OK, this will surprise EVERYBODY because I started the biggest blog/discussion in amazon.com history about the countdown to New Moon, the movie, and I didn’t even see it until last night.
Surprised? well, my life has been rather difficult the past 15 months so I have a plethora of excuses. Mostly, I just lost the momentum.
So, about the movie. It is very good. I knew that Chris Weitz would do a great job. First of all, he actually directed the actors to perform way better than in Twilight. I was especially impressed with Kristen Stewart – she gets my thumbs up. She was no match for Rob Pattinson in Twilight but in New Moon, she does a very credible job. Even the trailer didn’t hint at the impressive job that Chris Weitz did.
The special effects are pretty good for a low budget film. The werewolves – not a species I particularly like – were actually appealing. Taylor Lautner did a good job of being a friend without making it a competition between himself and Edward.
Now about Rob Pattinson. He gets a big kudo for downplaying the “matinee idol” part. He does not, in my opinion, showcase his hunkiness and continues to portray the troubled vampire, which works for me.
I especially liked it when he kissed Bella good-bye and the audience sees the pain in his face – but Bella doesn’t so she doesn’t know that it is not his choice to leave her. That was a very good, subtle direction on both the actor and Chris Weitz.
My amazon.com friends/followers may remember that I wrote to Mr. Weitz on behalf of the original 28 forum participants. I made some suggestions and I don’t know if Mr. Weitz got the letter but I was also delighted with his choice of “calendaring” the months when Bella is catatonic over Edward’s departure. The window scene showing the passing of the seasons is exactly what I had envisioned and posted on the amazon.com forum.
So all in all, I was pleased with this installment of the Twilight saga. The scenes with the Volturi are splendid and Michael Sheen does a fabulously evil job! not enough time spent with them but then the movie would have been even longer. I was not impressed with Dakota Fanning’s portrayal of Jane, but then again she didn’t have a lot of time to convince me.
I think Chris Weitz was most faithful to the book, in comparison to the previous Twilight director, and I thank him for that.
Please feel free, my faithful followers, to comment.
Cheers!
BritDee

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