I just got back. It was... so well done. Just so well done.

TAYLOR.... MY GOD TAYLOR... screw the abs (punn intended) your performance was KILLER!!! He knocked it out of the ballpark. I can't say enough about his performance in this movie. He makes you forget Edward for whole chunks of time... just like Jake did with Bella in the book. Well done Mr. Lautner. You are not merely an 8-pack. You are an amazing actor (with an 8-pack!)

ROB... beautiful. In so many ways. They could not have cast Edward any better. He really "gets" his character and ... I felt Edward's pain. My heart throbbed for him. I can't say any more without giving things away but, he was great.

KRISTEN.... you are gifted. She gave the performance of a lifetime. All the akwardness of Twilight.... gone. All the emotion of New Moon poured out of her, in a torrent. She is a gift from the TwiGods.

CHRIS... thank you. It was true to the book. You captured the essence of the entire saga. It was beautiful. And now I know that your wife is a very lucky woman because man, you know a few things about s*xual tension!

WOLF PACK... no coherent thoughts right now other than the fact that I have never wanted to see men in cutoffs more than I did tonight! HOLY HALE you guys are hot! Sam is cast perfectly. Paul was great. Quil and Embry were so funny!

ASHLEY... I wish Alice was my sister. You were amazing. I'll finish my comment about you after I "let the dog out". LOL! Seriously, you were wonderful. The perfect blend of nutty, omnicient, sisterly vibe that was your performance knocked my socks off.

There are only two things I might have changed. 1) The score was a little too commonplace for a Twilight film. It could have been heard on any romantic movie. 2) I wish Alice had envisioned Edward and Bella wearing better clothes. The colours of those outfits were awful!

All in all, it was the epic movie I was waiting for. It left me breathless and speechless and wanting for more... just like I had hoped. I will be going back to watch it again as soon as I can.

Peace, Love & Twilight!

(221 days until Eclipse!)

CHRIS WEITZ FOR BREAKING DAWN

Was it just me, or did anyone else LOVE the grandma dream sequence?!!? I thought it was perfect!!!! It really set the movie and let us see just how Bella feels and why she HAS to change to a vamp!

I loved, loved how they had the main event for every single chapter!
Preface ~ Bella running in Italy
01. Party ~ Dream, at school, party
02. Stitches ~ Carlisle talking to Bella and the kiss from E
03. The End ~ The whole break-up and lost in the woods deal.
04. Waking Up ~ The months, Port Angelos
05. Cheater ~ Bikes, Jake
06. Friends ~ J and B working in the garage
07. Repetition ~ B still hurting
08. Adrenaline ~ the bikes!
09. Third Wheel ~ Mike and theater
10. The Meadow ~ Laurent in meadow
11. Cult ~ what's going on with Jake?
12. Intruder ~ Jake tells Bella
13. Killer ~ B makes assumptions
14. Family ~ fight with paul, going to Emily's
15. Pressure ~ cliff dive!
16. Paris ~ in the car with Jake
17. Visitor ~ Alice!
18. The Funeral ~ Oh no Edward!
19. Race ~ Italy
20. Volterra ~ fountain, racing
21. Verdict ~ Volturi!!!
22. Flight ~ Edward's back
23. The Truth ~ they love each other!
24. Vote ~ vamp for Bella.
Epilogue: Treaty ~ poor Jake

So maybe all the scenes were not in the same order, but they included everything! I love it!

The ONLY scene I really wanted to see that they didn't show was when Alice and Charlie talk about Bella when she is "sleeping".

Thank you! I was thinking the same exact thing. Chris stuck true to this book and the small changes he made were perfectly acceptable.
Like: The months going by and B writing to Alice and watching Charlie rake leaves and kids playing (life goes on)
Jake giving B a dreamcatcher at the school (Would have preferred the bracelet, but it was perfect as B was having nightmares),
Understanding Charlie's pain as a father (that scene of him waking up to her screams, the look and agony on his face),
Jake transforming into a wolf in the epilogue and the sadness in his eyes before he runs of,
Victoria about to attack Charlie and Harry saving him, Jake saving Harry, Harry having the heart attack as the cause of the panic, Charlie trying to save his friend, Chasing Victoria off to the water (loved the way she was so animalistic), Jacob staring away at the cliff (imagine thats where he saw Bella jump), pulling her out of the water as she reaches for Edward. Mind-blowing montage of scenes.
Jessica flipping out as Bella gets on a motorcycle ride with stranger.
Bella sitting at the Cullen table by herself for months, until Jake awakens her again and she begins sitting with her friends, loved it.
The Romeo & Juliet scene at the school, displaying some humans and everyone's attention at hault when Ed speaks the lines.
Jake flipping out on Mike at the theatre.

These changes were perfectly acceptable to me. I welcomed them. And all these small changes and he still kept true to the story and in better order the CH displayed Twilight. Loved the way CW merged all the scenes together, complete awe. The garage scene, loved it, displayed the growth in friendship and the time passing, starting with parts and ending with fully functional bikes. Alice and Bella driving off, airplane flying over to Alice and Bella driving porsche. I just loved the way he kept time and merged scenes.
I know a lot of people are saying they didnt feel the rollercoaster ride. I was happy at the beginning, and I was anxious not seeing Edward at the school and then seeing him in her room taking the pic, I felt the agony Rob portrayed as he was breaking up with Bella and the shock and agony Kristen portrayed in return, then the denial as she ran around the woods and how exhausted she became by nightfall, falling over without the will any longer to get up. The sadness as she stared out the window all those months, I didnt mind no tears, her eyes displayed enough, they were tormented. And if her screaming into her pillow didnt bring one tear to anyone's eye, its sad. The annoyance of having to prove to Charlie she is ok, by going out with Jess, the relief to finding a way to feed her sorrow with adrenaline, the discovery of feeling alive with Jacob and the friendship blooming, the confusion of her feelings when Jake states how he feels, when he ignores her and then when she wants desperately to keep him, the joy in Alice's return, the panic of finding out Ed wants to kill himself and the instant regret in hurting Jake, the rush in finding Ed and seeing HIM, not a vision of him, jumping on him with so much passion and then Bella "letting him off the hook", kiss scene cut short by Volturri. Then the feeling of the unknown, what's going to happen, agony in watching Ed get thrown around and abused, the relief again that they both live, then waking up doubtful from reality, but he is there and Charlie is mad, but he's ok. The anger in Ed not wanting to turn her and the pleasant victory of the vote, regardless of Ed, until Jake comes in the pic and reminds of the treaty, that scene was full of different emotions for all three characters. Then Edward's condition, best WTF face on Kristen.
I say that was one hale of a ride.
Sorry for keeping my comment short, lol.

OMG!!
You just READ MY MIND GIRL!!!
*bear hugs*
Im still in SHOCK.. I LOVED all that you described so I shall not bother ppl w/my re-stating of it.. BUT I LOVED IT guys.. It was SO worth the 6 hr line wait.. my heart was beating a million times a minute even BEFORE it started.. when I saw the MOON heart went into a frenzy and I SWEAR I thought it was gonna jump outta my chest!!

Then it began and OMG.. Holy Grandma scene and AMAZING SPARKLES EDWARD
*bows down to CW*
I LOVE that man.. he stuck to the book.. YES , I DID think they rushed A LOT of the parts.. and I was a bit, ok ok A LOT disappointed that they didnt have the "Meteor" speech Edward gives after he returns...
*sobs*

I CRIED like a baby during the break up.. at first, it wouldnt hit me.. its like my eyes were watery when he was talking and then I felt a lump in my throat and I felt like I couldnt cry.. alas, when he says that firm "NO" after she asks if he doesnt want him.. OMG
*curls into ball*

I cried and I could care less that the guy next to me giggled... THAT WAS MY HEART EDWARD!! It was SO emotional for me.. and then they played my fave song outta the soundtrack for the months-passing, POSSIBILITY and OMG
*curls into ball and sobs again*

The Jake PARTS..
*standing ovation for Tay*
He NAILED it.. if anybody doubted this boy.. he forkin PROVED THEM!! He was right on.. just how I pictured Jake in NM.. I loved him... I hated him.. he pissed me off.. then I cried for him... SO much guys.. I.. I cant even begin to explain it.. it was unbelieveable for me!! STILL is.. I told Kay that I had my hand over my heart the ENTIRE movie, well, aside from the times when I would clean my eyes of tears, it was so PERSONAL, guys.. Idk how u felt about it, but to me it was like.. IDK.. MAGIC.. so personal.. it..
*sighs*
I was fully immersed in the movie.. THE ENDING left me wanting more but its alright.. we've got it coming in ECLIPSE... ahhhh 221 days.. I THINK!! OMG OMG!!!

I LOVED IT>> CANT WAIT 2 GO SEE IT AGAIN THIS WEEK!!

Thank you, its a breath of fresh air, I was reading so many negative comments, but I freakin' love this movie and Chris Weitz.
I wish we could have seen it together, because it took me for such a ride. My bf was next to me and he understood already I was going to be emotional, kudos for him supporting me, lol. I saw him clear the lump in his throat when Bella told Jake "dont make me choose, because it's him, always was him". Of course he has always been Team Jacob, though. I'm completely impressed with Taylor. I'm glad two of us were emotional and deep into it.

*bear hugs*
Awww really!?! I havent been able to read ALL of them.. theres like a million comments and Im glad we're all sharing our thoughts... Im so excited that you felt the same way as I did.. its so beautiful, girl!! I thought I was pathetic as I held my hand over my heart and cried.. it hit me just like it did in the book BUT I think in the film, since I got to see the apparitions of Edward, my heart would jump and I would tear up =( I missed him so much.. just like in the book!!

Im SO glad you shared this w/me.. <3 ya girl!!

oh i love the grandma dream also, i'm so impressed still after watching the movie with the way they did the whole CGI and the vamps running and the volturi fight and EVERYTHING!!! LOL!, and I'm so happy that we get to share it all, not just the anxiety before the movie but also the happiness and the after movie thoughts, I mean it was amazing and I can't wait to go again, and I also cried, just watching Edward's face when he is like 'let's take a walk' I was like NOOOOOOOOOOO! and the music, and yes POSSIBILITY-my fave song too- during the passing months was awesome, my heart was going to pieces, seriously, is just like my younger brother would say: 'this movie was sick dude! LOL! oh gosh I can't get over how good NM is, and even though I'm sleepy as Hale (i still had to be at class at 8am, who can concentrate after watching NM?!he he he), I'm still going again tonight!!! *hugs to all my NMM.org family* it's celebration time!!!! yuppeeee!!!

*group hug*
Ahhhhhhhhhh I know!!! Girl they hype hasnt left me.. I only slept like 2 hrs and Im NOT tired.. not one bit!! I cant wait to go see it again.. we had EVERYTHING in that movie: hearbreak, tears, humor, violence, distrust, confusion, fear, depression, SO much... I loved it.. I cherish every bit we got b/c this entire year we waited for it.. was SO worth it and I'm glad we get to share our love and experience w/one another even if its online =)

ive been waiting for youe take lol yay you loved it i also found it amazing am now going to sneek off to my bed as have been far tooo long thanx allll of you for the best of the newmoon love xhope to see you all tomorrow when bd is anounced hee hee x

LOL
*hugs*
I DID.. I love it! Like I said, I felt it was a little too rushed BUT.. it touched my heart just like how I had expected it to be... Im SO glad you also liked it... wow to bed?! Lol its almost 2 pm here.. I ONLY slept 2 1/2 hrs and I FEEL GREAT.. dont feel tired nor have a headached.. NOTHING.. its the Twilighter in me that keeps me up and hyped =)

See ya soon.. and BD.. here we come!!

hee heee it was about 830 9 pm when i got to bed after what must have about 36 hours without sleep i was so done in is about 2pm here now should be doing courswork why the hubby is out with the children but had to come an have a quick glance tut tut lol im so glad you liked it was hearing loads of negative coments but i truely loved it is the best you could expect sure they parts out but it is an adaptation so ya gotta be fair i think cw did the best with what he was given and i bow to him i so wired after lol was on a buz about it all day i crashed about 930 pm in the end lol

Ohhhh me ecanta como lo describes! Es como si me viera en un espejo!!!!!! This is what I love the most! Knowing that I wasn't the only one thinking! OMG this is so personal! and knowing all the stuff behind every word, every scene!!!!

I LOVE IT!!!!

PS. Eclipse....HERE WE GO!!!!!!

*bear hugs*
Im SO excited that I got to share my experience at LEAST on here!! It would have been much more fun to have had my NMM girls with me.. I went w/some ppl who were not fans and some who were and the ones who ARE fans, were disappointed.. they said they didnt like it and ugh.. I wont talk about it here.. I wont ruin my buzz!! I mean everybody had their own expectations and liked what they liked or didnt like whatever.. I loved it.. Like I said, felt a lot was rushed but my little heart loved it...

Aww que bueno que te haya gustado como lo senti... pero pues hable con el corazon...
=)

*Bear Hug*
Crazy, huh? I was holding tight and completely drowned in all the emotions, when Ed said let's take a walk, my heart stopped beating, seeing her face, like she knew whatever it was, wasn't good. So sad, I tear up just remembering. I think people who can't see the movie the way we watched it skimmed through the book, because I don't see how you can miss the emotion if you read the book.

Loved "New Moon" Kudos to CW and the entire cast. Bravo! Amazing performances by the entire cast.

Major complaint, too short and they rushed the really emotional scenes. I really hope they have some extra footage for us on the DVD.

No real problem with the stuff they added. IE Harry Clearwater and the emails to Alice. But they left a lot of the great scenes from the book out. Remember, the books, the books that the fans fell in love with!!!
1) The talk between Charlie and Alice; when they thought Bella was sleeping on the sofa.
2) Rosalie's call to Edward, the Cullen's at the Airport, and Rosalie's apology
3) They had a short , very short, scene between E&B in her bedroom. What about Bella thinking Edward was an illusion.
Bella's realizing that He really does love her and as mentioned already Edward's Meteor speech.

Got to see this again!! What else is there to do until Eclipse comes out.

I agree, I felt he stayed true to the book but some of it was out of place; like when he told her why that he was a great liar and the real reason he left. That was done after they came back from Italy and were in her bedroom not when she stopped him in Italy. However I felt the whole ending was rushed and could have been a little longer. Maybe he should have cut some time out of the months after Edward left, the fight between Paul and Jacob, etc. I just felt that there was so much more in the end that was left out, like on there way to the voting scene, they stop and talk in the woods about her "hearing voices" and extra-curricular activities and he talks about how she was better at the separation than he was, etc. That was a very important part in the book I felt. I also wish the voting scene would have been played out a little more like the book.
I wish they would have had the scene where Edward gives Bella her birthday gift and they listen to it that night after the incident. I just think in general the movies need to be longer. I mean the Harry Potter movies are 3 hours, why cant the "Twilight" movies be longer.??? The fans will go see it so why not. WE WANT MORE!!
I hope they do not cut Eclipse short and show all the AWESOME parts in it. I mean dont get me wrong I think CW did an awesome job, much better than CH at getting the book in there; it just needed to be longer and please keep things in order and in the right places!
ALL the actors did a great job! I cant wait to see it again and then buy the dvd when it gets here.
Please make Breaking Dawn and make it in 2 installments so that you can do it justice!!

i LOVED how Chris showed sooo much back story. The scene where Edward is taking the picture out of her scrapbook, is so touching and painful at the same time. The spin of Harry having the heart attack because of Victoria was amazing -- also seeing Edward take the phone call in Brazil. Also, the scene where Jake is begging Bella to stay and not go to Italy, hahaha Alice's face was like - who does he think he is, being thiss close to me!?!?!? haha I even liked how Jake turned to wolf form at the end. Classic. Loved it.
I loved this film. It was so well put together and the characters touched me throughout the movie. I loved it.

THE MUSIC SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, I'm Ivy.
*extends hand*
I agree, Chris did really good stepping away from Bella's point of view. And I love how he kept true to the funny relationship between Jake and Alice, loved it. To think these are Bella's best friends and they treat each other with animosity.

Love the bike analogy, hadn't thought about that, but it 'is' their relationship. Bella screaming in her pillow had me completely undone, it killed me! I did forget about Edward in chunks and when we get to Italy I was like 'what the Hale, why are we here?" PERFECT! The look on wolf/Jacobs face at the very end was the final straw. Blasted CGI wolf made me cry!
Taylor is a genius and stole this movie.

I agree with all you said! I loved every bit of the movie. I would not have taken anything away from it...it was ALMOST perfect for me! :)

Hi! Gives me error when I try to find your post, I´m going to answer you here...yes, I liked the atmosphere of sadness and misery that the book has and displayed it on the screen was a very good idea, I liked very much to see as a true Edward´s lover that Bella and Edward´s chemistry is as powerful as always in all the moments they are together and Edward´s complete misery is out of the question if we mention the moments in Volterra that are spectacular between them and alone facing the Volturis, true that i would have loved more Edward there, but there was the point of the book, bella looking somewhere to hold to because she´s broken into pieces...and there´s Jacob and his cause that is essential in all the books ( Even in BD) so...yes, I liked it the colours, the photography and as many people say they end up in love with Jacob, I just can say that I understand better in the movie than in the book Jacob´s position but my longing for Edward was even bigger, and after the conversation in her bedroom...ahhh...and inside the doors of the square "you are evertything to me, everything" those words the way he said them i gasped and said GOD!
Thanks for your interest in my opinion and yessss LEG HITCH, LEG HITCH!!!!

I was thinking the same thing about the Charlie/Alice conversation.
I LOVED the movie tho.

I just made the mistake of going on the IMBD website which is full of twi-haters.
I dont understand why people who dont like the series or books adapated to movies would bother seeing the movie opening weekend then go on the IMBD website and feel that their critisism is worth writing.

New moon was made for the FANS not for outsiders!!!!!!

Love this website and value the opinion of true fans over people who having nothing better to do than whine about something they dont have an appreciation for.

Needed to rant, sorry!!!

Loved the movie and love this site!!!

Yeah, I made the mistake of going on to Rotten Tomatoes and then repling to a bad review. Never again. What a waste. I agree that it is funny that the same people saying all this negative stuff paid the same amount of money and waiting in the same lines as the rest of us and then go home and write that we are stupid. I feel sorry for them that they have nothing better to do then to bash a franchise that has gotten so many people reading again and finally giving girls some hope that true love and chivalry still exist. I loved the movie and can't wait to see the next one! Thanks to this site, too, for giving the fans a safe place to say how much we love the movie without fear of being chastised or made fun of by the haters!

No, I understand! I love this site! There are things we can be picky about, but overall we are all so happy with NM! Such a turnaround from Twilight! :)

ugh you are soooo right!!!! i loved this movie all i could keep saying to myself was......omg i cant believe im seeing NEW MOON!!!!! and i hate to say this, but im usually team Switzerland but this movie made me team jacob till eclipse comes out, i just felt for him in this movie, his sarcasm is just the best!!!.......chris did such an awesome job on this, and the parts where the months went by i cried.....i NEED to see it again asap!

I will always be Team Edward. I felt bad for Jake...but I really think they played up his character for the movie. Where was annoying, mean Jake? But other than that, Ja dn B's relationship was perfect!

Oh, thanks for that, CJ. Broken down like that, I guess they did cover the big parts. Agree, I would have loved to see Charlie and Alice bonding. I guess they'll feature that later.

Cool!

One thing that we saw in the photo out takes that we did not see in the movie was the 'dream' when Edward was crouched over Bella on the bed in the woods w/ the wolf nearby. I guess it got cut. I'm looking forward to the DVD!

OME I almost forgot about that! When Jake left and told her to remember the other part of the stories and she started dreaming - I thought we would see it there. But that dream was so short and vague. Then again I guess it wouldn't have fit there very well. Wonder where it is?

Can't wait til March - Movie Stop is already taking reservations and they will have a midnight release party in all probability.

Oh, yeah! I can't wait to see the scene for that on the DVD, :)

ANd if you look at the chapters like that, they included at least one, and maybe two of the key scenes for each chapter. Unlike Twilight...where is the blood-typing scene?!!? lol

CJ you are so completely right! I hadn't thought of it that way. They really did do a chapter by chapter synopsis of the book. It makes so much sense. I wish they had done the Alice/Charlie breakfast scene too, however, to incorporate all of our wishes the movie would have had to have been around an hour longer... and I just don't think a 3 hr movie was going to happen. The great thing is that, unlike Twilight, there is nothing I would have taken out. As fans of the books, we're always going to want more... ideally we'd like to have the whole book on the screen! It's just not realistic though. I think by doing it this way Chris Weitz did justice to it.

Yeh, but I really think they should not have left out the running scene to the vote, Bella on Edwards back again, the moment between Edward & Bella before they go into the house i sooo lovely and he didn't break anything! WTF.

But they did get most of it.

Hey, I wouldn't mind if the movie was 5 hours long. lol But we can't have it that way. Really, CW made the best out of what he could do...I thought it was amazing! :)

Just wondering if anyone caught what Edward said near the end.. Bella said "I can't do this alone", Edward said " 5years" then Bella shook her head no.. Then Edward said 3years and she shook her head no.. Then Edward said your always so stubborn.. And then.. Edward said something.. right before he said that he has 1 condition that she has to meet in order for him to change her..
I've been seriously going over this and over this and I even referred to the book trying to figure out what he said BEFORE... Do you know what that was.. The last scene seemed so rushed to me. Bella trying to talk to Jacob, Edward and her negotiating.. Its going to drive me nuts unless I get this figured out.. Can you help with this?

thank you for that, i´m going to see it tomorrow and thus everybody explains that are very truth to the book i consider your explanation of great help and relaxing...you know i´m not the kind of "want every single part" because that is simply impossible...and we must understand that and accept like we have done with other sagas...thanks anyway i´m eagerly looking fot the film.

How did you like New Moon? Was it what you wanted it to be? :)

Yeah, I was really wanting to know how they would show the Grandma dream sequence thing but I really liked it!
Totally agree about them not showing the Alice and Charlie chat.
They seemed to have left out how Charlie gets on well with Alice.
Oh well I LOVED IT!

But on a bright note, the interaction with Bella and Charlie was great! :) I loved the scene...although it was relaly sad... when Bella had a nightmare, and Charlie came and comforted her. :(

Ohhhhhh Cj I love it!!!!! :D I already see it twice!

I LOVE RACHELLE!!!! Im so going to miss her! and OMG when Edward walks to the school *drooling* and awwwwww when he says "heaven" OME!!!!! I love him even more!!!!!!

Ohhh and Robward you totally know what you are doing to us!!!! Dontcha???

I know i'm going to miss her 2. I hate when they replace people in a series!

She was awesome!!!!!!! :D I loved that part! *sniff*

Windy!!!!!!!!!! I have missed you! BTW, I got an A on the spanish paper! :) But a B for the class overall. :(

Rachelle was bad @ss! lol I love her, and am so depressed that she won't be in Eclipse. :( But she def left on an AWEsome movie, her scenes were great! :)

"Heaven"...**swoon**
And "I hope you can, because I honestly don't know how to live without you" **sobs**

Miss you too! *hugs* and wooohooo Congrats darling!!!! Ohh yes! Rachelle! I loved her! I was like OMG look at her!!!!!! hahaha all the time! And Robward OOOOOO MMMMMM EEEEE *drools* LOL you know what I mean :P

The "walk" that Edward had in the school parking lot...cheesy, but totally sexy! lol

*giggles* I know! hahahahaha but did you see his smile! He totally knew what was he doing to us!!! LOL

Yes, that smile!!!  Gah!  It was so cute!  :)

I missed that part also, it would have made Edwards apology in the bedroom alot better, NOT THAT IT WASN"T GREAT!!! cause it WAS!!!

It was great, but I wanted just a little bit more Edward...cause I'm greedy. lol

Well first of all let me give kudos to Chris Wietz for TOTALLY capturing the essence of the movie!
-First of all the dream with Bella as a older woman is good, i just don't think the lady really looked like her, (minor detail, yes I know).
-CHARLIE IS HILARIOUS!
-and not only him, the movie had lots of good humor in it- inside jokes and obvious ones. Melissa did well with this one.
- Breakup- no explanation necessary
-I actually thought the thing with the months going by was a bit draggy and annoying, but it worked well. Also the letters to Alice sort of buuged me. Yes, I realize its how she deals with it, but it didnt add much to the story for me.
-The Bella-Jake relationship thing is portrayed nicely. There were a lot of dog jokes too in that time, and i loved the movie theatre scene. Hilarious, sad, sweet, just awesome.
-Edward apparitions were good just not the way I had pictured them, but he literally looked like a ghost, which was good
-Wolves and the Pack- CGI was outstanding and the way they showed expressions on their faces was awesome. The pack was very close nit, and very well played by the actors.
-More than friends? Both times where they could have kissed annoyed me to hell! (I am team switzerland) I was sort of happy they didnt, and sort of pissed tht Kristen almost got to. I wanted to rip her head off and put myself in the scene ( but then again, who wouldnt)
- Alice and volterra/volturri Alice is awesome as alway (the ultimate best girlfriend) and the scene in Volterra with Jane was good. The volturri them selves annoyed me- Nothing the way I imagined it. Although the Breaking Dawn vision i enjoyed.
-EDWARDS BACK!! im so glad everything was normal. The ending scene with Jacob and Edward was interesting- But, THEY ADDED STUFF FROM ECLIPSE!!! THAT IS A NO-NO!!! SHE WASNT SUPPOSED TO SAY "I love you" TO JACOB UNTIL ECLIPSE!!!! (sry tht pissed me off) and i felt bad when she said she chose Edward ( ALSO IN ECLIPSE!!!)
-Proposal- Good until the cliff hanger ending! GRRRR!!!!
...My review....
In all, I LOVED ITTT!!!!! and i am seeing it again tomorrow! <33333

one of the best parts of the movie for me was something totally outside of it....
I went alone, as I'm away from home, in a country where eglish is not the first language.
We watched Underworld first, then Twilight, and there was little or no reaction to either..
BUT when Charlie came one, people laughed!!! it couldn't have been the subtitles either, where I got them, they weren't funny!!! Billy nailed the performance, and obviously, the audience knew their man!!! it was one of the best parts!!!!

one of the best parts of the movie for me was something totally outside of it....
I went alone, as I'm away from home, in a country where eglish is not the first language.
We watched Underworld first, then Twilight, and there was little or no reaction to either..
BUT when Charlie came one, people laughed!!! it couldn't have been the subtitles either, where I got them, they weren't funny!!! Billy nailed the performance, and obviously, the audience knew their man!!! it was one of the best parts!!!!

I loved the Volturi! I thought they were perfect! :)

The J and B relationship was showed perfectly...but I think they kind of promoted his character more than how it is in the books. They didn't show mean, annoying Jacob as much as the "I care for Bella" Jacob. Probbaly to encourage Team Jacob stuff...

I wish they had that scene with Alice and Charlie too... but also, they needed the scene with Alice and Bella on the plane... just Bella's eagerness, the conversation she has with Alice about becoming a vampire and of course, Alice's conversation on the phone with Jasper... I hate that all of that was left out... overall, I think New Moon was better than Twilight in keeping close to the books, but I hope Eclipse is even better.

Yes, the plane ride would have been a good way to explain the depth and danger of the Volturi and what Edward was doing. The part after the Volturi in the lobby of the tower was a great scene too.

it was awsome seeing kristen as a vamp for the first time

i agree although i wish they weren't "frolicking" :)

I thought so too! Like your avatar, but nicer. lol

just got back..yes yes...i heart ittt....i agree with everything you said..

chris is magnificant..he stuck to the books..almost all of the lines were lines from the book..no "spider monkeys" here!..chris weitz for BD for sho!

jake..jake..jake!..he's an admazing actor..he's the only one who can play jake..he had the emotions, the anger, the fun, the warmth down just great..gosh and when they almost kiss; i am team edward; but i was rooting for jake at that moment!..

rob..o lord..oh my edward...one word; "spot-on"..rob is just, gosh!..he's edward and he's an admazing actor

kristen..i loveeeeeee her...a big fan of hers..one word; "spot-on"

the wolves were scary, and beautiful...dakota rocks! the volturi were perfectly cast!

all in all, the movie was great..it did right by the book. chris did a magnificant job because that book is a hard book to turn into a movie and keep people interested. he did wonderful. i kind of agree with the above review that if you are a hardcore fan like us, you would love it and if you are new, you would be kinda overwhelm with the slow pace and dreary stuff...i thought the movie was slow paced; but i kinow thats how the book is, and therefore, i can deal with that

i loved the movie! what more to say?
i waited in line for like five hours in 42 degree weather just to see the 12:01 showing which messed up and didnt start til 12:22... and i couldnt be happier!
when bella and jake "almost" kiss... their effing lips touched! im counting it!
when jake broke up with bella it almost made me cry... more than edward's breakup.
the only things i didnt like so much were when alice first appears in the school by jumping over the railing... i hated that! also her volterra clothing was so ugly. then at the end when edward just caves to the whole "ill change you thing" i thought it happened too fast...

omg omg omg!!! lol tinsel korey replied to me on twitter! lol... ive talked to her through myspace before! i effing love her! she was great!

New Moon was so funny too! i know its like depressing(which i absolutely LOVED the 360 camera around bella during her off months) but mike and jake was just... awwwe! and then paul and jake coming back after the fight(which was awesome btw...better than janes trick in my opinion) just ...idk... im rambling! im just so happy!
i want to see it again but theater is sold out for three days straight! sooo sad!
CHRIS WEITZ FOR BREAKING DAWN!!!! (im jus saying)

three days straight! dang! I want it to break records but I also want to go again. I hope there are still a few tickets left at my theater.

i know!!! i was gonna see it friday afternoon and sometime saturday and now i cant... im soo sooo sooooo sad! omg!!! i forgot the ending!!!
when edward says "marry me" and bella's like speechless and then it just clicks off... the whole audience just laughed! lol priceless!
i hope someone uploads it soon! (and by uploads i mean i hope the dvd comes out soon ;) so we can watch it repeatedly until eclipse)

omg... wait... new moon is over... is this our last day before we all switch to eclipse?!?!?!?! i dont know if im ready.

I'm ok with a switch as long as we all stay. I can't imagine my life without this site now. I just thought the movie was amazing and I can't wait for it to come out on DVD!

lol......at the end.....marry me.....(movie shuts off) HOLY CRAP and bela as a vamp.....wonderful job

I just checked. My theater still has tickets for tomorrow. I'm going ..... which means i should go to bed. since it's 4:05 am.

I watched New Moon this morning to a cinema with only about 15 people in it lol... I know its not because its bad, but because there has been a new BIG cinema open up recently just up the road and no one wants to go to the old faithful... I did and I'm glad, other than the 2 inconsiderate shytes in front of me who obviously just got dragged along by their gfs. The burped and made smart remarks throughout the whole thing, then offered me food... Trust me to attract them right in front of me in a near on empty cinema lol...

I am so seeing this again and again and again :-)

I know! I'm debating whether to be productive today and go tomorrow or to just go right now.........

Dammit - Discus is being stupid and won't let me reply where I want to. Sooo, this is what I'm replying to....

"I'm ok with a switch as long as we all stay. I can't imagine my life without this site now. I just thought the movie was amazing and I can't wait for it to come out on DVD!"

I've noticed that NMM.org is still putting up posts for discussion about the movie, the ticket sales, final interviews - so I will continue to post here until there is more action on EM.org, which hasn't posted anything in days (100 Monkey's vid).

Don't get me wrong - I can't wait to start discussing Eclipse - but I'm hanging around a little while longer.

My movie didn't start until 1am and then at the part where Bella is making her scrapbook it just like shut off and it took them 20 minutes to fix it which completely ruined the mood of the movie. Then at the end when Edward is back and he's in her room the credits started rolling over top of the movie and we couldn't see anything. We all got free tickets to see it again so I am going to pretend like I haven't seen it lol. Totally a ruined experience.

That SUCKS!!!!

I totally Understand you! It happened in our theater too except the tape broke with 10mins left in the movie (the part where Jacob wants to talk to Edward and they kinda get into it) I about freaking DYED people when it took them 20mins to see the last 10mins of the movie at 2:45am!!! ANd then when they did fix it we lost a couple mins of dialogue cuz it was the best they did. At least I got more tickets...

Yeah, I just went over there and they gave me more tickets for tonight for free so I guess it's ok lol.

lol i had a similar experience when i was waiting for the movie! i'm in alaska and it was about -5 outside that night! SO that was fun waiting for the movie hahaha. AND it didnt start until 12:30 and everybody was in the theater before 11...they shouldve started it early because of that! but dont you agree that it was so worth the wait? =)

and when alice jumped over the railing, i think my jaw hit the floor. that would NEVER happen, they're supposed to blend in.

i wouldve liked more of E/B at the end of the movie, but i guess we'll get pleanty of that in eclipse an BD (CHRIS WEITZ BETTER OCME BACK FOR IT)

congrats on hearing from tinsel =)

OK i totes agree that its a hard book to turn into a movie but im not in love (YET!) with it cos...

NM the book puts u on a rollercoaster of emotions
happy=B bday
devastation= E leaves
loss and emptiness=E gone
acceptance and contentment = jake and B
fear and action= italy
love and security = E/B reunited
light and funny=B talking bout the vote
love=E asks her to marry him

...thats the rollercoaster i wanted to be on
instead i was on a teacup ride of depression and constipation

DONT SHOOT ME!!! I PROMISE I STILL LIKED IT A LOT!!!

and there were lots of bits i did like a lot! Mainly the changing months scene...

really? I didn't like that they actually printed the words of the months on the screen - I mean I guess it's true to the book. But I wanted them to just showing her being nearly catatonic as four months pass by.

I loved a lot and FELT short changed/diappointed on a few things. All in all I liked it a lot. Maybe I'll love it after seeing it a few more times in the theater. I am happy about that bc I think it maybe one of those films that need to be watched a few times, for one to really get the opportunity to appreciate all it offers.

Things I Loved:

-B & E's love for each other is portrayed so well in this film. I felt their love in times of togetherness and in the time apart.

--- Anna Kendrick! Kudos to her impromptu dialogue. LOVE IT! She was Hella funny,

--- The Victoria chase scene. WOW. That was one of my top 3 favorite parts in the movie. I loved how she was stalking the humans and then running from the wolves. Super cool!-- "Hearing Damage" was playing during the scene and made it even more awesome for me.

---Victoria in general.... Rachelle was Bad A$$ and I am deeply saddened that I won't get to see her finish as Victoria in Eclipse. I HATE U Scummit Entertainment!

---Rob GREAT performance! He captured the heartbreak E was feeling once he got the news of B's 'supposed' death and his interaction with the Volturi was awesome. Overall He captured my interpretation of Edward Cullen to a tee! Loved it!

---Taylor. TAYLOR, bravo to the Kid. He looked HOT! Smoking! and I thought his acting was really good. I felt sorry for Jake a lot throughout the movie. When Edward was missing, I was glad that I had Taylor's massive body to watch on screen to fill the void for sure! Did you see his back? OMG!

---I loved, loved, LOVED the re-union scene, though it was a little too short for my utter satisfaction. It was GREAT though. Ahhh, Robward, total S** God Medusa!

---Jane....D*mn scary...it broke my heart seeing Edward in all that pain. Gah! That made me cry.

---I love the way the movie was shot. It was beautiful and the camera angles and color were all super! The cinematography rocked!

---The wolves. Aweeeesome! I loved the way they turned out; whenever they were chasing down someone or fighting it felt so real to me, like I was really there running with them or something. The CGI (Italy fight and wolves) GREAT!

---The Humor. This movie definitely had some great points of humor. I will never forget Eric's tears when they were watching Romeo & Juliet.....NUTs! Did anyone catch Charlie/Billy Burke's ode to Twilight?? So many ppl in the audience missed it, but not me. He said "always am" when Bella told him to be careful in the kitchen when her was about to go wolf hunting. I don't know, I found that to be so freakin' funny.

Alas, Kristen Stewart--- her performance was wonderful. My only complaint is that I wanted to see some tears stream down her face at some point throughout the movie. The rest I can't judge on her acting, but rather on CW and whoever else edited the scenes. I think the way they chopped stuff took away from some of the pivotal emotional sequences. She did hav me all on the teary side when she was sending those emails to Alice and they kept coming back "return to sender, mail delivery failure" Gahhh! I was broken right along w/her. She was really messed up. That wasn't in the book but I welcomed it! Also, when she went to Italy and saved E and was about to break down during her speech to release him of the guilt he felt, I was totally on the roller-coaster with her- she was about to die having to tell him she was letting him go. My heart cracked! Her acting was not an issue for me

What I Didn't like, of felt short changed on:

---I still think MR sucks ! She still has a long way to go in my opinion in adapting screenplays. At times I was happy and disappointed directly after when it came to quotes they included in the movie from the book--what I mean is that they did not always make good transition with language. Sometimes it was just off and left the character's interaction on screen, in regards to dialogue, awkward, dull, and overly sappy. I still hate her. Can we replace her already?

- I thought some of the soundtrack music was displaced. They didn't use music when they should and used music, and the wrong kind, at parts that could have done w/o. I feel like it with what they chose to play for some scenes. One part particularly was when Bella was drowning and they played Grizzly Bear's "Slow Life" during the scene. That was a god awful choice, bc it gave me the impression that Bella was high or hallucinating from drugs instead of the portraying how sad that moment was for her, like in the book. It really killed the intensity of that scene for me and felt like a mockery. During this scene in the book she was literally deciding to give up fighting to live bc she was drowning and her heart was so broken--seeing Edward was a relief but also bitter sweet. I think the Score song they played in the trailer nailed that scene spot on. This was just one example of bad music placement throughout the film. Catherine Hardwick definitely did a better job with the soundtrack and Score choice placement throughout the 1st film than CW did in NM IMO.

---I felt that Carter B's Score was so much better that the one in NM. This one had a couple great points, but lacked emotional pulling pitches/tunes/rhythm in my book. I think music is SO important to help relate scenes to an audience...to bring them into a characters experience and the particular moment on screen. I think Kristen really held her own in the emotional market which is a saving grace (actors should) but the music failed to heighten her emotional experience for me as an audience member. To be fair, maybe they did this bc they wanted us to just experience Kristen, but the point of a movie Score is to help communicate the emotions at the moment: fear, excitement, grief...etc and the action taking place on screen. This score didn't do it for me. Does anyone understand? Like have u ever heard a song from a score w/out seeing the action and cried? Melodies that touch your emotion like that, yeah? This movie had tooo little.

--- The continuity was a little staggering for me. I felt that the cuts and transitions could have been more seamless. It was a long, rather slow, and emotionally draining book, so I understand some that the film would have difficulty avoiding that, but I DO feel that's where CH did a better job in with Twilight---Twilight flowed better and I was never left feeling too much like..."wait, what just happened, did I miss something?". This is a movie not a synopsis of scenes from a book. This will likely NOT be the case for the average fan who watches NM, bc we all read the book. But for ppl who haven't, it really isn't something that will make their experience a comfortable one; there is too much room for confusion. As a Twi-hard, I hated that some of the cuts felt too rushed and left out helpful tools for scene transitions. IMO there were a lot of little things that were left out which would have made a hale of a difference for improving this picture

---I was SO DISAPPOINTED that I didn't see the breakdown Bella had in the book: when Renee came to take her to Florida or when she came back to her room and saw that Edward took all her stuff, especially the latter. In the book, that's when the reality hits her that he really left. Why the Hale did they leave that out?? That part is what had me balling like baby who fell and hit its head in the book.

I HATED that they left out the part where Charlie was telling Alice about what it was like when the Cullens left and How Bella was all pseudo- catatonic and zombie like and what not.


-I HATED Bella's Vampire transformation interpretation in Alice's vision. It had a TOTAL Cheesy fruitcake Alice in wonderland appeal to it that was NOT AT ALL how I pictured Bella's Vampire look to be in the books. Ugh! B was totally lacking sex appeal and looked like a teenager in a 3 year old's dress. Total F%*k up! I'm gonna maybe blame the costume ppl bc I like Chris, and I would have hated for him to have been involved in that BS. But he was involved bc he had to be present to film it. She didn't even look all that different-- just her eyes were gold. She's suppose to look a little different folks. DO BETTER FOR BREAKING DAWN PLEASE! I suggest Using Harper's Bazaar Robsten photo shoot as a reference guide. Oh and Edward looked like a pansy....I need to see him in khakis and a Button-up shirt! Work on it! Although, my roommate gave me some perspective and I see her point, but I still think they could of done better w/out giving away too much of the future. My roommate said that maybe they showed Bella looking that way bc Alice was just making something up to pacify Aro and that the director would want to leave room for Bella's actual transformation look to be a little more of a surprise for when it finally happens in BD. I see her point but still felt that it was still horrible and cheesy.

