The Twilight saga has become all the rage in the past few years. Not only has this series of books become popular among pubescent girls, it also appeals to theirs mothers as well. The books, which are currently being made into movies, are obviously written to a target audience of 10-15 year old girls. Although, author, Stephenie Meyer, succeeded wonderfully in appealing to the masses and creating a series of books that rivals that of the Harry Potter series.
The second movie of the series, New Moon, was recently released into theatres. After enjoying the first film, going to see New Moon seemed appropriate. This as I would come to find out, would be a decision a soon regretted. Bella, a brooding high school senior in the town of Forks, WA. begins the movie depressed about celebrating her 18th birthday, which makes her a year older than Edward, her vampire beau. After realizing that he can only bring more harm than good to Bella’s life, Edward decides to leave her behind and move, with the rest of his “family”, to Italy. Bella, heartbroken, turns to her friend Jacob and begins partaking in a series of reckless activities that she believes will force Edward to return to her. Jacob, who eventually falls in love with Bella, turns out to be a vampire-hunting werewolf. Without giving away any major plot points I can say that in the end, Bella must choose between Edward and Jacob, which is a choice that is seemingly easy for her.
As if the story line wasn’t mundane and predictable enough, the movie was worsened by sappy, corny line after sappy, corny line. New Moon isn’t nearly as good as it’s prequel, Twilight, which gave a more realistic and relatable feel with it’s heated passion and seat-gripping fight scenes. This sequel was apparently made with money and box office records in mind rather than quality and entertainment. The monetary goal was certainly achieved with the film grossing over $200 million is merely eight days.
In short, this film is simply mediocre at best. While it is necessary to watch New Moon if your goal is to get the complete story without ever actually reading a book, it would be best to save your money and wait until this teen romance comes out on DVD.
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