to show these emotions without appearing cheesy. - Romeo Oh Romeo
The Romeo/Juliet movie scene. In the book this scene takes place on Bella's couch. It is a very personal/touching conversation between Edward and Bella. In the movie this scene is in school, they are watching the movie in class, and this conversation takes place just a few feet away from their classmates. It really took away from how deep this conversation really was. - Too much knowledge
My BIGGEST complaint. The Volturi fight scene. All the previews hyped up this scene more than ANY other in the movie, and rightfully so. This is the climax of the book. With as much footage as they put out there, it gave the impression that there was going to be so much more to it, and I was thinking that this scene was going to be ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!! When it came time for this scene, I was on pins and needles, couldn't WAIT to see what else they were going to do, what other awesome special effects they were going to use. What a let down it was when I realized that they had put pretty much the entire fight scene in the previews. I understand that they wanted to promote the movie, and really wanted to grab peoples attention. Thing is, they didn't need to. This movie already had a HUGE fan base, and they could have shown one or two SMALL clips of the fight sequence and it would have been enough to make everyone want to see more! - Not Long Enough
Last but not least..and this is one of the same complaints I have from Twilight. With the amount of content in each book, these need to be 3 hour movies to truly get all the big points of the book into a movie. I have sat through many 3 hour movies, and these are definitely ones that I would be more than willing to sit through!!
So those are my complaints about the movie. Now for my positives!!
- Amazing
This movie was AMAZING!! That right there should say it all!! Yes I had a big list of negatives above, but most were minor little details, that were understandable given the magnitude of special effects and emotions that they had to get into this movie!! - Sparkles
So the movie starts, first thing I notice, Edwards sparkles are MUCH better and far less cheesy than the last film!! - True To Story
The director really stayed true to the story this time around. This is BIGGEST plus about this movie..this alone FAR outweighs any negative I have above!! Yeah there were a few things out of order, and some scene's happened in the wrong place, but he still stayed true to Stephanie Meyer's idea's. Chris Weitz didn't try to add his own idea's in like the last director did. He deserves major kudos for that!! These books are perfect they way they are written and he recognizes that!! - Werewolves
The werewolves were outstanding!! The special effects were pretty much flawless, from phasing to the way they moved, to capturing Jacob's eyes in his wolf. AMAZING!! (Am I overusing that word yet?? HMMM??) - Movement
The way the Vampires move, when moving in their super speed, in this film was far better than they did the last film. In Twilight, their super speed movement was choppy, and it almost seemed like they had just put the movie on fast forward. This time it was a more seamless movement, and with the tracers of their body it made it seem much more realistic..as realistic as super fast vampires can get!! ;) - Special Effects
Overall the special effects made the movie! I cannot say enough how much I really enjoyed this movie, and when you are dealing with fantasy and the super natural, the special effects are what make the movie!! - HAWTNESS
Okay, Okay, I know some of them are minors, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the hard work they put into their bodies, I mean they are putting them up on the big screen to look at!! YUMMY!! - Shut Up
Bella telling Edward to shut up!! I LOVED it!! :D - AWESOMENESS
Did I mention the movie was AWESOME??
I could go on and on in detail about each thing I loved about the movie, but it would take me all night long!! Feel free to add what you liked or didn't like in the comments, or feel free to dispute me on what I think!! These are just my personal opinions, so of course you may feel differently then I did.
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