- I hate Scummit for releasing all the trailers that they did. Ugh! I hated seeing so much of what I already saw in the media before NM's release. It ruined it for me a tad knowing I had already seen so much of the film. Die scummit die!

All in all I really liked the movie, but in random spurts. I can't wait for the DVD bc I want to see what they left out. This movie is one for the fans indeed; However, I don't know how confident I am that it will attract new fans as Twilight did, though. As a fan I am sorta satisfied. But even more excited about Eclipse bc of the super action and the drama that will be taking place that NM was without. Eclipse was my favorite book and I Pray Slade got it right during filming and gets it Right in the editing lab!

*Prays to Twi-Gods*

Go see it at least 2 more times ppl.... We got a CGI baby and a broken headboard that needs funding!

SIDE NOTE: I would like it very much if BD deviated from the book and includes a fight scene, yeah! That is what was a disappointment for me in the book that SM cheated and bailed on the fight scene. Come on....we don;t really have to kill anyone do we? Can we start fighting a little bit and then the Volturi decide that its not worth it and decide to leave the Cullens alone? I like action, sorry and a film adaptation of a book is suppose improve sometimes where an author failed.

So much word.

But I did like Alice's vision. It wasn't that bad IMO.

I hated it! I liked that B sparkled but she looked nothing like a Cullen to me. Also, I think what I hated most was the clothes. Ugh! it was too much old Disney fantasy fairytale land for me. Like Vamps blend in with the times....her dress SUCKED.

Dude, how'd you feel about surround sound moan? Why were other insignificant sounds louder than this most glorious set of pitches lol? I coud barely hear it. I guess in my head, I thought it'd be blasting lol.

I'm still wondering how edward wasn't able to beat felix. He reads minds. He should've figured out a way to beat him.

Seee......That was what i was saying all this time when I heard this was the case. Tisk Tisk Tisk MR and at SM for allowing her to do that bullS*%T!

But wasn't that Jane thing awesome.....I felt the pain.

I just want to say that I agree with you on everything you said! The music bothered me A LOT! And I think that CH did a much better job on it. I also don't get why we don't see Bella's breakdown. That was the saddest part of the whole book for me. And of course the talk that Bella's dad had with Alice should not have been left out!!

I thought that was a little strange as well. It would have been better if there were a calender hanging on the wall that shows the months changing - it would have been more subtle and natural while still distinctly showing how many months have passed.

I felt it wasnt really needed but it was important for the non=book readers...

yeah exactly...twilight was the rollercoaster...new moon the teacup ride.

Twilight was boring, it didnt even measure to the book. I rather have Chris redo Twilight just to get it right. Dont get me wrong it was a ok movie but I think it could have been WAY better.

yeah the could have done twilight better

twilight a rollercoaster? don't u mean a rushed trip past the ticket booth unable to get into the park!

I agree with you here...I just didnt feel anywhere near the same emotions in the movie that I got from the book. It just seemed to lie flat in the moments when I expected most. I guess if you were there to see hot guys shirtless it did the job. Unfortunate...but I enjoyed it as well- also loved the changing months scene, I has been curious as to how they would execute that.

i LOVE Robward but the slo mo walk at the start even had me cringing a bit....

and the emotions that the book provokes just werent transcribed as well on screen. I know its hard task but i can help but feel a little let down....

ah well...ill just focus on the parts i loved!

but i gotta say i really do like those teacup rides if u get enough ppl and its fast enough u have fun lol i felt it was rather fast paced in the begining but i still loved everything=]

Only two things were bothersome to me, a couple of scenes needed music or something in the background. The scene after Italy was cut so short! I would have loved full dialog there. Otherwise Chris did a fantastic job! I cannot wait for eclipse now!
Kristen was amazing!
Taylor did so good playing his two different people.
Robert is genius! And he is gorgeous!
Im excited to see more of the wolfpack and the cullens in the next film:)
Im so watching this movie again tomorrow!

I absolutely loved the movie! As I layed in my bed at 4 am trying to go to sleep (it was quite hard, i tried to replay the movie in my head so not to forget it) my only complaint was the scene after italy. It is one of my favorite in the book and the dialogue that Edward and Bella had, I felt, was extremely important. I was a little saddened to see it cut short, but the rest of the movie made up for it. I absolutely LOVED the Victoria chase scene when Harry Clearwater died! I am so glad he was incorporated throughout the film, so it made his death feel just as sad as it was in the book, even though he was a very small part. (he was funny as well). The way Chris Weitz cut that whole scene together with the hunt party, Victoria chasing them, the wolves coming to their rescue and Bella's cliff dive, with THE AWESOME MUSIC! It made that whole scene very "edge of your seat". And I am going to stop now because I will start rambliing.

I completely agree about the Victoria chase scene, it was amazing! It's so rare to find a scene in a book to movie adaptation that wasn't in the book that is actually a good addition but this one brought action and tension. Sadly I can't say the same for Alice's vision of Bella as a vampire, I'm sorry but I hated it. Everyone started laughing at the cinema when it came on, it's just so ridiculous, they are dressed extremely old fashioned and Bella doesn't look like a vampire other than the sparkling skin and her eyes. O ther than this scene though I loved it, can't wait to see it again.

Totally agree with the Harry/Victoria/cliff dive scene. I loved that it kind of explained the heart attack. SM foreshadowed his health, but for such a small character they really didn't have time for that. Showing him getting knocked down by a vampire and sending him into cardiac arrest - Forkin' awesome and sad at the same time!

It was a little strange with Victoria in the water instead of out on the horizon with the 'blazing flame' in the distance - and they never really bring her up again - but it was still a cool scene in the movie.

Yes, Finally a Tom Y.(radiohead) song in a movie instead of at the end of the movie. Victoria/harry chase scene was one of the best added from the twilight saga yet.

I felt that dialogue was cut short in a few scene and that took away from the passion/pain of the book.

that movie was absolutely amazing! it could not have made me happier, except when you see bella as a vampire. . . i was thinking more dark and sexy clothes but that just makes me want breaking dawn that much more! Chris did a mind blowing, over-powering, tears in my eyes, stuck to the book, thrilling job. I truly hope that they ask Chris to be the director of breaking dawn, and i hope that breaking dawn is broken up into two movies the first will end with edward trying to save her life and the next will start with her as a new vampire! All in all i plead that chris will direct Breaking Dawn cause if he does i think there will be millions millions and millions of people that will go see it! again could not be more happy with the movie and i will go and see it as many times as i possibly can!

Agreed! KRISTEN OWNED this movie! I'm so proud of her!

she really did. She is amazing!

Way better than the first movie.

Yes! We are all very very proud of her!

She couldn't have done any better.

I literally felt depressed. I cried my eyes out during the "October, November, December" scene.
And the re-uniion scene in Italy.... wow... I felt their love!

I started crying when Edward asked her to take a walk because I knew what was happening! I cried during October, November and December too. :)

I cannot imagine a movie more beautifuly done than what Chris, the cast and crew put together. I was speechless at times, cried at others, and laughed constantly.

He kept the basis of the book and the movie grouped together.

It's 330 am and I am plotting when I can go back!

Thanks everyone! I "like" all of the feedback too! As I'm just getting up this morning I reallize I forgot to comment about the VOLTURI!!! How the ____ I forgot to do that.... I just don't know!

VOLTURI... Amazing performances! Aro was the perfect blend of creepy and lightheartedness. He came off as a little nutty, which he should have. SM said he was never more dangerous than when he was being "kind" and boy did we EVER see that last night! Jane was impressive, can't wait to see Dakota rock that in BD. Felix, I never want to run into him in a dark alley (or anywhere for that matter). Demitri reminded me of the book, the way he stared at Bella in the elevator.... *shudders*. Caius looked creeptastic and Marcus looked, well, insane!

OK, that's it. Officially happy and content with the movie!

*unicorn cupcakes for everyone*

Let's celebrate! New Moon is out and it rocks!

Absolutely amazing. The special effects were so much better than Twilight: the sparkle was not laughable this time (thank god!) the vamp speed was incredible, especially during the scene with the wolves chasing Victoria and the Volturi scene.

The romance was tight and both Robert and Taylor did excellent jobs.

Kristen totally won me over as a fan. Her performance was breathtaking, heartfelt and sincere. LOVE IT!

What about the Hearing Damage / Victoria sequence?!!?!?! That was one of my favorite scenes!

I LOVE how they cut that scene together with the music! Very "edge of your seat"

Me too and sparkle wow!!!

that was awesome

I know i gotta say i wasn't too sure about kristen after twilight.. but i feel the same way as you she was perfect this time!

I loveeed the movie, like many have said, i would've liked the ending not to be so fast but, it was good still, the volturi were perfect! i really can't wait to see more of them, the wolves.. amazing, to me they all just looked better on this one, all of the cullens, like edward he was the same all through the movie not like in twilight, i liked him at parts, on this one i loved all of edward lol, and jacob.. well what can i say he was perfect too lol.. like always they changed some things.. but it was good for the movie and it didn't bother me at all..
overall.. lets just say i'll be going to the movies. a LOT!

yeah the sparkle was so much better! and Kristen was the best Bella imaginable! She was awesome!

I still don't get the shimmering sound.

i don't think any of us do

CATHERINE HARDWICKE for BREAKING DAWN.

Oh my god, no. Absolutely not. It would be a mess.

If they split BD into two movies (1st part Bella/Edward marriage Honey moon) then Catherine Hardwicke for sure because she is sooo much better at bringing out the romance between Bella and Edward...not so much for the second part (volturi and all the vampires) i envison something really grand for that with all the special effects.

if CH did first part of Twilight, then the movie would have no dialogue between Bella and Edward.
there would be no I Love you's and major parts of the book would be missing.
CW for BD!
Cw caught the initial love stages between B & J perfect.
I think he could definitely get some love between the two...

it's possible... i guess in new moon i guess i just wasn't feeling the scenes btwn bella and edward...but definately btw jake and bella...we will see...that's just me tho

yeah. I personally (PERSONALLY) will be very disappointed if CH comes back. Twilight really disappointed me.

I thought it was a perfect adaptation. SO MUCH better than Twilight. I feel like people forget things like..

- the meadow scene being completely botched.
- Waylin Forge?!
- No blood type?!
- No I love you's.
- The green house scene.
- Spider monkey
- climbing through the trees?!
- SPIDER MONKEY!?!? (lol sorry but i hated that line)
- wind chime sparkling?!
- No affection (i forget who reminded me of this but thank you!)

.. I'm sorry but I just can't agree with you:)

I totally agree with you, I'll be forever thankful to CH for the casting but like I've said before my heart still aches for the lack of a real meadow scene *sighs* but please no CH for BD!!!

I wouldn't mind CH as long as the only thing she could touch would be the music. That'd be nice. She did do a really great job with that in Twilight I think. =D

In Twilight I loved the meadow scene and the tree climbing scenes because the music flowed with the scenes and made them breathtaking.

I agree about the music, I did love the score a lot more in Twilight. I credit CH with casting and music, but sadly that's it. I just didn't feel them falling in love. It was like hey you're interesting.. hey i love you! No in between:( Made me sad.

Not to say I didn't LOVE Twilight, I liked it a lot. Twilight convinced me to read the books because I know books are always better than the movie. I just liked my experience with New Moon better, because all the scenes were faithful to the book.

ROFL cuz of the SPIDER MONKEY???!!!????!!!! hahahahahaha *rolls eyes* ohh I know I know!!!! hahahahaahha I HATED it too!

I agree it was a typical low budget leap-of-faith movie that left out several key sceens which you pointed out...but the Spider monkey thing, well you have to thank R Patz for that one. CH gave him a list of lines to choose from and he picked it! Go figure. Improvements can always be made on the first version of anything. New Moon was incredible last night!!!!

I know it was crazy right?!? I went again this morning at 10am...the theater was packed again and the line was out the door for the next showing. Such great fans we are! I can't wait to go again.

Did you see the list that she gave him.. IT WAS RIDICULOUS. Poor Rob, he had so little to choose from lmao.

It was INCREDIBLE! I just got back from seeing it a 2nd time, it was even better. I cried all over again.

i tottaly agree with you...i mean i really loved twilight but not bc it was a great movie or was a really good adaptation of the book but just because it WAS twilight. new moon is sooooo much better, the screenplay was awesome, i loved how they added a lot of quotes from the book. i also loved the closeness of e and b, better than in twilight bc in the first film, this closeness felt awkward. i also enjoyed thet even though they added parts that werent in the book, they fit perfectly. b and j scenes weregreat and i loved the pack. the volturi were awesome too. i have so many things to say ome!!! i think that most of the improvements were thanks to CW. CH was, imo, really just having fun and getting excited, CW was more serious and he did a better movie.

You said it all perfectly!! :D

I wish there was a dislike button for this comment.

LMAO!! I've thought of that before! It's like they are forcing us to be the bi** and put people in there place. If there were a dislike button we could just have like '100 people disliked this comment' whenever someone mentions bringing back CH!!!

Please.. please don't even scare me like that.

no thanks!

OH I couldn't agree with u more.In Twilight the music she used in the scenes was breath taking.CW dropped the ball sorry.Tht background music during the drama scenes was sappy and cheesy it remined me of a horrible afterschool tv movie special.Sorry CW. Noone has read those books more than myself was so looking forward to this movie I couldn't be more disappointed.Catherine Hardricke for New Moon 4 shizzle.

Agree 100% lalapaula. The music in TWILIGHT was amazing and in New Moon so drekky. YUK.

Agreeee. The New Moon score reminded me of a bad novella. It made serious scenes seem comical and melodramatic. It just didn't elicit the emotions I wanted to feel. I missed the Twilight score a lot.

I agree, Catherine Hardwicke did a much better job with the music in twilight, new moons music failed to envoke the intense emotions that twilight did. I also hated the newlook of the cullens (eyes creepy &pasty makeup), I thought Edward looked soooo much better in Twilight. The only thing Chris did better was the special effects & action scenes & some of them where cheesy. AS far as sticking to the story they where both equal in my opinion.I enjoyed new moon BUT loved Twilight, Newmoon felt a little fake to me where as Twilight was believable & more emotionally intense.

Are you serious?!

Please God No. I'm begging you!

Help! What did Jacob say to Bella in the kitchen?????

He said something in Quiluete to her.

Oh, dear God.. NO.
She's effed up enough movies in our beloved saga, thank you very much.

Are you insane?!

CHRIS for breaking dawn!!! catherine did okay, but chris did a million times better.

you 4got the ending how did you like it?? at first i was upset but then i thought what a great way to end it the movie was amazinggg

for the first minute or so after it ended i was like

*choke!!*

i was in complete shock at
1) the movie being over
2) how it ended.. so abruptly... WE WANT MOREEEEEEEEEEE

then after a minute or so i was still wide eyed in my seat and i was like OMGGGGG WHAT AN ENDING !!!!!!!!

just makes us want to watch eclipse !!!!

i stayed till right till the end of the credits and the last line of credits was

Twilight saga: Eclipse
coming in 2010


HURRY UP JUNE 30TH !!!

nice. I didn't stay til the end of the credits, but that's awesome. Woohoo for June!

Hey, you stole my avi!

oh hahaha sorry didnt realise that... il change it when i find a good one coz otherwise we will both be searching for our comments and it will be the other persons hahaha

YES i stayed for the credits too and saw that! IS IT JUNE YET!?

Thanks! I was wondering if I had missed anything. I was hoping for an Eclipse teaser, but I have also decided to join TeamNoSpoilers for Eclipse - I just knew too many of the scenes.

yeh although i had seen a lot of spoilers.. i found that there were still soo many new scenes!

Same here. When he said "Marry Me", everyone started screaming which really pissed me off, because it really took away from the ending. I didnt expect it end so abruptly and it made me mad because I was distracted. But after I thought about it, I thought it was the perfect ending. It leaves us thirsting (pun intended) for Eclipse.........so excited!!!!!

I was lucky enough to have a theater where they reacted with the right expressions. When he said "Marry Me", almost everyone in the theater gasped slighty, and a few people aww'ed. It made that last little bit perfect...I was lucky I guess. haha

GAH I wanna see it again NOW. It's just too good! :)

What did Jacob say to Bella in the kitchen?????

iwouldratherbeawolf said that it meant
í would rather show you how i feel'
but she just heard it from the grape vine

Yeah, you were definitely lucky. When I go see it again, I will know what to expect and won't let other people distract me.

I didnt like that at all. When he asks her to marry him at the end. of the movie. In the book the when he truly does propose to her after saying Ok no time limits just this one condition marry me first. That was a romantic scene.

I think that the marry me- comment goes well for the fans. But if you haven't read the books, your first thought would be "of course she'll say yes". And that is not a cliffhanger :)

i was mad at the ending at first. i figured out that that's a give away for eclipse to come in you know...but i am not mad no more....i know the ending is paving the way for eclipse and it was a tease though..lol

but the first proposal comes in new moon remember!

they just didnt elaborate it like the book.. and he did it in her room not the woods!! oh oh oh and jacob didnt rat out bella to charlie about the bikes no fair!! i wanted to laugh at that..

yeh i wanted that scene too. where charlie is cracking it for the bikes coz jake told him.
but then i thought about it... and they really couldnt have ended the movie any better. coz if he goes 'marry me'' and then charlie cracks it for the bikes (and if youi remember, the book pretty much ends on a bad note... with bella going back to an angry charlie)
so the movie would have been bad if it ended with bella walking back to charlie who was yelling at her

so yeh i was disspointed at first too that there was no yelling charlie in the movie
but then i thought about it and it made sense

i just wish the scene where edward takes bella back from italy and charlie yells at EDWARD was in it.

but ahh welll

you couldn't have summed it up any better!!!!!!

doesn't it make you just want to GO RIGHT BACK TO THE CINEMA AND SEE IT AGAIN !!!!!!!!!

Oh I am, tomorrow night!

YES, YES IT DOES!!! I plan on going back to the theatre tomorrow and seeing it again! And again on Sunday!!!!

I am really sorry. I left the theater last night/this morning very disappointed.
After reading the book 3x I felt Charlie was too soft compared to the book. And it seemed like at the end they cut too many scenes short. Ex. Getting to see the plane ride back from Italy or Edward and Bella run through the woods going for the vote.

I agree about cutting scenes short, wish they hadn't for some key things. And the runningnthroug hthe woods did NOT work for me LOL
I was dying for the plane ride back from Italy!!!!

I left feeling disappointed too. :( I didn't care for the gold contact lenses on the Cullen's family. I felt like they were too distracting. The movie had really incredible CGI moments with the wolves, but left a lot of' 'HEART' out of the mix.
I will see it again, because the girls in the audience that were 'Team Jacob', laughed every time Edward spoke. That definitely took away from the seriousness of his lines with Bella.
Maybe seeing it again, will give me a better perspective.
I hope so.

Me just a tad disappointed...because although i agree with both of you (scenes were cut too short, the way they portrayed Charlie at the end...C'mon they could have a least showed ONE scene when Charlie yells at Edward for coming back...the voting scene....proposal scene....etc...i know everything can't be in a movie but you cant help but wonder if while editing they couldve poss included some of these parts.....ok like i was saying I totally agree but I think the movie as a whole was good and it will overshadow any mishaps, kind of like with Twilight the orginal movie. And the critics don't know anything...i didn't think it was slow paced really and my husband (who is not a twi hard) didnt think so either. He actually said it was a good movie!! Also, I cannot get over that scene where Victoria runs away from the wolves, wolves chasing her, Harry clearwater having a Heart Attack and bella jumping off cliff simultaneously and of course Thom Yorke "hearing damage" playing in background of all that!! IT WAS AWesome, my fav scene.

I read the book 3x too, and Charlie was def. too soft. It didnt show how concerned he was- seemed like they just tried to make it funny. They cut way too many things short. I know it cant be exactly like the book, but I was still disappointed..like why did they have Bella slapping Paul? That never happened, so why make it up?

Here's my theory on Bella slapping Paul -

In the TL book Jake gives a much more precise description of the legends to Bella while on the beach. He actually says of the Cullens "you would call them vampires" and of the Quileutes "you would call them werewolves." In the movie his stories are much more vague, forcing her to do her own research and figure it out (gee thanks CH for screwing up NM!)

So, now we get to NM. In the book, Jake can say "try to remember the other story" (btw - I'm paraphrasing - I don't feel like searching for quotes as I usually do). She dreams her old dream, remembers the conversation, and BAM - she figures it out.

In the movie CW had to get creative for Bella to figure things out. She has part of the dream, but still isn't quite sure, and goes to talk to Jake to talk again and try to figure it out. She finds Sam's gang and is angry at them after seeing how hurt her Jacob was the night before. She probably mistook his saying how tightly he is bound to protect the secret as he was afraid of Sam.

When I first saw that clip I thought it was out of character for Bella to hit Paul. Then I remembered when she hit Jacob after their first kiss/assault in Eclipse. Bella is stronger than she appears around all her monsters and if you piss her off enough she will stand up and fight.

While all of this makes sense to me, I also understand that CW wanted more action to attract a wider fan base(btw - ppl who think the Volturi weren't fierce enough - hello!! they didn't fight in the book!!). It also cut 2 scenes into 1, saving time while still getting the point across.

I can justify almost any of the differences - the book is no where near as good as the book - no movie/book adaption in history ever is. But I think New Moon was as close as we have ever gotten. *crossing fingers for Eclipse & BD*

I just can't do a quick post, can I? Sorry!

Ive read all the books at least three times as well.It goes to show with a book series like Twilight it's a shame Hardricke couldn't have convinced a bigger and better production co I'm sure the suits from the other production co are kicking themselves by now.This movie series could have been so much better from the beginning if they had had a bigger budget to begin with.Summit is cheap and greedy.Harry Potter movies put these to shame.In order to capture the true passion of this series the movies should be longer they cut out to many pivital aspects of the movie.Harry pott movies are more tru to the books.Poor Stefanie she deserved better. SUMMIT U SUCK.

her name is Stephenie. Not stefanie.

LOL

Thank you thank you!
for a "fan" of the series, you'd think they would know how to properly spell the AUTHORS name!

i completely understand what you're saying but i believe chris weitz couldnt have done a better job. obviously us twilight fans want to see all the scenes (or at least ones that we individually feel are most significant) but it all honesty... thats never gonna happen... every person is not gonna walk out satisfied....

for some... new moon was like living on tofu...
for others... new moon was like killing a lovely smelling human and sucking their blood out (sorry for the violence haha)
i walked out satisfied! i believe there were a few parts that I personally wanted to be included but we cant have them all.

hats off to CW.. he did a great job.

and of all the movies i have seen where i have read the book first (e.g. harry potter, twilight, my sisters keeper) this was the most similar and true to the book.

i loved it

but each to their own i guess
=(

yeah!

Oh my goodness just got back from new moon. It was so good it saved the series. I loved it. The wolves were the best. Sam showed true leadership.

Taylor....... you nailed that role for Jacob. You made him shine. I am very proud of you. By the way you are more that a 8 pack you nail it like that on soon films to be made. You have true talent. You are the man.

Rob..... you delivered never doubted you for a second. You really made Edwards feelings come to life. I felt the heat, sadness and aggression through your performance. Can't wait to see you in "Remember Me".

Kristen...... you shined. I cried when Edward left you because your face expressions made it so real. I felt the pain and happiness you showed through the whole film. You delivered girl. Your acting is so beautiful and well put together. They picked the right person for Bella's part. I couldn't imagine anyone else doing better.

Ashely....... What a performance. Even though we don't see you a lot in this film. When you came on the screen you made Alice wonderful. Just what I can expect. I was moved and happy with your performance.

Chris..... Well done. You did your job. You put the movie back on the maps. I was scared but you shocked me. I didn't like how the beginning didn't flow but you came back with a smash when the wolves it the screen. Great work.

How ever did the fight scene and special effects new what they were doing. Keep up the work

VOLTORI...... you all did great I was scared stiff. Dakota girl you were sick. Jane is my favorite vampire. You made her come to life. I so happy when i saw you walking up the hall to check on things. Keep it up can't wait to see you in eclipse.

Only thing I would change was when Bella should have yelled Edwards name in the woods when she was running after him. Other than that excellent work everyone involved in this movie. Well done

Thank you for that amazing review hitchy.

I am so dissapointed in the fans who didn't like it and are calling it an epic fail. I feel like they are asking for way too much and are thinking too hard instead of enjoying the damn movie.

I was so extremely happy when I got back from watching it but I am now really sad to hear all of the horrible things people are saying about it.


TEAM NEW MOON WAS F-ING AMAZING!

Thanks CC! I agree, I am disappointed with the haters. I feel like people had super high expectations. It is impossible for any book to be brought to life in it's complete form on screen. There is way too much content. CJean made a good point when she mentioned that they literally did a scene covering a key point from every chapter in the book. What more do we have the right to ask for? I thought it was great!

Then again... you just can't make everyone happy!

*waves Team New Moon was F-ing Amazing* flag

Exactly!

"It is impossible for any book to be brought to life in its complete form on screen". I thought we learned that when Twilight came out.

I consider myself a very dedicated and informed fan, therefore I obviously noticed what was missing and what was wrong, but I don't complain because I am so grateful that we are getting anything at all!

I read what CJean wrote and I completely agree. They did a great job with covering the key points from each chapter.

Its sad that people can't be happy with what they get.

*waves flag with hitchy*

TO HALE WITH THE HATERS!

this was a movie made for fans, not for the general public. Anyone that said "ehhhhh I dot get why........" you could say "well, read chapter x page y and you will" so rare for a poduction company, and should be applauded

I agree with both of you. I loved new moon. and that is why i will make no negative comments because it's impossible to put all the scenes. If anything there were scenes not in the book that were put in the movie when edward makes the phone call and when he goes to the volturi. i was happy for those scenes. We got to see edwards pain when he thought that bella was dead.We should count our lucky stars that New moon was made into a movie. i appreciate the hard work that was put into making the movie from the director to the actors. As i was watching it all i could think of was how beautiful and amazing everything came across the screen. the wolves were amazing. i think Chris out did himself. It shows that he just did not want to put anything together he wanted to give us something that will be worthy of the books and he delivered.

I agree with a lot of what you are all saying!

1) I did overall enjoy it, the experience and the movie. Have you ever heard a theatre so quiet in your life?! and/or had so many people gasp or hiss or laugh at the same time as you?! It was just cool to be there with so many other people that were as stoked and into it as I was. Very cool experience for sure!

2) I will say there were drawbacks (like the others don't be mad), but I think they may lose some "main stream" fans on this. I say this because though I know the book in and out (we all just reread it right?!), i'm wondering how some of the gaps will play with folks who haven't and/or don't remember all the details. FOR EXAMPLE: Bella's lack of self-talk or clueing in on what she was doing... I thought it might have been and odd transition when she shows up at Jake's with the bikes. If I didn't know what had happened I would have thought, um where did those come from and what does he want with them. I just thought they could have talked him up as a mechanic a few more times or something and other then Jessica saying 'oh, great so now your an adrenaline junkie?' (paraphrase, i don't recall the exact quote) you wouldn't know where it was coming from. Maybe im being picky, but I want them to be just as successful as they were before, so they keep making these movies!!! And, i don't want the critics to get too much play... oh well. ; )
3b) My point: Yeah, I want it to stay true to the book… but not at the expense of making the story feel choppy. (hoping re-viewings will help because I won’t be looking for what is in the movie and what isn’t and can just enjoy the movie)

3) I have to say that i will be seeing it again in the theatre. Not just for the obvious... i love this series reasons. But because I was so jazzed and amped up, that i think I missed some things! I honestly think, for all of us... it will take at least one more watch to fully appreciate the final edit. (that said, i can't wait for my own copy!!!!!)

*********One final personal story. All day yesterday I was having weird coincidences happen to me. Things like feeling in a daz and saying "I feel like i'm in the Twilight Zone, and not meaning it to be a pun. To walking out during the credits when the Muse song was playing and getting in my car and (NOT EVEN KIDDING) having it be in the same place on my soundtrack. To pulling out of the theatre after and having an ECLIPSE pull out next to me going the other way and pulling onto the street behind a silver VOLVO!!! (I live in South Dakota, there aren't a ton of Volvos in our area... and it was 2:45am, come on, what are the odds?!)

awwwwwww, now don't we all feel much better? Thanks for sharing this everyone! After re-viewings, onward and upward to Eclipse!!

There were over 2,000 people at our Daytona Beach theater. You couldn't even hear a pin drop from the audience.
Rob's performance before he left Bella had me in tears. Was never a Jacob fan but way to go Taylor !! I am a fan now.
Kristen really made you feel Bella's inner turmoil. Alice was so true to the book. I love you Chris Weitz. Beautiful colors and smooth just smooth. Not a dull moment!!!!!!! Victoria looked awesome !!! Really sad for Rachelle again.
Going back at 11am. I AM BLISSFUL!

I have been looking at critic reviews and not happy about it. I loved this movie!

haha, I said the same thing about the score. Well stated!!!

Nice avi! Iam so keyed up... can't sleep!

I LOVED it! Can't sleep either and I would like to watch it again ASAP! When is the DVD being released?? Ha ha!

released at the end of march!!:)

I can't sleep either. lol, Johnny is coming at 7:30 ugh

Yeah, I'm such a wimp. I'm not going to work tomorrow.... screw it. I will be available forever after this, but I just can't sleep tonight, so getting up at 5:30 am just isn't happening!

me too! wonder if you're sleeping now?

Just got up ;-) Morning!

good morning! I"m thinking about going again right now........... I should be productive today to make up for the past of not being productive, but ......... I wanna see it again

Exactly! My only complaint was the score, it needed to be toned down a bit or the volume lowered. That vision Alice had would have been a lot better without the cheesy score with it.

Other than that... IT WAS AMAZING!!!


EDIT::
THERE WERE 1400 PEOPLE AT THE THEATER I WENT TO JUST FOR THE MIDNIGHT SHOWING. HOLY SH!T!

Is it possible a theater with 1400 places ????

The theater I was at had 14 showings completely sold out. I'm really bad at guesstimating numbers of people but each screening holds about 300 people so I'm guessing that there were about 4000 people (women ;) ) there!

omg, i can not wait! i have to wait till saturday as i couldnt get college and work off :(
i loved the bit about chris weitz wife being a lucky women!

and even from the trailers i agree with what you say about Kristen and rob! even in those short 3 minutes which i am re watching all the time to get me through the wait i can see that.

i think i will just be in heaven all the time watching it.

xxx

I have the same problem, couldn't get college and work off!!!! i am so waiting with baited breath, and I am SOOOO happy that people liked it, and im just delirious and shaking with anticipation!!!!

what she said...hehehe!! movie was awesome guys, can't wait to go see it again tonight, saturday, and sunday! i thought the same thing about the score, i preferred twilight's. i loved victoria's part in new moon as well, i thought she looked bad ASS with her combat boots giving the wolves a run for her!!! and the music playing during victoria's part was awesome...anyone know what the title/artist is?????

Yep it's Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage. It totally ROCKED!!!!
I've seen New Moon 4 times already and that track gets the blood pumping everytime!

How in the world did you see it 4 times already???? It just came out at midnight... Just curious. :)

Hey there MomLuvinEdward - well I'm from New Zealand and it came out on Thursday at 12.01am and it's now Saturday just after 1.30am .....I better get some shut eye ;-)

That's awesome! Its sold out for the next two days! :( but I will be going at least ten more times! So happy you got to see it so many times! :)

I can't agree more! Awesome movie, will probably go see it again sometime this weekend! I only have 1 complaint; in the book the first persons opinion Bella asked was Carlisle... why'd they change that to Alice??
Oh yes, Chris Weitz to direct breaking dawn would be awesome! He says he isn't directing anymore after his current project though :-(
As long as the director does it justice I don't care... and as long as it's split into 2 movies they can't possibly put it all in 1!!

so sorry but I think that in the book Carlisle is the last one to give his opinion and Edward storms out of the room and breaks up something... I do not remember who gave his vote after Edward's speach but it wasn't Carlisle.

You're right Dhutchi, Initially Bella motioned Carlisle to be the first vote but Edward interrupts with his speech about hiding Bella and then Bella asks Edward for his vote first

awesine movie....everything i wanted it to be...the only thing was it moved kinda fast and of course u wont get the same detail as in the book, but above all it give a 12....good show cant wait for the next one.....and on to eclipse.....

I have no words left, because you just took them all out of my head. I agree with everthing you said. Well I wrote my own review a few moments ago too, but basically it is just like you said. This movie is amazing. I want to watch it over and over. CW just did perfectly. And Kristen - this is some of the best acting I've ever seen. I literally went on the whole emotional journey with her, because she took me there. It was great. It was both perfectly satisfying and still left me wanting more. I am so happy with it. Awesome job, cast and crew! You are amazing! Peace, love and Twilight to all , and to all a good night! (JK, I'm way too amped to say good nite yet!)

i agree with everything you say! although one thing i have to point out, i think a lot of people are forgetting that the vision alice has of edward and bella is a flash forward to breaking dawn. the scene in her vision has to be the scene when bella and edward go on their first hunt together when she becomes a vampire! she was wearing a dress that alice picked out for her, one that she didn't particularly like... it came off a bit cheesy but that had to be the scene she was "seeing"!

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THE MOVIE!

yes, Chris for BD!!! New Moon it´s more amazing then i could imagine. It´s so beatiful, so amazing, Edward never was more beautiful and Jacob just do his job! UAU!!! Well I love many scene, sure, and love that one that Edward destroy his fone, here in Brazil, With Cristo Redentor just behind him, so cool. And i Loooooooooove the kiss scene in Volterra, and of course, the end made me just speed time for june coming more faster. I´M so happy for see it! I love everything about it. Absolutelly everything!

Don't know if you'll respond and I don't care about spoilers, just dying to know have 2 kids and can't go until Sunday and then again Black Friday. Is the bedroom scene after Italy there? My favorite part of the book.

It has been adapted, but it is there in it's own way. I'm ok with the way Chris adapted it. Some people felt it was rushed and did not enjoy the changes that were made to that pivitol point in the book, but I felt it stayed true to the overall feeling of the Saga and their love story. It worked for me!

That was my fav. part too, I was disappointed, but they still did an ok job.

omg thank goooooood
your comment has 28 likes
cuz your comment is saying the movie was good
alot of ppl r sayign it wasnt good im so scared know!
few more hours to go fingers crossed (yn)

i thought it was an awesome movie but at the same time it wasnt as close to the book as the twilight movie was. the sparkle was definately way way better. i was a lil peeved that they cut a little out of edwards breakup scene like the part where he's talking about how he's tired of pretending to be something that he's not, he's not human. thats the part that made me bawl like a baby in the book lol and i was so so so soooo looking forward to seeing "the truth" chapter in her room but it was way different in the movie. they kind of messed up the best line in that chapter "it never made sense for you to love me. i always knew that" I totally loved that it was wicked funny!! Can't wait to see it again tonight with the kids haha

I swear I don't mean this offensively.. but are you insane?!?!


Twilight was as far from the book as possible. Honestly, I've seen SO many book to movie adaptations and that was the WORSE one. There was barely anything in New Moon that wasn't in the book, Twilight on the other hand... well don't even get me started on that one.

I saw Twlight right before New Moon.. and it just made me realize how big of a difference it was between the books. New Moon wins in my book.

You couldn't have said it any better Riss.

I honestly think some people have gone insane.

New Moon blew me away.

The worst book to movie adaption I've seen is Angels & Demons. I was literally yelling at the screen! The wrong guy becomes pope - the guy they make pope was supposed to die! WTF??!! You can't change ending!

I get what you say about TL, but I had to bring that up - I will never forgive Ron Howard.

Anyway - the main thing I can say of TL movie is they fell in love too fast. I didn't read the books until after DVD and I just knew behind this love that was supposed to be so deep, yet happened with so little dialogue, was a great love story waiting to be read. That's why I started reading the Saga.

That's exactly what how I felt. I saw the dvd and KNEW there was a better story struggling to break free from the movie.

I saw Twilight befor I read it, which is not like me at all. my (now ex) boyfriend and I laughed through the first hour or so, but I got hooked in after that. I remeember saying "I bet that was a really good book...... " and proceeded to read the series in a week. lol. only took so long cos I bought them off amazon too!
My mam summed up Twilight the movie for me: "beautiful scenery". it showed me where my new friends lived, what they looked like, what their town was like. Nothing about them.

New moon was... better?? I found i actually liked Edward. At the start I mean..... Taylor has Jacob to a T.... Kirsten (or Kristen??? I can never remember when I'm typing lol) had bella this time too, so Im going to give here the benefit of the doubt and say it was bad direction last time lol. best acclaim I can give new oon is his, almost as good as the book!!!!

see, that is exactly wat i was thinking cause Catherine removed alot of scenes, but also replaced them with scenes that were totally pointless. For example, I did not see why they had to jump out a window and go climb trees.

I am sorry but did you not read Twilight and see the movie? Chris Weitz and Melissa kept NEW MOON so close to the book that I could count on one hand the differences. You need to check your facts and re-read and re-view the movies....

alright peoples....retract the claws lol i meant twilight was closer dialogue-wise. i'm a sucker for the wording.

I too was a midnighter. I was really keyed up when I left and still am since I had to get back up at 6:30am. I thought the directored did well staying true to the book. I really wish they could have put more stuff in it. But I know everything can not be translated from the book to screen.

Taylor (Go Team JAcob) did an awesome job. Whoever doubted him and his ability to portray a more adult Jacob was sadly mistaken. HE did really well. THe whole wolf pack did. I was really worried how they all were going to look when they changed but it turned out really well.

ONe thing Bella was not sad enough for me. She did not cry enough and what was up at the end with Jake. I mean she didn't even look sad when he cried. Like who does that. She showed sadness and depression well but I needed some tears.

The only other thing I didn't like was the marry me thing. WHAT!!!WHAT!! The jumped the gun to soon for Eclipse.

But all in all really good. I will be back for more shows. Quite possibly today!

you could not say it better!!!! I also loved the movie, it was GREAT< WONDERFUL<AMAZING!!!! and I agree with your comment, although I felt a little dissapointed that the Bella's bedroom breakdown wasn't really there, and that she never has the epiphany almost at the end, because is when she finally realizes that Edward loves her and that she is not going crazy with the whole visions and all, but all in all I loved it, I mean I had tears pouring like the Twilight waterfall LOL! it was FORKING WELL MADE!!! I LOVE YOU CHRIS W.!!! and yes LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!!! COME ON JUNE 2010!!!!

Yes, it was toooo slowly paced for the first hour or so, then it picked up. But I disagree - I think again it was a pacing issue, but the breakup and the time leading up to it did not carry its weight in angst.

I recall an interview with director Chris Weitz wherein he stated that he wanted this to considered one of the epic "crying" films ever made and because this is an immortal love story, that was an appropriate goal -- but it fell short. I choked up (mostly coz I know the series inside and out) but didn't really cry. Perhaps this was just in the writing/pacing, but to me, it didn't survive the translation in this particular passage from the book to the screen.

Wolf-pack and CGI wolves were improved upon though since first release and I actually liked the wolf-pack better than expected. Jacob's character was excellently portrayed.

Billy Burke rocked the Charlie role again.

The end: while a bit of an abrupt surprise, they didn't cash in on it in my exalted opinion. I would have like to have cut to Bella's face with a more "completely caught unawares, horrified, deer-in-the-headlights" look - something that would have left me LOL.

I liked the film, I'll see it again this afternoon to confirm if my comments hold up.

Someone mentioned the score not being emotional enough, and when I thought about it I realized that's what held back the flood gates.

I teared up at the expected moments - B/E break-up, B screaming in bed, J/B break-up, etc - I actually pulled out a fresh tissue when I knew a tear jerker scene was coming. The acting was terrific, I felt their pain and saw it in their eyes. The lines were so close I could remember reading it. So why did my eyes fill with tears that only slightly spilled over (not the streaming tears all over my face when I was reading it)? I think the score was lacking. When the score is matched to the right emotion it makes all the difference.

BTW - I rarely cry in real life - but I'm a weakling when it comes to movies and books. I can't believe I didn't bawl during NM movie - I certainly did in the book. Still, I loved it!

yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im going to see it tonite so i cant comment on that part of the movie but mother of god i will kiss the ground of summit if they let chris weitz do breaking dawn
chris if ur owut their i love you man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*waves CW for BD flag*
you want one???
*starts jumping around like a crazy person!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

I agree with everything you say!!!!! The Movie was great. This movie made me LOVE TAYLOR!! He did such a great job, i was about to start crying when he was telling Bella not to go, he just looked so sad!!!!! Taylor you are one hell of an actor, if you can make me cry, then you are at the top of my list of actors i love!!!!!Im going to go watch it again on Saturday!!!! i cant wait im really excited to see it again!!!!!!

