Okay so my girlfriend wanted to go see New Moon when it came out and we never really got the chance so last night there was still one theatre playing it in our area and it was my day off so we gave it a try. I am very open minded so I did see the first one and while it doesn’t hold a special place in my heart I thought it was an enjoyable film and it had a new variation on the traditional vampire scene. I had a friend who was reading the book for the sequel and when he described certain scenes from the book I was imagining them on the big screen and they turned out to not be what I expected. I had higher expectations. This review is from a 25 year old male so I could have done without the half naked ripped wolfboy throughout what seemed to be the entire movie. The pace was kind of slow but when stuff did happen it was fun to watch. Seemed to lack in the action department and thats comparing it to the first one. Acting was okay even though every main person seemed dull and depressed for the most part. The biggest highlight of the movie is the ending and without spoiling anything, if you enjoy these movies whether your a guy or girl the next movie is going, let me correct that, has the potential to be pretty awesome. Basically my review is this, if you liked the first one then see this one even if its only to stay in the loop for the next one. If you didn’t like the first one then don’t waste your time.
Twilight: New Moon
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Your review confuses me – you give it 4.5 out of 5 stars, yet end by saying the only reason to see it is to stay in the loop for the next instalment.
I was quite impressed by New Moon. I was thoroughly unimpressed by Twilight and did not get into the saga until reading the books, which are far better, and so I didn’t hold out much hope for New Moon. But I thought it went in more of a classic Hollywood direction, which I think worked for it. There was more action, more cliche, which given that it is a teen romance ought to be expected. Twilight tried to be too niche, and it just made it boring.
One thing that did annoy me was the constant references to the first film, as though the filmmakers were trying to completely alienate anybody who had not seen Twilight or read any of the books. Most of these moments could have either been elaborated upon by way of explanation, or completely left out.
I apologize for the confusion. It’s hard for me to rate movies simply on a star scale. Basically what I meant was this movie was fun to watch at some spots but what I enjoyed the most was the ending. I have not read the books but I hear only good things from a wide array of people so with this ending came an excitement to see what comes next. Again sorry for the confusion, appreciate the comment either way, check out my other review, I like to hear the feedback.