Sometimes I wish I could turn back the clock and be a teenager again, because you really have to have their scope of reality to enjoy The Twilight Saga: New Moon.  I know it is a story of star-crossed lovers much like Romeo and Juliet, but maybe I just can’t take it slow. You have to really LOVE the characters and actors to enjoy this sequel.

The story continues with Bella (Stewart) refusing to celebrate her 18th birthday with her schoolmates, instead she attends a party at the Cullens' house, at the bequest of Alice.  Here she gets attacked by Jasper (Jason Rathborne), which ends a good evening.  Edward breaks up with Bella because he’s afraid she cannot make it being human and a part of his family.  Bella goes to see Jacob (Lautner), who professes to protect and keep her safe.

When a confrontation between Bella and the tribe member Paul (Meraz) breaks out, turning him into a werewolf, she gets attacked, forcing Jacob to defend her.  After leaving the safety of Jacob’s territory, Bella gets attacked by Laurent (Edi Gathegi), who would love to make her a quick, tasty snack before Victoria got a hold of her.  Jacob and his tribe save Bella from Laurent, but she almost gets attacked again, this time by Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), who loathes her.  Bella then attacks Bella by trying to take her own life in a high-flying act off of a cliff. 

Teen angst rides high within Bella, and she goes to the Volturi (Hmm... sounds a lot like Voldemort if you ask me) to try and save Edward.  When she meets the bloodthirsty group, Jane (Fanning), the most beautiful of vampires, attacks Bella by trying to inflict pain with her special staring powers.  Then the Volturi, lead by Aro (Michael Sheen), moves to attack Bella and make a feast of her, but Edward will have nothing of that.  I could go on and on about this story, but I’m afraid I would get attacked by a group of raging teen ladies who probably think I’m making way too much fun of the movie.

Well, to me the film was just too slow.  Yes, the operative word here is SLOW -- slow moving, slow delivery and even slow motion at times.  Promised action was not much more than what was in the two-minute preview. I may have even nodded a bit.  I will say however, that the CGI of the wolves is extremely good, and the great cinematography of the Italian countryside gorgeous.  I would have liked to see some good vampire teeth, but I guess I will have to wait for next Halloween.

Okay ... alright ... for you love-starved teenage girls, I’ll lighten up a bit.  There is a love story here, even if the theme concerns some very ashen-faced, bloodsucking and wolf howling, yet good looking, young adults.  The story takes a twist when Edward exits the scene and we are reintroduced to the dark side of Jacob, who starts an affair with Bella.  Bare-chested, he works on motorcycles, hangs with his tribe and tries to take Bella to the movies.  It’s a match made in hell (oh, no that was Edward and Bella). Bella finds her life with Jacob a fresh start until Edward starts popping up in her head.  Wait ... come to think of it ... even Jacob's four fellow tribe members are always bare-chested.  There are enough naked abs, biceps and thick necks to fill several teen magazines in this movie. Now I get it.

The film is rated PG-13 for some violence and action, but not enough to attract a male audience. 

FINAL ANALYSIS: New Moon is as blank as the real new moon for me, but for teens it is like eating ice cream complete with dribbles and drools.

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BeLa   |2009-11-29 19:19:53 Oh my, I was almost in tears after the fifth attac k you describe, lol. I haven't gone to see this f ilm. ACtually, I thought the first one was one of the most horrid and boring and just bad movies I'v e ever seen, but not knowing anything about the bo oks, I was hoping this one was better, you know, m ore vampires and werewolves and all. But the accou nts are not very bright no matter where I heard of it. I don't know, I might go and see when it's f or rent or something. At least I'll listened caref ully to the music Reply 0 0

dliddle   |2009-11-20 16:00:10 Let me also add that Bella doesn't try to kill her self. It may have been interpreted by the Cullen' s as being that way, but she was cliff diving and got swept under by the waves crashing against the rocks. This is where Victoria almost attacks Bell a, but she doesn't even get close. Reply 0 0

jdelia   |2009-11-20 23:16:07 You do know that this episode is Romeo and Juliet. do you not? Bella has to try to kill herself for Edward. Reply 0 0

Dee Liddle  - ACED Staffer   |2009-11-20 03:01:33 ...it again, but not as much as I saw Twilight. T his move lacked the magic from the frist one. Reply 0 0

jdelia   |2009-11-20 23:17:39 Dee ... I totally agree and your comment about the music is one of the reasons I nearly nodded off. Thank goodness for the wolf attacks. Reply 0 0

Dee Liddle  - ACED Staffer   |2009-11-20 19:30:04 I just sat through the midnight showing of this wi th too many teen girls that should have been home and in bed. Honestly, they could have waited to s ee this one. It's not that it's not good, but a m ovie about Bella's depression, Jacob's struggle wi th who he is and how he feels for Bella, and for E dward to be so easily forgiven in the movie just s eemed so not worth the lack of sleep I will have t o deal with at work later today. To be fair, the 2nd book of this series was the hardest for me to read and translation to screen was done fairly well. Not sure the change in director was a smar t move, but who am I to say anything. My bigg est gripe is with the musical score. Yes it was a darker movie, but everything seemed so "subdu ed." Music in a movie can make or break it. The music in this one helped keep this from being a top notch rated sequel. I will most likely se e it one more time to see if I can get a better fe eling about it, but unlike T... Reply 0 0

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