Well, so many compliments for the movie...
First of all, sorry if I don´t make me understand very well but english isn´t my language and also is my first time doing a review.
Well, I saw the movie on wednesday in spain and maybe because it wasn´t in the original language it feel very strange to me. I use to watch the trailers and clips of new moon in english and it was a kind of shock listen the actors with other voices. You can´t pick up the core of an actor´s performance when is translated. I´ll have to wait until the DVD (more months...).
But there were other things. I can´t see the "excelence job" of Chris Weitz. In comparison I like much more Twilight. New Moon seems a much more conventional movie to me. Maybe when I have a chance to see the movie more times, I´ll like it more, but now....I grateful that Chris hasn´t done Eclipse. We´ll see what have done David Slade.
Other thing, ¿where is the exceptional soundtrack?. I can´t remember a moment when the music has been well match with the scenes. That bothers me a lot, because is one of the best things in Twilight, and my spectations were huge after listening "Meet me in the Equinox" por example.
And finally, a few TERRIBLE scenes: Jacob taking off his shirt to clean Bella´s blood; Alice´s vision of Bella as a vampire (arghhhh), is hilariuos; the final, soooo abrupt;

Sorry about the english and well, after all, I´ll be waiting like a crazy for eclipse. But, eh, Summit, please, leave Catherine do Breakdown.

Thank you all.

CATHERINE HARDWICKE FOR BREAKING DAWN!!! She gets this saga. She cast it perfectly. TWILIGHT was an amazing movie. New Moon not so much.

What?!


With all due respect, I completely diasgree.

WHAT THE HELL???!!!!!

CH picked a great cast I'll give her that
but.....
either they developed HUGELY after she left or she directed them awfully.
I thought the two guy with Jacob at La Push in Twilight were Embry and Quill, and should't be replaced but I think CW cast better.... I <3 NM!!!!

This movie was amazing. I think Chris Weitz is could not have done this better. He HAS to do Breaking Dawn.

Chris Weitz for Breaking DAWN!!! Taylor Lautner's acting was fantastic! The whole movie was stepped up 100 TIMES more than Twilight. My Goodness...Twilight can not even being to compare with this PERFECT MOVIE. Kristen, Rob, and Taylor really rocked it...the whole case was just different....BETTER...if that was possible. Oh ahhhhhhhhhh the last year was worth the wait. Thank you to the whole team for bringing our dream to life. :))))))))

Dude. 43 people including myself *like* your comment! Holy moly!

I know! I'm a little shocked! I was just writing what I felt about the movie last night... I guess there are a lot of people that feel the way I do. NEW MOON ROCKS!

(and yeah, HOLY MOLY!)

everything u have said has been point on:)

I really wanted the talk between charlie and alice when bella is sleeping to it made me cry when I read it (mabey it is in the deleted scenes because in a interview cris weitz says there is 20 minutes of deleted scenes :)

I am right there with you on all of this but especially what you said about Kristen! I am so happy that other people think the same thing I do, she is ONE AMAZING actress and she REALLY brings Bella to life. I am so thankful for her and the rest of the cast but especially Chris Weitz!!! AHHH! You are incredible!! :)

You are so right!

Did you guys like the end and how it was cut off RIGHT when Edward asked her to marry him? WOW! I was blown away! I LOVED IT... because now, IM SOOO READY FOR ECLIPSE!

...bring it on!

Perfectly stated! It's too bad Chris Weitz is only making one more movie and then he'll quit directing. He won't be making Breaking Dawn. :( But, oh how I wish he was!

WTF?? I must have missed that interview!! *goes to Google to find out more*

I agree with everything that you've written! Although, I didn't mind the clothes that E and B had on in A's vision and I LOVED catching a glimpse of Bella as a vampire!! She looked amazing! Gave me goosebumps to see her like that...

Yeah, but it kinda reminded me of Bella's "Anne of Green Gables" vision in Eclipse..a little to "old fashioned" Alice would have never put her in that dress...Ice blue silk more likely lol

This is exactly how I feel about the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5x1S7CDuo4&feat...

Lmao.

the guy is crazy but yeah apart from the fact I saw it coming cos I reread the book the 2 days before...... totally!!!

agree with you 100%!!!

oh, i thought the dream sequence with b and e was perfect. after all, it was alice's vision. it was sweet and soft and lovely. if it were bella's dream, she would be in jeans and a t-shirt.

on behalf of taylor and taycob fans, thank you!!! :DDDDD lol team jacob is trending on twitter. ;)

but i KNEW he always had it in him.and to me has ALWAYS been more than a piece of meat, an 8 pack. :)

he IS jacob. nuff said. he had me swooning.

McNutters! Your Welcome! Taylor knocked my socks off as Jacob! I completely underestimated him. I had no idea he would act so... WELL. Thanks to Taylor, I am seeing Jacob in a whole new light and appreciating his character in a way that I never did while reading the Saga. I have a new and special place in my heart for him. I am still Team Edward for Bella, but after seeing this, I am a lot more understanding of just how difficult her choice was to make.

I am now officially a fan of Taylor Lautner. MERCI BEAUCOUP Taylor! You were phenomenal!

I really hope he gets to do a lot more interviews where people can ask him about his performance rather than about his weight and his 8 pack... I'd love to hear from the man himself how he was inspired to embody this character.

i never underestimated him. it showed in all the clips, trailers, etc. i knew he could. and now im SO proud. :D

YAY!!! you have no idea how happy that makes me, and im sure he would be SO happy too! thanks to taylor indeed!1
well a few times he has been asked about how he acted but he gives a very general answer, he's not so analytical or methodical as kristen and rob lol. he just dives right in. basically he says he tried to embody jacob as written in the books cos he knows thats what we wanna see and with help of the director too.

your comment is EPIC. i think i'll screen cap it. LOL

I really couldn't have said it any better, So thank you for that!!! I really don't need to add too much, you've hit the nail on the head with everyone's performance etc.

I also want to thank you for pointing out the score, which was my ONLY complaint( but a big one) about the movie.At first, I thought I was being too picky, but I must say that Carter Burwell did a SUPERB job on Twilight.Alexandre Desplat, sadly, missed the mark by a mile. Not only was there not enough of the score throughout New Moon, but it also lacked ANY emotional UMPH what so ever. The right music really does add to the performance, and I felt that it could've been taken up a serious notch if the right tone was there. This is really the ONLY thing I can fault Chris for.

Dear Mr. Chris Weitz,

I know that sometimes you do wander around on these sites to hear the latest buzz....and so if this note should ever should ever cross your path I really wanted to say Thank You. Thank You for staying true to the book. Thank You for insisting that you give the fans what we have asked for. Thank You for sweeping me away for 130 minutes of my life into a world that I only ever dreamed of coming alive on the big screen. The emotion, the intensity, you've managed to capture it all. SUMMIT, if you are listening, please consider this genius of a man to direct Breaking Dawn. And to you, Chris, I hope you realize how happy you have made us Twilight-Saga fans. And I hope that you will want to return to us for the final installment of this great series. I really guess there's just 1 thing left to say....

***************** CHRIS WEITZ FOR BREAKING DAWN! *********************

omg i absolutly loved loved nd loved it! it was just something so awesome so wow, i don't have words for it. it was just wow.
CHRIS WEITZ FOR BREAKING DAWN!!!!
I can't believe it, new moon is my fav book and he's done such a brilliant job with it, and it came out on my birthday which totally made my day!
CHRIS FOR BREAKING DAWN!

i luved d movie, everyone was perfect, they couldn't have done a better job. i told my friend months ago that if the break up scene makes me cry then the movies a hit, nd i d breaK up scene was just wow, it was so emotional, i was crying through it, it was like i was bella and edward was leaving me, rob and kristen did the scene so beautifully that i could see and feel the pain of edward leaving bella. it was just wow. well done taylor, rob and kristen.

OMJ you are like Edward 'cuz you took the words right out of my mouth.

Chris Weitz is my favorite director right now. Seriously. You do not know how much I wished Chris directed Twilight. I wish he directed the whole series!

Thank God he had faith in Taylor, because Taylor nailed the portrayal of Jacob 90584052947598472594%. Taylor stole the whole show. Sorry Rob, I love you, but Taylor was the best part, and then Kristen is next. I have almost always loved Jacob, but it's like Taylor has brought a new light to him.

New Moon is on my Top 5 favorite movies, whereas Twilight I can't say that.

CHRIS WEITZ FOR BREAKING DAWN!!

I thought the movie was AWESOME!!! Hats off the Taylor!! I didn't think he could pull it off but by golly he was wonderful. They left things out and added some but who cares!!!! The movie was well made...MUCH better than Twilight. Chris Weitz awesome. Kristen Stewart better than Twilight but still sucked!!!! Where were her TEARS????????????? I cried my eyes out and her eyes didn't even water!! For those who think she's a great actress take your blinders off she needs to go back to acting school. She shows NO emotion!! She says she is just like Bella and they connect....yeah right. Bella is funny, sarcastic,emotional, hot tempered well rounded, Kristen does not portray any of those characteristics or qualities!!! Sorry I just call them as I see them. I will be going to see it again and again.

I could add so much more to your wonderful comment,but I think that this sums up everything :
CHRIS.F*****G.WEITZ.FOR.BREAKING.DAWN.
Nothing further.

CHRIS FOR BREAKING DAWN

my brand of leg hitch I could not agree more on everything you have said!! especially your first post!!! even if the reviews are not giving it the credit i deserves i believe this was above and beyond my expectations and a million times better than twilight. Kristen was not awkward and i gained a complete new respect for her

I think i died when his face cracked...and i died one before when bells ran into him...and i died when alice showed up...and when jake said those words in quilete...and again with the meadow being dried up and dead...and again when the months passed on...and again when she chased him...and again when they shared that last kiss...and again with the grandma scene...and again when he says romeo's lines, and again with jake and the bikes "its just my boys!?!"...lol...idk...im seeing it again...minus the crazed crowd and crappy theatre...lol

totally agree with all. Buit was disappointed with Alice's vision of Edward and Bella running in the woods when she was vampire. Would have rather seen a tender moment.

Chris, You fluckin' rock! Great review and btw, Rotten Tomatoes can well....eat RT!!!

My heart was in my mouth during the whole movie. I especially agree with the comments on the vision of Edward & Bella running through the woods. Can you say 'Sears Catalog!'

218 Days to ecstasy...oh I mean Eclipse!!

Just beautiful... Edward reciting R&J... is amazing!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaU2mcifjN0
Enjoy!

Well, I posted my review of sorts above, so I won't say much more. However, to all the people commenting about Bella not crying...

She did not cry that much in the book. If you remember, she was numb. She was holding on to the numbness and when she slipped up all she felt was just hollow, aching pain. That is how SM wrote it. A LOT of what depression is about is numbness. It's the only way to be able to function. Nothing feels good, and when you do feel, it's just bad in a very painful way that you can feel down into you core. You don't cry all the time. You can't cry all the time. Crying is an understatement.

Thank you! Someone else read the book - lol! Wait - don't shoot me - I'm sure everyone has read the book at least once, but sometimes we forget little details. Too me, and apparently Leg Hitch, this was not a 'little' detail. The only time it mentions her crying is Charlie's retelling to Alice of what Bella went through after they left. Of course, in the movie the hole in her chest showed up way too early - b/c she was numb until Charlie threatens to send her back to FL. Either way her pain was gut wrenching - I really felt it. Way to go Kristen!!

Ok, now down to the bottom for my full recount.

I agree with you with the Charlie's retelling to Alice part and also I notice that they didn't show Bella in her job at the Newton's store, is it just me or that was suppose to be important? Or the part where she sees the bikes and decides to go loco and not the other way around.. Oh well I dont wanna sound cocky, it's just that maybe I read the books so many times and want the movie to sound and be just the same.. Either way I loved it and all the cast did an amazing job.. I totally believe Kristen and her Bella-zombiness part and also cried in the right parts, so it was almost the whole movie.. I was in a rollercoaster of feelings.
Chris Weitz for Breaking Dawn!!!

I don't think the store is very important, I have no problem leaving that out if I'm going to get everything we got in New Moon! The bikes thing to me, was a better move. That's just my opinion though. When I read New Moon, I really didn't find the connection between the bike's and Port Angeles vision a smooth believable transition, I liked this way much better.

I agree, Kristen was amazing and I felt her pain. CW for BD!

I also prefer the way they tied in Harry's death. I'm totally Team Victoria right now!

I agree - I don't think the store was very important. It was unnecessary to show her working there - and leaving it out was a good way to condense book to film

i think they did that from the police pov cos of it being told that way in the first film like it carried on from there thats how it seemed to me ;0)

i agree. she was just numb, which in my opinion shows her pain moe thn crying would. they kept to the book, thats why there was a lack of crying. XD

wow, i cannot believe people still made comments about this "not crying" subject..i guess people can't just be satisfied..tell them MBOLH. depression is not all about crying really..you are numb and yes, crying is an understatement!..i won't elaborate as you have already done so...

i would just like to say one thing..."if someone is going to complain, fine. complain about the right thing, but please do not deviate or take away from whats in the book because bella doesn't cry in the book."

crying = caring = feeling something
being numb is not feeling anything, like when you lose consciousness becaue feeling is too hard / dangerous
when you lose someone who is your whole life and world it can take years before its safe for your psyche to "feel" that. you can spend years being numb.
ask anyone who's been there, Bella dealt exactly like a normal person, numb, ignoring, doing stupid stuff to "see" them.
sometimes I wonder what Stephanie was dealing with when she had... the dream.............

yeh good point.
i believe kristen stewart did SUCH a great job. will never lose faith in her EVER again.
i just think that her expressing her feelings in the emails just made it abit unrealistic.. made it seem like shes upset and needs to get her feelings off her chest.
whereas in the book when Charlie recommended she see a shrink.. Bella flips out..
she was numb... so the emails were a bad representation of that.

But in saying that, how else were they gonna get the 'Bella Swan - narrator' part of the book into the movie? So there really was no other way to express her depression than in emails..
so i have just contradicted myself hahahaha

but overall... BEST MOVIE OF MY LIFE!!!!

yep me too. This is now my favorite movie of all time.

Thank you!! I was beginning to wonder if everyone had forgot about Bella being numb, and not crying already. lol

Totally agree Hitchey....

She didn't cry all that much in the book. She was too numb over everything and I think she played it dead on!

Rob, OMG....you could literally feel his pain. I was blown away by all of them, including Taylor Lautner.

Congrats to all of them...

I must say, from the opening title (Moon spinning) to the final *gasp*...I LOVED IT!!!
DVD release in March then 3 more months until Eclipse...not to mention Remember Me in Feb./March! 2010 is gonna be a GREAT year!

i forgot to mention seeing rachelle portrayal of victoria made me happy, and sad....i was mad also..i was mad because she is no longer in the saga...i don't hate bryce, but i now believe only rachelle could be victoria..

i have tried to not go with that tone of "only rachelle can play that part," but man, bryce has some big shoes to fill if she's playing victoria...

rachelle was great and her hair was even redder..i loved her facial expressions and just everything about her...

I will miss Rachelle as well. It seemed like they cut alot of her out of the movie...I mean she didn't even have a single line in the entire movie...I wonder if they fazed out her dialogue to prepare us for the switch to Bryce? Like if they just showed a red head running around it wouldn't be such a shock to us in Eclipse.

i agreee EDWARDSVENOM..it's going to be a great year indeed..i was like so about to hyperventilate when they show the "remember me" trailer/preview in the theater..i was like O-M-G. i cannot wait..

i felt like the end of the movie was a tease..i was so happy and mad and then happy again..lol..

very well said i think that came across really well myself my sister hasnt read the books and she said the same thing about how numb and raw bella was so she could see it x

Absolutely Beautiful...
That about says it all...

*clicks like*

thank you. you said it perfectly. she didn't cry. there is a kind of pain much worse than what crying relieves. ... it's deep..... it literally feels like a hole has been punched in your chest...... like your heart has been ripped out from within you.... like the act of breathing might kill you

You are right, all the crying comes in Eclipse when she is torn because she is hurting Edward and Jacob

Exactly!!! that's the same thing I told my friend, cause she was like 'why is Bella not crying' and I was like 'well she wasn't describe in the book that way' me on the other hand he he he! cried a little and felt that my heart was going to pieces with all the emotion, seriously guys we have been blessed with this wonderful actors and an awesome director!!!!

give an n, give me an e, give me a w, give me a m, give me an o, give another o, give an n!!!,
what does it say? NEW MOON, NEW MOON< NEW MOON!!!!! love you guys!!!!

what about with the Volturi when Heidi brought all those people in the room. Do you remember how hysterical she was and Alice told Edward that maybe he should slap her.

I just got finished seeing it and - O.M.G.
I don't care what the "professional" critics have to say - it's the fans who count!

It was AMAZING.

I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't seen it but:

1) Not that I didn't have any faith in her, but Kristen has taken her acting to a WHOLE new level

2) CH needs to take a lesson from Chris Weitz - follow the book and you'll do great ;)

3) Special effects - another o.m.g.

4) I felt every emotion with this movie - happiness, sadness, rejection, anger, fear .........

5) I'm going to see it again. And again. And Again. And again. (Starting tomorrow)

WELL WORTH THE WAIT.

so happy CH didn't get to direct this...as depressing as the movie and the book are, i would have die watching it if he directed it...i felt all of the emotions too..

i plan to see it tomorrow too..omg, and they showed Remember Me trailer prior to the movie. i was like more rob for me! feb cannot come soon enough!

well said!

and its soo right

as long as you stay true to the book.. thats all that matters. its the fans who need to see the movie and its the fans who determine if it is a good movie or not !!!

I completely agree with all you say! I think all the actors were much better in this movie

SPOT ON

100% agree with you. Especially about #4!!!

I don't understand why we have to put this, seeing as how this is SUPPOSED to be for us to talk about this buuuttt
*SPOILERSSSS*

I have no words to describe what I'm feeling right now. Though I'll try. lol
AMAZING. Chris did a wonderful job. I honestly cannot think of one scene from the book that is missing.
My only complaints:
-Rosalie looked a bit ehhhh.
-Rob was looking a bit...peeky? He was fine at first but then later, even after him and Bella were together again he looked...odd. Way too skinny and sickly looking. I guess it worked for Voltera and while he was suffering but later he should be back to normal.
-They missed the "Before you my life was like..." line from Rob. Ugh.
-The mixed up the ending a little. She's supposed to be unsure and suffering still, thinking Edward is going to leave again when she first sees him in Voltera. Not jump all over him and he says all his lines then, well, almost all of them.

Okay I think those were the only points. lol Now on to the night!


We got there at 8:30pm and STILL weren't the first ones there, though we were the first in line for theater one. Amazing. We got one of the loveseats and me and my best friend layed under my Twilight blanket and it was amazing.

The begining. OME. They even kept the prolouge! Where she recites the first line and then they have the dream with her grandma. I was a little freaked out about how creepy her grandma looked but it was good.

It irks me a bit that Eric is with Angela. No. It's supposed to be Ben. WHERE IS BEN?! Don't tell me this is going to be another Harry Potter where they didnt put Cho Chang untill movie FIVE. Ugh.
But when Alice jumps down and is soooo cute. And Jasper's talent. I love that the squeezed that in where Cathrine left it out. And he says, "Happy....nevermind then..." and just walks off. Ha! Love Jasper.

Emmetts lines at the birthday party were great. He makes me laugh. Ahhh I wish I had a big brother like him. I loved how they used the moving painting to show the Volturi (a little Harry Potter-ish to me though lol). I'm also sooo happy they left the Jalice part in there, after he tries to attach Bella and Alice says "Sh Sh Jasper its just a little...blood...". AMAZING.

I understand that they had to squeez him being with her the extra three days into one. That was okay. And it was soooo heartbreaking when he was in her room and the SHOWED him taking her pictures. I started crying then, knowing what was coming up. And when he asked her to take a walk with him. OME. The whole breakup was...perfect. It was line for line. And it was perfect how Kristen played it, just cooly at first like, "Oh, well...that changes things..." and then was like, "No, don't do this..." and how she followed through the forest calling my name. It was so sad. I cried so hard.
It was amazing that they did the October, November, December (though I think they forgot January? I remember that one being in the book. Ha!) just like the book and even changed the seasons through the window. It was a bit fast paced though, how she suddenly ended up at Jacobs? Oh I also love how they showed how isolated she was from her friends, not even sitting with them anymore, all by herself at the Cullen's lunch table. Anyone else notice that?! Ahhhh how sweet. And the movie with Jess. I hatttedd Jess in the book but she was AMAZING comic releif here. Though she was a biittt mean to Bella, I'm sure that hurt. lol

OME THEY KEPT THE GARAGE SCENE IN THE BEGINING! YES!
They actually kept Embrey and Quil coming in and being all like, "Sup? Your Jakes girlfriend?" and how Jacob was like, "No...I said she was a girl...and my friend..." Hilarious! I love those wolf boys. :)
I think it was an amazing way to save time and still show how much time Jake and Bella spent together, the garage scenes. How everytime they turned the camera it was like a new day. And how when she threw the slice of pizza and when they showed him catching it he was catching a wrench, like it was a whole new day? Brilliant. And they kept the age joke! Yes! "How old are you now? Fourty?" Ha! I loved the bit with Emily. And they kept the "So you're the vampire girl." "Yes. And you're the wolf girl." Ahhh the wolf boys. Sooooo cute! And hilarious. I love them. Oh I forgot to mention that when Sam finds Bella in the woods in the begining, after he hands her to Charlie he looks at Jacob funny. Just like how Jake told Bella Sam was looking at him funny. It all worked out. :D

The movie with Mike and Jake? "Are you even OLD enough to see this movie?" "She's...buying my ticket..." Ohhh and how they actually showed Jacob getting angry at the end. I felt sooo bad when Bella couldn't be with him. And how they played her voice leaving voicemails to him.
I also like that they had her e-mails to Alice. Because yes she wasn't talking to her, because they all were "Return to sender" but, because New Moon really is all in Bellas head, it was a great way to show everything she thought and felt.

I cried soooo hard when Jake broke up with her. Oh geez. And when he came to her bedroom, when he says, "Come here..." all in his husky voice and hugs her....ooooo he's soooo sweet!

Alice's stay was a little rushed but, again, necessary and it played out well. Every comment between her and Jake was BRILLIANT! "I won't hurt her..." And when Bella asks if she'll come back? "Of course. When you let the DOG out." Hahaha and her telling Bella she smells like wet dog. Ha! And when Jake awnsered the phone. He was supposed to think it was Carlisle, not KNOW it was Edward! Jeez way to make him look like a jerk! D: But I looveddd that they showed Edward in South America, breaking the phone. I swear my heart broke with it. :(

Jacob begging her to stay made me cry. Again. God I was a mess that whole movie. I'm Team Edward, of course, but I love Jacob sooo much and felt so sorry for him. How can you not? He's so loveable. They skipped the plane ride to Italy, and the awsome Jalice moment on the phone and a lot of explaining to Bella but not that big of a deal.
I don't understand why everyone's freaking out about the Volturi. Marcus is supposed to look bored. Caius is all evil and wants them all to die. And Aro is supposed to be charming and giggly. They played their parts AMAZING. Jane scared the crap out of me to be honest with you. And Alec was soooo cute. Haha. The fight scene was great. And the pain that Jane put Edward in....God that hurt so much to watch. D:

I'm upset that they went straight from the people screaming (little children?! and know lady with the rosetta or whatever?!) to her in bed. The skipped the plane again. lol I loved the vote. Emmett saying "Hell yes!" and hugging her. And Rosalie giving her explanation and appology all in one. You can't TOTALLY hate her.

I'm also a bit dissapointed they didn't add Jake ratting Bella out for the bikes. I love him and Edward almost fighting and Bella stepping in between saying "You can't hurt the other without hurting me." DEFFINITLY sets up Eclipse for us. And when she says I love you to Jake (yeah a bit premature, supposed to be at the END OF ECLIPSE but oh well it worked) and says "But please don't make me choose. It's him. It's ALWAYS been him." Poor Jake! Mixed feelings on the ending though, and how he says "Marry me, Bella..." (awwww everyone AWWEDD so loud at that part!) and it shows her look at him and just cuts to black. It made me go WTF because I wanted more, but at the same time it, once again, sets up Eclipse perfectly. Cannot WAIT.

Also, would like to add that I looveee Charlie throughout this movie.
And Eric crying during Romeo and Juliet? PRICELESS.
I was expecting it to be good but not THAT good! I'm soooo happy with it and I really hope Chris does Breaking Dawn. :) Also can't wait to see what DS does with Eclipse!

I'm running on no sleep and am still on my twihigh. Hopefully I'll be able to think more clearly tomorrow (after I go see it again! :D) and can add more.

Ok so I totally loved your little review..I completely agree with you about the whole thing! Don't ask me why but New Moon was always my favorite in the series so I was totally stoked to see this.. And while I procrastinated re-reading the book until 2 days ago.. I was glad I did get it in in time.

Taylor portrayed Jacob so well!!
All the humans stole their scenes.. love the movie where Mike got sick..lol
And I totally loved the sparkles!! hehe.. soooooooooooooo much better than in Twilight.
I loved all the comedy throughout the movie.. it fit so well!!

All in all I LOVED it.. I don't know what else to say other than I was extremely pleased with it. can't wait to watch it again!
lol one of the girls sitting next to me in the theater had said that she did not like New Moon (book) and had repeatedly thrown her book across the room while reading it.. but after watching the movie she was like "so yeah I think I've changed my mind" :-D

Also when we got to the theater several hours before.. the line was already wrapped around the back of the building.. but because of the auditorium we were in, we got in within like 40 min, so we didn't have to wait in the cold :-)

Totally agree with your review too!! Though showing the children walking into the vampire's lair was killer to me :(

Yes, but it did show you how evil the volturi vampires are. Thats how most vamps are. makes you appreciate they Cullen's lifestyle so much more.

Oh I know, I like that CW did that. It brought it back to show how evil they truly are, but it was still sad lol

So I haven't seen the movie yet, will be seeing it tomorrow morning but I desperately want to know which songs from the soundtrack were in which scenes especially Slow Life and Satellite Heart. If people on here don't want to know b/c they haven't seen the film yet then I guess you will have to list "SPOILERS". I listen to the soundtrack all the time and I always try to envision what scene the songs are in. I would appreciate it greatly. And I loved your thoughts on the movie. :)

Satellite heart was playing when Edward was dropping Bella off at her home the night of her dreaded b-day party. Not sure when slow life was. But my other fav from the soundtrack was "possibility" They played that during her depression while the months went by...it was heartbreaking

Sooo excited, cannot wait. I'm making my boyfriend watch twilight with me at home tonight so that he has somewhat of an understanding when we go to watch New Moon. Wish I could convince him to read the books but that will never happen. I loved the song slow life so I'm dying to know what scene they put that in.

My boyfriend read all the books first, he bought them before me. Then once it started getting so popular he started to hate it. Nooo idea why. I got him to watch Twilight on dvd with me after it came out but he REFUSES to go see New Moon with me, so lucky you! D: lol

This might be too late, but I believe Slow Life was in the drowning scene. I heard a complaint that it didn't work, but I thought it was beautiful.

FINALLY, I got to see my movie. I am so happy with it, words just cannot describe the happiness I have right now. I loved the music even the score, I actually didn't pay much attention to it considering I was way more into the movie than the music but nothing stood out in dislike. I understand why they had to cut certain scenes and I'm fine with that b/c CW really tried to put everything in the book onto film and how was he going to do that with keeping the scenes long. I will be seeing it again probably 2 more times...it was amazing. Can't wait for the next one. And I did like Slow life in the drowning scene, I think the music worked all around.

I didn't like that they didn't include ben either!.. it didn't bother me that much.. or ruined the movie for me or anything like that it's such a small detail i know lol but i just think they could've made it with ben instead.
And i agree with everything else you said.. I can't wait until eclipse!!!.. and until march!! I want that DVD now!! the long wait will just make me spend a lot of money on the theatre lol

I agree with every single thing you said.

I felt exactly the same way about everything.


TEAM NEW MOON WAS F-ING AMAZING!

Love you review! You were really paying attention! I mean, I'm sure we all were, but I was just so excited!!!!! You brought up all the things that I loved. I think they did such a good job! I even like the changes that CW put in. It worked. Jessica was great. I do wish R & J scene was at Bella's house, but not so bad at school. The only scene I agree with most people about not liking the most is Alice's vision. A little cheesy with the clothes. BUT...in the books, Edward IS more on the preppy side, isn't he? I don't see Bella in a dress, though.

But, man, how much can we expect from mere mortals making a most incredible book into a 2 hour movie!!! I'm taking my husband to see it next week, and I can't wait to share it with him!!!! Squeeeeeeeee!

So much has already been said.. so I will just try to make a couple points that I haven't seen yet.
1. I really liked how well Chris tied in all of the things that Catherine missed in the Twilight movie. Such as Jasper's mood-altering abilities and the explanation of the Volturi. Really, it SHOULD have been in the first movie, but oh well, Chris fit it in very well.
2. I was completely blown away with the scene where Harry Clearwater dies. I was not expecting them to show his death, it really struck an emotional chord with me. The way that they included a more detailed explanation of his death and why Victoria was in the water and how Jacob saved Bella was genius.

Christy - I completely agree with you about the scene where Harry has his heart attack, the wolves chase victoria, and Bella climbs to the top of the ledge. It was the perfect summation of the tension and angst and. . . .gah! PERFECT!!!

yes i found that genious too !!!
Charlie was there.. how sad for him

and we kinda find out that he had it because of Victoria.

was pretty freaky
but loved it !

and yeh, CH didnt explain Jaspers gift at all in Twilight, but CW seemed to put it in in the first 10 minutes of the movie... and did so with humour! was fab !

Yeah, you're right. But in the book it's, like, you sort of have to stop and piece it all together afterwards. Whereas in the movie it's so direct and upfront and everything is all happening at once and is just CRAZY, which is how it is meant to be, I think.

That was so beautifully crafted, how Harry dies. (not in the books, but movies) It's the second friend Charlie has lost and CW included enough of him to give you an idea of how Harry was and the connection. I teared up and wished he wasn't dying in Charlie's arms, so sad.
Rachelle was awesome, she was exactly what Bella describes as a vampire. Beautiful, graceful and scary. The way she flipped every which way and landed so gracefully, I was amazed and wish there was more of her. It brought back the bad memories of the recast.

yes i found that to be right on..it's like all three events were occuring at the same time and chris was genius to do that...

Christy and Aurorarose how awesome ws that part? it gave depth to his character and Victoria as well. I Love the fiery red hair! and the "professional"critics out there are really getting on my nerves because none of them seem to have read the books! I loved the movie really! and every bit about it! I agree with the comments about the score though. I preferred the score of Twilight better. Plz Chris Weitz make breaking dawn!!!!! pretty please

Ok they should make Chris Weitz a Saint..... really that man is amazing..

I love the movie.....

but specially the end...... I thought I died.....

Could someone tell me how to send CW a thank you note and beg him to do Breaking dawn....

Thank you!

I honestly dont unnderstand how some people didnt like it.

Come on guys. Be open-minded.
Some people are asking for too much.

I.LOVED.IT.

I know!! I thought it was the perfect punch for the end of a brilliant movie!
CW FOR BD!!!!!

*waves CW FOR BD flag like a crazy person*

*clicks like*
lol

omg is there a way of finding his address!!!

>?????????

we need to beg him.. or all of us just peer pressure him into doing BD
haha

Don't know if it's possible to make him a Saint... but I think Sir Chris Weitz sounds pretty good :)

I totally agree!
*blushes*
I cried a lot during the break up seen!
I was getting all emotional when I saw that Bella was starting to fall for Jacob! [even though i knew what would happen at the end... but HEY! ... thats how good the movie was.] LOL!
I thought the actors/actresses did an outstanding job!

Saw it yesterday 19/11/09

Greece opened yesterday at 17:00 gmt for the first screening... tickets are sold out for the entire first week, so tough break for anyone who didn't pre-buy the ticket...

Lots of screaming, not just from the 13-year old girls, but all around... made it a bit difficult to really enjoy the movie... have to rewatch it on Saturday hoping for less screaming... I know, I have no chance hoping for that!

So all around a great movie, wish there was more of Edward, but as in the book he is absent... sniffffff...

Don't want to spoil it for anyone, but I expected the Volturi to be more aggresive and "bad"... instead they were like pussy-cats... either the actors were too bored to act (especially Aro and Marcus) or it just didn't come out right.... and sorry to say, deeply disappointed with Aro... he was giggling around instead of showing trully powerful and act as an enforcer of the vampire law...

Score was definitely better by Carter Burwell. Alexander Desplat's score was at least for me, boring.

Don't misjudge me... I am a huge twilight-freaked fan and have read the books at least 50 times each, watched Twilight over a 100 times on dvd, but in my opinion, I expected more from the sequel and from Weitz.

Edward, Carlile and Alice looked awesome, better that in Twilight. The rest of the Cullen's looked worse, especially Rosalie who was gorgeous in Twilight, not that good-locking in New Moon. Reminded more of a corpse. Esme also. Something with the make-up and hairstyle didn't come out right.

All the wolves are awesome, the fighting scenes in Volterra are awesome as well. Edward's make up is great, but he looks older with the suits, not like a teenager at all. Should have been more in casual clothes.
Although team Edward I have to say that Taylot Lautner / Jacob was superb... he really turned it around... the scenes with the motorcycles in the garage are priceless!!! Not to mention the fightig scene with Paul...
The scene when Edward calls and after Jacob mentions the funeral is awesome where he destroys the phone!!! sniffffffffffffff....

The special effects superb... the cliff jumping and Edward in the water!!!! O M G...

The scene in the woods with the strange clothes with Edward and Bella running was weird... in a bad way... unescessary and redicolous...
And last but not least, the movie ends too abruptly for my taste.

My vote goes to Twilight and Cathrine Hardwicke. As previously said I expected more. Not to bring the ire on, I repeat great sequel, but it could be better.

I think that projecting for 80 M on opening weekend is low... most of the fans if not all, will watch the movie 2 times at least...

New Moon will top everything this year because of all the Saga fans...

"Aro... he was giggling around instead of showing trully powerful and act as an enforcer of the vampire law..."

that is exactly how he was in the book...

i agree! he was supposed to seem all mentally crazy with his laughter in the oddest of times. i thought Michael Sheen was spot on... and TRULY creepy. and Dakota... she's just awesome! but i would have to say one of the best lines in the movie... when Bella tells Edward to "shut up" during the vote! lol.. for me that wasn't Bella and Edward... that was TOTALLY Kristen and Rob! ;)

I Loved The "ShutUp!" his face and her voice was perfect there...and nikki delivered her lines so perfectly during vote...she had so much emotion in her voice right there...and even tho they made some small changes throughout...i think they made good changes...one example...book jake annoyed the hale outta me...movie jake...had a likeability to him that was hard to ignore...i really like that he pulled bells outta her funk...i felt bad for him when his kisses kept getting foiled...lol.....and the ending...MARRY ME? WTF?...Damn u CW...now i gotta wait like 7 months for her answer...yeesh!

Yes, thank you.
:) I loved the movie. Way more than Twilight.

Sorry, but New Moon just knocked the ball out of the park.
So much better than Twilight.

People are complaining that it was too short, but the critics are all complaining that it was too long. CW did great with incorporating all the important aspects and emotions of the book, but still keeping it close to two hours like "Hollywood" requires

I thought the length was great! I was so pleased.. I tried not to get my hopes up a ton like I did for Twilight, but this one was amazing. I was blown away.
CW = AMAZING.

Thank you! lol I was laughing at that difference. It's amazing how fans want more andthe critics want less. Can you imagine how p*ssed either side would have been if the other got their way?!? I think CW walked a very thin line PERFECTLY.

That's very true. Aro was very sociopath like. In the book it said he greeted them like old friends and smiles. How he's so intrigued. I remember laughing in the book.

Sheen and CW did an amazing job of portraying Aro

I totally agree Twilight was much better. New moon were more about visual effects and lost the whole point..

Where the hell was Bellas love for the person that she cant live without..Did you see her shed one tear? I saw some screams in the night and then some looks in the blank. She was supposed to be desperate she was supposed to be in pain for him. I wasnt persuaded...I asked my friends after we watched the movie and they didnt get that either.
Her flirting with Jacob was more dominant that she almost looked slutish playing with the feelings of two guys.
And that's not how the book goes

Also Edward and all the vampires looked more fake and kind of alien and didnt blend in like in twilight.
And he looks so older than the first movie which was clearly because of the type of clothes they chose for him, the make-up and the really intense contacts.

My friends were laughing in so many parts of the movie. Especially during the scene were Alice shows Aro the future the whole movie theatre were laughing.

I hope David Slade does better! Expectations are high!

I actually thought it was done brilliantly. I can't stand to watch Twilight. So much was left out of the book, like all the good parts, so to me Twilight was far from the point of the book.

However in New Moon I don't remember Bella showing tears. I'm sure she was, but it didn't talk about it in the book.

And Bella's "flirting"? It was the exact same in the book. I was pleasantly surprised to see how much of the lines and actions from the book were put into the movie. Okay so in the book there was no "ALMOST kiss", but at the same time the movie left out all the budding relationship bits between Bella and Jacob. The feelings and intensity of those feelings were still present in the end. What was written in the book about Bella thinking she will be with Jacob and going in that route was translated with the almost kiss. It lets the audience know what she was thinking in the book.

I mean in the end, when she sees Edward she says she'll always choose him. Clearly her love for him is stronger than for Jacob.

All in all the message of the movie is the same as the book, so for that reason I love the movie!

I totally loved the scene of chasing Victoria, Harry's heartattack and Bella climbing up to the top of the cliff all in the same sequences. It was amazingly done!

Yes, I liked that scene in the movie with the song "Hearing Damage" in the background. Another case of not liking the song before actually hearing it in context with a movie, but loving it later when it's in the rightful place...awesome scene!

Bella is selfish and used Jacob. I will say that at least she was always honest with him. Jake was a true friend to her, but she abused his friendship. This was all in the books, so it wasn't surprising. In book one we fell in love with B & E, plus Bella was portrayed as being mature for her age. In the next couple of books her character changes so much that she is presented as literally "a different" person. I was hoping that the movie wouldn't make her out as narcissistic as the book did. I was a bit mad at her by the end of New Moon, but it wasn't too bad. We'll see where #3 goes...

I cringe at most of the dialogue in the beginning of Twilight, too. It is so corny and nothing like what Edward and Bella would say. I do like the look and the music, and love Vampire Baseball....but New Moon was so much better overall. So much better.

Actually NONE of the lines were verbatim. And in the book, the REAL Jacob doesn't act like an ass and he respects Bella's relationship with Edward. He makes no moves on Bella while she is in a relationship with another. In the movie he is THERE and in Edward's face. This just didn't happen in the book. On the whole, I thought Twilight was better. New Moon was more beautiful but I got a bit bored. Chris W put in music in places he shouldn't have. He tried to manipulate our responses to Bella and Edward by sticking in music cues to tell us to sigh at the right places. The movie could be great. Had he left out 75% of the music, and allowed some conversations to be carried through completely, as they are in the book. It would have made the movie that much more understandable.

Actually there ARE TONS lines in the movie spoken verbatim from the book. Me and LMCullen were in the movie speaking certain lines and finishing them off before the actor did, as they were indeed right from the book. I am actually still reading New Moon for the second time, almost done, and it's all right there. Example: When Jacob asks Bella, "What would you do if I told you I couldn't fix these bikes?" and her response something like, "Well I'd say we'd have to find something else to do." That is just one of many lines.

Jacob makes no moves on Bella in the book?? Let's see:
- He tries to hold her hand several times and in the end Bella accepts and holds his hand willing.
- He holds her close and hugs her, pulls her onto his lap.
- He does almost kiss her in the kitchen, then Edward calls on the phone and interrupts.
- Many times he hints at her being in a relationship with him.

You have to remember that Bella and Edward are not together at this point, therefore no relationship to respect.

In Twilight CH left out the cafeteria scene between Edward and Bella, the one where he spins the cap of her bottle. I love that scene because that's when I fell in love with the book. CH left out so many things like that out of the movie. I saw Twilight BEFORE I read the books and when I left the theatre I didn't understand how they could go from barely talking to all of a sudden proclaiming love to each other in the next scene. Whereas in the book it is clear that they spent lots of time together before this.

