Movie Review: New Moon
[As always, my movie reviews are *spoiler free*.]
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a movie review… I haven’t been out to see anything good lately, unfortunately. However, my brother came into town and had been wanting to watch New Moon so I said I’d go see it with him. I wasn’t a fan of the Twilight movie so I figured I’d only go if I wasn’t paying.
Now, I read all the books but I never was a die hard fan like so many people out there are – I’ve always thought that the writing was pretty childish and the character Bella kind of annoyed me. I read each book exactly once and I hadn’t read New Moon in over a year so I couldn’t remember what happened in the book – therefore, I will not be comparing the book to the movie. As for the movie Twilight, I really did not like it. Part of that I blame on the fact that I watched it at home and didn’t watch it continuously – I paused it repeatedly to do things around the house instead of sitting in a theater and watching it all the way through. Oh and while I watched it, I was multitasking – I barely remember what happened in it. But most of all, I thought the movie took the worst parts of the book and put them together – most of the movie ended up being of Bella pining away for a vampire and you didn’t really get to see WHY she was so interested in him, in my opinion. The whole relationship felt forced to me. (And I’m not a fan of Kristen Stewart but that’s another story.)
So, I didn’t have high standards for New Moon. However, I had heard from MANY people that this movie was better than the first, so I was curious to see it. And, like I said, if my brother is paying – why not?
I will agree that this movie is better than the first. Surprisingly, my brother liked Twilight better – but he says it was because he preferred seeing Edward (the vampire) and Edward doesn’t play as large of a role in this movie, Jacob does instead (who my brother is not a fan of). I’m not a huge fan of either (don’t ask me which team I’m on because I wouldn’t pick) so that didn’t play a role in my preferring this film. I think I just liked it because there was more to it than just watching Bella pining away for Edward. Kind of.
I mean, there was a lot of pining, trust me. And that’s what gets me, and it got to me during the books – she’s so dramatic. I don’t remember ever being THAT dramatic over a guy, and I’ve had my moments, believe me. But whatever.
I will say that you probably want to read the books before the movie. And you’ll definitely need to see the first Twilight movie before seeing this one. Having forgot what happened in the books and the first movie, I found myself asking my brother a lot of questions. Plus I think the book explains things better, but don’t books always?
I’m having a hard time reviewing this movie without discussing what actually happens in the books and movies. Really hard. So, to sum it up… I thought it was worth the money. I *might* even watch it again. Maybe. I think the special effects were pretty good so it might be worth it to see the movie for that alone. Now, if you’re a huge fan of the books and especially if you’re Team Jacob, I’m sure you love this movie and in fact, have already seen it at least once by now. If you’re like me – have read the books but not a die hard fan, I think you might like this movie too. It’s worth at least one viewing, I would say.
Oh yeah and the ring that Bella wears during the movie – it would make a nice Christmas present for me. That’s all I’m saying. I couldn’t stop staring at it. :)
Day 27/30 of NaBloPoMo… reviewed!
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