I’m sure I wasn’t the only member of Team Edward that could really care less about Edward last night during the midnight showing.
Arriving in the line at 5pm may have created the greatest build up pf anticipation that I have EVER experienced for a midnight showing…and I have been to countless. In all honesty, I did not expect New Moon to be good after the disappointing premiere of Twilight last year. But Chris Weitz, a fantastic director, gave me hope that maybe I didn’t have to worry.
After 6 1/2 hours in line, we were finally let into the theater, and I found my way inbetween two great movie watchers, one of them in particular.
Knowing the story of the book, I had no idea how Chris Weitz was going to create something fabulous, especially with an actor playing Jacob that I didn’t necessarily like. But he did. I will never doubt Taylor Lautner again, in anything that I ever see him in for the rest of my life.
Not only did this film have an actual storyline, unlike Twilight, because of the leaps and bounds the script has over the first, the acting is also better. After Twilight, you never would have known that Kristen Stewart, Rob Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are a group of very talented actors. ESPECIALLY Taylor.
We all know how the story ends, and who Bella chooses. But…just…WOW. I would never have found the strength to say ”No” to Jacob like she does countless times. And I’m not just talking about the abs, although…I’m sure they play a part. LOL. Taylor interprets Jake’s desperate love for Bella just PERFECTLY.
He doesn’t even need the words to describe it. Just the looks on his face tell the audience all we need to know. The way that he naturally takes her hand at the movie theater and almost kisses her in the truck….then DOES in the house right before Edward calls! (I was literally holding my breath screaming “YES!” in my head…then hated Edward for the rest of the movie) And when he whispers that sentence in his peoples language to her right before he kisses her….mmmmm….I seriously, melted! Melted into complete mush in my seat. LOL
Okay…done talking about Taylor. For the moment.
It is beyond obvious that the quality of writing in New Moon is in another league compared to the disaster that Twilight was. As I said before, better writing automatically creates better acting performances. As an aspiring screenwriter myself, I know at least that much about the film industry. And with no more exact scenes being pulled directly out of the book, but being CREATED for the big screen…the audience and fans of the books finally get what we already should have had with the Twilight.
But the one thing that was directly from the book that I was glad to see, was the passage of time after Edward left. That part in the book shocked me…and the way that it is shown in the movie…with camera circling around Bella as we see the change in season out the window…was PERFECT. I loved it.
I am still astonished about how Chris Weitz was able to put together such a good film version of the book that many would say the slowest, and maybe even worst of the books. Although for me, Breaking Dawn holds the title of my least favorite for the books, I do have to agree that New Moon is the slowest paced book of the series. And it just shows how much of a great storyteller Chris Weitz is to be able to pick and choose all of the RIGHT things from the book and presenting them in a way that a MOVIE needs to, not a book. That was the problem with Twilight. They were trying to make it TOO MUCH like the book, and because of that, the story was way over the top, and failed miserably to capture the fan’s hearts.
But New Moon will not have that problem. It has not only renewed faith in all Twilighters that these films don’t have to disappoint. That the stories of the books can be made into a GREAT MOVIE.
I can honestly say that I believe New Moon is as great of a version of the books as both of the Narnia movies. So close to the story told in the books that I can almost find nothing that is missing. Everything that I wanted to see…I saw.
My greatest concern with New Moon was whether the audience would get over the absense of the Cullens. But the relatiohship and conflict between Jake and Bella is writing and shown so well, the audience doesn’t even give a second thought to the Cullens. Not even Edward, in most cases.
And where Twilight was failed miserably with dorky special effects, those in New Moon far from disappoint. Not only did the wolves look KICK ASS period, but their transformations were FANTASTIC and believeable. And the fight scene with the Volturi are just a taste of what we will get in Eclipse.
Speaking of….the Volturi. Exaclty what I always pictured. Michael Sheen was a perfect Aro and Dakota Fanning a perfect Jane. A VERY CREEPY Jane. The girl sitting next to me asked why she dressed like a little girl, with the schooly uniform and shoes….BECAUSE CREEPY KIDS MAKE MY SKIN CRAWL…LOL…I believe that was the point.
All in all…a fantastic film. I loved it…and plan on seeing it many times over. In fact, I’m going again in a few hours…LOL…with a new Jacob Shirt…LOL