I thought the colouring of Twilight was terrible, it made everyone look so sickly and unattractive, and a lot of the lines were cheesy. Even James was so not scary. Even the cinematography was 100 times better in New Moon.

I agree that the score was lacking, but honestly I really didn't notice it, and didn't pay much attention to it. I would have liked CW to allow more show time between the budding relationship of Jacob and Bella, especially when she willing holds his and and he pulls her onto his lap.

Perhaps I didnt make myself clear. In the book, Jacob NEVER makes any
move on Bella until Edward has left Bella. He does not try to hold her
hand, he does not try to kiss her, etc. But in the movie, while Edward
and Bella are still together, he meets her at the parking lot at school and
gets all predatory and makes it clear he wants her too. this never
happened in the book, I repeat.
Jacob is also not around when Sam finds Bella. It changes Jacob's
character from a good-guy to a smartass, IMO. I really like the
character of Jacob and I thought some the changes did not do justice to
him. He is a very good guy who doesnt fall in love with Bella (as far as
we know) until after Bella is dumped by Edward. In the book also, Jacob
holds Bella's hand A LOT, AFTER Edward is out of the picture. I don't
mind Jacob loving Bella, and I understand that when Bella and Edward are no
longer together that Jacob does make move on Bella, but in the book, as I
said, none of this happens while Edward and Bella are still together.
And yet in the movie, Jacob does make moves on Bella right in front of
Edward before the breakup. I guess you can call it a minor point, but it
still bothered me.

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ROFL! No I totally thought you meant the ENTIRE book Jacob doesn't make a move on Bella. I didn't clue in that you were talking about the very beginning of the movie. My bad!

Yes, totally agree with you on that!

"makes no moves"? what about when he has her face in his hands while he answers the phone? holds her hand, puts his arm around her?

I totally agree...there was so much missing for me...I didn't feel the same emotions I did with the book...it was way to rushed I felt like the movie was only 5 minutes long...where did the time go?!?!?!

Now Chris did an amazing job portraying the characters, but what happened to the emotions...where in the hell did the bonding between Bella and the Quillette community go?!?!?!

I'm not saying it was bad, but I am a little disappointed by the rush and lack of emotion. I wish I could've seen Bella suffer the way she does in the book and how she depended on Jake differently (what the hell was "Jake, I Love You" about?!?!?!) she doesn't figure that out till the middle of Eclipse?!?!?!?!

Anyways, it goes without saying that the effects were amazing, the score/music could've been better.

Somebody please fire Melissa Rosenberg...what is she still doing here????

As far as the acting Taylor did an amazing job, he was able to portray Jacob perfectly, even with the little that was given to him...KS was I must say ok...and Rob well he's Rob 'nuff said.

If I were to judge by the movies I must say I'm definitely TEAM JACOB...but by the books I'm TEAM EDWARD all the way!!!!

It's a book adaptation, it can't possibly have the length of the book. All I can suggest if you are having feelings that it felt rushed is to see it again, focus less on what the order of things are and try not to be constantly comparing the two.

I felt the emotions like crazy. It was in their eyes, the way they talked and acted, it was heartbreaking.

Bella loves Jacob in New Moon. She just doesn't admit to the romantic feeling until Eclipse. But she def loves him like a brother.

i agree that bella could have been abit more upset and depressed.. and more 'zombie' like......

BUT the movie knocked the socks off me!

krsiten stewart and all the cast did exactly what was expected of them
and chris weitz did a phenominal job... it must be soo difficult fitting 500 pages into 2 hours.

i must disagree and say that i preferred new moon to twilight for so many reasons

Bella didn't cry in the books, she was too numb. I agree about the vision she showed Aro though.

I thought it was a perfect adaptation. SO MUCH better than Twilight. I feel like people forget things like..

- the meadow scene being completely botched.
- Waylin Forge?!
- No blood type?!
- No I love you's.
- The green house scene.
- Spider monkey
- climbing through the trees?!
- SPIDER MONKEY!?!? (lol sorry but i hated that line)
- wind chime sparkling?!
- No affection (i forget who reminded me of this but thank you!)

.. I'm sorry but I just can't agree with you:)

Nanina- I completely agree with you. The 'gold contacts' made the Cullens look strange. I think they distracted from the characters too much and made Edward look odd. Edward in New Moon was NOT the 'beautiful' Edward that was present through out all of the books.
Every time Edward spoke and the camera zoomed in on his face, the girls in the audience started laughing, instead of feeling the emotion that was present through out 'Twilight' (first movie). It definitely detracted from the 'HEART' that is present in ALL of these beautiful books.

I miss the 'love' that was in Twilight. :(

I still have the books and nothing can take away the amazing stor

I agree, the Cullens all looked too FAKE for me!!!!!! Those new contacts are HIDEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Rpatz 100% but I was really disappointed with what they did to him in newmoon!!!!!!! I thought he looked sick ,tired & worn out!!! I know he was supposed to look like this for some of the movie but to me he looked too pale & oranged eyed the whole movie!!!!!! Poor Rob ,maybe the fans following him every where took its toll & caused him too much stress!!! Whoever was in charge of make up did a terrible job in my opinion. I mean come on, with a guy as handsome as ROB how did they get it so wrong , he looked like an alien or a reptile not a vampire!!!! I hated those contacts on him & all the cullen family YUK! Come on they are supposed to blend in with society but with eyes like that I think their cover would be blown!!!!!! I liked twilights innocence & intensity much better than all the special effects & what not in mew moon.

I'm sorry but I have to respectfully disagree with everything except your score comment and Edward's clothes.

I saw a double feature Twilight at 9 New Moon at 12:01... this movie brought out so much more emotion than Twilight from everyone in the theater. I couldn't have asked for anything better. (except the score lol)

I know! I watched Twilight before I went to see the movie, what a major difference! I'm so happy that Chris Weitz left so much of the book in the movie. Sure he tweaked it, but the message and feelings were still the same.

I actually loved the music, especially over Twilight.

Really?! I mean I loved the soundtrack music..and the score fit sometimes.. but at other times I felt it almost ruined a scene or was too loud. It needed to be lowered or something Idk.

One thing i am sure of that the score ruined for me was the Bella vamp scene. if they would have changed that score and not made it slow mo.. it wouldn't have made me cringe as much. As for the rest of the movie. I was on a fricken rollercoaster that I want to ride over and over and over again!

Oh yeah sorry. I wrote that before I had my morning coffee. I mean I LOVED the music/soundtrack in the movie, the placements of the songs and whatnot. Honestly I didn't notice the background score, therefore it didn't leave a good impression on me. I usually love buying the score's for movies, love instrumental, but this one didn't stand out special to me.

I totally agree with you!! My vote goes with Twilight.

Don't get me wrong, I loved New Moon and mad props to CW for following the book to a T, but I have a few issues: first, the hair and makeup of the Cullens was AWFUL. They looked fake. They're supposed to be the most beautiful people in the world! Edward's clothing was really bad...he looked way hotter in Twilight (bring back the grey coat!). The track & score were disappointing. I love love loved the soundtrack from Twilight, and New Moon just didn't have that vibe. Also, the score was totally boring. I wish they had continued Carter Burwell's theme...I mean its a 4 part series, shouldn't they have a common musical theme? Lastly, the color scheme was a little too vibrant, I mean they're supposed to be in drizzly Forks, so I was hoping it would represent that a little more. Also, Edward was maybe a little too pale at points? Lost some sex appeal for me.

Ok, I know it sounds like I hated it but I really did love it, just had a few issues. I wish that CW and CH could combine their styles and it would make the prefect movie...CW's commitment to the movie & great special effects, CH's clothing and color scheme. Oh well, we'll see if DS brings the two together in Eclipse!

Just came back from New Moon. Thought it sucked big time. The music was like elevator musick, the make-up for the Cullens - OMG, Jackson's wig was a hoot. The color of the whole film was reddish orange. The Volturri looked like actors in a farce. AWFUL. Compared to Twilight, and Carter Burwell's amazing score, and the passion and intensity and performances in Twilight - I thought New Moon was dreadful. What a big disappointment. Bring back Catherine Hardwicke for Breaking Dawn pleez.

CH... *shudders*

Ugh...I won't even justify people wanting CH to come back - gross.

I still cringe at certain parts of Twilight.

Honestly I think they didn't see the same movie we did.

wait a second.. is it possible that these are trolls from imdb or something? It's just all too coincidental that they're ALL grey faces!!!

Okay I'll be the first one to say it.
What the hale is wrong with these greyfaces? It's like a greyface army taking over nmm and talking in gibberish. CH for Breaking Dawn? Twilight better than New Moon? I'm done reading gibberish, going back to Twitter.

I know...I can't believe that there are people on here that are saying that. Did we see the same movies?

lol I know, right?

BRING BACK CATHERINE HARDWICKE!!!!

No no no no no. I will throw a HUGE Bella fit.

I don't mind a new director but no way in hell will I see a CH directed film...ever again.

*shudder*

you have GOT to be kidding me.

can't stand catherine hardwicke. i will throw a FIT if she ever makes a presence back into the twilight movies.

I agree. Twilight is so much better. CH knows how to bring the right atmosphere - I really believed, that they´re seventeen, they looked like seventeen. In NM they all look like thirty years old and I just didn´t get the right feeling from NM. Just miss the atmosphere. And Edward (Rob) was so hot in Twilight. Not in NM.

i also prefer CH over CW, although there were lots of issues with twilight. i would love to see someone like sophia coppola direct breaking dawn. she has an amazing aesthetic more in line with CH, but she's not nearly as sloppy and wouldn't tolerate the cheesy stuff. plus, she's a really smart and thoughtful filmaker so i feel like she would get the psychology of the books perfectly. too bad she's not mainstream enough for the project!

Totally agree about the score in this film. Not nearly as good as in Twilight. Very disappointed because the music was a large part of my enjoyment of the first film.
Also, there are some great songs on the soundtrack but only a couple of them were used well in this film. For example, The Editors song I imagined to be big in the film and all you get is one line while they are driving in the car. The scene with Ed and Bella in those white/cream clothes was cheesy and caused alot of laughter in the cinema.I will have to go and see NM again as the sound in the theatre was very low and I had to strain to hear what they were saying. Also agree that the Cullens looked a bit weird and more alien. They would definitely have stood out more than they did in Twilight. Jasons wig was so fake. Edward looked way too unsexy in his suits and old fashioned clothes. Bella seemed about 30 years old in this. The atmosphere was not present like in Twilight at all. Bit disappointed really.

Agree Eva Athens. BRING BACK CATHERINE HARDWICKE. New Moon pales in comparison to TWILIGHT in every way: look, music, atmosphere, scariness (the fight with Cam Gigandet in TWI was way more terrifying than the Volturri) - in every way TWI rocked and New Moon was really disappointing.

You guys!!!!!!!!!! I Just got home! OMG it was AMAZING and SOOOO much like the book. They said so many quotes and all the scenes!! My god!

First things first, the Bella and Edward kiss in the parking lot was HOTTTTTTTT! My god Rob, the movie just started and you were already trying to kill me!

LOVED that the Romeo & Juliet book was lying beside Bella when she woke up from her grandma scene. SO glad they included the whole Romeo & Juliet thing, even though it was in a classroom rather than bella's house.

I cried when I saw Edward on the phone after hearing Jake say charlie was arranging a funeral :( It broke my heart to see him that hurt.

VOLTURI were amazing! More Jane! More Aro! Marcus was amazing at looking bored as he is described in the books.

Kristen OWNED this movie! Her acting was soooo great! I loved when she was at the movies and Jake held her hand and she was let go of it all awkwardly lol. I cried when she kept screaming in the bed. Talk about perfection! I'm so proud of her!

My theater SCREAMED when the lights went down right when the movie was about to play, and someone announce, "Please do not scream the first time you see Edward" ...so no one did. But they screamed the first time they saw Jacob, and the first time Jacob took his top off.

OMG what a cliffhanger!!! Btw, Remember Me trailer showed as well, and everyone screamed! It was AMAZING!!!!

CW is my hero! See CH?! It IS possible to follow the books!

My Only Complaints:
1. Need more Paulex!!!!!!!
2. Transition of scenes. The scenes sometimes jumped around a bit.
3. Longer scenes! The scenes all seemed so short! But I understand, CW wanted to fit as much from the book as possible
4. The music was a bit too romantic-like and overpowering. I loved the score preview on youtube, but it should of been quieter background music in the movie.
5. More Bella/Edward kissing!

I agree about the transitions to scenes. Sometimes it seemed a bit choppy.
Also agree about the score. There was a flute playing that always distracted me. LOL!! Yes, volume turned down would have helped. Laurent was kinda lame. He sounded half French half Jamaican. Outfit - stupid. lol

Ugh - you got the RM trailer! No fair!!!!!!! *pouts*

Absolute Favorite things about New Moon:
-Taylor Lautner (everything about him)
-Edward reciting Romeo & Juliet *swoon*
-Michael Sheen as Aro - amazing!
-Complete Volturi Scene
-Bella screaming "No, kill me instead!" My heart fell into my stomach!!!!

lol he sounded Jamaican to me too, and I was thinking "he didn't sound like that in twilight did he?" lol

that accent came outta nowhere

My favorite things about twilight:
- parking lot kiss (OME!)
- Jessica's entire conversation after the movie
- Edward crushing the phone after hearing bella's dead (Rob nailed it)
- All of Italy/Volturi

Laurent bothered me big time! He was even playing with his dreads!!!! So dumb. I almost felt like I was watching a parody. Yay for the wolves killing him and getting him outta the saga!! lol

Jessica was HILARIOUS!!! Yes, the convo after the movie had me LOL'ing tons.

Also loved Rob crushing the phone. I felt like everything from when Bella jumped off the cliff until the end was VERY well done! And it was straight from the book :-)

Absolutely loved Edward reciting Shakespeare--Rob should record much more of it--I would buy CDs of him reciting Romeo and Juliet and the sonnets--somebody get him to do it--would be a BIG seller!

I know!!! I was SO GLAD they included that in the movie!!!!! :-) I'd also buy Rob reading the entire Twilight series on CD. :-)

Glad you liked it! I am seriously about to fall over from lack of sleep! See ya lata

I agree! I loved how it followed the book

Yes, yes, yes! My thoughts exactly!

I agree that the music was and is absolutely beatiful, but was at times a tad too much.

Absolutely. Because the music was so rich and loud, it sometimes made scenes seem cheesy. I really wanna go see it again! I'm going tomorrow to help with the weekend box office record. This time, I'm going alone lol. I went with my guy friend and I was ready to hit him with a hardback copy of BD throughout the movie. Grrr boys don't get it!

Holy crap... if I could get close enough right now I could kiss Chris Weitz. That is how you make a movie that is both true to the story and also works well on the big screen. Soundtrack and score were both incredible, and yay for Kristen not being twitchy and stuttering! I vote Chris for Breaking Dawn, and I would also like to vote that Catherine Hardwick never be allowed to direct anything... ever.

I agree!!!! Can we have Chris redo Twilight??? That would be great!

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

so true

completely agreed!!!!!!

Ome I could not agree more! Haha!

When SM finishes Midnight Sun, he needs to do it. I still love Twilight although I feel it could have been better...

Totally agree with you Crhis Weitz for breaking dawn!!! wow awsome

I think we should start a blog about the scenes from the book that we would love to see in Breaking Dawn... and forward it to Summit! That way they can at least try to include fan favorites ... what are your thoughts?!

One word...EPIC!!!! I could go on and on about how fabulous everyone did, but my two surprise performances were:

Anna Kendrick: Seriously upped the Jessica anti like by a million. She rocked it and made me giggle when I should have sobbed...love her.

Billy Burke: Could there be a better Chief Swan? Rhetorical, NO, there could not! He did an AMAZING job of portraying the protective yet non-affectionate dad. LOVE HIM!!!

Chaske: I frickin love you now man, that dive...seriously!

Rob: YES, my answer is YES!!! I WILL, I DO, WHATEVER, YES!!!

Ok...I'm probably going to be attacked...but I am SO tired...and so take that into consideration...

I don't like the new contacts...I think it's because it changed their appearance so much. I LOVED them on the Volturi...but on the oldies...they bothered me...

I MISS THE PEA COAT SO MUCH YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!! I didn't care for the change in costuming because I felt it aged them SO much.

The scenes felt disjointed to me...and it may be that unlike the last film, I read the book BEFORE seeing the film...and so I felt rushed through things.

I felt Ashley didn't give as strong a performance in this one than the last...I just felt she wasn't panicked enough.

Someone please tell me if this is all because I read the book first?!?!?!?

Ok...I have to say...the wolves were AMAAAAAAZING! They were MORE incredible than they looked in the trailers and clips.

That scene with Jake and Bella in the RAIN!!! OUTSTANDING!

The HUMANS (minus Eric the dork) SOOOO much better in this!

NIKKI...sweetie...I have to admit...I've been doggin' on you for a while now...but that line you delivered in the vote...I BELIEVED your sorrow and conviction!!! WOW!

Jackson...I Am SO looking forward to you in the next.

Michael...You are, as always, a masterpiece.

Billy...classic...I wish there were more of you.

And last...but most shocking...I can't believe I'm about to say this...but...If the series were to end right here, right now...I would be Team Jacob.

The lynching may begin.

EDIT: Oh...the "running through woods in Alice's vision" scene...no bueno...AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NIGHTMARE SCENES WE WERE EAGERLY ANTICIPATING?!?!?!?!

No lynching from me Scarletl!! I agree with pretty much everything you said, except I set myself up for the book and movie to be different. There were definitely some scenes that I thought were important that weren't in the movie...

Like the break up scene, word for word from the book would have been PERFECT, and it was too rushed...there was really no pull away from Edward so she could stew about it.

The scene with Carlisle and the stitching, had I not read the book I probably wouldn't have been able to follow the "soul" discussion, it was so vague!

Charlie didn't get angry when Bella returned, I was really looking forward to that because he should be mad, it's friggin important!!

Jackson really surprised me with his humor this time around. I expected it form Kellan (and that rocked), but Jackson really got me giggling, I love him!! The wolves were amazing, and I think all around the acting was better in general. Just key points left out...

But I am still team Edward and await Eclipse!!

See...I felt like Rob's wasn't as good, but do you think that that's maybe because he didn't have a whole lot?

OH! But the TORTURE PART!!! He ROCKED that!!!

I feel disappointed today...but I think it's possibly has more to do with the huge adrenaline rush is gone and I'm dealing with post- momentous-occasion depression...lol

What do you think?

I know Rob didn't have a lot but I think he did a great job of what parts he was in. Like the fight scene and the torture part...awesome!

But I really felt his pain when he was leaving her and in Volterra when he was meeting with the other vamps. I liked that he was more "safe" with the kissing...he always pulled away (except for the last kiss once he was back because he wasn't tempted then). And he was genuinely happy at the end...so I think he did good with the small parts he has. I think he was just overshadowed by the big part Taylor did and how well Taylor acted...still think he did awesome though.

I got depressed after I finished reading the saga the first time...like, REALLY sad for a week or two. My mind just thought they were all family and now they're gone and there's no more story left.

I think we've waited so long for this, that now it's done it's sad...think about once BD is out in the theater. Then there will be nothing left...so sad!

I know Rob didn't have a lot but I think he did a great job of what parts he was in. Like the fight scene and the torture part...awesome!

But I really felt his pain when he was leaving her and in Volterra when he was meeting with the other vamps. I liked that he was more "safe" with the kissing...he always pulled away (except for the last kiss once he was back because he wasn't tempted then). And he was genuinely happy at the end...so I think he did good with the small parts he has. I think he was just overshadowed by the big part Taylor did and how well Taylor acted...still think he did awesome though.

I got depressed after I finished reading the saga the first time...like, REALLY sad for a week or two. My mind just thought they were all family and now they're gone and there's no more story left.

I think we've waited so long for this, that now it's done it's sad...think about once BD is out in the theater. Then there will be nothing left...so sad!

Unfortunately being a book adaptation.. they don't prolonge stuff like the break up scene and the stuff adding up to the scene. I think between the music and watching Bella look for Edward in the cafeteria, and her sitting in her room... it just did it for me, I was crying the whole time, I'm crying right now thinking about it.


I understand how everyone feels but as far as an adaptation goes, I don't see where they could have added anything more without taking things away, you know? I'm sorry if I seem defensive lol It's just that out of every book I've ever read that was adapted to the big screen, Harry Potter included.. this was my absolute favorite. I couldn't have been more happy..

omg.. now I'm crying!!! lol

I couldnt have said it any better. This was the best adaptation ever. They listened to the fans. I believe we shouldnt complain about the lil things because summit could have just left us hanging with Twilight. I cant wait to see what Eclipse has instore for us.

Yes, Kimberlina! Anna, Billy, Chaske...all the supporting cast were outstanding in this, loved them. I also thought Kristen, Rob, and Taylor outdid their performances in this compared with Twilight.

Really enjoyed the movie.

I think the main cast members outdid their past performance as well, but I expected it from all the clips I've seen. I could just tell by those clips that they were so much more into their characters, and of course the director helps a lot!!

So this is how I feel. Lol.

Taylor Lautner is amazing. I'm not just saying that because I'm Team Jacob. Taylor Lautner IS Jacob Black. I wondered how he was going to handle Jacob after he phases, because, as you all know, Taylor comes across as a very happy-go-lucky guy. But that curiousity vanished during the scene where she goes to his house searching for him and they talk in the rain. He physically LOOKS like he is having to work to keep it together. Like he is trying to keep himself calm. The look on his face when he begs her to stay broke my heart. Then, at the end, when she tells him she loves him but it's always been Edward...the pieces of my broken heart broke even more. All of his emotions are amazing...he portrays emotion throughout his entire face and body. He also did a really great with Jacob's humor. :] "108 degrees over here." ;]

Robert Pattinson is amazing. A lot of times during Twilight I questioned his portrayal of Edward. But he took away any questions I ever had. He IS Edward Cullen. I loved his slight sarcasm at the beginning, and loved the look on his face when he kisses her goodbye during the breakup scene. His pain hurt me.

I'm considering putting Chris Weitz in for sainthood. New Moon was never my favorite book because of the severe depression Bella goes through, but he did an AMAZING job with it. It goes to show you how much better a movie can be with better direction. CoughCatherineCough. I would adore seeing what he would do with Breaking Dawn. :]

Kristen Stewart did an amazing job as well. I originally didn't like her as Bella, but I thought she portrayed her exactly how I pictured.She looked like she had a hole inside her once Edward left, and you could visably see her increased happiness after being around Jacob. I thought she was awesome and did a really great job.

Jackson and Kellan both delivered their two lines wonderfully and I thought they embodied their characters humor. Just wish they'd had more lines. :]

Ashley Greene was amazing. And even though I have HUGE amounts of love for Jacob, she killed him with the dog jokes. ;]

Wolf pack was cast perfectly. They ARE their characters. I'm considering putting the casting directors up for sainthood as well. Lol.

All right...you know how I feel about everyone. So now I think I'll go tear up thinking of Taycob's face when Bella turns him down. Oh oh...but the two almost kisses were amazing. :]

I was seriously praying that CW steered away from the book and had Jacob and Bella kiss haha... I wanted that SO BAD! Eclipse get here already!

LOL! I was too. But the almost kisses were amazing, so I accept them. :]

i am team edward, but i was rooting for jake in this movie and their lips do touch!..ahahaha..i was like "o boy, the tension is getting hot in here"....bring on Eclipse!!1

Totally agree with you! They all three did a FANTASTIC job, but especially Taylor. His emotions were so heartfelt and sincere. He IS Jacob Black!
Kristen and Rob were sooo awesome, too! The pain Bella and Edward were in just made my heart throb! I could actually feel something move inside of me!
So So Beautiful!
Chris Weitz is a genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will see this movie at least 5 more times in the theater! Summit is going to make a FORTUNE!
Come on Eclipse!! Come on Breaking Dawn!!
SM, we would love to have another Twilight book, especially since you already have it in your head!! Please, pretty please???

Glad you agree. :] Lol. Taylor was amazing. That is the only possible word for it. I'm curious what kind of money Summit is going to make from New Moon...probably record breaking. Lol. I'd love a new Twilight book. Or a spin off wolf book/movie. :]

I totally agree with you!! I personally was looking to Ashley's bigger role in this movie (because really, how could you not love Alice?) and she did me better than justice!
BUT
The Cullen's didn't have that many lines, but the ones they did have were AMAZING! But then again, CW can't do everything (although he comes damn close)
Anyone else notice they didn't put a longer Alice and Bella reunion (although the way they did it was hilarious and outstanding) and when Heidi comes in, I was looking forward to when Edward, Bella and Alice sit on the couches, they have a little very cute Bella and Edward reunion and with some really funny lines from Alice like "I think she's having hysterics...maybe you should slap her!?"
And there was no Alice and Bella plane trip, or Cullen reunion ESPECIALLY Jalice reunion at the airport?
I'm definitely not compalining, the movie was better than I could have ever imagined, I dunno...maybe Im just obsessed with Alice and the Cullens. hahaha
Bring on Eclipse!

I'm glad to see someone else that thinks Catherine Hardwick needs to retire! I thought she did a lousy job w/Twilight!!

I find ALice's vision way too cheesy, it's her vision afterall :)
And the Volterra scene is my fave one, it's worth going to Italy :)
the movie is great. TEAM EDWARD ALL THE WAY!...Yes. Ill marry you edward (he asked me if I could marry him??)

If you go back to the New Moon book, to the scene where Alice is showing Aro her vision of Bella becoming immortal, page 480 middle of the page;
"Aro seemed convinced. Did he not realize how subjective Alice's visions were? That she could make up her mind to transform me today, and then change it tomorrow?"
I didn't really like the vision scene either, but I think that it was just Alice's way of getting Aro to believe her that immortality was in Bella's future.

you got that right silent_essence...i found the vision scene to be a little cheesy myself, but it was alice way of showing aro her vision..and it's her vision, and knowing alice, she'd think that way

Everyone laughed at the cheesiness...the clothes were like WTF?! Lol. Ok. Overall I liked it (better than Twilight) but I feel like some parts are missing. The wardrobe choices for Alice were horrible...except for at the party and the vote. Edward did look too old with his blazers (he's 17!!!). Esme and Rosalie...idk. I liked how Jasper was "intoduced" to the fans other than looking constipated all the time (like he looked in Twilight). All the lead actors did a great job!!!! The direction was great too but I have a problem with the book to screen adaptation....I think MR could have done better... The quotes were great but tying in all that SM wrote...I feel a little disappointed. I feel cheated out if some scenes and feel like it was rushed. The best parts was the scene w/ victoria, charlie and Harry plus the chase...I was speechless. I would have liked to see the plane ride home (after all, this is one of E & B's best nights of their life) & a better, more sincere apology from Rosalie. And I wanted to see E tear up the damn tv!!! He was a tad too controlled for me, lol. Overall a great job and it accomplished what a sequel should: being better than the first. Now on to ECLIPSE, the BEST book in the entire saga!!! Lol. I so can't wait...will have to take off work for that one

i'm pretty sure that alice's vision was from breaking dawn. them running together for the first time after she is changed

Yeah but when they showed Bella eyes they were topaz, not red. I agree the scene is alot like the Breaking Dawn scene but she is a newborn in BD.

That and their wardrobe is WAY off. Wasn't Bella in something sexier? Her vision looked like a flashback. Also, her topaz eyes could just mean the vision was after Bella's newborn stage.

I was thinking the same thing! Looked kinda cheesy.

if so then why would their clothes look like something worn in the 1600's? lol

i dont think it was the breaking dawn scene. I think alice just had to prove to him that bella would change. the clothes were off however it was just a vision to save them from the volturi. i loved it i would have been mad if they didnt show anything.

the vision was just way off.
1st)since when does Bella wear dresses?
2)even when Alice puts her in them, she would never put her in something like THAT
3)uh, I really don't remember much frolicking in BD. I remember them running all around, but the slow mo thing totally ruined it more

Bring back Catherine Hardwicke!! TWILIGHT was a masterpiece compared to New Moon. Such a disappointment. The script was AWFUL. The performances were not nearly as great as in TWILIGHT and those actors are all amazingly talented. The music was terrible. Carter Burwell's score and all the songs were way better in TWI. When I think of all the wonderful scenes in TWILIGHT - the baseball game, the fight in the ballet school, the passion between Edward and Bella - none of that was in New Moon. Thought N. Moon laid an egg. Big time.

Sorry, don't agree at all. I think New Moon was done much better. From the performances of the actors to the musical score I really enjoyed the entire movie.

I respect your opinion, but I really disagree.

i have sat back for a whole year reading what ppl have had to say about this and that. however i cant stay quiet any longer. Catherine h. did a good job on the money she was given. Chris W., on the other hand, did an amazing job. His direction was outstanding and the fact that they listened to the fans and stayed true to the book made it even better. Twilight has a different feel than New Moon. Twilight was about love and learning. New Moon was about sadness and strength. That said the music must be different...in New Moon the music was wonderful. The score could have been stronger but overall it fit with the feel of the movie. New Moon is not suppose to have the passion that Twilight had because Edward is not there. The book didnt have that much passion either. It had more sadness and depression and the movie showed it correctly.

Let me add this....NEW MOON ROCKS!!!!!!!!

It just bugged me, because i went there with my expectations realy high and was desapointed.

When the scene of the future that Alice has seen for Bella apear i felt like dig a hole and hide in it... it just felt ridiculus...

And Bela says "Shut up" to Edward!!! :|
She would NEVER say that to him!!! NEVER!!!

But i like the jokes that they add to the movie, like charlie making fun of Bela gray hair. That was realy fun :)

I'm REALY glad that the majority of the fans liked the movie!!!
It would be awful if that didn't happend!!

Wow. Really?!?

You think Twilight was a masterpiece compared to New Moon?

I am going to have to disagree.
You should try watching the movie again.

I know, right? I have to completely disagree as well. I'm so shocked by that statement and then ppl saying CH for breaking dawn, did the world die while I was cozy in a theatre seat watching NM?

Yes! I think you found the answer.

The world definitely died while we were watching NM last night.

Everyone has gone completely insane!

I'm glad I'm not alone here. I barely recognize B.NM (before New Moon). Familiar avi's drowning in a sea of greyfaces and talking in a different tongue. It's just weird, lol.

I agree totally. That new director should stick to action movies. There wasn't any magic at at between Edward and Bella. Nothing he said was passionate or believable I own both sound track CD's and play them often. I don't know who paid off whom to get those crummy songs in the movie, but they didn't fit the scenes at all. The only "positive" note is that Jacob was really good - in that I felt very sorry for his pain.

There wasn't any magic at all between Edward and Bella?!

Did you miss the re-union scene in Italy?
Or when they were in her room at the end?
Or the parking lot scene in the beginning?

If you didn't then what is your defenition of "magic" ?!

hey everyone!! i'm kinda new here, i mean i constantly come here but this is the first time i write a comment lol.

well i just gotta say, i think the movie is great!!! i love it, it was beautiful, really, although there were some things i didn't like that much, overall i think the movie was great but i do agree with some of you girls on the too fast too short thing, i felt everything went by too fast!! it wasn't long enough i don't know.

I also felt that bella should have shown more of her pain for loosing Edward, it seemed to me as if they made jacon way too important, i mean i know he is really important, he is the one that helps Bella deal with her pain and to feel a little normal again, but in my opinion or my interpretation of the book, Jacob was a mean to an end, at least at the beginning, he was there to help bella out, to make her not think about Edward and how much him not being there killed her, i think Jacob really means that much to Bella until Eclipse, that's when she realizes she has feelings for him, romantic feelings, in new moon she knows she loves Edward to death and when she even considers giving Jacob a chance to try to make him happy she does it knowing that it will never be the same as with Edward!!! or well at least that's how i interpreted the book, maybe i'm wrong here lol.

another thing that upset me, and this really did, was the changes in some of my favorites new moon scenes, for example the bedroom scene after the birthday party! i was like WHAT THE FORKS????!!!!! it was supposed to be INSIDE the BEDROOM and ON the BED!!! not on the friking street!!! and that kiss, as great as it was (because you will never see me not liking a Rob kiss) it should have been more passionate, hence the BED!!!!

the other scene that killed me was the other bedroom scene after the Volturi, when Edward pours his heart out to Bella, where he tries on and on and on to make her understand how he feels about her, i think that scene should have been longer and more important, not as short and simple as they made it, and the "I’ll prove you’re awake" line, SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE TOO!! you know, that line and the kiss that follows, that would have been epic!! that kiss is so passionate, warm, sensual, meaningful, painful, heartbraking, breathtaking!! just so perfect!!!!

oh well, i guess we can never be fully satisfied with the movies because we already created our own movie in our heads. i'm not gonna lie, i did loved it and i do think cris did a hell of a job!! i just had to mention the above because if not i was gonna explote!! LOL!!!

I GUESS THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE MOVIES ARE RATED PG 13!!!! LMAO!!! THAT'S MESSING WITH THE HOTNESS !!!! WE NEED MORE KISSING SCENES!! MORE BEDROOM SCENES!!! I REALLY HOPE ECLIPSE DELIVERS BECAUSE I HAVE SUCH HIGH SPECTATIONS FOR THOSE ROMANTIC AND SEXY BED SCENES!! YOU KNOW, EDWARD AND BELLA GETTING IT ON AS OUR BELOVED STEPHANIE MEYER MEANT IT!!

Hi, I'm Ivy.
I respect your opinion and I agree that both the bedroom scenes should have been included and a bit longer. I feel that maybe that was done on purpose, as this is Jacob's book and CW wanted us to root for Jacob, to feel about him the way Bella does in Eclipse. By putting the already intense chemistry of Rob and Kristen, would probably have everyone longing for more Edward, than rooting for poor Jacob.
When reading the books, I found Jake to be an annoying, bratty teen, but after watching New Moon, I found myself rooting for Jacob. I wanted Kristen to kiss him and hug him lovingly. I felt the instant remorse Bella feels in the books for the way she has treated him. Taylor brought Jacob to life for me and made me understand this wonderful character.
I,too do hope Eclipse brings more of the maturity of these characters, with the passionate scenes.
I wanted to reach through that screen and pull Jax's wig off.

I am so upset! This movie reminded me of a bad soap opera. It was really cool up until when Bella and Jess go to the movies and all this stupid stuff starts happening. They didn't show the growing relationship between Jake and Bella. The scenes were put together like it was made by a five year old. Nobody- or maybe it's just me- got to get into a scene because out of nowhere another one showed up. It was like " okay it's day time outside and at Jake's house to oh, were at at Bella's house and it's dark out now" After Alice comes it starts to get better again. I feel like the scenes run smoothly up until Edward leaves and after that it's really fast and it takes 20 seconds to understand what's going on, then when Alice comes back it starts to run smoothly again. I have a new respect for Kristen, Rob and Ashley. Mostly Kristen. I didn't think she'd be able to play that part of bella and she did such a good job. Rob did a great job playing Edward. In the first one him and Kristen kinda felt awkward through out the movie but in this one they did great. Ashley did awesome in Twilight and she did even better in this one. She was so funny and just perfect. I had so much faith in Chris and he let me down BIG time. A lot of things in the movie look beautiful but Chris didn't live up to what everyone said. Melissa needs to get a new job, we need a new screen writer! Stephenie, I'm kinda mostly upset with you. This movie was based on your baby, you put your heart and soul into these books and your letting people ruin it! Taylor you didn't do that great of a job, thank you for working out as much as you did, but your acting wasn't what I thought it would be. New Moon is my favorite book and I feel like my heart it broken and my dreams of what the movie could have been are crushed. Dakota did super and Micheal Sheen did AWESOME! I wish Rachelle was in Eclipse. Honestly, twilight was better because CH made everything flow. David Slade, PLEASE PLEASE! MAKE ECLIPSE BETTER THAN THIS MOVIE. I don't want Chris making breaking Dawn anymore. I'm going to lay down and dream of how the movie should of been.

=( Nooo your comment made me sad :(

I wish you enjoyed it, it breaks my heart when fans are disappointed. I agree about the scene hopping thing, but I kinda expected it simply because CW wanted so much of the book into the movie and could only have a certain amount of time.

Kristen was the best in this movie. I'm so proud of her and I hope she comes to this site when she googles her name and reads how proud we are.

I think it's the music that gave it that soap opera vibe. It was too loud!

It makes me sad too to read that some fans didnt like it.

The music was what gave the movie the soap opera vibe, but its not that big of a deal. I think some people are just asking for too much.

I agree. The music really bothered me about halfway through the movie, but I'm assuming it was just so overwhelmingly loud because I saw it in a theater. Pretty sure it won't be that distracting on dvd. There were a few things I didn't like in the movie, but I still thought the whole thing was fantastic.

I loved New Moon. And I think the music was maybe the weakest part, as compared to Twilight, the music was the best part. But that's the only thing about Twilight that was better than New Moon. IMO, anyway.

It's amazing how so many of us Twilight Saga book fans can disagree! I'm shocked.

I agree. I had a few things I disliked (not enough Paulex) but the one issue that just bothered me the most was the music. I still think the movie is amazing and I'm going back tomorrow morning, I'm really surprised some of us true fans were disappointed. I loved it

I agree, but thought the middle part dragged on and on, just couldn't wait for Alice to return.

I feel with you. really dissapointed. I like CW as a person but New Moon just felt too cheesy to me...I didn't feel the emotion between Bella and Edward at all. Felt some emotion between Bella and Jacob but only just...everything was so rushed. If CW made Breaking Dawn - heaven forbid - how fast would the pace then be? AGGGGHHH and that horrid bloody score just killed it for me!!!!

Totally agree TeamMindReader.

i was a bit disappointed! the first movie had a lower budget and some truly awful dialogue, but i felt like it captured the tone of the books really well. part of it was the lighting and the music score. and edward was such a dream boat because they styled him really well. while new moon looked more professional, with some awesome special effects (LOVED the wolf scenes!), it was too polished and they didn't quite get the tone right. they didn't use the same score from the first film (big mistake because the music in new moon is too generic) and they styled edward really conventionally (please lose the black blazer over black t-shirt, he looks like a yuppie), so he wasn't as cute. also, alice wasn't styled right, although bella looked great. they need new wardrobe people. i guess this is what happens when you go from an independent movie to a hollywood one - you lose all the cool style.

The movie was pure perfection.




Better than Twilight? By a million. You can't compare it.

I am so extremely speechless. I am so happy with the movie that I feel like crying. I want to go back to that theatre and watch it all over again. It was perfect. Absolutely perfect.
The begining and ending were fantastic.


Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are by far the best actors in hollywood right now (in my opinion, of course).

KStew...... you have made me cry a million rivers. Words can't even come close to describing how unbelievable your acting was, so I won't try. All I can say is: you ARE the ONLY Bella.

Robert... You GET Edward entirely. I felt every single emotion Edward felt.
I love Rob. I truly truly do. And after the movie, I love him even more than I thought possible. His acting is amazing. A- F-ING- MAZING.


Taylor did an incredible job as well. I felt Jacob's pain and struggle throughout the whole movie. However, my bestfriend was Team Jacob and by the end of the movie, Rob convinced her and she switched teams. She is now on Team Edward. Enough said. Lol.





Overall, I couldn't be happier. The movie completely met my expectations. Chris couldnt have stayed closer to the books.



I stick with my decision:

CHRIS WEITZ FOR BD!
CHRIS WEITZ FOR BD!
CHRIS WEITZ FOR BD!
CHRIS WEITZ FOR BD!

I concur and your friend made a smart decision. Taylor lautner did great but you can just see that the connection between rob and kristen is just so much stronger. I know people think taylor's performance was supposed to make you switch sides, but I actually think it made my choice for edward even stronger. I dunno, I'm sure people will see it the other way around. But rob just can portray alot more range of motions compared to taylor. I think they cut out alot of the mean moments jacob had in new moon and taylor actually made jacob seem like an alright kid, but he also made me more bored with jacob b/c i just realized that the connection wasn't there between taylor and kristen. Rob's passion as edward for bella is just so so much stronger. if you can't feel the chemistry between rob and kristen, then your nuts. Taylor might have the muscles, but you can't fight the connection that rob and kristen have. So, my final verdict is 1) Summit needs to let these films be longer [i don't really give a crap if critics wine and if non-fans don't like a 3 hour movie but i want to see a 3 hour movie) 2) New moon was awesome and if you try to compare it to twilight, you are just left laughing cuz twilight was a kids film compared to new moon [chris weitz actually knows how to use a camera and make a movie look REAL] 3) I don't see how breaking dawn can be one movie [haha, they would have to make the movie 4 or 5 hours, but knowing us hardcore fans, i think we would really watch a movie that long] 4) You can't fight team edward [rob and kristen's connection is just too too amazing] 5) Taylor's version of jacob isn't so bad [As a team edward fan, i hate to admit this but i have to give taylor props] 6) Professional paid critics should be fired for their lazy critiques and failure to read the books and 7) new moon totally entertains you from start to finish and you are left wanting more

If new moon was this good (with such a boring story line for most of the book), i can only imagine how good eclipse is gonna be. David slade, im hearing good things about you too and i really hope you live up to chris weitz cuz he was just amazing in new moon.

