An Unofficial Review of New Moon
7 December 2009
I’m not a movie critic, and I’m a HUGE Twilight fan, so bear that in mind when reading this.
Ben and I went to see New Moon on Saturday, and it was awesome. I could tell I’d seen the trailer way too many times because all through the movie I kept thinking, “Oh, that was in the trailer. Oh, they made it look like she was running from Laurent in that scene, but really she was running from Paul.” And so on.
The plot changes worked well, I thought. Like Jacob giving Bella a birthday present so we had a little face-off between him and Edward early in the movie. And Jacob being there when Sam found her in the woods. (That’s not in the book, right?)
My favorite line made it into the movie, where Jacob tells Bella, “You should hold out for someone with a stronger stomach. For someone who laughs in the face of gore that makes weaker men vomit.” Or it’s something like that. I would look it up but my New Moon book isn’t in my possession right now. (Ahem, Roseanna.)
On the way home from the movie, Ben and I had a strangely intense Twilight discussion that started when Ben said, “I liked the movie … but I don’t like Bella or Edward. She makes really stupid decisions.”
Yes, sometimes she does. In the book, I think her train of thought is much clearer and makes her more sympathetic. (Which is why books rule.) In fact, there were a couple times during the movie where I thought, “I wonder if I would understand that if I hadn’t read the books.”
One other thing I found really interesting about New Moon is there’s practically no help offered for anybody who might not have seen Twilight. It was nice not having to be bogged down with back story, but I still found it an interesting choice.
My official review is if you like Twilight, you’ll like the movie.
And go Team Jacob.
Comments
Oh, you did not say “go team jacob. . . “ did you? LOL. I’m on team edward. I know, call me crazy or a Vamp-lover, whatever.
Gosh, I just like Edward for some reason. :-)
I loved the movie. Third one is coming out in June I hear??
Posted by Lynn Rush on 7 December 2009
That soon? Oh, that makes me happy…
And I’ll say it louder if you need me to :) GO TEAM JACOB.
Posted by Stephanie on 7 December 2009
Go, Jacob, go! Go, Jacob, go! Not that I didn’t like Edward, mind you, but there were moments when he was so patronizing and superior. Whereas Jake was always just fun.
Posted by Roseanna White on 7 December 2009
Your “ahem” is unnecessary, my friend. I already have a note to self to include your books in your Christmas present box. =)
Posted by Roseanna White on 7 December 2009