Short report on New Moon:

[alexandral]

Update: as according to IMDB, New Moon broke the opening-day gross record, collecting 73 million in USA. mamma mia! The world is coming to an end!

- Once again, it wasn't the worst film of all times, and it was even better than "Twilight"
- Edward is still creepifyingly morose, and Robert Pattinson still can't act to save his life. He so visibly hates every moment of this film and Bella in particular, and thinks of how he hates it all when doing tender kissing scenes. This produces very amusing effects.
- Good special effects work on wolves and human/wolf transformation
- Taylor Lautner is a very good choice for Jacob.
- The scene with Volturi was really good , as if implanted from another, much better film. Michael Sheen is rather awesome as Aro.
- The scene of Laurent's death (although very short) was rather good too.

- Every time Jacob took his shirt off (and he did this often) the movie theatre went crazy.

Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I have major issues with everyone in the books, especially Bella. I think I must have skipped few bits when reading because it never glared so much at me - GOSH! Isn't she a totally devoid of any interesting feature doormat???

Taylor Lautner is in some romantic comedy next(Valentine's day or something)- I am so watching this!

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

I found everyone in the books so dull and it's surprising because I first read Twilight when I was 15 so I was at that age where the books should have been a perfect fit for me. But I just found Edward to be so utterly boring. I mean sometimes you read a novel and you get this very vivid idea of how the characters are and how they express themselves, but this book just left me completely blank on the characters.

Taylor Lautner is in some romantic comedy next(Valentine's day or something)-

OH GOD. I'll watch it.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Edward never really appealed to me (109 year old virgin - hehe!) I was really in fannish love with the character of Jacob for some time, but "breaking Dawn" and imprinting on babies with teeth killed this love (or so I thought :D)

"Taylor Lautner is in some romantic comedy next(Valentine's day or something)-"
OH GOD. I'll watch it.

It is by that big-hiiter romantic comedy guy who did "Runaway bride", Pretty Woman", "Overboard" and "princess diaries", Garry Marshall. Should be reasonably good.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I never really got the whole why the 109 year-old virgin thing was supposed to come across as a good thing. I mean, I think a lot of people read that an went "Sexual disfunction alert."

Jacob was cute in the beginning but then he had that scene where he forces that kiss on Bella and starts telling her that he knows that she loves him and I just thought that came across as a little douchey. And yeah, Breaking Dawn = creepiest thing ever published. However I'm terribly curious to see how they'll handle that in the fourth movie. I honestly think it would be better if they just cut out that whole part and had him imprinting on someone else.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Jacob was cute in the beginning but then he had that scene where he forces that kiss on Bella and starts telling her that he knows that she loves him and I just thought that came across as a little douchey.

I liked that scene (well, it annoyed the heck out of me - how can you be in love with two people at once??) but seeing that she really loved them both (but how can this be??) I liked the scene. I have a thing for forced kisses. ** meep **

And yeah, Breaking Dawn = creepiest thing ever published. However I'm terribly curious to see how they'll handle that in the fourth movie. I honestly think it would be better if they just cut out that whole part and had him imprinting on someone else.

I am so curious too. But!! Taylor Launer imprinting on babies = I so don't want to see this!!!! And the thing is, why did the author have to rush with it?? If she just had Jacob away for some years and after that coming back and imprinting on Bella's daughter when she is already adult?? I would have totally bought this.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

What annoyed me was the fact that she couldn't defend herself at all. She punched him after he did it and it was just another case of the author showing us how weak Bella was in comparison to all the men around her. Let me tell you something, warewolf or not, I bet you a million dollars (Euros?) that there is one very sensitive place in his body that is not made of steel and would have had him crying on the floor in three seconds flat if she'd kicked him there.

If she just had Jacob away for some years and after that coming back and imprinting on Bella's daughter when she is already adult??

It would have been better, but I'd probably still be creeped out. I mean, why SMeyer, out of all the people in Forks, why Bella's kid? WHY?!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

that there is one very sensitive place in his body that is not made of steel and would have had him crying on the floor in three seconds flat if she'd kicked him there.

hee! I have a nice mental picture now!

It would have been better, but I'd probably still be creeped out. I mean, why SMeyer, out of all the people in Forks, why Bella's kid? WHY?!

Yep. The best thing would have been some nice kick-ass girl from his tribe and him saying to Bella: stuff it!!!

[arathisiewen.livejournal.com]

Oh, they'll totally have him imprint on Leah or something like that - you know that, right? I was WAITING for it in the book!! Then of course, creepy baby imprint.

And I just couldn't help but join your little thread, sorry.

[seven-trees.livejournal.com]

Oh, they'll totally have him imprint on Leah or something like that - you know that, right?

Dude if they did that I would throw my own little party. No creepy baby imprinting, HUZZAH! But seriously, I would find it kind of hilarious (and horrifying) if they had the baby imprinting in the movie. You KNOW there would be someone defending that choice.