My point exactly.

Taylor and Kristen made a great connection as J&B. At times I felt sorry and didn't like the way Bella was treatimg him.
I love Jake and I always will. But the connection between Rob & Kristen as E&B is incredible and so much stronger.

They blew me away.
I fell in love with Edward all over again.


New Moon was beyond incredible, and I seriously am dissapointed in those fans who are saying they didn't like it.

BRING ON ECLIPSE!

I forgot to add that they DID play the Remember Me trailer during the previews.

Everyone went nuts. Completely crazy over it.
ROBERT PATTINSON YOU ARE THE BEST F-ING ACTOR THAT HAS EVER LIVED.
That is my honest opinion.


Also,
I thought we would see a whole lot of the wolf pack, but we didn't. I mean, we saw enough but I did expect a lot more (I was anxious to see more of Paulex). I loved every scene they were in though. They seriously chose the best cast.


And lastly, I want to say that I am already missing Rachelle.
She was breathtaking as Victoria. I loved every scene she was in.
Sorry Bryce, but Rachelle will always be THE Victoria.

i couldnt agree more i wished there was more paulex but i will be going to see it again and now im counting down the days too eclispe 221 =] we got a while to go

I was the only one around me in the theater who had seen the Remember Me trailer and people were still talking through previews. As soon as I saw it starting I shooshed everyone! Can't wait for Remember Me!!

As for Victoria, I actually didn't like Rachelle for her in TL, but part of that may have been CH & MR. Also her hair wasn't red enough in TL - thanks for fixing that Chris!! Kinda screws with the continuity issue - but it was definitely more like flames, how it should be. That said - I do think she did a great job as Victoria in NM, and gathered as much from trailers/clips. It's sad to see her go, but Bryce is a great actress and I still say - if Summit had to give the part away, I'm glad she got it.

I think I was the only one in my theatre who had seen the trailer too. There were a whole bunch of people in my auditorium who didn't even know/remember who Victoria was.

Remember Me will be a beautiful movie. I am dieing to see it now.

I also agree on the Vic thing. Rachelle didn't look her best in Twilight but she looked amazing in NM. I loved every scene. I am now sort of Team Victoria, lol. im sure Bryce will do a good job, I've seen her in movies before so I know she's a great actress, but it won't be the same for me. Its like them firing Billy Burke and hiring someone else to play Charlie (God forbid). I already fell in love with her as the character, ya know?

I AGREE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY!

The movie was soooo good, and Chirs is amazing. And the actors. Like you said, I agree with everything! :)

And glad to hear about your friend, it warms my heart every time i hear something like that :)

Thanks PTL :)

The movie was extremely good!

I just want to take that reunion scene, kiss it hug it lick it and marry it and have 10 babies with it.

hahaha me too it was amazing.. I thought it was better than the book!

Hey girly! How'd it go for you?? I had the best time. No lines (they let us all right in) and the movie was incredible, of course. I'm typing out my full opinion right now, but it's going to take a minute. I feel like I have alot to say lol

I'm fighting to stay awake and I have a headache darn it.

I don't really know what to think of it yet. It's like when I first saw Twilight: it's not the best film that I've seen but it's not the worst. I'll have to see it a couple more times.

I really hated the sappy lines, though. God, you could not be cheesier than the stuff coming out of Rob's mouth in the beginning of the film.

I blame all of that on Melissa. Totally. I feel like she is trying to convey something that doesn't need to be! We don't need Edward to act all cheesy to know how he feels. I mean yeah. he's a romantic. Fine, but I see what you're saying. It was a tad bit over the top.

Hey, I'm sorry I missed you again by mere minutes but I'll catch up with you in the morning.

What were the worst offenders as far as the cheesy lines go? It's five am and I'm a little tired so a refresher wouldn't hurt.

All I will say about the lines is look who wrote the script. I hope they go with someone new for BD or I will scream. MR will butcher that book to oblivion.

*surprise hug*

Haha, I thought you'd never come back... at least not until after the 21st!

I wasn't planning on it but I've been on Lurk for a while & had to say hi. (= have you seen this!??? http://bit.ly/5CKFqu

ROTFLMAO. WIN!!!!!!!!! OMG, thanks for posting that. That was priceless!!!

You've actually read reviews? Did you read mine?

I haven't actually read the reviews, more like glanced over them. But I saw your final & agree with you- MR needs to GO.

I really hope when I see it again, the cliched lines won't be as painfully bad.

I think just like twilight, I need to watch it a few times. There were several scenes, oddly enough the ones without dialogue, where [deleted spoiler lol] was incredible. Also the Volterra fight scenes were amazing. I loved Jane torturing Edward, that was beautiful.

I just need to watch again because of kristen, she was amazing.

Maybe this will help? http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/ hee hee hee!!

Part 4: The music from the soundtrack was really really good, and it fit in exactly as it should have. I feel like I should have backed off a little bit from being so into it, because when the songs came on in the movie I got lost in the music and sometimes missed out on the dialogue. The score… what score? I feel like I hardy heard any of it. It’s not the same as the one from Twilight, let me tell you. When I listen to the Twilight score I am there. I’m driving to the Cullen’s house, I’m sitting next to Edward on the piano bench. The New Moon score, not so much.

please just not allesandre desplat for the score ever again....go carter burwell!!!

Yes!!! Go Carter Burwell. PLEEZ bring him back. He is brilliant. The New Moon movie sounds like airport music. Terrible.

New Moon is my favourite book and the movie didn’t disappoint!

Kristen’s depiction of Bella’s heartbreak and depression was faultless. She looked sad right from the start like she sensed it. I cried at the break up scene and the passing of the months is such a clever way to explain that empty, blurry feeling of nothingness. I’m so pleased that they included that.

The CGI wolves looked amazing and I especially loved the scene when they were chasing Victoria through the forest. Thom Yorke’s music in the background was awesome.

The most memorable parts of the book were in the movie. The stand out moment for me was when Bella was running through the maze of red cloaks to save Edward. The hallucinations of Edward and the dream sequences were effective, but in the Volturi scene when Aro held Alice’s hand to see Bella as a Vampire – the image of Edward and Bella running through the forest was rather cheesy and the audience laughed.

When Edward first appeared from his black Volvo in the school parking lot and when Jacob first took his top off the audience went wild!

I loved the relationship between Jacob and Bella. It was tender, but sad at the same time. The reflection of Bella’s image in Jacob’s wolf eye was heartbreaking. Taylor acted the part well and Rob - well words cannot express how much I admire him and his acting. The kisses between Edward and Bella were very passionate♥

I loved it, but there will always be a special place in my heart for Twilight the movie. It was more magical, but I understand that New Moon is a sad story and the movie had to portray that. Chris and the cast did so well.

Guys I know Chris Weitz did an amazing job with New Moon, but u all are being pretty harsh on C. Hardwick. She loved Twilight and so do we so we need to stop hating our fellow Twilighters. Let's not forget---she cast Rob and Taylor, so hats off for that. I know she needs to control what she says a little better, but lets not hate...let's save that towards Twi-critics *coughs* Mileycyrus *coughs*

You make a fair point.... *clicks like*

Whatever her faults, I credit Catherine H. with putting together this incredibly cool cast. Her style of directing may not have been best for the story but she had a way of capturing the raw teen energy that we saw in Twilight. It was rough around the edges but felt real and very organic. So yeah, I still respect her for that.. finding Rob & Kristen. An iconic coupling.

I was actually disappointed by the movie. Some of the appeal of the first one was the darkness and indie feel.The new color lens made everyone to normal looking... The actors didn't look dramatic or scary enough. I especially hated edwards make-up job, I know they tried to represent pain and depression, but I just though his red rimmed eyes made him lose a lot of sex appeal, and his skin looked a little cakey not pastey white...Sparkles were good.. They tried to fit in so much of the book that the scenes didn't transition well, losing some incredibly powerful moments of the book. I really didn't care for the music at all. I've played the twilight cd a thousand times...I almost think by going so hollywood-ish they lost a lot of the drama. Fight scenes and wolves were good, The acting was great especially Bella and Jake. I felt that aros, whose skin was to be papery and translucent, didn't represent well, I expected a older wiser looking man. Ancient almost....The other two were much better. I know I'm complaining a lot but I truly was disappointed!!

Final review.

I'm exhausted. I have to see it again before I really decide if it works or not. It is hands-down, better than Twilight. However, there are too many problems with the script and too many problems with the editing. Summit is incredibly lucky they have these actors to carry this film because it would really be ish if these amazing actors weren't a part of it.

MR cannot do BD. It's not the direction. It's the script. She absolutely needs to go. I hope enough people agree with me and it reaches Summit before that hack gets into it. She will ruin the film.

I'm afraid for Eclipse, because it is my favorite and, unlike the other books in the saga, it has a logic to it that can't be tampered with. If you delete one scene in Eclipse, you literally ruin the film. So I'm truly fearful of that.

She was a terrible choice for the screenwriter right from the start, and it still puzzles me why Summit stuck with her after Twilight, they're cheap, simple.

I was VERY disappointed in this movie. All of the magic from twilight was gone and in it's place was a cold, empty shell. The only good things were the Jake/Bella relationship and the delightfully crazy Aro. Twilight made you firget you were watching a movie and you felt as if you were there. This movie didn't give that. It was so very hard to get into. I feel cheated. I have been so excited about this for a year now. I watched twilight 13 times in the theater and after the 1st 30 minutes of this, I wanted to walk out. I had thought the trailers looked good, but it wasn't. I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it either. The directing is HORRIBLE. The soundtrack is HORRIBLE. The vampire eyes are HORRIBLE. I can only hope that Eclipse will redeem the saga, but I don't hold such high expectations...

yeah, the more I think about it, the more dissapointed I am in New Moon. Sure, it will make money because us twi-hards will religiously go and see it again and again and again and buy the dvd etc...
There was all this hype about Chris Weitz directing that I think expectation was created...Twilight worked better because the emotion was the main ingredient. Catherine Hardwick's slightly nuts outlook on life allowed her to bring more emotion to the screen. The only thing in New Moon that stood out for me was the wolves. Edward looks too creepy with his overdone lips, Rosalie's an improvement, loved Esme's look, found Charlie way too "chirpy" and really hated the way too loud soundtrack!!!! I felt the movie was too fast-paced and rushed.
I AM SO DISSAPOINTED!!!

Agree with everything you wrote, skymykel. The soundtrack was so awful I couldn't believe it. When I think of how GREAT the TWILIGHT music was. But TWILIGHT was great in so many ways: performances, story, scenes, tension, drama. New Moon was so bad in so many ways it's hard to even fathom.

just got back about an hour ago(had a discussion already with my sorority sisters)
1. kristen stewart...YOU OWN THAT MOVIE! hands down..amazing..i thought she did well in twilight but...but...amazing..pure talent. i literally felt the bad it was amazing and the joy. you rock..honestly!
2.robert pattinson- you conveyed a torture edward so well it was great! i loved it! i didnt cry while reading the book during the break up scene(i know, im a the few) but had a tear in my eye..i didnt sob or anything but yeah..cut,dry,to the point, HURT...it was great.
3. taylor lautner- pure greatness! i mean yeah yeah we all know you had the muscles! but the pre-jacob is so sweet,humble, kind, caring and the post..you become a man and its great and your acting...you forget your 17..honestly! the "break up" scene and u begging her to leave..KILLED ME!
CW- speechless...
the humans-(mike/jessica) hahaha you guys always know how to keep the humor it was great..."bella getting some potein" or something along those lines...so funny!
the wolf pack- especially chaske..it was great! embry/quil...(kiowa/tyson) so funny jared(bronson) everyone did well..i literally felt as though u guys were family..like it was naturual
the cullens- looking lovely as always
charlie/bella's relationship....i think i became more emotional during those scenes...he truly loves his daughter and it makes me sad when she will leave in BD.
but overall..every award that they WILL win (we all know they will) they truly deserve it! & i feel ppl cant say "oh they're winning bc its a twilight movie"...no...these young actors did a phenomenaljob! OUTSTANDING!..seriously Kristen...im blown away..i knew she could do it but truly blown away!
so feed back:
a) some girls in my house who were die heart edward fans now "understands/feels bad for jake"
b) girls who didnt like kstew as bella "understands and thinks she did a great job"
c) they loved edward/rob of course (nothing changed there haha)
d) overall thought New Moon was GREAT!
YAAAY now my fave book will come! 6/30/10 (yes i am already waiting for eclipse!)
ladies! i have enjoyed my chats here! and hopefully we will continue on even though news will probably be slow for a while...i say overall we were rewared correctly!!
i hope you all enjoyed yourselves tonight! (oh by the way..my auidence was pretty decent everyone was quite)

Things I find funny...

1. Jake just freaks out and abandons Bella & mike @ the movies.. how do they get home?? lol
2. Victoria basically kills Harry by freaking him out. There was no backstory on Harry's heart condition at all. However, that's probably a good thing. The movies was short enough without more add-ins.
3. Jacob's Rabbit is not mentioned but once. They show it in the garage, and that's it. He didn't show up to pick Bella up in it?!
4. They leave Italy and BOOM they are in Bella's room. No plane ride.
5. Bella doesn't say anything about hearing all the humans die in Italy. She does her *fast shootout of breath* but that's about it.
6. Charlie doesn't yell at Bella at all for being gone. He just grounds her for life.
7. Edward's lips are so red!
8. The conversation between Alice and Charlie about Bella never happens.

And finally, I think its funny that Summit thinks they can just replace Victoria. Rachelle was incredible in this movie. BDH has huge shoes to fill.

Ahhh I didn't even think about the convo between alice and charlie until you mentioned it :( Boo, I wish that was in the movie.

Everything went by so fast! I need more!

I thought about the whole jacob abandoning them at the movies too lol
There was not enough Rachelle in this movie :( I know she's not really in the book much, but I wanted to see Rachelle! It's her last movie :(

the parts she WAS in were awesome though right?! I loved her running from the wolves and diving into the water... awesomeee

and when charlie and that were looking for her in the woods and you just see this bright red thing in the background !!!! AHHHHHHHHHH so good

yeah, screw what rob says about his hair, 75 of victorias acting is her hair lol

Absolutely! That's why I needed more!

1) I think they came to the movies separately.
2) Yeah, I didn't really care for that. :-/
3) I wish he had! I liked that part in the book.
4) Ugh me too. I wish they had kept that in the movie. :-/
5) I woulda been freaking out!
6) He does! I was pissed.
7) I haaaaaaaaate that. I don't get why they aren't pale. They're supposed to be dead! Dead=blood not pumping.
8) It doesn't, which sucks. I hated how short that bit was.

1) hahahahaah i was sooooot hinking that !! HOW THE HECK DO THEY GET HOME FROM THE MOVIES !!! LOL !

6) yeh be realistic... if that was any other 18 year old girl.. she would be KILLED!

7) and yes... edwards lips are sooooooooooo pinkish red... i prefer the makeup in twilight... especially on edward.

8) I COMPELTELY FORGOT ABOUT THAT UNTIL NOW... NOOOOO HOW COULD THEY FORGET THATTTTTTTTTTT =(

and yes, summit are IDIOTS! and BDH better bring it coz rachelle lefevre did quite possibly the best acting job ive ever seen in a person that has no lines in a movie !!!!

TLG - good pickups on the funnayyyyyyyyy

hey you forgot rob slow-mo walk in the beginning of the movie. I thought that was so silly with the wind and the slowness and the music i was like what seriously not to mention remembering rob making the joke about it in that one interview so i had that in my head to at the time so yeah i thought that was pretty funny totally cute but defintely funny

My bestie and I agree that all that was missing from Edward's walk was him throwing his hair out of his face (think Prince Charming in Shrek). How could CW not see the hilarity in that

LOL, definitely agree with you on some points!! I didn't like that there was no plane ride, that was pivitol, as was Charlie being REALLY angry...it sets up the 3rd.

As for Rob's red lipstick, I commented on it several times to my sister about how red it was...I wouldn't mind if it was smeared all over my body if his lips put it there, however the thought of a man wearing lipstick...not so cool!

Yeah, its almost like they did his pale make up, and forgot to put anything on his lips, thus making them look really red... it was strange, but then on the other hand he STILL manages to pull it off.

Yep, I thought Rob looked really good, other-worldly; he played his emotions very well. He has nice lips, didn't mind them, at all!

the music ruined it for me, i left unemotional as the entire movie was consumed by horrible music and scores that did absolutely NOTHING for the scenes but distance me from feeling any connection with the characters whatsoever. if it werent for such crap music, i would've been able to fully appreciate the amazing acting everyone did.

also, in twilight, i was able to forget how outlandish the story is but i was not able to forget it in new moon. i was constantly realizing why people dont understand how us twi-hards can be so into it. in my opinion chris made this movie to be such a corny cliche that the supernatural aspect of it just didnt work too well. MORAL OF THE STORY: In twilight i was completely immersed, in new moon it was impossible.

Man, never thought I'd say that but Twilight>>>>New Moon

Of course, you are entitled to your opinion but I think you might benefit from seeing New Moon again. Maybe you were expecting too much. I know our expectations were pretty high...but nothing can be perfect. I, for one really enjoyed this movie.

*likes comment*
Thank you so much for saying that.

All I can say to those who didn't like it is: GO SEE IT AGAIN.

People need to keep in mind that nothing can be perfect (though I thought the movie was). We need to be open minded and love what we get.

We are lucky that they even made the books into movies in the first place.

Agree. The music in New Moon was so bad it was drek. Yuk yuk yuk. So disappointed in the whole movie. Chris Weitz can't direct his way out of a paper bag.

i want to add that i do like the movie, everything underneath the music was great.. the acting, the scenes, just everything was really amazing. i dont know why im so sensitive to music in movies but i am. in nm it really made everything kinda wrong for me and really did distance me from the characters. i wish there was a way i could watch it without the music.

Not only do I consider New Moon inferior than Twilight, furthermore I feel it is very afar from the book's main point. New Moon was a much faither book adaption than Twilight, but it fails to capture the spirit and emotion of the book. The book is centered around despair and absence and the film aims to be action-centered, no pauses in the inner strugle of the heroes, I thought the plot evolves too frantically. It gave me a sense of anxiousness, as if there was an effort to wrap it up.
The biggest hit of Twilight (book and film) is a succesful depiction of young love, insecurity and heartbreak struggle in a way that feels familiar to all audience. New Moon film should be able to carry the sentiment of heartbreak (as the book achieves) and, in my opinion it doesn' t.
The good elements in the script are the ones not to be drawn from the book (the humorous lines, the letters to Alice, Edward's reaction to Jacob' s answer on the phone, Bella' s ride with the biker).
I felt the soundtrack completely out of place with the scenes, although the tracks are much better than Twilight. It felt as if they wanted to stick them somewhere.
I did not like Stewart's performance, Pattinson was much improved and Lautner much better than I anticipated.
I feel that Hardwicke' s vision was towards the correct direction and Weitz never really got the whole meaning.

Did you all notice that Edward didn't change his clothes for six months, from the Birthday Party to Volterra? I thought that was a beautiful touch showing how he doesn't care about anything except Bella.

***WARNING - SPOILERS**** (that's what this post was set up for, but a few people still seem to be trying to protect some)

I really should go to bed since I have to get up in about 3 hours. Oh well, here goes....

First my midnight experience. The line was extremely long, I got there about 10 till 10, but should have left at least an hour earlier. We made some cool friends in line and even got a really cool pic. Someone brought an Edward/Bella fleece and they were holding it up to take pics with. My sister-in-law stood covering Bella and I was on the other side of Edward - it looks really cool!! After an hour they started calling us in by the Auditorium # on our tix - lucky us we didn't have to wait too long.

And now, the movie! I've read some of your comments, but don't have time to read them all (yet) - and I'm surprised! I was a little hesitant myself b/c I watched TL before reading it & of course now I've read the whole saga, so I expected to be a little disappointed. Being the movie lover that I am, I try to understand the movie making process and see why changes are made. In my opinion, almost all of the changes made sense. Sure you lose some little details, but the essence of the story is there and the emotion is there.

I could never think that Twilight was better. It was good for the budget and I will never forget to thank CH for the cast, but that script was rushed when it didn't need to be. You didn't see why they fell in love. Edward didn't wait the entire three days after the party before leaving - still you saw his pain - you felt his pain. Way to go Rob!!! If those 3 days were there it would have taken up like 10-15 minutes of the film. I'm fine with the way that went down.

Ooops, back up. I have to add some things that I loved at the beginning. I loved how the opening dream sequence turned out. I was a little worried based on my avi - but hopeful - and it was great! Also, Emmet's comment at the party was hilarious (dating an older woman)!! Oh, and the painting - great way to explain the Volturi.

The e-mails to Alice, especially to anyone who didn't get this..... I was upset at first, too, b/c obviously Bella never communicates with any of the Cullens, even has a hard time thinking their name, and Alice is forbidden to communicate with Bella per Edward. As the e-mails went on, and then it shows all the 'return to sender' - I GOT IT! Please remember that most of NM is in Bella's head - not just POV - but her actual thoughts to herself. Movies are visual and it really shouldn't just be a narration of her thoughts. I believe Chris used the e-mails to portray Bella's thoughts - and it shows her longing for the Cullens. I don't think there was anything wrong with the e-mails.

Jake and Bella's relationship was perfect. I don't think she was 'flirting' any more than she was in the book. She constantly says that she felt bad about leading Jake on, but it was so easy to be with him - she always struggled with that. Even in the movie theater she explains how she is broken and not good enough for him and he says he will wait forever - that is the exact way their relationship was in the book. I do wish they had put some of the Romeo/Paris thoughts in there. The whole move was based on R&J and I think that Paris chapter was key in tying that in to the movie.

Alice's return is also a bit rushed, but we really want to get to Italy, right? Again - condensed from 2-3 days down to 1, but it made sense for the movie. And the Volturi were great!! I've seen a few people post they weren't aggressive enough.. Hello? Did we read the same book. Aro should be more menacing? Aro was always very charming and was excited at the possibilities of Edward & Alice's talents, as well as the potential for Bella's. Marcus looked bored and Caius was all for killing Bella immediately. They were all perfect!!

I have to say I liked the ending. When I read New Moon I already knew it would be a movie, and I was thinking at the end, 'Ok, Jake busts Bella on the motorcycle and Jake and Edward have a chat about the treaty, then Bella and Edward walk back to face Charlie'.... Fine for a book, but seemed a little anti-climactic for a movie. I loved the ending! Jake & Edwards almost fight and Bella saying "You cannot hurt each other without hurting me" sets the tone for Eclipse perfectly. And the proposal in the woods was beautiful. I know it was in the bedroom in the book, but it was just beautiful in the woods. And end credits cut before Bella answers? Perfect! What if she had said no? They argue and then go to credits? No, the way it was in the movie made sense to me.

Some things that I loved:
The added humor - Jessica, Mike, Emmet, Charlie, Alice, Jasper
The sparkles!!! So much better than TL
Harry Clearwater - thanks for giving him a few scenes - loved them all!

I know not everyone will think it was great - just try to understand it from a movie making process. I want the film to do well and love everyone involved, so I try to justify the differences. After my 2nd look on Sunday, and more sleep, I will post more - maybe I will remember some of what I didn't like. Right now I'm just so happy I finally saw it and so grateful to CW, Rob, Kristen, Taylor, etc, etc, etc.

Oh yeah- the best part.... the audience was 95% adult (at least). There was no screaming at all - I was able to hear every word. I didn't expect that and it was great!!

EDIT - Holy Crap that's long!!! Ok, going to bed now for a few hours sleep.

I really liked your view! Well said. I agree! I loved the ending - it was just perfect. I was very happy with the Voluri scene - I had been worried about it but it was strong.

Thanks for the compliment and even taking the time to read it and comment! I seriously had no idea it was that long until I hit the post button - lol. I meant to come straight home and go to bed - but I was too excited! Then I saw all the harsh critics on here and just felt I had to post something positive.

Well, I'm working off of 3 hours of sleep and will probably be reading and commenting all over this page for a while - maybe I'm turning vampire!

The movie was a disaster!! It was characterized of the lack of atmosphere, the lack of music, the lack of feelings and the lack of depth in the characters - they were totally superficial. Sometimes it was really ridiculous - the scene in Alice' s vision was completely unacceptable.....
I am a great fan of the books and Twilight, but yesterday watching New Moon was at least boring.
The only one acting in this movie was Kristen Stewart... and Robert who was fabulous just standing - not acting!
It's a pity. It could have been a great movie... I hope they won't choose Chris Weitz for Breaking Dawn. Unless they wanna call it a Breaking Doom!!!

i totally agree! i still totally enjoyed the movie, but the atmosphere was completely off for me. twilight in many ways was amateur, but CH really got the dreamy, longing, angsty tone just perfect. i can't figure out if it's because she's a woman or because she's an independent director. sometimes when a movie has a small budget, they have to get really creative in setting the right tone, instead of just coasting with expensive special effects. I LOVED the special effects, but at the end of the day, it's the romance that's at the heart of these books.

Agree 100% nikigreece. DISASTER. Awful. Love the books and loved TWILIGHT. New Moon felt like a 6 hour movie. Endless. There wasn't one memorable scene.

I think Victoria was rememberable, especially with Hearing Damage playing with the volume cranked up. Which song did they throw in there when Bella was under water? That felt forced and choppy.

I guess anyone who genuinely loved Twilight as an adaptation isn't going to like New Moon.


I just can't wrap my head around even calling Twilight a good adaptation, it just didn't do anything for me.
Although I do agree about Alice's vision.. but I think if the score wasn't so cheesy there and it wasn't slow mo, it would have been 10x better.

My opinion New Moon>>>> Twilight. By alot:)

I'm a guy, and that was the best movie I have ever seen. Twilight was light years behind. Chris Weitz is a genius. The movie as a whole is just a beautiful masterpiece. It is absolutely visually stunning.

The performances are incredible. Every person held their own. This is Taylor Lautner's official arrival to hollywood. He will be around for a long time. Great job everyone! I cannot wait for eclipse.

I LOVE YOU! Marry me? ;)

lol No but seriously, thank you for giving it a chance!<3

Chris Weitz for breaking dawn!!! thats all what im going to say :D but not the guy that did the score please!!!!!!!

Yeah, I really wonder what ANYBODY going to do with the pedophilic baby imprinting and the vampire bite c-section. :O I mean, it was ridiculous enough to read, I wonder how weird it would be on-screen as well.

It isn't real, keep telling yourself that. I know it's natural to think of imprinting in the worse way, but it's not as bad as everyone's initial thoughts. Just my opinion though.

It's fiction!

Glorified pedophilia is fiction. got it. :D

Take the lust and s** out of your thoughts about imprinting and you have a loving caring friend/brother/parent relationship.

But, eventually, they'll be together in THAT kind of relationship, won't they? It's sort of like having a relationship with your parent, except you'll have to grow up first before you marry them. Would anyone normal have those thoughts about a baby? Blech.

I sort of see it like you were friends with someone for a long time, since there is technically NO blood relation between the two, and then years down the road the feelings change to something more. That is what it's SUPPOSE to be between these two, therefore that's how I read it, and how it comes across to me.

He's not having THOSE thoughts, that you mention, about a baby.

I get so tired of people saying that Jacob is a pedophile.
He is NOT. He is ANYTHING Reneesme NEEDS him to be.
(and she DOESN"T need him to be a pedophile!!)
When she is born, Jacob is her guardian, who only wants the best for her!
Do you really think that Edward and Bella would let Jacob near Nessie if he had ANY disgusting thoughts about her?
Just the opposite. They intrusted Jacob with her life, their most precious posession!

And about the vampire c-section.
How else was the baby supposed to come out except by vampire or wolf teeth, if the placenta was made of vampire skin? That is why all previous human mothers died, because their vampire baby BIT his/her way out of the womb and the mothers would bleed to death! Now THAT would be gruesome!

Bella also wanted to kill herself to hear Edward's voice and got married to someone who stalked her and wants to eat her in her teens. I'm pretty sure she's already a bundle of bad decisions. :D Nonetheless, it's a grown man choosing a BABY as his future mate. Will that make sense in any other context? I don't think so.

Vampire c-section is ALREADY gruesome, not to mention a completely stupid plot device, regardless of the circumstances.

Thats what I said after I watched it twice. PLEASE make breaking dawn 2 movies and CHris weitz allll the way

COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE !!!

have you all seen this im so watching this movie i think i like it even my bro though it was good ;) cant wait!!

im watching new moon tomorrow :/ im exited

Someone should start a webpage or similar where we can vote for Chris Weitz for Breaking Dawn. I think he did a PERFECT job and I don't think there is anyone better for the final movie.

I thought it was excellent. I was very happy with how it turned out. I think Kristen and Taylor both were incredible in this movie (and not because he takes his shirt off). Kristen was painful to watch in the post-Edward-break up scenes. She was just THAT good!
I loved seeing happy Edward at the beginning too. =D Mmm, happy Edward! lol
Billy Burke was hilarious! I loved him!
I can't wait for Eclipse! lol

yeah i feel the same way i think Kristen has grown so much professionaly since the last movie i mean i thought i could feel the same it was a great performance and taylor was great to just the jacob i expected... i can't wait for eclipse neither!!

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wow, this brought the grey faces out of the woodwork! LOL

Yup... my thoughts exactly!! Entering this post It felt like I was in a grey zone...

LOL I was thinking the same thing! I need a score card to keep up with them.

No kidding! And yet, another avatar imposter. Why does this always happen to me?

Finally! It was a long walk through the scary greyface forest, but finally someone I recognize and who doesn't speak in giberrish. Hello, my love!

seriously, I was thinking the same thing! lol

(no offense to them or anything)

Yeah, I was just scrolling through reading different comments and thought the same thing...

You can say that again! Hello to the grey faces!.... But where are all my friends? Oh, right, probably at the midnight showing! We got to see it at 10!

I know!! It was a relief to scroll down and finally see some familiar avi's. LMAO

Yes, it did...and ma, are they opinionated!

For real.. I want to post.. but I can't.. too many..

Loved the movie.. Thought CW did an amazing job.. and yes it was choppy but well done with the amount of info and time available.. I thoroughly enjoyed it and not just because it was my favorite book :-)

And it was QUIET!! no excessive screaming! Our audience was fairly college-aged and older.. it was great!

I know, right? And of course most of them seem to prefer Twilight and CH.... um... yeah............ *scratches head*

*scratches head*

First off, I'm not a movie critic, and I have never done this before, so please take this with a grain of salt...
Starting with what I loved: I thought this movie was SCORES above Twilight! (I liked twilight, please don't misunderstand).

Everything from the graphics to the acting was great and completely believable. I especially liked how they transformed certain situations to be more visually interesting such as Bella's motorcycle ride in Port Angeles, Edwards physical fight with the volturi, the months passing while the weather changes scene, and of course, Bella's visions of Edward.

I also really liked how the Volturri (Aro) connected with and highlighted the love Bella has for Edward and how they call attention to it when she offers up her life for his. The ultimate sacrafice. I thought that was a dynamic and interesting piece to include in that scene. It tied into the idea of vampires with souls and their capacity for love, especially with a mortal.I was glad the movie speaks about the notion of vampires with souls, and it makes the viewer ask that question and also recognize the possibilty. It was a notion I had never considered before, and I thought it was an excellent way to point out the complexity of this storyline. Which to me, is what I find so interesting about this storyline. Not because I believe in vampires(which I don't), but because this story epitomizes the idea of "love at all cost", and what human being wouldn't give everything for a love like that? Not just a love worth living for, but a love worth dying for? (Just my unqualified opinion)

I will not say anything was bad about it, because I've never been a "Monday morning quarterback", especially when I sit from the sidelines. I thought there was more they could have done in implementing Edward's description of his love for her in the scenes at the end. In the book, when he asks forgiveness and goes to great length to relay his feelings for her and to make her understand the depth of his love for her. When Edward describes his love for Bella in her room, her resembles it to a new moon, and how he suffered while he was away. When Edward thanks Jacob in the end, it didn't have as much power to the viewer who might not have understood the depth of what jacob did for Bella, and the sorrow that Edward felt knowing the pain he had caused her. To me, this is an important part of how I try and understand this connection they have that really most of us have never experienced and probably never will. A physical, possibly spiritual connection. A connection deeper than love. Inhuman, yet completely human at the same time. I personally felt like they touched on it, but I would love to have seen a bit more depth to it. (Again, I know nothing about this process so I get that it's subjective, and I may be in a select group of unrealistic romantics)

As for the break-up scenes, when Bella is depressed, some thought it was too much, but if you've ever given your heart to someone, and they handed it back, then you know, it wasn't. I thought it would go along more with the book as to how she describes how she is physically feeling, which is attributed to how she looks during these scenes.
I thought some things were left out that could better help the viewer relate to her emotions. It got across that she was devastated, but the book describes in such length how it physically devastated as well as emotionally, not just in her dreams but everywhere she went and it in everything she did. As a positive, I really loved how these emotions were portrayed in letters to Alice, not just in Bella's thoughts. Brilliant! I know there is only so much time in a movie to convey all of this emotion and for what they did show, Kristen did an amazing job relating this to the viewer.

Also, I really liked that this movie had a lot of funny parts. It was nice to be able to laugh at scenes which made me laugh in the book. Love stories do not have to be consistently tragic and void of any humor.

The end was a huge cliffhanger and of course got the desired effect when we were all gasping, wanting to go straight into Eclipse. I was really hoping it would be a bit more romantic, but it was still a great scene.

Overall, I felt the movie was incredible!! I really can't overstate that enough. It was great! It must be incredibly difficult to try and please the readers as well as a general audience. Fans will always have an opinion, no matter the subject. I think the film is really great and it shows the hard work put in by everyone involved. You will not always please everyone, and that's not even the point. When people post critiques, it's really their passion for the story, their own story coming out, and I hope that it doesn't cause anyone to second guess the sincere greatness of the film. When people like myself, who have never written a review before, offer their subjective opinions, it really only means everyone involved did a great job because we are still thinking about it long after the movie is over.
Chris Weitz , the entire crew and ALL the actors all deserve a "job well done!"

wow. I like your review. This is really good and thoughtful.
OK all you movie critics out there: THIS website has some of the best reviewing I have read...so take notice and try harder, because you professional critics are getting paid to do it. We aren't. We just know how to do it with respect.

Hi everyone! This blog has been my bible for the last few months. I don't normally comment, but in this case, I just had to give my review of the movie.

I am a huge fan of the books! I've re-read them all several times, and though it was always hard to get through the sadness of New Moon, it's one of my favorite books.

I also loved the Twilight movie, but found many parts cheesy, poorly done, poorly shot, and lacking finesse. I had REALLY high hopes for the New Moon movie, and was DYING to see it. I couldn't have been more exited when heading to the theater to see it on Friday!

I left, however, feeling horribly disappointed. This movie got it all wrong in so many ways.

First, I really hope that anyone who went to see this movie had VERY recently either watched Twilight the move, or re-read the books. If you didn't, then you probably had no idea that Edward and Bella even liked each other based on this film.

I could tell no difference in KStews performance from when she wasn't depressed, and when she was. It was extremely frustrating. Not once at the end, nor once at the beginning of this movie, did she and Edward seem like they were in love. And they CERTAINLY didn't seem like they were epically, heart-breakingly, eternally, incredibly in love.

I think it would've made the tragedy of the birthday party scene so much more dramatic if they had been more in love in the beginning of the movie. Instead, it seemed as though she went from being depressed in the beginning of the film to EVEN more depressed once Edward left... and I even found myself wondering why they were together!

I've never been Team Jacob, but this movie nearly made me switch over. They just gave us little to no justification for all the pain she was going through, because not once in this movie did they she and Edward seem truly in love.

Their chemistry was dead in this movie. All tension lost! Think of all the amazing tension in Twilight the movie. Even the tiniest touch was electric. Just the way they looked at one another left you breathless! In this film, however, they seemed depressed just to be in the same room with each other, even BEFORE Jasper attacked and even AFTER they returned from Volterra! Where was the tension, the sensuality, the love, the need for one another, the intensity?

I inexplicably found myself rooting for Jacob to kiss her, run away with her, and have the movie to end there! And... I'm Team Edward all the way! So this was very confusing and upsetting for me!

I felt they stretched out scenes of little importance, and completely cut scenes of desperate importance (particularly the bedroom scene at the end). I feel cheated that we didn't get to truly feel an emotional reunion.

In the book, when Bella describes the hole in her chest, I could almost feel it myself. It was heart-wrenching. And then, at the end, as she collides with Edward in Volterra, she says as soon as she was with him, the hole mended, and she felt right again. And, when reading the book, I could feel that. Her reunion with Edward in the book was like a rush of oxygen.

In the movie, I felt none of this. Since she acted equally depressed for the entire film, I couldn't feel that hole boring into her chest. And, because their reunion was so brief, and they still never seemed in love--even in the bedroom!--I never felt the hole mending itself either.

And, though obviously I knew it was coming, I felt totally taken aback when he asked her to marry him at the end of the film. They didn't even seem to like one another, to the point that marriage seemed truly absurd! I almost imagined that, had they not cut to black right after the proposal, that she might have said "no"!

I was so disappointed in that romantic dynamic of the film! Where did the intensity of our lion and lamb's love go?

I truly hope that Eclipse can bring some actual romance back into these films.

yeah....
there was no rivoting can't live without you, hold me all night or I'll just die. It hurts so bad I can't breath emotions.. It did Not portray the Edward and Bella in the books and their undying LOVE. There was NO feeling in her when she said I love you...and I missed the part where she thought she was dreaming when they got back from the Volturri...But way better than Twilight

Hey-

I have seen NM twice now and I have to tell you I am a huge fan of the books and Twilight. I thought that NM was really good. But, I have to agree with Evyn W. The only issue that I had with the movie was the romance. For whatever reason I just felt that the tension and emotion that we saw in TL was amazing... it showed the emotions between the two characters soo well.. that i feel a little cheated by NM... As I was watching NM I can't think of one single moment where I true felt like omg! they are so in love, belong with each other and are just dying with emotions and passion toward one another... i hate to say this b/c i had such high expectations for this movie and felt like it would be better then TL.. but I think they tried to hard to stay true to the book that they squeezed in soo much that the true essence, eerieness and rawness of the characters was lost... i think the Saga fans will love all the movies no matter what, as i do too, but i wish there was that raw feeling that we had in TL.. as i watched TL i felt their pain almost like i was part of it... but NM, i never got that emotional connection with E/B.. i never felt like omg they r sooo much in love...

idk, i hope i'm not the only one that thinks this way, but i wish we had the TL contact lenses, blue tones, and make-up.

And I wish this movie was less Hollywood-like and more Twilight-like.. if that makes sense... =)

I totally agree with you about the lack of intense emotional feeling & love between edward & Bella in new moon . Twilight was soooo much more intense & breathtaking between Bella & edward. Their chemistry was almost non existent in newmoon & very disappointing. To me, new moon was great in some ways, however I really missed the overwhelming chemistry & longing that was portrayed so well in Twilight.New moon ,yes it had more action ,yes it had better visual effects but to me it had lost what the books are really about & that is LOVE, I just didn't FEEL the love & lust between them like i did i in TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hope the love & chemistry is back for the next 2 movies!!!!

I am so glad not to be the only one to feel that the movie lacked the passion between Bella and Edward. The graphics were good without a doubt, but the saga is ultimately supposed to be a love story and I don't think it was portrayed that way.

In Twilight, I could believe that they were falling in love but in NM...nothing. And I felt that Kristen's acting fell flat, but my hat goes off to Taylor...he was amazing. If Hardwick and Weitz had put their talents together---Hardwick with her understanding of how to make a romance & Weitz with his visual effects---the movie would have been unbelievable.

I'm still a die-hard Twi-fan so I will watch the movie again (I need my Rob fix). I'm eagerly anticipating Eclipse.

OKAY. i figured out what i feel was bugging me about the movie....this is the only reason i didnt walk out of the theater completely happy.

i liked it but i thought jacob lacked that some sort of "immaturity" that he possesed in the book. Like when he said "Take yourself back. i really hope you dont die bella" then he takes off.....the movie for me made it seem like jacob was completely innoncent....i know bella is selfish but jake KNOWS that and he still pursues her....hes bound to get hurt. for me i missed bellas constant denial to jake in newmoon....he denied him so much in the book but in the movie they were intimate...i dunno...if she denied him more, itd make the scene after the tent scene in eclipse so much greater....esp for jacob because she finally realizes......IMO.

I agree! That kinda ruined Eclipse.. Im so pissed...
And also, all the scenes felt all rushed! They never had a whole scene, it felt like they where cut off all the time. I couldnt keep up!
hope the third one has more depht to it.

Okay, I've been thinking of this movie since I left the theater last night. I needed to ponder on this. When I left my seat last night, I honestly couldn't tell my husband what I thought of it. He asked me and I couldn't give an answer. I needed to think about it because I was so bewildered.

And my opinion so far is this: I really did like 85% of this movie. I truly did. You'll see that my likes greatly outnumber my dislikes. Most of what was shown was 100% true to the book; however, because it was so "100%", the flow was inconsistent. They packed so many little scenes in there that were 5-10 minutes and there wasn't enough time for the most important ones that needed more detail. The transitioning was just plain sloppy.

Likes:

--Taylor, Kristen, and Rob. Taylor owned this movie. He could have worn a shirt the whole time, I don't care!! His acting was superb!! Kudos to Kristen for portraying how much Bella really grew. Robert, Robert, Robert. What can I say? Standing ovation, hands down.

--Chemistry. No surprise at all. In the few scenes we get of E & B together, I really feel the love. And thank you to CW, for giving us the kisses we needed to see in Twlight.

--Edward reciting Romeo's lines in class. All I can say is wow. I was blown away.

--Birthday party. When Edward pushes Bella into the table, it showed really how hard she was pushed. And I thought that was important to show his strength compared to the average human and how much danger she could be in.

--Jasper losing it. I was super impressed by Jackson. He did awesome in this scene. And yay to his abilities finally being shown.

-- The breakup. When Rob says "I don't want you" even I believe it, because he delivered it so well.

--Post breakup depression. Watching her in front of her window over the months was painful. When she is sitting at the Cullen's empty table, that was, wow. My stomach did a somersault.

--Charlie and Bella's father/daughter bond. Charlie was great and he again stole the show in many scenes.

--Jacob and Bella. Their scenes were great. I loved their age game. I really wanted that to be in the movie and it didn't disappoint. Their banter was so adorable. And Jacob was so sexy giving her the motorcycle instructions!! And when he gives her that really long hug, my heart strings were tugged. You see that he cares about her more than anything.

--Jacob and Paul's wolf fight. Awesome as hale!! And I loved when Paul says "sorry" at Emily's house when it's over.

--The wolves and Laurent. Wicked cool! When the wolves step out into the clearing... woowee, it was tense!

--Cliff diving/Victoria. This was excuted beautifully too. The only beef I have with the cliff diving scene is that Jake doesn't carry her. He helps her up, and lets her walk. I mean, the girl did hit her head underwater. It didn't seem Jacob-like.

--The Jacob and Bella "almost" kiss. I ALMOST wanted her to!! That's how good it was! And then seeing Edward crushing his phone like an aluminum can. Heartbreaking :(

--The Volturi. Two words. Bad-a$$.


What I didn't like:

From about the point of Alice's return to the end is where my issues lie.

--The mashing of Italy, the reuinion, the vote, and the treaty reminder into 10-15 minutes. And if I'm wrong about the time, it sure felt like 10 minutes. HUGE MISTAKE. Not one single fan would have minded to sit there about 10 or so minutes more to see the reunion they should have gotten. Oh, MR. How could you!!!! Seriously, maybe Summit should just take her off the payroll like Milton in hopes she'll disappear.

--Cheesy dialogue. For example, "You give me everything just by breathing." Wooh, in school? That was awkward. MR should have saved lines like that for the bedroom scene at the end. And why was Bella talking back to Edward's very first apparition, in front of people? Weird. And Mike's comment about protein. That was just odd.

What I missed:

--Bella muttering "he's gone" in Sam's arms. That was heartbreaking and there was plenty of time for it.

--Bella finding her birthday gifts missing. There wasn't even a point in showing Edward picking up her photo if the audience never sees that she found out he'd taken it. It made sense to the book fans but it needed to be shown.

--Charlie letting Edward "have it" when they got back home. Where was Edward carrying her to the door and Charlie saying "How dare you show your face here!!" or "Get your hands off of her!!" That was so important!! I even thought it would be there because there was a still of Alice and Edward by the car and Charlie by the door.

I am indifferent about the undeliverable emails to Alice. It worked because it gave us a glimpse of her pain. But, I don't see Bella attempting it.

Well, that's all I can think of for now. Plus my fingers are getting cold from typing.

Mary83 I felt the exact same way when I made it home from the theater and my boyfriend kept asking what you think? I was kind of blank and I couldn't form an opinion at the time. I think its because this film was COMPLETELY different from Twilight and we was kind of stunned. Well, that's how I felt.

Yeah, and I loved when Paul just simply said "sorry" to Bella after acting like a savage outside. That was cute.

I'm glad it wasn't just me! I think my husband was waiting for me to be raving about it like a crazy person, but I had to sleep on this one.

i completely agree! New Moon exceded all my expectations, visually stunning in every aspect. the ending was wayy too rushed; alice calling jasper from the plane, jacob bringing bellas motorcycle to her house, charlie calling out to her while she is in the forest with jacob/edward....pretty much everything was rushed through from the time she left her hous to go to volterra =( i would have lovedddd for those scenes to be as detailed as they were in the book.
none the less, still a fantastic movie, cant wait to see it at least 5 more times!!
7 months till eclipse <3!!

Visually stunning is right! It was absolutely gorgeous! And I hope people didn't take my comments as being harsh. The movie was really fantastic. I was just trying to be as constructive as I could :) And I hear you, I plan to sneak out tomorrow to see it again!!

I think that Rob, Taylor, and Kristen gave us the best possible movie they could and I love them for that. I hope they get a break before Eclipse promos. They deserve it.

mary83, we are all die-hard fans so of course were gonna wonder about scenes that were missing from the book. i found ur review very helpful, u have as much compassion for the series as the rest of us! considering the movie was already over 2 hrs i can kind of understand why it was rushed. some scenes in the 1st half just could not be shortened at all esp with the concentration of bellas anguish to show her pain =( all in all in was fantastic! they are all amazing actors who dont get enough credit because they are in twilight (lame critics) after seeing the trailer for REMEMBER ME you realize how versatile robert pattinson is. thank god we have remember me & valentines day to help pass the times till eclipse! 3 cheers for NM & CW!! <3 <3

Okay I haven't seen it yet but I've been reading reviews on it and I thought this was funny:

"None of these criticisms matters to the fans, of course, who will eat it up; it's been well established that the "Twilight Saga" is unstoppable, no matter what its weaknesses are"

They are right we will see it over and over even if we dont think its perfect because its our beloved books onscreen. I mean how many of you have seen twilight more than once? And we all know it was not Oscar worthy but once again its part of our saga.

Of course!!!
I didn't think that the movie made justice to the books.
But that doesn't mean that i wont see it again.
And again... and again... and again...

It is still very worth seeing :)

I think in order for us to feel like the movies live up to the book they'll the actors would have to read directly from the books word for word but your right we will see these movies over and over again!

As for what Rotten Tomatos had to say: GO SUCK YOURSELF! YOU'RE A BUNCH OF MARSHMELLOWS MAN!!

I won't say too much; because EVERYTHING has already been said to a degree....but

CHRIS WEITZ IS A MOVIE MAKING GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I UTTERLY DEMAND CHRIS FOR BREAKING DAWN!

Have you EVER seen a movie that so CLOSELY devotedly followed the book?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

It was BRILLIANT!, CAPTIVATING!, PERFECT!, BEAUTIFUL!................

It was heartbreaking: The break up...UGH!,
The Zombie state of mind: Kristin HIT IT SPOT ON!........Edward: He was incredibly beautiful!

There was humor! I went from crying to laughing to biting my nails...to laughing again...GREAT one liners! Alice: PERFECT! Jasper: PERFECT!, Carlisle: PERFECT!....

OME! MAD MAD PROPS to Taylor Lautner!!!!!!!!!! BOY CUT. IT. UP.! This was just....FLAWLESS! BEYOND COMPARE!!!! IMMACULATE!!!

I could go on and on and on and on!.............But I'll tell ya what!: Summit had do WHAT F@CKIN' EVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET CHRIS TO DIRECT BREAKING DAWN!!!!!!

And in the words of Forrest Gump: " That's all I'm gonna say about that!"..........

;-)

clickes like a thousand times very well said i would like to add alot of people a saying about aro seeing the flash forward of e/b and i ahve to say i like it it reminds me of bellas dream of her and edward when she says about the anneofgreengables thing dunno if i said that rite lol anywho well said lapushxx

With that being said, and I agree with you to a point, with the right screenwriter and the right director. BD can be amazing! If we keep MR it will not be, it will be rushed and who knows what. If CW has a better screen writer I know NM reviews would have been so much better.

Dialouge is a big problem!!!That lead me to think "Why was Cathrine Hardwicke blamed for all the problems for the first film?''because they are the same ones in New Moon". The culprit the Melissa Rosenberg screenwriter, she isn't talented and there are lots of people out there that would be willing and could do a better job than she is doing.
Somebody please..PLEASE fire Melissa Rosenberg!!!!The dialogue was so clumsy and clichéd but that is unavoidable in this sort of situation(Melissa Rosenberg)..I was really looking forward to seeing New Moon i have been waiting to see the book filmed for almost a year, and i loved the trailers....BUT....i liked the first scene , its almost exactly as in the book, but then...everything changes, the way they speak to each other, they really dist cut off a lot of scenes much to soon, to much information is missing, and what really bothered me to the bone, is that, may in Twilight the effects were not so good, but i loved the back ground music in twilight, it suited the book very well, but in new moon....please....they put that soap opera music tones on every time Bella and Edward talk it is SO not like twilight, i hated the music!! not all of it...but what happened to music like super massive black hole, or all the rest, that really represented twilight and the author's taste, no in new moon, they really dd a big mistake by putting romantic corny movie music....may for someone who didn't read the book, its very good, but for me, who loves all the books....it really is a big disappointment...Alexandre Desplat is a great music scorer- but his style does not suit this movie..there were scenes that required music, but there was none.The other thing that I hadn't seen anyone else mention are the Cullens eyes...wtf happened? They were more subtle and perfectly fine in Twilight but they really f@#ked with them till they just looked weird. Considering they are described so often in the books as being beautiful and perfect creatures it looked very wrong.Kristen Stewart holds the same neutral expression throughout, as if she's not interested in being there herself..I thought (was hoping really) that maybe she would have been better in this.. Kristen is just, again, flat. I can't get past her mono-tone.
Jackson Rathbone - who's *still* making that facial expression where he looks like he's holding in a fart..sorry..Ashley Greene's acting was pretty bad. Alice just wasn't as good as she was in Twilight. They could have showed her seeing more visions and of Edward going to the Volturi. When she told Bella about Edward it seemed all too quick & casual. And the scene when Bella gets home to find her there, Ashley didn't do it justice for me. OK so good things? The wolves didn't look too bad at all! While reading New Moon i remember wondering how they would pull of the transformation & fight between Jacob and Paul but it did really work. Taylor Lautner(who really proved himself, not only with meeting the physical demands required of him, but doing the role justice in this movie) was great as Jacob...i like Bella's Dad too..Twilight was made on a measly $30M budget, but Catherine Hardwicke made do with what was available successfully, it was a winning formula. Hiring Chris Weitz for New Moon to "take it to the next level" unfortunately, was a disappointment considering they had more $$$ to play with. The CGI was better because they had more money, but that's about it. Weitz hired Desplat whom he worked with previously - but it just didn't work. It looked different, sounded different but for all the wrong reasons. New Moon should have been bigger & better than Twilight, but it's not. Don't get me wrong, I know that it is another think to visualize something in your own head and another to actually see it through someone else's perspective but again... It was just too much! I feel so utterly disappointed because I loved the books and for me they didn't even try to get the book's meanings through the movie. It was all just too SUPERFICIAL. Made only to satisfy the eyes and not the brain.. I am going to see New Moon again, and hope I can get into it more.

You pretty much hit the nail on the head on everything. This movie truly lacked and really did not stay true to the FEEL of the book. Yes, they did stick to the "events" of the book and the "plot" pretty well, however; they really f***ed up the entire essence of New Moon. You hardly believe Bella is depressed ever! How easily she goes to Jacob! How easily she tries to communicate with Alice! NOT true to the book WHATSOEVER! Bella can hardly let herself think of the Cullens' NAME let alone fathom actually trying to contact one of them, even if she never sent the e-mails. UGH.

You're absolutely right. I felt not once, that Bella was truly "depressed" Kristen's performance was really lacking substance....

I agree with you hundred percent. Can someone start a section where we that had problems with New Moon can really talk and discuss???? I really want to talk about the movie, but I don't want to interfere with the folks that thought it was great. Because I thought it was horrible!!!!! See my ealier post....

IMO Horrible is a bit much. It wasnt horrible. KS acting was right on, Rob, Taylor also.The problem was the Script! MR needs to go, and we only have BD left and thats not ever confirmed. I hope it is.

Ok before I start reading what everyone thinks I will say my piece.

I had to rush home from work and made it to the theater by 11:25. We were able to get right in because I had pre-purchased the tickets. Unfortunately the damn theater was packed to the max. We had to sit in the front row which I absolutely HATE. I had to crane my neck back to see the screen. Ugh. I feel like I couldn't really appreciate it because I didn't get the "whole" picture if that makes sense. So I will go again on Saturday and get there early for a seat in the back.

I digress, back to the movie. Sitting so close to the screen was surreal, when Jake first came on screen I was like whoa! step back! He looked like the Incredible Hulk.

Anyway, I really think this was much improved from Twilight. I liked how they matched the months after Edward leaves with the book. Kristen really pulled off Bella's depressed state perfectly. Some parts felt a bit rushed like when Alice came back but I was cheering on the inside.

I really liked Laurent better in this film. He showed more personality and had more scenes. I wanted to see him fight the wolves longer before he went down.

Victoria was amazing. I love Rachelle. She didn't really have a lot of lines but I was happy to see her. I'm sad she can't finish what she started. :(

I know this is really long so I might finish on a new post.

Oh and surround sound moan was great.

There you are!! lol... I am fighting to stay awake... I cant do it!! I wrote like a 6 part thing about what I thought lol... cant wait to talk to you about it later...

*passes out*

Noo! I just got here dammit! I drank a 24 oz Starbucks during the movie. I am wired for sound.

LOL aww geeze louise! Well I cant just leave you here!!!!

Awww everyone is so tired now. I don't even see NTJB on here now. If you're tired, go to sleep! Start fresh in the morning.

Agree! The surround sound moan was incredible. Actually, all the kisses were very nicely done and I found myself saying, "Awwwww" out loud when Bella and Edward both said "I love you" after the moaning kiss!

Sorry it took so long to reply. I got off work so late yesterday and rushed to the theater in the nick of time.

I agree with the kisses being better this time around. It was more believable to me. The chemistry was much hotter between Edward and Bella.

OMG that moaning kiss was fantastic. I loved how tender they were to each other when they said I love you. I wanted to cry knowing what Edward was going to do the next.

I cried like a big sap the whole darn time.. even before it happened, b/c i knew it was coming.. i have a headache from crying so much.. did someone just break up w/ me?!..

oh.. i forgot.. *kisses*

Lol I didn't cry; probably because I was with my husband and he probably would have laughed at me. :( He hates all things Twilight but said he went with me out of "duty as a husband" FU!!!! That's why I'm going by myself in the morning. I need to see it alone to really appreciate it.

what a jerk face!.. *talks to RPC's husband*.. no loving for you!.. lol..

My bf forgot i tolld him i was going .. but when i got home he asked me a million questions.. did u put ur shamanties to good use!?.. did you sqeeee when jac took his shirt off.. was it great?!

answers:.. yes.. OMJ, I couldn't help my self! & the theatre was full of teamJ.. yea!!.. IT WAS AWESOME!.. I must see it 20 million more times!.. maybe 30!?..

Oh, the intensity of the feelings between Bella and Edward were evident even in Twilight. That one thing that was pretty much done right in that first movie...The were smoking hot together! It was a shame they didn't say "I love you" in that one though. unbelievable.

When Bella/Kristen & Edward/Rob are on the screen you can just feel the heat, the incredible chemistry between them. I think that, in each movie, the heat will be turned up a notch more as their relationship intensifies and grows. Can't you just see/feel that happening?

You know what I really liked of CW doing what CH didn't? When Edward and Bella were in Carlisle's study and he was explaining to Bella the portrait of the Volturi. I wished that had been in Twilight but was ecstatic to see it in NM.

I can't wait to see their chemistry explode in the third film. I really felt it more in NM than Twilight, not sure why but that's how I felt.

Yes, that's true, the scene in the study was very important, I never have understood why it was left out of the first film...maybe because there was no real master plan for continuity because they were so unsure of the viability of the series.

Indeed, they have real chemistry between them.Maybe we could feel it more in this film because they have matured over time and have learned how to show it on screen...either that, or maybe, Chris has given them terrific pointers on kissing!

LOL

LMAO!... i need some pointers .. lol.. go ahead & bring rob down.. lol..

I've said this on this post about 3 times already, but it should have it's own short post so you don't have to read my long thoughts.

Whether or not you liked the movie (I'm really sad some of you didn't) I think we can all agree that Kristen OWNED this movie

Im sad alot of people didnt like it too... although most of them are grey faces so im taking it with a grain of salt...

That's true. But I was hoping for amazing comments from CF and NTJB. :( And I'm sad CF doesn't sound too happy. EDIT: I just saw NTJB's comment, and it's good! Same cons everyone else has (the score and the rushed scenes) but overall good. Ok, that makes me feel better

What did they say? I got here after they left so I apparently missed a lot.

I came on here and searched for their comments. I got here way after they got off too, but CF just said that she was not a happy camper, and will go see it again before she makes up her mind.

I think nearly everyone has the same major pro and con.
Pro: Kristen's fantastic acting
Con: The way too loud/overpowering/soap opera music.

Kristen was so much better this time around. She deserves all the praise she gets. I didn't really notice the Score. I was more tuned into hearing which songs from the soundtrack were paired with certain scenes. Like the Break-up. Roslyn is my favorite song so I thought that matched perfectly.

You're so lucky you didn't notice the score. The music was just soooo in your face. :( I wouldn't mind it if it weren't so loud. Playing 'Possibility' while the showed the seasons change made me cry.

That part of the seasons changing was fantastic. I was glad they picked 'Possibility' to play during that scene. The look on Bella's face; Kristen really captured Bella being depressed and despondent.

I was surprised I didn't cry in the breakup scene. Maybe because I was expecting it to be gut-wrenching. I cried a little right after it happened when she was trying to chase after him though. And when the seasons changed. And when she kept screaming in her bed. And when Edward crushed the cell phone after hearing Bella is "dead"

You know, I'm not really much of a crier. I did feel bad when watching the break-up scene. Edward destroyed Bella's whole world with a few little lines. And I think I figured out which line Kristen changed to make that scene better.

I was really surprised they showed Edward in Brazil; I wasn't expecting that. I'm glad we got to see how tortured he really was without Bella.

Yes, that one scene of him in Brazil said it all...it was honestly my favorite scene in the movie. I always get teary eyed at sad movies, which is kind of annoying but I can't help it lol.

I felt like crying but with my husband sitting next to me being all irritating and huffing and puffing (he hates my obsession) I wouldn't dare cry. He'd think I was crazier than I already am. That's why the next time I go, it will be by myself. And he is strictly forbidden from seeing Eclipse with me.

really? cf didnt like it? i am surprised.

I know, I just read her comment and it said she wasn't a happy camper but will see it again before completely judging. something along those lines.

kristen stewart: best actress of our generation? hell yes.

Everytime she screamed, I cried.

You and I, both!

That girl REALLY is the best actress of our generation.

Thank God a place to vent!!! New moon is my favorite book of the series so with that being sed heres what i think ...

So the movie was good better than the first one at least i agree, but I officially hate Melissa Rosenberg and Summit for making something so perfect into this completely rushed non emotional movie!!! Yes thank you so much for putting more of Stephenie Meyers amazing quotes in but there was no sense of relationship, suffering, and love newhere. I didnt see Jacob and Bellas relationship build. Everything was entirely too rushed. What was with Alices vision of the frolicking couple in the woods? I did not like the sparkle Edward looks so fake, I love Kristen Stewart I really do but she did not do Bella justice in this one. I did not have time to cry nor did i feel depressed as I should of. That break up scene was weak!!!!!! Wasnt this supposed to be the wolf pack movie? where the hell were they? The score was too blockbuster dramatic. Thank god for Taylor Lautner not only did his body glisten like a gods but his performance was beyond amazing, he was Jacob Black. Michael Sheen was a perfect Aro. Victoria was awesome. The ending was soo perfect i adored it. The movie looked wonderful it just lacked so much. Overall Chris Weitz i guess u did the best u could but i would like another director for Breaking Dawn.

oh and since wen does Jacob Black ever call Bella Swan "Loca" ???? ahhhhhhh

I find it so funny how the critics say it dragged and the fans say it was rushed. lol Not making fun of you, it's just so funny.

As for my opinion, I thought it was great. Being a fan of HP, adaptations DO NOT get better than this!

The "Loca" was WEIRD! And yeah I fully laughed, turned to my friend and said Oh my gosh they are frolicking!

I loved New Moon, Chris Weitz has done an amazing job on the film,
Loved alices character even more than twilight, and the fact the most of the key things that happen in the book happen in the film was amazing am so glad they didn't miss much if anything out.
The break up scene with bella and edward made me tear up, jacob made me laugh so did alice, the cullens were so much better in this film appearance wise, LOVED IT can;t wait to see it again on wednesday and can't wait to see what they do with eclipse.

CHRIS WEITZ for BREAKING DAWN!!!!

First, let me say that I really loved the movie and, by the end, I was almost Team Jacob! Taylor really nailed it; so did Kristen. I think the emotions and the budding love was very tangible between them. Now here's where my complaint comes in: did anybody else think that the intensity between Edward and Bella was much less than Twilight? People I talked to thought that happens when people are actually in a relationship. I did not think until now that Kristen and Rob were in a relationship but after the movie, I'm not so sure! Did anybody else feel this way? Just curious!

I agree with you about the intensity.. but in New Moon...You lack that intensity because he is actually not there for 3/4 of the book - and the pull was to the intensity of Bella and Jacob's relationship, which I think they nailed.

You did feel how she and he were hurting during the break up scene..She was great and he conveyed that with one simple kiss to the forehead...They love each other so much that it causes them that much pain. I think that intensity was conveyed in that one scene alone.

I have to agree though, that I wished they would have given us a few more minutes of the "reunion" before the Volturri appeared (since that was all that we were given in her forgiving him", I would have wanted the "you actually think I tried to kill myself out of guilt" and the "I cannot live wihout my soul", and shown some intensity there before the kiss...

All in all I loved the Movie. I am trying to convince my sister to go with me on Thanksgiving after Dinnner, since she hasn't seen it (nor twilight, but I plan on having her watch it that night)

Oh my only complaing is that Robert's Makeup artist should be fired. I really was annoyed with how they possibly found a way to make him look less attractive. Somehow they found a way. Sad

Yeah, I thought all the vampires make-up was a little over-done...too much lipstick. It kind of distracting me a little in this one...though Carlisle in Twilight also had heavy make-up so at least he was consistent :P

okay here it is
1. The cast is a amazing. Kristen is talented and amazing. Robert was everything I hoped he would be. Taylor.........well Taylor was hot. I just wish he took his shirt off more often. Um ...anyway he was also brilliant and was the best Jacob out there.Dakota as much as I hate Jane you go girl. she was geat at being evil glad i could see that side of her. Aro.....DID YOU HEAR HIS LAUGH AFTER JANE TRIED TORTURING BELLA??? Hilarious I could not help but laugh with him. Marcus and Caius you guys didn't say a lot but a loved the little that you said. Cullens ..... loved you so much. Jasper was especially humorous......"I vote yes, It will be a relief to not want to kill you" aw Jazz. Alice.... way to go Ashley the vamp v.s. wolf thing i totally felt that. Esme. Rosalie, Carlisle, Emmett love ya!!! Rachelle you were outstanding and there is no way you can be replaced that was one hell of a performance you go chick.

2. The director.............CHRIS WEITZ ALL I GOT TO SAY IS THAT I LOVE YOU AND I THINK THE WHOLE TWI-UNIVERSE LOVES YOU TO. COME BACK FOR BD I BEG OF YOU. YOU ARE AWESOME AND YOU SHOULD FEEL A BIT SMUG. THE TWI-UNIVERSE THANKS YOU.

3. The Wolfpack you guys looked so good with your shirts off. enough said

4. The Humor this one was funnier than the first. it felt good to laugh every once in a while during this dark time in Bells life.

5. THE ENDING........"MARRY ME".........UM..... WHAT....WAIT....REWIND.....I CAN'T WAIT 221 DAYS TO WATCH THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION I KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT STILL.

6. as predicted by me and many others NEW MOON was amazing and i cried when Edward left.

P.S. I loved the effect of the moon fading into the words New Moon at the beginning that was pretty cool. and when Paul apologized to Bella and Bella and her e-mails to Alice and i loved the community we formed in the theater we laughed together cried together and hooted like wolves when Taylor took his shirt of seeing it again without a doubt

Went to the advanced screening last night, was AMAZING. Before the movie started, they held a contest for who could sing "never think" the best. Some girl did a SPOT ON mumbling impressing of rpattz ;) Then, the PRODUCER OF NEW MOON shows up to make a speech. We had no idea considering we live in Vancouver and nothing really special happens here =( So me and my friend decided to go up to him and asked him about what was going to happen with BD and he told us that they were in the process of planning cities to shoot in (he also said, hopefully back in Vancouver)

Enough pre-movie babbling!!!

What I loved:

-THE CASTING!I think that everyone was casted perfectly for their roles.
-How true to the book it is (lots of the time the lines came directly out of the book)
-The soundtrack. (It fit perfectly with the whole movie)
-KSTEW!!!! she finally got rid of the stuttering
-The flashbacks, it really gave a visual effect of pain and loss
-THE WHOLE PART WHERE BELLA IS IN HER ZOMBIE MONTHS AND WE GET ALL DIZZY BECAUSE THE CAMERA SPINS AROUND AND AROUND. I always wondered how they would portray those months in the movie... i think Chris Weitz did an amazing job doing so
-The e-mails to Alice. It really showed Bella's vulnerability and how she couldn't let go yet she is forbidden to remember.
-WOLVES.WOLVES.wolvessssss
-The cliffhanger at the end (even though we all know what happens next!)

What I didn't like so much:
-Those damn sparkles. I don't think it looks any better than twilight. Atleast he didn't make windchime noises when he sparkled
-Edward's lollipopin red lips! WHY?
-The movie had a not so small town feel. Maybe it's because i live where they filmed and it's just not the same watching it from my perspective?
-The vision Alice shows Aro. WTF?!?! I thought this was supposed to be the FUTURE not the early 1900's
-Don't even get me started on the dissapearance of the silver volvo.

All in all, it was A LOT better than twilight and kudos to chris for taking catherine's place ;)

I just loved it far, far too much. I saw it at midnight, got 3 hours sleep, went to school, and then power-walked home so that I could get to the cinema to see it a second time.

I think that I should just c&p every thing that everyone has said was great about the film.
I loved the start - the tension with the moon. I was seriously resisting the urge to scream.
It was alot more fun to go see at midnight, because everyone there was pretty much a twi-hard, and there was gasps and sobs and laughter. When Jake took his shirt off, there was a group sigh of absolute content. And no, there was no fangirls screams
. There were so many one liners and charlie's flashback 'always am' comment really made me giggle. Oh, and Jasper when he starts to say happy birthday to bella, and then senses her feeling and just stops. And when in the bike-fixing montage, bella puts her hand on the bike, trying to help, and Jake just lifts it up and puts it to her side. And again when Mike came out of the bathroom after puking and he's like 'yeah... I need to go home.' and Jake and Bella just stare at him, and he's like 'what? I felt sick BEFORE the film'. When Alice jumps over the bannister at school. When Edward says that it's his job to protect Bella from everyone... except Alice. Charlie saying that the camera didn't technically count as a gift. 'I'm Quil Ateara.' pahahaha, I just creased. Emmet's voting hug. 'I doubted you would be apposed to grand theft auto' 'no, not today.' LOL. 'I'll be back... as soon as you let the dog out.' *grin*
It might just be me - I laugh at everything - but I thought that this film was pretty hilarious at points, yet still captures the whole intense pain of Bella.
Did anyone else think Aro was reeaaallllly creepy? Michael Sheen was absolutely perfect, and Dakota as Jane, just... wow. Victoria was immense - this catlike woman, totally feral, wild and aggressive yet still so beautiful. Rachelle is the Perfect Victoria, and I have to say, I'm super disappointed that she won't be playing her in New Moon.
I have to admit I was a little dissappointed in the soundtrack. I've had it on my ipod since the end of october, but forbade myself from listening to it. The reason I liked twilight's soundtrack so much, was because certain songs really popped out at me. For example; Full Moon. I really loved that song when I first ever saw the film, and I was like 'oh, that's cool, I totally want to listen to that.' and the same with Spotlight.
I honestly didn't really notice any of the songs in new moon. I think the only two that I did was the one that was playing during the passing of time scene, and the Victoria chase (bless Harry Clearwater, he must have been so scared!).
The score was a bit cheesy. When Paul and Jacob are fighting - the first time Bella finds out what Jake is - I couldn't really take it seriously. I was just thinking 'hah! that music is like off some corny film.' And, no, New moon does not count as a corny film.
Did anyone else cry whenever they heard Bella's nightmare-screams? I was just thinking 'oh my god, I can totally feel her pain.' and charlies pain at having to deal with this.
I was disappointed that Edwards comet explanation thing didn't get included in the film. I think that described perfectly what had gone on in his life, but they didn't put it in.
I had so much more to say, but I forgot it as I wrote, and I'll probably be coming back after I've seen it again (tomorrow, hopefully) and updating my comment, because I'm going to take notes next time.
I hate the way I love Jake in New moon. I'm die-hard Team Edward, but Jake is so nice to Bella before he turns into a werewolf, and makes her whole again (not enough reference to him being her personal sun). I hated him again when he told her to go away, but then I started to feel sorry for him when Alice and Bella left to go get Edward. I'll have to re-read eclipse so that I can not like him again.
Edward and the Cullens in General look so much more vampirish. They are so pale and dead looking. Especially Rosalie and Jasper.
Oh, I just listened to Alexandre Desplat's 'The meadow.' It's so beautiful :')

I'm really sorry if half of this doesn't make sense, but I've literally had less than ten hours sleep in the last two days. I'm slightly delirious.

WOW, RedEyes, I really liked your review! I have to say too, that none of the music really jumped out at me either. That's my only real disappointment so far. The music in Twilight really grabbed me instantly. But I'm thinking that as I watch it more, maybe it will connect more? I loved Charlies line too, "always am." And I thought Aro was creepy too. Well done. Actually, the music at this point did strike me. It set the mood, I thought. And I like how you describe the love-hate of Jacob. I'm right there with you. Love Jacob. Just love Edward more!

Overall I enjoyed the movie. It seemed as if it ended too soon:(

However, what I observed was that New Moon lacked what Twilight had which was excellent music, better makeup and costumes for the Cullens. I absolutely love Edward Cullen, but he looked casket ready in New Moon. LOL. Too much LIPSTICK!!! And he looked 37 not 17. The contacts for the Cullens were a little too extreme versus Twilight was too suttle. Their eyes suppose too look warm and golden and not cat like.

But, New Moon definitely had lot more of what Twilight lacked like better performance from the actors (given better direction), great special efx, and stuck closely to the book. My favorite scene was given by the beautiful Rachelle Lafavre. Victoria was a total badas* in that scene:(

I am Team Edward all the way. But I was totally surprised that I actually thought Bella and Jacob looked cute together!!! Yeah, I know it shocked the hell out of me too!! I kinda wanted them to kiss in the kitchen (cant believe I said that).

Also, after everything was settled with the Volturi, everything was completely rushed and all of the sudden Bella was back in bed. If someone have never read the book they would have thought all of it was a bad dream. They should have at least showed the plane for a split second going back to America and Edward trying to carry a knocked out sleep Bella into the house and pissed off Charlie telling Edward to piss off. Also, in the book I liked when Edward said he would get on his knees and beg for her forgiveness if that's what she wanted, but it didnt happend because it was rushed.

Oh, another scene I liked was the dream in the very beginning. That was a very intense and beautiful scene too me and shimmering Edward looked absolutely stunning.

I just saw it again.

Seriously. WTF. I was not looking at Edward at all. Hahaha. He looked good. But Jacob was looking oh-my-god-please-do-me-now-good. RAIN + JACOB = -----*flatlines*

I can't believe how perfect that movie was. Even though things were missing or changed around, it was unbelievably amazing. The colors were so rich. The music. Just everything. THAT is how Twilight should've been made. But I'm kind of glad Twilight was such a piece of crap movie. Makes me appreciate this one so much more.

Thats well funny.

Everyone in my cinema half way through was like, oh Jacob is amazing, aww Jacob this. Then at the end, people where just chanting TEAM EDWARD! LOL.

their was this poll outside for people after the movie which team you were on, 85% were Edward and 15% were Jacob. LOL

But yes, i thought Taylor looked amazing. Even though he has five year old nipples. LOL

Really!? I walked in with 4 Team Edward friends... I walked out with 3 Team Jacobs and one remained neutral :) It annoyed me. We went to go buy posters and stuff, and i just stood in silence as i tried to comprehend how their minds were changed.
Ofcourse Taylor has an astounding body, so i can just about see how someone is Team Taylor (although ill always be Team Rob), but that doesnt change Jacobs character.
I do prefer film Jacob to book Jacob though. He's sweeter.

LOL at 5 year old nipples. He really does!

I am a dedicated Team Edward member. I have always liked Jacob (except maybe in Eclipse, he annoys me), but LOVE Edward. In the movie, I actually did have feelings for Jacob, and can see how some people might switch teams. At the end, I almost started crying for Jacob, and I never felt THAT much for him in the books.....but I'm still TEAM EDWARD ALL THE WAY!

My heart breaks for jacob. but i will always be loyal to edward till the day i die (OK i know im being dramatic).:)

lol. Edward fans are loyal. Hahaha. I'm sorry, but Rpattz could NOT compete with those abs. XD

AMEN!!!
I love love LOVED how they showed bella's thoughts through email to Alice! SO PERFECT!!!
I EFFING LOVE CHRIS WEITZ!!!!

i couldn't agree more, on everything.

it was as close to perfect as humanly possible. completely beat my wildest visions of this book. i have to see it again. and again..

I love your avi!!!! Hahahaha.

I have a massive problem with this movie. It was at least an hour too short! I wanted more and more and oh, please god, more Edward Cullen; the pale, perfect specimen of a vampire that he is! I think, given the time constraints, CW did the best he could and I loved it.
I did miss a lot of scenes but I understand why they were cut out or trimmed. The scenes that worked were stunning. Victoria chased by the wolf pack off the cliff, Edward and Felix fighting and Alice coming back made me so happy. The brutality of the fight between Jacob and Paul was fantastic.
All the way home I kept whispering 'Edward Cullen.'
The ordeal of getting to the cinema would have been way too much to cope with if the movie had turned out to be cr*p. The weather in Britain has been...LIVELY...the past couple of days and I was travelling about 15miles by train because the cinema in my town is smaller than my house and has awful sound and only has NM on in the evening and I'd have killed any kids who were making a noise. Due to a power cut on the train line the trains were off for at least an hour. Getting a bus would have made us late and I tend to barf on buses. Now I would like to nominate my mum for mother of the year. As I stood there with my face falling and the cold rain running down my neck, my mum said, "The hell with it. Lets get a taxi. I'll pay." It cost £30. What a woman.
When we finally got to the cinema and I put my credit card into the ticket machine, only my ticket popped out. The manager had to beat the snot out of the thing and ten mins later found the ticket scrunched up in it. So after all this we were going to cry if the movie had been a disappointment but it wasn't. On the way home I was so giddy I went the wrong way to the train station and got us lost for 15mins.
Yes, it was rushed and the music was OTT at times but it had the feel of an old fashioned movie and I have a feeling it's going to get better with each viewing. I can't wait to watch the DVD until it skips like my Twilight one does!
The vision of vamp Bella and Edward running was cheesy but I think it was Alice being funny. She knows Aro is quite frankly nutso and she showed him an old fashioned scene that he would appreciate. He hardly ever leaves Volterra, he probably isn't too clued up on modern life. As if Alice would really let either of them dress like such a pair of dorks!
Could someone tell me if Alice said something really funny to Jasper at the start of the movie, the birthday scene? My mum says she did but we can't remember what it was. The quip about putting the dog out was genius, as was Alice's face when Jake leaned into the car, right next to her. I love Alice a hundred times more today than I did yesterday.
So, to sum up, I thought it was way better than the critics say and OH EDWARD! How can Edward be so painfully beautiful? It's astounding.

I think I loved it?!?! Kind of like when I first saw twilight I was unsure and I think it is because the books are so awesome, my expectations are set way too high. I know I will love, love it when I see some more.
Rob, Kristin, Taylor and everyone else did a fabulous job playing their part! Kristin has really stepped up her game and Rob has the whole vampire angst part just right.

Can anyone remember the parts that go with the songs?? I only can remember the Victoria scene with Thom Yorke, and loved that part!!

That was my thought too, I think I love it, but I certainly don't hate it. Mostly, like you said, my expectations were through the roof. But the acting was excellent by all cast members, and the cgi wolves blew me away, and how true it was to the book was incredible! I really felt like I lived the experience I felt in the book, and I'll take it being a little slow paced if I get to do that!

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So I was truly disappointed with the film. I think now after seeing both movies, it's not anyones fault but the screen writers! She sucks! Who is she related to that they've given her all three movies to right. She obviously has never been in a relationship or has had anything excited happen in her life! Because anything romantic or exciting from the book was FLAT on screen! I understand they had to fill in as much as possible and make it look great on screen but they FAILED. What the heck was that all about in Italy when she saves him! Right then and there in 30 seconds he's like "Oh I love you sorry about the last few months" and she's like "no prob lets kiss" How anticlimatic! In the book it builds up until the bedroom seen, they could have spared me the nonsense in the church! Then in the forest when she turns to Edward and is like "read his mind and tell me if he will hurt me" WTF was that! It was so stupid! Edward never knows what's going to set of the wolf (jacob) and Jacob would never think of intentionally hurting Bella! I swear if there had not been so many people in my aisle I would have stormed out after that! That was my last straw! Why the hell did they make Edward look so depressed in the bday scene! They were happy, normal, in love, UNTIL Jasper tries to kill her! Hello! I've been robbed! I waited one year for this! I'm so aggravated that she wrote the third one too! I will not be purchasing tickets ahead of time nor staying up until midnight to see that one! I'll just wait like a normal person and catch the matinee! And another thing...what the heck..when she jumps into the water why didn't they show Edward asking her to fight and her giving up! That part was so important. GRRRRR I wish I could morph into a wolf to growl about how upset I am about he film! Anyone who is a true fan should feel ripped off!

I know that "read his mind and tell me if he will hurt me" quote REALLY pissed me off- Bella would NEVER think that Jacob would hurt her and would never say that. This isnt supposed to be a comedy- everything that was filled with emotion was flat. It was so so so flat. Screenwriter clearly sucks- honestly cant believe they kept her for another movie.

No

Doll you got it wrong

She said that to make Edward KNOW that Jacob will never hurt her or even think about hurting her

THEY LEFT OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT LINE IN THE ENTIRE BOOK!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I loved it, but they needed to make the cliff scene the climax of the movie, and they didn't. When she falls in, they needed to show this:

Bella is drowing, she sees Edward most clearly, so she starts to give up getting out of the water. He says "No, Bella, keep fighting" etc etc, and she, although this was not her first intention jumping in, is giving up on life without him. Her final line is "Goodbye, I love you". AND THEY LEFT THAT OUT???? WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY DO SUCH A THING???

I was heartbroken. The movie was good for what its worth, but without taking out those key lines, it would've been EPIC!!!!!!

NEW SCREENWRITER, I BEG OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris Weitz was just genius.

p.s. Does Kristen have a vocal range of 3 notes??? The Edward break up scene broke my heart -- due to this matter, not to the scene itself ='(

Actually she said the "Edward, I love you" but she said it when Laurent was about to kill her. :/

Right, however its irrelevant

I agree with you on this. I cant understand why exat lines from the book werent used. I mean it makes no sense at all, it wouldnt have made the movie longer. Again, Twilight fans we need to make sure MR is NOT the screenwriter for BD. She will ruien it. Its a complex huge book. God help us if MR writes the script.

Exactly! There was no reason that those lines shouldve been taken out. After months of complete depression and deprivation, she was finally giving up trying to live without Edward, and that did not translate whatsoever. Id rather have some other scene shortened and had the cliff scene be climatic and longer if they had to have it 2 hrs long.This.needed.to.make.me.cry.and.be.the.climax. AND IT WASNT!

Also, I was a bit disappointed with rob's performance. i think hes going a little too far with the seriousness. He needed to be more fierce in her imagination, and his vocal range was the same the entire time -- not enough intonation. But before he left, bella and edward needed to be more cutesy once in a while like real relationships, otherwise, their performances do not make sense and are predictable.

but still, the directing blew me away! gorgeous! CW FOR BD!

Hi everyone-

Well, I haven’t seen the movie yet, will in 2.5 hrs tho  very excited.. but I wanted to share something with everyone – it just shows how amazing the Saga is…

I am at work and about 5 minutes ago the Partner I work for tells me he has to leave because he has to take his daughter to some “vampire movie!” – Supposedly she has a “family event” today – at least that’s what she told the school so she could get out and he has to take her… the funny part about this is that… I took half a day off today for a “doctor’s appointment” – in actuality I’m going to see NM lol …

Just hoping I don’t see my boss and his daughter there! It is playing every half hour so hopefully he’ll drop her off in the parking lot lol… Just thought it was funny and wanted to share… kisses…

P.S. Going tonight again and dragging my hubby with me!!

*hehe*.. I saw it... AND there were tons of guys!!.. TONS... BY THEMSELVES TOO!!.. it was pretty funny to me.. but @ the smae time.. i was like.. Finally!!.. MAN EVOLVES!!

my sister had that she has been off sick for 3 days really poorly bless her and i told hertough she has to come still so she felt a little better came anyway and bumped into the receptionist i had to laugh her face was priceless x

that is hilarious... luckily i got in and out without seeing her lol... :) and went again last night with my husband - btw he loved the action scenes.. and as you can imagine wasn't that fund of all the "slow" or as i would call them "juicy" parts lol..

ha ha good for him well done on getting away with it btw lol my hubby has started to look interested so i think i may be ok when the dvd comes out for a few days anyway oh the joys of working nights while he works days ha ha my poor children x

ROFL!! I was wondering about teachers, b/c I know the age group of women who read the Saga and most teachers are readers - I was just curious if there were any who would go to the midnight showing (I was at the school yesterday for a conference & thought of this). Well, I stood in line and ended up sitting next to these 3 women who were in their 40's - 50's and were total fanatics. They each had one of the books with them and they were watching TL on an ipod while we waited for previews. Come to find out they were all elementary school teachers! They had about a half hour ride back home and then had to get up and teach in the morning - they were awesome!!

The more I think about it, the more I feel the movie was a FAIL. Rosenberg should have never been allowed to write the scripts for the saga.
God, only two more books to go, and one is a total mess. Think I'm gonna lower my expectations for these movies even more, like I did with HP.

I cant believe you thought it was a fail.

I loved it.

Yeah, there are a couple of wrong things and MR sucks as a script writer, but don't think about it so much. Just love it the way it is.

Things that bothered me:

1. Edwards cheesy slow-motion entrance. We already saw him in the dream scene! Why make it that slow? To show the new Volvo?

2.Edward always looking down.

3. Leaving Aro while Heidi was escorting their human meals in, there was TODDLERS in the line to be eaten! I was seriously bothered by that!

Other than that it was great.

Ok the movie was great. Ofcourse when youve read the book it seems like the movie is very short (at least to me it did) and scenes that I would have liked to see where not in the movie but it is still a movie and it has to be 2 hours long. The score ? What was that?!!! They should have just kept the twilight score which was absolutely beautiful. It was soooo much better. After all its the same author and the same books and even though they will each have a different director they should have something in common besides the actors that play in them.

I am a little dissapointed that people are totally dissing CH. With the bugdet she probably had I think she did a pretty good job. If it wasnt for Twilight, New moon wouldnt had such a big budget and ofcourse none of us would be running to theathers to see New Moon. I liked the colours better in Twilight it seemed more Forks to me then New Moon, the cast she picked was great and maybe the effects weren't so great but again no bugdet remember people? Plus she had this kind of indie/alternative look to it that I appreciated.

Anyway I do believe that CW did an excellent job I must say with the effects and the mood of the movie and the wolves and I did feel satisfied with everything he did but the music of the score was such a let down in my opinion.

Other then that I am going to go see it today again so I can appreciate things I missed the first time around which I am sure I have.

STEPHANIE MEYER YOU ROCK!!!!

Kalamazoo was very much Team Jacob. I was shocked!! I am too, but I thought the Edwards would overwhelm us, not even. O.K. I can't stand that Rachelle is not going to be in this anymore, she IS Victoria. Taylor was outstanding, loved the whole wolfpack, loved Jamie Campbell Cius, yummy! Missed the scene between Bella, Alice and Billy Burke, thought it was important. Also wish Bella freaked out more about having to go to Florida, she really freaked in the book. And, it goes without saying but, we all cried like babies, even though we knew what was going to happen. Good job, Chris.

K, I loved it. Some pieces were cheese, but when you remember the book is a fantastical made up world, it's ok. I went into this knowing it wouldn't adhere to the book considering Twilight didn't. It was beautiful, cinemetography was stunning, acting kicked Twilight's booty and Victoria was- really really unnerving. All of them were to an extent but now I could honestly understand why she scared Bella so much. I really loved it for what it was- a creative interpretation of New Moon through the eyes of the artists. Just like when it was only the books and artists were drawing pictures of what they imagined and writing songs based on what Bella's lullaby would sound like. They're all going to be different interpretations because all of our minds are different. I happened to really love and appreciate the art and the talent in this movie. I think they did beautiful work.

Perfect. Perfect. AND PERFECT!

I'm just going to say that when Edward left Bella and she sat in her room while the seasons changed and the camera panned around her and her windows... WOW. I don't think I've ever felt so much emotion. That was BRILLIANT! I LOVED THIS MOVIE SO MUCH. I knew it was going to be good.

I wasn't crazy about the ending.. BUT I KNOW I'M GOING TO SEE THIS MANY MANY MANY MORE TIMES! I'm glad I got to see more of my Jasper in it.

Taylor, you were the BEST actor in this movie.. damn , boy! You have some talent.

Kristen, you stepped your game up immensely! I did NOT like you in Twilight, you were dull and emotionless. But you seemed comfortable and at ease with your character and you did an AMAZING job.

Rob.. um.. no words. We all know that he's perfect.
And the Volturi were powerful as hell on the big screen. I seriously left the theater with my mouth wide open.

Good job Chris!!!!!

I agree, it was very well done and Chris is to be commended!

Did anyone else feel like this was a version of Cliff Notes?? I mean they hit all of the major parts of the book and skipped out on some really good scenes. WHY did Jacob show up at the school, where was Mike's parent's store, where were all of the gifts (hello broken stereo in the closet?!), and all of the middle part of the book with Jacob. This movie was supposed to be about Bella and Jacob and the bond that forms between them. No sprawled out man-wolf on the living room floor going over homework or coke in the brown paper sacks. It just would have been nice if they actually went a little bit farther into the scenes instead of just skimming over what the scene was about. (I.e.- Bella pulls up in Jake's drive with the bikes in her truck. We don't see her getting the bikes before hand and she claims she got them at a junk yard- not on the side of the road. Then Jake doesn't try to hide it from his dad.) Hopefully Eclipse will be a little bit better. Yes it was a good movie but deffinately not what the hype made me believe. I still LOVE the series and will defend it in a heartbeat anytime someone tries to say something bad about it but just wish they would stick to the books a little bit more. For the die-hard fans sake at least!

I certainly did NOT think this was a Cliff Note. I think you're talking about little details that didn't need to be shown in the movie. That goes with the whole book to movie thing where everything cannot be included. It just can't. There's no need to waste film or my time on little details. If you want those just stick to the books. I thought it was well worth all the hype. Just my opinion though

i agree i also would like to mention that alot of the smaller things have been put there somwhere just in a differant way like the romeo and juliet book and the time changing in the garage seeing the bike turn from a wreck into a bike mostof it is there just adapted in a way to fit i was a little dissapionted with the lack of plain scene lol but i loved it take it for what it is guys ;0)

i saw it 2 nights ago and it was just amazing.........Robert Pattinson can take off his shirt anyday and taylor should just never wear one at all. LOL. i want to see it again so much (bring on DEC 2 after exams) i was just speechless after it. Twilight i have to say looks like crap. It follows the book so much and i totally picked where some of the music was going to be. Want to see deleted scenes now.... How much longer till DVD? i just want to keep re watching it again and again and again

I went to watch the movie tonight!!! Chris did a fantastic job!! I am Team Edward, but I have to give Jacob props. Taylor did a wonderful job betraying him in the right manor. The entire wolf pack was great. Rob and Kristen were both wonderful, and you could really feel the chemistry between them. To be honest, I cried during the break up scene, and when she had to tell Jacob goodbye. (I'm a sap) I really am going to miss Rachelle in Eclipse, her parts were big in New Moon, but she is the original Victoria. Even after reading the books, and seeing New Moon, if I had to choose, I would have to say Edward hands down.

I just don't want to say any more to spoil it for those of you who haven't seen it yet.

i cried aswell! GAHHH im going to see it again ASAP!

I've seen new moon yesterday for the first time and I just got home from seeing it the second time ;) I absolutely loved it, chris weitz is a genius! I love how they followed the book et brought all the important things on screen.

The acting was brilliant, especially Kristen and Taylor, I think. The "break up" scene between Jacob and Bella, was just heartbreaking... I think they showed the relationship between them really good, you could see how much Bella needs Taylor.

Oh, and I loved Alice and Jasper, they were so funny on Bella's birthday in school. But I didn't like Alice' vision that she showed Aro. I think it was somehow weird? Maybe it's just me :)

The humans were just great, I love the fact that they were so much more funny than in twilight. The volturi are great, Aro is really well played and I love Jane. She's just so scary. Rachelle lefevre was amazing as victoria, it's too bad that they replaced her... She looked stunning!

The special effects are very well done in new moon. The speed of the vampires and the sparkling effects are so much better than in twilight. And the wolves are great. I think they looked perfect, scary with Laurent, but you could also see that they have feelings, that they are "human" in the last scene with Jacob. And they were huge! I didn't expect that they would made them this big, but it was great :)

All in all, new moon is just fabulous. Have fun seeing it again and again and again... :) Oh and sorry for my english, but I'm swiss :P but I needed to share my feelings about new moon with you! I've followed this page for moths, but this is just my second post ;)

Woot, saw it at 12:02 in the Imax theatre. Blew Twilight out of the water absolutely phenomenal! Chris Weiz did an amazing job he stuck with the story he perfected the flaws of the first film. I was soooooo happy to see the meadow the way i envisioned it witht he actual swaying flowers told in the book. I loved how Weiz gave us a glimps of where Edward was through all of it and what Bells would look like as a vampire. Which I must say she is going to look exactly the way Edward sees her in BD. I hope and pray Chris Weiz does BD. Floored. I originally bought tickets for the 9;30 pm showing on Friday but couldn't wait and forked over the cash for Imax. Can't wait to go back for that 9:30 showing. I am soo dam happy at the way New Moon came out, much , much, much better than Twilght. It was so quiet in the Imax theatre you could here a pin drop it was that engrossing. Wow!!!!

WOw... I am surprised at how many people didnt like it...


I think you guys should all go see it again, you're missing something.
Go watch it again, and go in with an open mind. You cant fit the book in to 2 hours. It would be like a 6 hours movie. Just remember that.

OH MY GOD I FREAKING LOVED NEW MOON!!!!!! It was forking AWESOME!!!!

Yep, I think maybe if you didn't like New Moon you should watch Twilight first. New Moon is a fitting continuation of Twilight but I think it was just done that much better--just took it up a notch.

Remember too that this is a middle portion of the whole saga--I remember the 1st time seeing the original Star Wars trilogy being a bit disappointed with the 2nd movie but it all came together with Return of the Jedi--the 3rd one. Same with the Lord of the Rings trilogy...

I went in with the most open of minds, I truly wanted to love it!

Sadly, I hated it.

UHMMM,

NEW MOON WAS AHHHHHHMMMMAAAAAZING!!!

CHRIS WEITZ, YOU ARE ALL THAT & A BAG OF CHIPS!
You so lived up to the hype and I am so proud you made the book come to life...
You shut down CH TEN-FOLD!

I don't care reviewers say it was "excessive in length" . I WANTED MORE!!!

all i know is I'M SEEING IT AGAIN TOMORROW WITH OTHER FRIENDS...yippeee!!!
:o)

I'm not going to focus on the "negatives" or what they "left out or "changed", didn't draw out, etc...bc well, I'm happy with it. FAR more than i was with TWILIGHT.
so - yeah

NEW MOON ROCKED MY WORLD
CHRIS WEITZ ROCKS MY WORLD
ROBERT PATTINSON ROCKS MY WORLD
TAYLOR LAUTNER ROCKS MY WORLD
KRISTEN STEWART ROCKS MY WORLD
AND SO ON AND SO ON...

oh and if nothing else, one's gotta admit this...let's just say the SPARKLE is 100x infinitely so much better!

First of all, it was hard to hear at parts because of all the SCREAMING GIRLS...you know what? THEY CANT HEAR YOU!! I personally think the score in Twilight was much better then New Moon. There was no depth to the music...I don't think Alexandre Desplat got it quite right. But Melissa Rosenberg defintaly did an amzing job on the script. Great Great Great! I loved the little bits that made me laugh. She did very well. There was way to much special effects in this movie and to be honest, they didn't even look real. I could tell easily where they were used. They should of tried to make things a little more realistic. The vampires in New Moon looked a little fake. In Twilight they blended in a little more, but I think the contacts where just too fake and they didnt look as good as they did in Twilight. I also didn't experience the longing for edward that bella had in the book in this movie. They emotions that are portrayed in the book just were not put on screen too well. I honestly forgot all about edward half way through the movie. That's something that Bella never did, forget edward. The scenes in the book are quite detailed and lengthy, but the scenes in the movie had little depth...just as you start to get into it, the scene changes. I felt like it jumped around way to much. It was much more action packed then Twilight, maybe because they wanted to fit so much in. To be honest, this movie would of been hard to produce because there is SO much content in the book and all of it is quite important. Having to put all this in a 2 hour movie means that yes there are some things that I would of liked to seen, missed out. All in all, I would see the movie again. I would definatly rate Twilight a 5 out of 5 and New Moon a 4 out of 5. Lets hope that Eclipse brings something amazing!

ok im like in my friend's iphone, typing this up, and im curently sitting in the goddamned movie theater and my spelling and grammar is prob horrible coz im not used to this iphone but ya whateverr

and i hav like 20 more mins til the movie starts and i just wanted 2 say before i go and melt into oblivion, did any of u cry during the break up scene or... did u cry at all in any of the scenes..

were your expectatioons met?.
and i am really giddy from xcitement.. but as i am SCANNING (not reading) your comments, i seee people say that taylor gave an "amazing performancee"...

no, really, u must b kidding me.... BUT, if that IS true, do u think a person like ME (for instance, fyi ive posted mean comments about taytay on here b4) can actually convert to --gasp- team JACOBB??! really?
20 mor mins! aahhhhhh..... plz excus my incoherent comment.. iphones r not my thang

I cried during the break up scene.

As for Taylor, if you're not a fan of Taylor, you won't be after this movie. His performance most likely won't change your opinion of him.

Got to agree there Taylor was brillant. Can't wait to see how well he can do blackmail in Eclipse and then Sarcasm in Breaking Dawn. He is Jacob.

what abt his performance?

was it good? amazing? bad? mediocre?

It wasn't bad. It wasn't mediocre either. It'was a teen actor playing in a film. He didn't transcend anything. But was really good.

okkk thnx !


holy f**k the trailers r starting

kbye :) (xpect some heavy duty cussing-filled review when im back in my laptop)

Hey, I finally made it. Tell me you're still awake.

i gotta disagree and say that taylor was great in it!
kristen was the best but taylor was up there.. second maybe !! loved him

gosh i got so much to say but dont know if i should wait till its out world-wide!

He was acting as if he was playing in a soap opera, but then again the whole movie seemed soap opera-ish.

It sort of sucks how the dialogue really ruined the movie. And remember that Robsten redid the breakup scene. That scene has the least sentimental cliched crap in the entire film.

MR has to go. *$#*@. She will ruin BD. She has no originality in her dialogue.

At some moments it seemed like he was trying to hard to get the emotion just right, then it ruined it for me. He still did a great job portraying Jacob though.

yes you can conert he was just that good =] enjoy the movie

oh rly noww ?
i mean 2 tell yu the truthh, i hate jacob w// a passionn

and u srsly think that i can convert....?

well this next 2 hrs r gona be intresting !

aaahhhhhh 13 mor mins

LOL no you wont convert... especially after you see the ending :)

sooo after you seen it did you convert ?? wat did you think

i have been team edward for EVER! and after seeing the movie 2 nights ago..... im pretty damn close to converting !!!!

thats all im saying!

ENJOY !!

Everyone hates me, but I just really didn't like it that much. I didn't DISlike it.. it just didn't do anything for me at all. Not enough wolf pack, and the Volturi thing.. not even remotely how I imagined them.

I find I end up disappointed often by having too high of expectations :(
P.S. I didn't think the special effects were that great considering the work Chris is known for.

I loved it! But I agree I wanted more wolf pack!!! and Bronson!! haha

THEY PLAYED THE REMEMBER ME TRAILER!!!

:)

I know, it was so hott! Except for those tweens that sat behind me that squeeled everytime Rob talked.

I was about to jump over my seat and bust a cap...

LOL yeah I hear that. I actually missed a couple of lines because of the crowds reaction... I missed what Jake says right before him and Bella are about to kiss when the phone rings... He says something to her and I have no idea what it is!!!

We got the trailer and loud teenagers. At one point I turned around and gave them a long look. It worked for approximately 3 minutes and then they wouldn't shut up.

Last part: Overall I think the movie was fantastic. They did leave out a couple things, and a couple things confused me, like why Alice has golden eyes when she sees Bella again, or why Edward’s eyes look so golden when they’re in Italy. The man has been tortured for 7 months, and his eyes are black in the book I believe… it’s not like he took time to eat before committing suicide. Also, I feel like there were parts of the movie in TV spots that were NOT in the actual movie. I’m going to have to look into that more when I have my own copy, but I’m pretty sure there is a scene with Jacob when he is begging Bella not to leave him that they didn’t use in the movie.
If you’re not a Twilight fan, this movie might be a little slow and/or confusing. They do move through the plot rather quickly, and it does not feel like 2 hours and 10 minutes at all. It’s kind of like… BOOM its Bellas birthday, BOOM papercut, BOOM goodbye Edward, BOOM hello Jacob. They hang out twice and then BOOM he’s a werewolf. BOOM they’re in Italy. It’s really quite fast.
The way the movie ends is incredible. INCREDIBLE. I couldn’t have asked for anything better than that. The movie was also pretty funny at times too.

The script was good. It could have been better. Melissa totally left out Edwards whole speech about Bella, BUT… let’s be honest here. If you stuck Robert up there, and made him read that paragraph, it would probably be uber cheesy. The way they chose to portray it was well done, in the sense that he got his point across, but wasn’t speaking Romeo to her. Not that I’m knocking what’s in the book, but you have to understand the difference between written and spoken word. They don’t always go together, or match up.

I loved the movie, and I'm going to have to give it at least one more time before I have a full out opinion, but it's lookin good, and I plan on going at least 12 times, since I saw Twilight 11... have to out-do myself!

good way to sum it up
actually.. GREAT SUM UP !!

yeht he tv spots are different.. not just missing scenes but some lines were delivered differently in the actualy movie... the beauty of rough-cuts and final-movie cuts.

also the part where alice goes
'You're a human.. who knows entirely too much... they could kill us all'

i dont think she says they could kill us all

unless i was in that much shock that i was seeing NM that i missed it lol.

yeh a great movie though but agree that i have to see it again to pick up on everything.... you knwo what they say... when you see a movie for a second time..you enjoy it more...

do they say that?
well i do! coz im going to see it again tomorrow haha

I think you are right about the missing Jake scene
And you are correct on the eyes I thought the same thing. They did everything else great but that detail slipped their minds.

I'm sure when you go to make a movie, you have to sacrifice alot. With Chris being such a big fan, I bet he knows what's not there and has his own opinions about it, but as a director even, there is only so much you can do. Still I cant believe she didnt go to the Cullens house!

No, if you notice they kind of rolled all of Jake's scenes before he's a werewolf into a montage-type of thing. Like, they show then going to fix the bikes and it shows it change and they're doing a different thing with the bikes then it shows her go to pay for the pizza and she throws the slice to Jake and when it shows him catching it it's him catching a wrench so there's a different day. So I actually thought it was a really interesting way to show the time they spent together in the garage working on the bikes alll rolled into a shorter time span to save time for more important scenes.

I think this is the best we can expect from MR.. and even on top of that two scenes were left out but added because of CW. I hope everyone recognizes that.

MR left out Jacob coming into Bella's room and the movie theater scene. Thank you CW!

yeah MR should be fired. Im not saying the movie was bad, because I loved it, but just little things she does irritate me

Dude, I hate to see how MR wrote Eclipse. Hopefully DS put her in her place. Lol Summit needs to find a new writer for BD. Or God help us all.

You're right about the TV spots - the line by Alice "You're a human that knows entirely too much about us; they could kill us all"

In Australia New Moon came out yesterday (19.11.09) and it was fantastic... I must say it was fantastic compared to the first film... I wathced the midnight screening and I also went to a VIP screening of it on the same day at 7pm..... I think they stuck to the book and I think the added scenes are also good..... I think Edward looks fabulous even though I am on Team Emmett..
I have also turned to Team Jacob.. All the stuff with the motocycles was fabulous and I loved the "break-up scene" with him and Bella.... The volturi scenes were good but I thought it could of been a little more stronger/violent/tense... The vote and the confrontation between Jacob and Edward at the end absolutely blew my mind... IT WAS AWESOME
I love the suspence that it gives you at the end for the next one... Oh, and I cried four times and I loved how there was some humour in it at the start... Eric is HILARIOUS and Jessica is too
I also liked the the layout of the music... It's sound fantastic
In simple words: I FREAKING LOVED IT!!!! I already have tickets to see it on the 21st and on the the 24rd.... Hope everyone else enjoys it!!!!

Just seen New Moon and...well....I think it's better than Twilight but the music in some places felt too fast-paced for the emotion that was happening at that very moment. At least CW stayed true to the book, loved Jasper's southern accent! Loved how Victoria outran the wolves...the wolves are just awesome! Very curious now to see how Eclipse is going to turn out under DS.

Completely agree.. my only complaint.. the score.

Mike Newton and Jasper were freaking hilarious!
Victoria was super cool and if I could be a vampire I would want to be like her!! LOL
Aro was magnificent and just how I imagined.
Love, love, loved Taylor's acting as Jacob and the wolf pack were so good and funny "Bella is good with weird" haha
Chief Swan put in another stellar performance and KStew was good too.
PFach was super sexy once again as Carlisle but there just wasnt enough of him. Loved his little conversation while stitching up Bella. *swoon*

I totally agree with everything you said!

Michael Sheen just blew me away with his performance! He added the right amount of creepiness to his character, the laughing and clapping his hands were very Aro, to my opinion.

Jake and the wolves are beyond amazing, you just want to lick them off the screen! Taylor's acting was amazing, especially during the 'break-up' scene out in the rain.

I just loved the bickering between Jake and Alice, I freaking loved that line: As soon as you put the dog out!

Kristen portrayed Bella's emotions very real, I think she did an awesome job!

Charlie is the perfect dad, all loving and caring and hasn't lost his sense of dry humour!

Rob was well... his performance made me tear up a few times, Edward's suffering and agony came across so genuine. Not to mention he is breathtakingly beautiful of course.

Oh, and how can I forget: Edward quoting Romeo & Juliet... SWOON!!!

And Edward sparkling in the sun is wow... just wow!!! So much better than the sweaty guy in Twilight. LOL!

and i don't know if anyone else noticed but NO WIND CHIMES WITH THE SPARKLES YEA!!!!! there were little ones in the beginning when she was dreaming but otherwise yea no wind chimes woohoo

Thank god for no wind chimes!!

I saw Peter Facinelli at Dragon Con this past year and he said he practiced his stitching on raw chicken breasts lol. I thought that was pretty hilarious.

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It was as bad as the book.

Boo on the greyfaces... Your out of turn sir, please sit down... button up your lips and throw away the key

It's an invasion of the grey faces!!! Eeeeek!!

Haha I know right?

agreed!

Agreed! They're harshing our mellow.

Yeah they are. screw them, lol

Heh, fortunately, this is the internet and people can say whatever they want. :D This includes opinions that can't possibly harm anyone.

If you don't like the movie or the book, go on a different site then that would better suit your interests. I am sure that there are plenty out there. THIS site is for people who enjoy the Saga and while we do like different opinions, you are being pretty hateful.

That's the reason these people, and myself, are on this site..because we love the books and we loved Twilight and were SO excited for New Moon. That fact that we hated NM isn't our fault! I wanted to love it but it just wasn't good, in my opinion.
You can't just love something because you are supposed to, you know?

lol, yes and unfortunately not everyone's opinion counts to me. Because I'm cool like that.

Ahhh now you're comment before makes sense... that with the grey face and this comment.. I understand all too well.

That doesn't make my opinion any less valid, however. :P Twilight fans can't take criticism? I understand all too well.

Also, it's *your.

Criticism is fine. Debate away!!
Its just that people that come on here without bothering to get an avatar are almost always negative in there comments. They come flying in, drop their nasty comment and then disappear. It can get pretty tedious. I prefer criticism that is funny. At least its entertaining.

Forgive me for mispelling a word when I'm half a sleep at four in the morning!!! I can take criticism, I have no problem debating. You're 100% entitled to your opinion. The world would be pretty boring if we all liked the same thing.

HOWEVER, this is a fan site where people who like the series talk about it together. I go to movie forums and imdb when I want to debate the series with nonfans.

Non twilight fans automatically assume we can't take criticism because we give our opinions right back.. I understand all too well. We can go at this all day if you'd like. We should take it to the appropriate website though, not a FAN site.

if you didt like the book, why see the movie??? thats 2 hours and $10 of your life you'll never get back, by choice... duh

I'm from guam so we were the first ones from the U.S for the movie to premiere and OMG, it was freaken awesome! I loved the whole cast they did an awesome job in the movie. The only thing I was concerned about was that I noticed that Kristin didn't really cry in the movie I mean in the books she balled out into tears--I wish she cried more and I mean an honest to goodness cry not just little tearing and little sniffles-- but she still did an amazing job especially with waking up from the dreams screaming. OH and the end UGH WTF......it was a GREAT ENDING but damn just like that...freak JUNES too far!

Saw it in Australia on Wednesday night and am still just absolutely loved it. We went to the double and saw Twilight just before hand and with the two as a comparassion it was just so obvious how wrong Catherine Hardwicke got Twilight.

I thought that Chris Weitz did an outstanding job! He really filled in the massive blanks left by Catherine Hardwicke and still kept it relevant to New Moon. There are a few change around of scenes but they still work really well ie - Bella's confrontation with Jacob, Harry's heart attack, etc

I loved how Bella's 'depression' was done and the email's to Alice just broke your heart.

Billy Burke was brilliant at Charlie and stole EVERY scene he was in. Think we need a new team - Team Charlie as he is a total DILF!

Taylor Launter was spot on! He really brougt Jacob Black to life and acted his 8 pack off! I am a staunch Team Edward but found myself cheering for Jacob. Still laughing about the 'Marshmellow' line LOL!

The wolf pack were just hilarious and really complimented the sadness from Bella.

Kristen was also so great in the role of Bella this time. Shows the difference a good director that gets it, can make. She is totally believeable as Bella Swan.

Rob was also great in the teeny tiny bits he was in. Loved the scene when he got off the phone and thought Bella was dead, it broke my heart!

One thing that really surprised me was how damn funny it was! I was laughing my arse off during most of the film which I really wasn't prepared for, but really liked.

I am voting for Chris Weitz for Breaking Dawn and am wondering if Summit are just waiting to see the fan reaction to New Moon before signing it all off. That way they won't have a Catherine Hardwicke "project clashing" issue like last time...

i too saw it on wed and i agree with everything you just wrote thank you for letting all the people out there who didn't like it, what the movie realy was about, just enjoying what is the world of twilight

i definatly enjoyed it(: i swear every female in the room gasped or screamed when we saw taylor topless for the first time with his hair short *sigh*

OMG!!! This movie blew me away! I expected it to be good, but wow! Chris Wietz did an amazing job. The little comedic lines, the intensity of the serious scenes, the CGI, all of it was just so well done. I have to say though if I had one criticism it would be the score. I loved the score for twilight but this one seemed too fluffy, romantic and generic. The soundtrack is amazing though (Thanks My brand of leg hitch lol). I will definately be going back to see it very soon.

You can call me Hitchy... everyone else does!

EPIC WIN! YEAH FOR NEW MOON!!! VERY well adapted to the screen!

HITCHY!!!

Just got home... still processing the movie - 1,000% better than Twilight, but I still hate Melissa Rosenburg. I just have to say this:

My two favourite quotes - NOT in the movie at all? No "...It was the blackest kind of blasphemy..." or "Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night..."

And I know we talked about the little old lady in Volterra... I was really wanting to see her... I think my biggest issue was how they went right from the tourists screaming, to being in her bed...

But these are purely scripting issues, and I'll blame MR for them. Kristen, Rob & Taylor BROUGHT IT. They owned those performances. CGI and other special effects - brilliant. I am so glad that those numerous scenes which were removed were fought for - and done well. The movie theatre, stitching Bella's arm, Rob & Kristen fighting to have their lines changed in the break-up scene... brilliant. And the break up scenes - between E&B and J&B - abso-frickin'-lutely brilliant.

*sigh* I have to go sleep on this, and get ready to see it again next week... ;)

yeh i definately agree about one minute being in Volterra and the next she's waking up from a bad dream.. they missed all that stuff in between!

but i mean they cant fit it all in... but i rekon CW for BD and get rid of MR
haha all these acronyms lol

but i defs agree snowy..... need to see it again!!!

also... you better do your rocking chapter reviews in the eclipse re-read countdown !

x

*salutes* YES, MA'AM! :D

don't forget, epilogue post today... and it's ironic, cuz I talk about what I'd like to see, and of course, I've already seen it... ROFLMAO

I wasn't a big fan of the NM soundtrack but after watching the movie I can't seem to get it out of my head...especially Monster by Hurricane Bells. All I see in my mind when I hear that song is Edward walking in slow motion. (ooo...I just got chills)

i agree!!! that part stuck in my head. lol.

i loved bella's face when she hears that he just pulled up. she's so happy. lol.

What a pity that the producers of the sequel took this one away from C. Hardwicke!

All the elements that made the first movie stand out from the pile have evaporated!
In an obvious effort to make the movie even more commercial, "New Moon" looks like it's designed to cater for the fantasies of puberty!

Everyone in the movie poses or shows off their unreal trained bodies, to such an excess that it becomes a parody!

Success has done some harm to the cast as well. Taylor Lautner looks as if he came out of a fitness magazine cover. Kristen Stewart has lost the innocence she had in the first movie, while Rob carries himself around as if he were in a photographer's studio!

(I love Rob better when he's this down to earth person, showing a thinking guy who won't let all this go to his head, but then, this is extremely hard to control, being surrounded by this unbelievable massive hysteria!)

In "Twilight", the need for real human touch is so powerful, directly resembling to heroin addiction. In "New Moon" Bella looks as if she's on rehab!

I've read the first three books, and I expected a better script for this one I'm afraid...A pity for Robert Pattinson, I think he should move on to films of better quality, that have something more to say...He's got the talent, why waste it? A pity for "Twilight" too, which was really something different from what I'd seen before...

I'm sure Twi-hards will honour "New Moon" at cinemas worldwide, but...the thrill is gone.
This movie was excessive, pompous, and it lacked heart and feeling...I'm afraid, it was boring too...The vampire makeup was exaggerated this time as well... Sorry!

I liked the movie. I thought it stuck well within the confines of the book. Like most people, I didn't like the score at all. It is the only thing that ruined the movie for me. When I listened to it, it reminded me of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. It was too fantasy. And yes, I know it's a fantasy book, but the book portrays it as reality. Twilight's score = awesome. My favorite scenes were Bella's fading away scene, as they showed her in her depressed states with the dreams and everything. That's when I cried, because you could see how much it killed her. My other favorite was in the fight with the Volturi, when she yelled and then begged them to kill her, not him. I love how she is willing to give up everything for him.

Ok I think I was the last person in the web side to watch the movie hahaha. We went yesterday with my hubby and..................I have really mixed feeling about this one. There are somethings that were better tahn twiligth like the color of the movie the special efects, the cullens i think.... but this one didnt have continuity, it was like jumping scenes, it give me the feeling of rush. I know that it was imposible to put the whole book in 2 hours but it was jumpy like when she was depress and then she just show ou at jacobs house with the bikes..........2mint more to show where she got the bikes from would be nice, or before the vote she just stands up from bed and bum!!! at the cullesn house.....what happen with nocking the door "welcome bella" or somenthing like that.... you know what a mean continuty and also to all those people out there that said that KS didnt showed any emotion.........people seriously what more you want...her face of pain was more then 3 hours crying, her face when the months when by was.....to much and the screaming and the dreams (cries) it was sooooo painful to watchl, I think it was more painfull that how I imagine it in tha book, and edwards face!!! woao that is lots of pain and emotion out there.
The wolfs where amazing!!!!!!!! sometimes scrary amazing really good I like sams and emily performance, the other guys where ok.
I did not like the score at all, like I_am_fan said to much fantasy. The voltury scene was really good and really real but I would like a longer kiss, maybe a little more passion or intensity like in twilithg, these kisses where like painfull, but it is a sad book soooo.
Jacob and Charlie rock!!!!!! and alice.....50/50.

Hi guys...
Saw the movie yesterday... Not sure yet..

Let me explain a bit...
Last year when I saw the Twilight trailer, I said to my friend 'Damn I have to see this movie, I don't know why but I have to see it' I didn't know anything about the books or the fanbase or the actors. Then it came on screen, I went to see it and BOOM! I was totally hypnotized and at the end of the movie, I said to my friend 'Damn I have to see this movie again!' I went 12 times and read the books many times...

That didn't happen with New moon movie...
I did miss the blue tone of Twilight, the mystery of everything in this little city and the low budget side of it. Watching New Moon (which is my fav book so high expectations here) I felt like I was watching a 2 hours trailer or music video... I didn't feel the pain I thought I'd feel, I feel it was all on the surface, too quick, too 'we try to put everything so we don't go deep in any scene'.

I've been waiting for this movie for a year, and at the end of it, I didn't get that 'Damn I have to see it again' thing... and that makes me sad.
I don't remember any of the music I heard in New Moon, when the music in Twilight catched me instantly. Many of what we see in the trailers didn't even appear in the movie, the scenes were way to short, like cut in the middle, no time to understand anything (for non-fans) or no time to sink in the emotion with the character.

I think I liked it, in a way, or maybe just because I'd be too sad to say I didn't like it.. But I'm very disapointed.

I think it failed to take me where I wanted to be taken.
:_(

Don't be sad. What you need to do, is go see the movie a second time. Trust me on this....

Step back, take a breath...

It is SOOO much better the second time. You will see the things that you missed and all of the nuances that make New Moon really special. You will see the 'heart and soul' of the movie. I just know it!

See it again...you will change your mind. :)

hugs

well said!!
i sore it first at the midnight showing n came out thinking that was really good and im glad CW kept to the book but whn i went to see it 2 days l8r i came out thinking omg that was amazing !!!
u need to c it a 2nd time just like SM posted on her website tht u had to read the book twice b4 moving on2 eclipse u need the 2nd viewing :P
i do have to agree about the music though the soundtrack is not as gd as twilight although i love muse- i belong to you

Ok so first of all AMAZING JOB to everyone! I loved the movie, this was my least favorite of the books, but this was sooooo much better than the movie adaptation of Twilight. While I loved Twilight to, it deviated way too much fromt he book, whereas as New Moon was so close until the end. The end was my biggest problem with the movie. Don't hate me for this, but I know in the book the whole marraige thing is introduced, but Bella doesn't say to Jacob "It's him it's always been him" until the end of the 3rd book!!!!! That really makes me nervous about where they are going to go with Eclipse. I still can't wait for Eclipse because that's where we really get to know the Cullen's really well, but I can't believe they through that part into New Moon. I mean Bella doesn't even realize that she has strong feelings like that for Jake until the last part of Eclipse. So yeah, that pissed me off a little, but other than that, everything else I didn't like paled in comparison.
I also didn't like how rushed everything was after she jumped off the cliff, I mean I know in the book everything is very fast paced from that point on, but it kind of felt like we were jipped in those scenes. I mean the end of New Moon was my absolute favorite part of the book because EDWARD is back of course, but also because it shows that Bella and Edward are closer than ever even though, for the first few minutes, she thinks she's dreaming when Edward gets her back home. I especially missed the way that scene played out in the book versus how they did it in the movie.
I would also like to say that the scene where Aro sees Bella as a vampire, was really cheesy, I really hope that they make her sexy in Breaking Dawn when she becomes a Vampire because that is how it is written. She becomes instantly confident in herself as a person but also in the way she looks, she knows she's hot and she uses that to her advantage which is completely different than she was as a human.
Anyway, I just wanted to air my views, there were other things that I took issue with but I can't think of them right now. Oh, the movie theater scene was terrific, so funny!
I would also like to say thanks to everyone who was involved in bringing this book and all the other books to life, you are doing a fantastic job! Can't wait for Eclipse in June!!!! When are we gonna here the official ok for Breaking Dawn?! In its first weekend, New Moon made more than enough to give it the green light!

okay.. seriously. like the movie was really choppy and the cullens eyes stayed gold throughout the movie even with bellas blood from the papercut.. i think the movie should have been more detailed because the cullen family were in the book more than the movie.. idk i liked it but i think twilight was better.. just my opinion

I was REALLY REALLY DISAPPOINTED! loathed it. This coming from someone who was counting down the days to see it. I am a huge fan of the books and loved the film for Twilight.

Maybe having read and seen a lot of the promotional bumph I was expecting too much.... I found myself wondering how Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson & Co. could promote it as being "so much better than Twilight". The problems?

1. Script really crappy - A lot of the dialogue just didn't sound like how people talk in real life. Also lots of little tweaks here and there (like Edward & Bella discussing Romeo & Juliet in the classroom instead of at home in front of a DVD) really reduced the charming elements of the book - in that scene in particular it would have seemed more casual & intimate if presented as is in the book, adding impact to the break-up scene).
2. Soundtrack really lacklustre & un-inspiring. Lots of people mention a stand-out part of the film being the bit where Victoria is being hunted through the forest. I think a big part of that was the excellent choice of music. The score in particular was downright annoying. In the tense emotionasl scenes between Bella & Jacob it was often really chocolate-boxy & schmaltzy. I felt like I was watching a made-for-TV movie on the Hallmark Channel.
3. New moon was the most melancholy and possibly creepy of the books yet the tone of the film is dreary, flat, and melodromatic. The fact that Bella doesn't shed a single tear and no-one comments at all about the Volturi killing a room full of tourists says it all. Am I the only one who found the bit where they've come out of their audience with the Volturi and are waiting to see if they'll really be allowed out so tense and chilling. It was a scene that really brings home to Bella the reality of vampires and Edward's disgust at their actions illustrates how different he and his family are from them. I get chills when bella says "All those people..." That scene is also the most emotionally uplifting part of the story because it's the first moment when everyone is out of immediate danger and can let their guards down and enjoy the reunion that's built up throughout the whole story - it's really tender and intimate. I couldn't wait to see it in the film.
4. Make-up & wigs.... I read so much stuff about people trying to improve the make-up after Twilight. Honestly, I thought the makeup looked better (more subtle) in Twilight. The contact lenses were better in Twilight and there weren't so many god-awful wigs. Seriously, I just wanted to laugh every time I saw Jasper, and Rosalie was almost unrecognisable from the first Movie. Don't know what happened to Esme, but wasn't she really good looking in the first movie???
5. Redder than red contact lenses. Aren't the bad vampires supposed to blend with society just as the Cullens do? The nomadic vampires in Twilight had dark, subtle contacts, whereas Laurant & the Volturi look like Micheal J. Fox in "I was a teenage vampire" Sheesh. Scare? non.
6. Wardrobe - I get that Edward is an old soul etc. etc., but thought he looked a dam site hipper and groovier in Twilight. As for Bella & Edward running through the forest in slow-mo they look like an advert for fabric softener or something....'nuf said.
7. Don't remember Jake & Bella being so kissy kissy in the book...
8. Don't think Bella actually getting on the motor-bike really added anything to the film - probably just annoyed the hell out of everyone. She rides a bike later after all. We're not completely stupid - we get it, she lives for danger. I think even the 11 year old fans are smart enough not to need that extra bit of ramping up.
9. Did Edward have a ball on a string to look at the whole time he delivered every line that was somewhere 30cm off the ground? Is there some vampire law that you can't look anyone in the eyes when you talk to them?
Anyway, they're the main things. Look I know movies can't include everything in book adaptations and you can't please everyone, but I felt New Moon was trying to stretch itself too much. It slavishly followed the book to an extent but in so doing, kind of just under-did everything. I said to my friend "if this film sucks, don't tell my husband" because I knew he'd love it if it sucked. I ended up coming home and ranting for 20 minutes about how much it sucked. He was delighted. - sigh -

I totally agree with you. My husband said "I think they make the movie a bit different from the book because what works as a book may not work as a movie, the scene's would have to go so much longer & the movie would be 5-6hrs long! also not all people read the books so they need to make it work so people that haven't read the books understand what's going on." They were my husbands words to me when i came home & just picked the movie apart cause i was so so dissapointed! I did like the movie, But there was so much wrong with it. As you will see from my post's up there ^.

Sorry to join the disappointment club too... I agree almost on every point you say. I understand they change some things for the non-twihards, but the effect was the opposite, like the motorbike scene.
I also liked my Rob better in Twilight, but no mistakes: I loved him in the break up scene, in Rio, Italy, but before the birthday party, he was too depressed, I think and back in Forks, too. But I think he made the best he could with what he was given.
Kristen and Rob as screenwriters for BD!!!!
I was way too pissed with the last part; too rushed, we don't get a chance to see how Bella and Edward's relationship gets stronger. I had to re-read those chapters again so that I could feel better!
They'd better have more material for this part in the DVD, because I can be much more short-tempered than Paul!!!
CW, I like you, and loved many scenes but we needed a longer NM and another script!

CW did an amazing job on New MOON.He kept true to the book with a few changes which was fine with me.Rob was Edward to a tee.You saw how much he loved Bella heart and soul.It killed him to leave her!Taylor did ok as Jacob.The friendship between Jacob and Bella was just that of friends PERIOD.She Loves Edward he is her life! I loved it when Alice came back when she thought Bella died and gave her the riot act for hanging around Jake and the wolf pack.It would've been something Edward would've done.Bella is everything to Edward and Alice knows it.So she took it upon her to scold her future sister-in-law.I also loved the way CW showed Edwards reaction to Bellas "death".It showed us that he loves her more than anything in the world and wants to join her.I loved it when Alice told Bella that Edward wants to die and she yells at Jake when she found out that person on the other end was her love.Bellas race through Volterra was what i pictured when i read the book.Edward and Bellas reunion was so full of passion and Edward telling Bella that she's the love of his life was great to hear.It wasn't the before you Bella speech but it will do.When Edward protects Bella from Jane and fights Felix it shows the Volturi that he loves her and that the love they have is so strong that it can never be broken.The vision that Alice gave Aro is from Breaking Dawn When Edward and Bella go hunting for the first time together.I will bet on it.I love the fact that Bella had a nightmare about the tour group that was going to be killed by the Volturi and Edward waking her up and telling her it's ok i'm here and i'm not leaving PERIOD.The vote scene was great.When Edward told Jake thank you for protecting Bella while he was away was awesome.It showed Jake that Edward appreciates him in his own way.When Bella told Jake that I love you was only as a friend and that Edward is the love of her life and they're together for better or for worse.Marry me Bella was the perfect way to end the movie.It paves the way for Eclipse and shows Bella that he's serious about her.But we all know her answer to him is yes.I can't wait for Eclipse.I want to hear the funny bantering between Edward and Jacob.It will be great humor.TEAM EDWARD ALL THE WAY!

New Moon was EPIC! Soooo much better then Twilight in so many ways. CW was truer to the book, used music with visuals fantastically. Kristen killed it as an actress. She was superb!! You actually could feel the emotions of her relationship with both Edward and Jacob. The ending was brilliant! A cliffhanger. The music/soundtrack was so much better this time around. Soooo many talented indie artists. Much better then the Twilight soundtrack. It really really was very well done. Cant wait for Eclipse and Breaking Dawn!

i've watched this a few times and i cannot make out what edward and bella say to each other while they were watching romeo & juliet in class!!

can anyone clarify??

or when they kiss after the party and she tells him she loves him...what does he say? does he say i love u back?

too much mumbling. lol.

Edward says 'I love you' after she says, I love you. (by her truck, after her birthday DISASTER.) During the Romeo & Juliet movie, in class, he is telling her about wanting to commit suicide when he thought she was going to die after James had bitten her. He was explaining that it's not as easy for Vampires, as it was for Romeo & Juliet to take poison, etc., because Vampires don't die that easily. Then on to the Volturi...etc etc etc

Overall pretty good, I'd watch it again, and I can't wait to see Eclipse. But... I just wasn't feeling the heat between Bella & Edward that was there in Twilight. It was a long movie, so I would have liked to see them make more out of the Italy scenes and the reunion, but instead it felt rushed. I mean it was like I blinked and she'd rescued him and they were back together. And I'm still all for Team Edward, but after watching Jacob's abs through the whole movie, one couldn't help but make some obvious comparisons when Edward disrobed... did they have to make him quite so pasty white??!! (we'll still buy the whole vampire thing without the sickly pale skin!)

I thought the dialogue was much improved this time around (I mean, how many times in Twilight did Kristen's script read, "uh, okay" ?) and was happy that they had the budget to lose the cheesy special effects from Twilight and do them justice in New Moon.

But I agree that the music this time was severely lacking. The soundtrack and the musical score was so much a part of Twilight that I could hear any song from it and tell you exactly what scene in the movie it came from. In New Moon I didn't even NOTICE the music, which tells you how uninspiring it was and disconnected from the scenes. And did it even HAVE a score? Think about how how the Bella's Lullaby theme was present all through Twilight... it inspired so much feeling! I missed that in New Moon.

"In New Moon I didn't even NOTICE the music, which tells you how uninspiring it was and disconnected from the scenes. And did it even HAVE a score? Think about how how the Bella's Lullaby theme was present all through Twilight... it inspired so much feeling! I missed that in New Moon."

Agreed completely. I REALLY hope that someone from the production team takes notes of peoples thoughts on the music...it would be a major bummer if they didn't step it up for the next couple of movies.

I know it hasn't been annoounced, but form all the success I'm sure BD will be made.. but one question.....

What does everyone think, will it be PG-13 or R rated?

I mean there is a ton of stuff going on... especially Isle Esme... and I want Isle Esme to be R rated lol.. I mean beach, sand, bed,-- Edward... definitely R rated!!

So I voted --- R rating!! -- anyone agree? lol

P.S. for all the under 18 yr olds that would need supervision to see the film... most moms are fans as is, so they'll be there anyways... so I don't think the R rating should be an issue =)

What do y'all think?!

Okay so first off, I really do love the Twilight Saga and most things pertaining to it so I hope I'm not being a boner kill about the movie. When I first saw Twilight I was completly over Kristen Stewart and her lip biting ways but I'm happy to say that she did so much better in New Moon. She was great :] Robert Pattinson did great too even though he was in the movie for such a short amount of time & Taylor Lautner did great too. The movie was okay. I mean it had it moments. There were a lot of great scenes that I was dying to watch in theatres like the grandma scene & the break up scene and I was happy with those scenes. :] and the cute little details like Bella telling Edward to shut up at the voting scene or when Edward and Bella are looking at the Volturi painting. Most of the banter/dialogue at the school was okay and not very cheesy. Especially the whole don't trust a vampire thing. :]] Victoria's whole epic scene was so great. Jumping into the water and Bella looking at her under the water. I swear to God I was like, "WTF?" But it was still pretty cool. Alice's little comeback to Jake was funny. :]] & Emmett hugging Bella when he votes for her was perfect. Just how I imagined Emmett to be like.
The thing that got me was the score. It was horrible. Really bad, it made everything look and sound more corny. The soundtrack is good. All the artists, in my opinion, are excellent. Thom Yorke? Come on you can't get any better than that the problem was that they decided to put these songs in the most random scences. They didn't portray the mood or the feelings in the scenes and what the charcters were trying to portray. And seriously someone has to do something about Melissa Roseburg. Every word that came out of Taylor's mouth was so corny and over the top. I think he was talking to Alice about not getting him upset and serious the whole movie theatre just started laughing. That goes for Robert and Kristens lines too. And why did they show Alice's vision? It was really lame and out of place. Everyone in the movie theatre just laughed and laughed. And the elevator scene. What was that? I didn't know if I was suppose to take it seriously or if it was an attempt at humor. It was just odd.
Overall, it was an alright movie. Twilight was better in my opinion. But its okay. I can't wait until June because I know Slade will do a better job. :]]

Okkk so I really liked the film and saw it twice this wknd... but there were some things I had an issue with/didnt get:
*Why is Angela now with Eric, when she's meant to be with Ben?
*Why does Edward say about Jacob being able to give Bella presents but he isnt? that is said in Eclipse
*Bella says she loves Jacob at end. The whole thing with Eclipse is her not knowing she loves him until the end...
*Why was there a lift in ancient Italy?!
*OMG my major irritation. After Jacob visits her and says about legend storys... she has dream... then she goes to Jacob's house appearing as if she knows, she understands and realises he is a wolf... but then she sees the pack and and goes up to them sayng 'what did u do, he didnt want this', well, shes meant to know the answer.. they are wolves... and cnt help it because of the vampires... WE ALL KNOW THAT and then runs and tells Jake to do the same when Paul changes into a wolf. REally pi.ssed me off this part. cos she hasnt worked it out at all!

Grrrr... Dont get me wrong i realy liked the film... jst seemed too rushed and some scenes in it, their location/context didnt need to be changed completely. Edward said he was 109yrs old i think, is that the right age?
A comment above said something about the motorbike analogy and relationships... I didnt know what this was referring to... could someone explain to me please :)

Haha i read a review which said that Charlie as chief of police would surely wonder why a half naked man is carrying his daughter out of the woods lol...

here I'll help clarify some of your questions, because I know it gets confusing when they take a book and turn it into film and change some stuff, etc...
Angela asks Eric to the prom in Twilight. The book characters of Ben and Lauren were cut from the movie version because there were just too many storylines with their additions...I believe they were sort of morphed into the movie characters of Eric and Jessica.
Yeah I think you are correct about that Edward line, but maybe CW wanted to make it clear from the start that Bella felt "lacking" when it comes to what she really has that makes Edward want her (which sets up the reason in the movie that she can believe why he's leaving so easily) and so her relationship to him is SO different than with Jacob.
Yeah Bella jumps the gun there...but she does love Jacob but not in the epic romantic way. I think it was to set up the competition of Eclipse.
The elevator is in a part of the Volturi building complex they go through...see first page in Chapter 21, The Verdict. There is a description of the "reception" area.
And about the other stuff...well the movie simply HAS to incorporate other tactics like combining scenes, compressing storylines, and adding some new scenes or lines to link the other scenes together and keep the movie flowing. Or the audience is going to get up and leave. That's what happens when you go from a 562 page book that has all the time in the world to grab your attention whenever you pick it up and read, to a movie that has to do the same thing but in only 2 to 3 hours period at one time. Tricky and complicated stuff. (did I mention how much I love CW? haha)

I totally agree with you.. i think there was way to many scene's that were wrong. I didnt understand about the gift thing either..im thinking huh this is meant to be in eclipse?
The movie is way way to RUSHED! I liked it dont get me wrong but they changed to much to suit them i think.

I have heard and read all the reports about the music was losey, the movie too slow; well, get a life. Not everything is about speed, action, and sex.This movie was awesome. All of the main actors portrayed their characters beyond surpurb. The pain was felt by Kristen, Rob, and Taylor. I am sure that if they could have added another hour to the movie more of the book would have been added but regardless it was nearly perfect. My husband is not a huge fan of Edward, Bella, or Twilght in general but he loved the movie. We stayed up for hours after the movie talking about the things we loved and the differences from the book and both came to the consenses that it was better the way it was. We have already planned our next date with eclipse and anxietly await B. D.'s release.

I just got back, and wow......wow wow WOW. Well worth the wait!
So well done, just beautiful.
I know these movies will never be as good as the books, but I only have 2 criticisms:

1) The score was kind of cheesy.

2) The reunion scene between Edward and Bella was almost anticlimactic. This should have been the climax of the movie. I was expecting B's screams for Edward not to move into the sunlight, the clock sounding ever closer to noon, and for B to finally slam into him will such great force it knocks the wind out of her! This scene is described in such detail in the book, they didn't get the reunion they deserved.

Overall, it New moon was leaps and bounds from Twilight. I can't wait to see the deleted scenes!!!

***SQUEAL!!!!!!!!!***

P.S. In all my posts I forgot to add that I feel Summit should not release as many trailers for Eclipse as they did for New Moon..

Even though we all want to see them, I think having less scenes before hand makes it so much more suspensful and exciting.. at least one though would be good =) we can't go without anything for 8 months, that would be suicidal lol =)

I'm back!

I've been fearful of this place for the last few days... heard some not so good things were going on and didn't want any spoilers before I got to see NM last night for the first time. It's now Saturday afternoon and I have seen it twice, today with my lovely NMM Miami Coven! Woot Woot!
Anywho here is my peaceful piece...

I really truly loved it. I can say I loved it after seeing it the second time today. I think most of you will agree you always catch more in the second and third viewings so I didn't want to rest my opinion until I'd seen it at least twice. I went in KNOWING it would never and could never be as good as the book. Thats just how it goes. That being said I think CW did a fantastic job for people who are familiar with the Saga. If you're an outsider... someone who got dragged to the theater by a friend... thats a different story.
Some things that annoyed me the first time I saw it were how some scenes would jump without any kind of smooth transition, none more so then at the end with the bedroom scene with Bella and Edward and then BOOM your in the Cullens house for the big vote.

There were things things they left out that upset me, but again its why you read the books, so you can add those scenes in your head and understand the characters a little bit better.
I was slightly disappointed that the kiss between Edward and Bella when they are reunited wasn't a bit... well... more... involved? But maybe thats just because I've been reading so much Fanfic lately. =P
I thought above all else New Moon succeeded in topping Twilight in the acting, makeup, effects, music, and yes even the script improved in my opinion. That doesn't mean it wasn't littered with cheesy one liners courtesy of MR but all in all I felt like it followed the book much more closely than Twilight had.

Oh and the humans were hilarious!

I think one of my favorite scenes was the Victoria/Wolf chase/Bella's cliff jump. I dunno something about it I just loved. The way it moved with the music... it was just very... epic to me.

So I guess thats all... as a huge fan, I am please with what CW delivered, I will always think it could have been done better, but thats just how it goes with books made into movies.

Oh... and... one more thing... Kristen ruled that screen.

worth the wait avoiding all those spoilers for so long, huh?! feels good to finally not be afraid of the internet/tv/nmm.org.... etc!

It was worth the wait! I'd only been spoiler free for about a month or 2 before this weekend, but I think it made that first viewing that much more exciting for me! The second time I saw it I was able to just sit back and take it all in because I wasn't anticipating anything you know? The third time I'll be taking notes in the theater, lol.
It feels good to be home!

2 months is a long time to be spoiler free!!! esp here at the end when the world (and this site) goes spoiler CRAZY! i'm going to see it a second time tomorrow, the first i was was too wound up and excited to take it all in. can't wait for #2 so i can relax & enjoy it!! then there's always 3, 4, 5..... :)
it DOES feel good to be home!

I agree with you on the outsiders part... I took my hubby with me and he didn't like it that much, but he really liked Twilight...

I think for someone who hasn't read the books, as he hasn't, certain things didn't make sense b/c you had ot have read the books in order to put the pieces together... one examples is Bella's screaming while she was sleeping/dreaming.. i don't think it makes as much sense to someone who doesn't know the story behind it..

that scene you liked--Victoria/chase/Bella cliff jump-drowning...with the music "Hearing Damage" gave me chills! yeah, "epic" is a good description.

OMG It was awesomely awesome. loved the very end when edward asked bella to marry him and then the screen went blank. everyone in the theater was like "WHAT". People cat called when jacob first took his shirt off, and were cheering on jacob when he was fighting in wolf form. all in all a good movie. Thanks Summit Entertainment

• Here's the deal. As hard core of a fan that I am, I am equally honest. New Moon fell somewhat flat and here's why: THE SCORE. Honestly, without really great music ANY movie will lose the intended emotional intensity, whether it be humor, romance, fear, heart break...Twilight hit me in my musical gut, starting with "Full Moon" in Arizona, dreaming with "Eyes on Fire", and who can forget "Super Massive Black Hole" and vampire baseball...but the clincher was, there was NOTHING even close to resembling the romantic flow of CB "Bella's Lullaby". I truly believe that the music can make or break a film and New Moon got jipped. I think that if the appropriate music was set to the same movie, a MUCH bigger impact could have been made. And more over, I REALLY hope that this message gets across to the powers that be when putting together the final edit of "Eclipse". If that movie is bungled by a luke warm soundtrack, it will be even more of a disappointment than this was. Also, I agree with many of the other posts...the love of your life just bailed on you, Bella...CRY A TEAR for Pete's sake!!!!!! I was really hoping for the gut wrenching pain and HORROR that I felt when I read this part in the book. It just wasn't there. Maybe they should slow down production just a tad and focus on the quality of the performance and other details instead of worrying so much about a vampire developing a wrinkle or two. Also, Alice’s vision…am I the only one who pictures Bella as a super bad ass vampire when she is turned? Come on, Bella's flowing dress more suited for a 10 year girl than an immortal, frolicking in the woods with Edward. They looked like Hansel and Gretel out for a stroll.
However, the wolves were AWESOME and the fight btw Paul and Jake gave me the chills! The humor was a welcome surprise and I thought the make-up, costuming and attention to detail was much more thorough than In Twilight. But, once again, it goes back to the mood setting music for me.
I would love to hear some direct feedback...keep it above the belt though, please

And, yes, I realize that Alice dresses Bella while she is turning, but I'd like to think that she has better taste than that. In the book it says Bella rips her dress on one side when jumping, so she reaches down and rips the other side to make it even...makes you think the dress is tight and form fitting. I just pictured her much more sexy. HOWEVER, this is Alice's vision of Bella when it is ALICE who turns Bella. So, the vision is subjrctive, and obviously will change when the decsion by Edward is made to change her. Still, kinda hokey looking scene.

I'm with you on the music. While I REALLY enjoyed the movie I thought the score wasn't so good at all...kinda cheesy at times. Luckily the cast is charismatic enough to not make it matter but I think it could've been better. That was one of the strong points of Twilight and I think production or whoever makes the choice in regards to it had no clue. I thought we should have heard Bella's Lullaby in the movie, briefly, right? I thought I heard/read that somewhere. Oh well, still will see it for a third time :)

Discus is being stupid (is this just me? had the problem on 2 different computers - it won't let me reply to some comments)

So, this is a reply to

Ivy_Pattinson Team Happy Trail:

"Okay I'll be the first one to say it.
What the hale is wrong with these greyfaces? It's like a greyface army taking over nmm and talking in gibberish. CH for Breaking Dawn? Twilight better than New Moon? I'm done reading gibberish, going back to Twitter."

Very good point - and as usual, I have a theory. I believe the sudden appearance of the 'greyfaces' showing up right after the NM release and rooting for a return of Catherine Hardwicke is in fact.....

Catherine Hardwicke!! Or her minions shamelessly trying to sway the Twihards into begging for her to return for Breaking Dawn. I have this to say - GO AWAY CATHERINE!! We are forever grateful for bringing TL to the big screen, only b/c you opened the door for the rest of the saga, and also to your wonderful casting. You've had your time, now move on. Your hippie style kinda worked for TL, although you missed on several points, but you cannot handle the complexity of Breaking Dawn!!

Stand up all TwiHards and fight back this CH in disguise!!

My y Movie Review For New Moon

Bella: OMG!!!!!!! Kristen did such an amazing job!!! i just knew she would deliver. she found the dark place that she needed to be in , which made me cry. Bella had her sweet moments too like when she was talking to Jacob in her truck right before they almost kissed.the letters to Alice was a nice addition to the movie since that never happened in the book.

Edward: oh Edward. just looking at his face when he went to the Volturi made me wanna cry.Rob is such a good Edward and im soooo glad that he got the part.

Jake: oh man!! Taylor was sooo hot in this movie. he even scared me at times . like in the end of the movie, he just came out of nowhere! and almost got hit by the car!! i really love him when he was at the movies with Mike and Bella. i thought it was funny what Mike said to Jacob and how Jacob just snapped on him. and at the end of the movie when he was begging Bella to say, made me cry.

Jessica: i wished that she would just have shut up when she was talking to Bella!! and on top of that, Bella wasn't really listening to her yap and yap and i couldn't stop laughing at Jess. lol

The Cullens: i have read the book but i just that they would have found a way to add more stuff about them to make it fit in the movie. i really hated that they only had two parts. :( even though that's all that they were supposed to have.)

Jake wolf and Paul wolf: MAN THAT FIGHT WAS INTENSE!!!!!!! IT GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS AND MADE ME JUMP A FEW TIMES IN THE SEAT BUT I NEVER DID CLOSE MY EYES!!! :)

Victoria: i wish that they would have shown her in the very end of the movie but i guess it was best not to , just so that fans would wonder what ever happened to her. Victoria was really creepy in the movie but i just loved how she just flew right into the water like that.

Laurent: oh so sad when he died.......NOT!!!!!!!!! that S%#* was hilarious!!!! i couldn't help but laugh when Jake was telling Bella what happened and they were showing it as well!! lol Laurent did his thang tho!!

Alice: too funny! i loved how she jumped over the stairs at school in the beginning of the movie!!

Vampire Bella: after seeing her in Alice's vision as a vampire, i really cant wait to see Breaking Dawn!!!!

Charlie: i wish that he would have yelled at Edward in the Movie where we could have seen it. Billy is the perfect Charlie and he was soo said and stressed out every night that Bella work up screaming. i really felt sorry for him.

Volturi: although Aro was the only one to have the most lines, i really found him terrifying. he scared the S$&# outta me when Bella said "Kill Me!!". and her went right towards her. i thought he look creepy right there.!

Jake and Edward Battle: "Get the hell outta my head" lmfao!!! freaking love Jake. oh poor Bella, stuck in between the two." don't make me choose.....its him...its always been him" poor Jake has gotten his feelings hurt too many times...(ill make you feel better Jake)

Conclusion:
I REALLY ENJOYED THIS MOVE!! IT WAS FUNNY, HEARTBREAKING, EMOTIONAL AND MORE. NEW MOON IS VERY CAPTIVATING AND LEAVES YOU CRAVING FOR MORE vampires and wolves. although i didn't get to see some of the scenes that i want to see such as when Charlie was talking to Alice and the fact that it seemed like the movie was a tad bit rushed at the end , i was very happy that they used a lot of lines from the book in the movie. Jake and Bella's relationship look really real and i was glad that Taylor and Kristen really made that connection. i really cant wait to see this movie again tomorrow and or Sunday.... and if i had to rate it, it would be 10+ out of 10 !!!

I loved this movie..

Music.... I liked how Hearing Damage was like the Supermassive black hole of new moon.. it really brought something to the scene...

Rob.... The kissing was so painful to watch he really showed the pain it causes him.. i felt that he played a completely different Edward in this movie.. so much better.. but he did come across abit cocky... but i love that guy he can do no wrong in my eyes...

New moon was definetly better than twilight. Chris did an amazing job with the special effects and CGI. The wolves looked really realistic and the vampires sparkles looked really nice. I liked the little bits of humor that weren't too heavy but were still funny.("Dating an older woman, Hot. -Emmett) Jasper also didnt seem so intimidating as he did in Twilight. The voice-overs of Bella writing to Alice were nice, giving us an inside look into what bella was thinking without having to know the book cover to cover.

The few small complaints that i have are very small and not very big compared to the positives. I didnt like that Jane only had a couple very small lines, cause she's my favorite character in the volturi. Also in the dream sequence, you couldn't tell that Bella was a vampire until she sparkled. Lastly, EDWARD'S VOLVO IS SILVER NOT BLACK!!!!!!!

overall it was amazing, i loved it. probably gonna see it another couple times :)

ok...I'm a guy, and I've watched Twilight,and after watching it,and after my friend (twilight freak) gave me the book, I was fascinated with it!
but I never imaginade that my vision of the New Moon book will be on the big screen!!!!!
For me it was literally watching the book!!!!!

Kirsten was awsome!!!! she rocks!!!!
and the werewolfs!!!! OMFG!!!!!
and the Volturi coven....JANE!!!! SCARY LITTLE BI***!!!!
the only thing that I hate about the movie were the little girls! ok,Jacob and Edward are good looking,bla bla...but let me enjoy in this MASTERPIECE!!!!

C. WEITZ FOR BREAKING DAWN!!!!! =)

Hello twifans..hehe

Ok so im the biggest dork and im totally obsessed with this saga!!!!

I swear ive been checking for updates every single day since twilight opened!!!!!!!!!!!! yes im a bit obsessed..... but most of alll disappointed...

I love Rob, Kriste, and my beautiful baby, Taylor.

I stood in line for 5 hours!!! the lines were wicked and the weather was horrible, nonetheless, i sucked it up bc im a TWILIGHTER! loll

Ok, so after sitting through two hours of this, i choke when i say this but i was SUPER DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate that Chris Weitz directed this movie. I dont think many of you agree but i think this saga has lost its true essence. The 2nd book should be the gloomiest tragic story. Bella is abandoned. I love twilight and its goth mood and scenery. Most of all and importantly, i love twilights SCORE. I know twilight was great and thats why NEW MOON had very high expectations and since the directing style was different it received the rating and reviews that it did. And i agree. I give it a 2 out of 10. I love that they covered everything in the book. But i feel it was turned into a romantic comedy and not to mention the score was TERRIBLE!!!!!!! Overall i hate to even say this i dont know how these two words can go together, but NEW MOON was boring. I didnt feel it had its initial vampirish and werewolvish feel to it. I guess i was expecting a darker more serious and sad film and i feel this went too far with the comedy. I mean come on, the way Alice flew out of the staircase in school to give Bella her dress? that was a bit much and looked stupid....i just, i dont know i expected more. I fell in love with Catherine Hardwicke's vision and feel that this movie was a joke. It could have been wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better considering this had so much potential to be a fantastic movie. Dont get me wrong. The graphics were amazing, Jacob was ohhh sooo delicious (cuff me) and Edwart always beautiful, just the way this story was put together. I hope Eclipse is nothing like this and i think Stephanie (with all due respect) made a poor choice not only in deciding to have a different director for every movie, (i understand not everyone shares the same vision and everyone views things different) but you cant keep giving us different settings and emotions. Its like blade or any other trilogy gone wrong because of the change of director. Whomever starts a Saga with something so delicate such as this story, they should finish it. I feel like im blind folded and a different person is helping me find my way in different directions. I dont know if im too anal i just didnt expect this at all. Its just unfortunate with Stephanie wanting diff directors. Im excited for Eclipse but so scared that not only will it be horrible like New Moon but completely different than Twilight and New Moon. This could have been very successful from the get go if she would stick to one person.

Over all, it wasnt bad i love my twilight saga and will forever be faithful to the books and for the passion i have for it. Just expecting something else for Eclipse.

Honestly? I didn't like it at all... bad directing, Kirsten was terrible (for god sake woman!! you're boyfriend left you... show some emotion while you were chasing him into the woods!!), the Volturi? for a moment i thought i was watching an Anne Rice's movie. Jane? what happened with that evil girl!!?...Dialogues were so plain as if the actors were reading them... not emotion at all... i think the only two good performances were Edward (always suffering) and Jacob and surprising Jessica too.

Photography?... so normal and common (Twilight's was a lot better)... the movie didn't cause too much madness in Mexico, we were only 20 people in a 320 seats screening room and I could clearly hear the people's whispers (mostly girls) that the movie was... actually boring!
Not my favorite book, except for those Edward's parts but even so were so... I mean, what happen with that Vampire-Werewolf rivalry between Alice and Jacob. It was like... "did you know that I hate you?... you didn't, well I hate you!"

I don't know... i really expect something cool, after all, Chris filmed the Golden Compass and it's a beautiful movie... Ok but even so, not all was so bad... Bella's dream was cool, just like Victoria being chased by the wolf pack (that gils knows how to move!)

So, i think you need to be a very, very but very fan of this movie to think is worthy of pay money.

Sorry people!... love the saga but i think this doesn't deserve to be watched

i couldn't agree with you more. I am actually a twihard... and after today, I'm going to take a break from all things twilight.. except for the fanficiton. I was soooooooo dissapointed. I saw the movie at midnight as well, and let me tell you, there were people actually laughing at parts that were suppose to be seriously and heartbreaking... Like the part when Bella tells Jacob "you can't break up with me" being the fan that I am.... I'm going to see again just to make sure that I wasn't in a funky mood or something...

Here's the deal. As hard core of a fan that I am, I am equally honest. New Moon fell somewhat flat and here's why: THE SCORE. Honestly, without really great music ANY movie will lose the intended emotional intensity, whether it be humor, romance, fear, heart break...Twilight hit me in my musical gut, starting with "Full Moon" in Arizona, dreaming with "Eyes on Fire", and who can forget "Supermassive Black Hole" and vampire baseball...but the clencher was, there was NOTHING even close to resembeling the romantic flow of CB "Bella's Lullaby". I truly beleive that the music can make or break a film and New Moon got jipped. I thimk that if the appropriate music was set to the same movie, a MUCH bigger impact could have been made. And more over, I REALLY hope that this message gets across to the powers that be when putting together the final edit of "Eclipse". If that movie is bungled by a luke warm soundtrack, it will beeven more of a disappointment than this was.

Also, I agree with many of the other posts...the love of your life just bailed on you, Bella...CRY A TEAR for Pete's sake!!!!!! I was really hoping for the gut wrenching pain and horror that I felt when I read this part in the book. It just wasn't there. Maybe they should slow down production just a tad and focus on the quality of the performance and other details instead of worrying so much about a vampire developing a wrinkle or two.
PS the wolves were AWESOME and the fight btw Paul and Jake gave me the chills!

I agree with all of you... honestly, that's the point why I feel harry potter movies have become the favourite of so many adults... the quality of movies has increased since Cuaron, but with this saga, it's backwards... started fantastic and went down... hopefully, Eclipse will be better. But even so, I don't feel like I'm going to buy the DVD.

Ok my opinion:
Acting = awesome
Colors, cinematography, music, and costumes = awesome
Screenplay = Blah.
I walked away thinking Team Edwards would love it and Team Jacobs/Wolfpack might feel a little cheated.
*dodging stones*

I am Team Threesome, I have the t-shirt to prove it! If I was forced to choose I'd be Team Edward although I love Jake too but I agree with you. The time constraints did mean there wasn't enough Jake or wolfpack.
No stones from me!

Thanks Cara.
And you're right; it was a time constraint thing. I hope the DVD offers me lots of yummy wolfie deleted scenes.

Oh and you're right about one more thing; that would be a smokin' fire and ice threesome ;)

It's greedy but I don't see why anyone has to choose. I wouldn't say no to Demetri, Felix, Carlisle, Charlie, Emmett, Jasper, any of the wolfpack or Laurent!
Life's too short to limit your choices or to nitpick everything to death.
I want to say to a lot of people, "Enjoy films and life in general for what they are; you'll be happier if you do!"
The DVD is out around my birthday and I can't wait.

i cried at the breakup scene and at that point i was totally team jacob.i wish i had a werewolf as a best friend and a vampire boyfriend! lol. CW did such a great job! this movie in my opinion was better than Twilight.More action with the werewolves. and i hate the fact that it takes Bella like a whole other book to agree to marry edward i mean really. if u wanna be with him forever why not marry him? i would. XD. 9.5 out of 10!

In my country (Belgium) all the things I read about New Moon in the newspapers are bad (slow,...). But, personally, when the movie finished, it was like it had begun 30min ago. I didn't find it slow or boring. Everybody, at the end of New Moon was happy and I heard some people saying they would come back soon. It's true that some parts of the book were missing but it's still good. Before New Moon, we saw Twilight and when, for the first time, Robert Pattinson appeared, everybody screamed. But in New Moon, when Taylor Lautner took off his shirt, first there was a big silence and then everybody was like "waaaw". Seriously it's a great movie. I don't understand why the "profesionals" think it's really disappointing. But one thing...Does anyone think that in some way Chris Weitz by showing Alice's vision (Bella as a vampire) "assured" his place in Breaking Dawn? =p

I'm not being baised. Ok, whatever, i am. that was the best film i have ever seen. Perfection just rippled through it. it was gorgeous, the colour of the screen was so warm.

First of all, Kristen owned New Moon completely. She was a trooper. She did everything right. Everything perfect. She, she just got it. Especially with Rob. Them two were electrifying. I couldn't believe how much chemistry was oozing out of it. How good they were.

Rob, delicious. He just is Edward. I can't and couldn't see anyone better then him. The kisses with Kristen were so HOT. He stepped up his game and for me, was the better actor on the guy side. When he took his top off, the cinema was shaking because of the screaming. It was electrifying.

Taylor, first of all, your body. Yummy. Every girl screamed when you took your top off. You portrayed Jacob so well, i am so glad you are Jacob. You nearly made half my friends turn Team Jacob. You were just a joy to watch.

the bits i loved:
- The kisses. when Edward kissed Bella i screamed "They've been practising" You must have because it was so much better then Twilight. My favourite kiss was the volturi kiss.
- The Volturi FIGHT! It was Epic. The Volturi and Aro, had me in goosebumps. Especially the elevator scene had me in giggles.
- The wolfs chasing victoria was my favourite wolf scene. Rachelle was amazing and it is rediculous they got rid of her. She was amazing. I really don;t want BDH to be Victoria. Rachelle IS Victoria. Big boo to summit for firing her.
- Edward and Bella break up scene, had me in tears. I came out an emotional wreck. I felt like he had left me.
- The hallusinations. OH MY GOD. Yes! Yes! Yes! That was done perfectly.
- The music and dialogue as well as the transition to different scenes was genious. Especially the Grandma one and the passing of months.
- The sparkles with Bella and Edward. Everyone laughed but i was all for it. I loved how she looked and how Bella turned around and glanced at Edward.
- Rob and Kristen's connection and chemistry was so strong, i could feel it, they never left each others eyes everytime they were on screen together. It was amazing. I was stunned by how comfortable they were aruond each other, when really they shouldn't be. I can't wait to see Eclipse.
- I actually didn't mind jacob until he kissed Bella's lip! Everyone awwed and i screamed NO! Well the audience got a laugh out of it.
- Finally the Ending. It made me want Eclipse more. So much more. Like craving it. "Marry me, Bella!" I screamed and cried.

overall i think i loved the movie more then any friend. LOL

The only bit i was uncomfortable with was Jacob and Bella's chemistry. It didn't click, they didn't feel right together. Like kristen couldn't hold Taylors gaze. They wondered far out for me. But overall, the break up scene between these two made it ok for me.

Over all 100/10. LOL. I'm off to go watch it again tomorrow night!

When I left the theatre, I liked the movie. A little less thrilled today. Kristen Stewart's performance was much better, but she was so bad in Twilight, I am not sure she should get the high praise she's been getting from some. But she did better and deserves recognition for that. She didn't seem to love Edward so much, though, I thought the reunion dialogue she wasn't convincing at all. She still had patches of her blinking, open mouth, head shaking, etc. there and elsewhere. But first half of movie, I thought pretty good work. The guys were very good, way too little of Edward, though, and pretty one-note and I blame the script (and the book in general, I guess.) I thought he really showed some acting chops. Taylor too, but thought less so after he became a werewolf. But Bella/Kristen just didn't seem engaged with him at that time. The really fantastic acting was with Michael Sheen, Anna Kendrick, Mike, and Dakota Fanning. Charlie, too. Dakota's one "pupil twitch" showed more acting prowess than anything from Kristen, so far, but she's gifted. I have to say I am excited for Rob in Remember Me, and for Bel Ami (with the reports of great co-stars), for his career's sake (and esp. b/c he is w/Stewart, in private life, just a teenager still) he needs to be seen as a romantic lead with [other] women. The audience gasped and said "Oh My god" type comments when they saw Rob in the Remember Me trailer. People really want to see this! And there were very few teenagers in my theatre, it was 20yr+ women.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE MOVIE!!! Rob, Kristen, Taylor and the rest of the cast were wonderful in their roles!!! They all did an amazing job!! The werewolves were just incredible!! They were HUGE and scary! It was shocking how good they came out! Terrific job with those transformations!! I am planning on going back as soon as I get the chance!! Although if I had to give some downfalls it would have to be that one, I didn't care for the change in make-up for the vampires!:( In Twilight they could pass as normal humans part of the time but in New Moon there is no way they could mix in a normal human crowd and anybody believe they were "normal"! It really wasn't that Edward's eyes looked more vampire but more that he was a very sick vampire!! What was with all the blood-shot look? Rob does an amazing job embracing the character and his emotions, he doesn't need the make-up to do it for him! And he almost looked "powder" like and not just pale, I hope on Eclipse they make him not look so Made-Up!! The only other thing I would have to add is that I understand they don't want to make these movies too long but there has been previous movies that were 2 and half to 3 hours long and nobody was disappointed! They had to cut sooooooo much out of the story of New Moon to make it fit their time schedule that I think they lost some of it in the mix. And New Moon is great and they did a wonderful job with what they had to work with on time frame trying to squeeze everything in but I'm afraid if they continue to cut out parts of the story to fit into 2 hours that it will not go over so well next time!:( Even Non-Readers of the books may get lost in the lack of story! I know they are trying really hard to stick with the books as much as possible but if so couldn't it be possible to give these actors and characters the time they deserve to tell their story!!! Make Eclipse Longer!!!
Overall though they all did an AMAZING job and NEW MOON will be my second favorite movie of all time, only next to Twilight!!!:)

I agree....Eclipse needs to be longer and parts of New Moon could have been developed further which in turn would have made the movie run longer. I think it's okay...2-3 hour movie as long as it covers what it needs to.

First time that I comment :) Just seen the film here in Sweden. Overall....it was great, I absolutely loved it; Kristen did such a great job, way much better than in "Twilight", Taylor aswell and I absolutely loved Alice in this one! However I really didn´t like how Edward looked in this film....he just looked way to old to be seventeen; the clothes were just hidious and looked like the belonged to a very, very old man ( I know, I know...he´s kind of "old" but no need to dress like it, right? ;) )and the make up....uuhh...he didn´t look like he was naturally pale, it really just looked like make up to me. Though the eyes are described as "golden" and they really have that colour in "New moon" I still prefer how Edwards eyes looked in "Twilight". Now you all gonna think I´m unecessary picky but Edwards hair.....shouldn´t be a bit longer? Just a little bit? :)

Am I way out of line here or does someone agree with me; I hope Edward looks a bit more like he did in "Twilight" in "Eclipse

i completely agree about edward's look! he looked too old and his clothes were terrible. sooooo much cuter in twilight. they need to bring back the pompadour and hipster grey jacket! also, i think they messed up aro's makeup. he's supposed to have papery, translucent skin, which was just not the case in the movie. i really hope they remedied makeup and wardrobe in eclipse.

Yes....and one more thing bugged me; it looked like Edward wore lipstick.....Aro aswell! It looked really weird...I sound like such a pessimist, I loved the movie though, i really, really did! But bring back the old "Twilight" Edward please! :)

I could not get enough of this movie it was incredible.... I can not believe all the the negitive things I've heard about the film by movie critics. It starting to get on my nerves because I literally walked out of the theater feeling like it was the best interpretation of any book turned into a movie I have ever seen. And I know that some people might disagree but Chris did an amazing job with this film and I dont think that we could have asked for any more in a movie. As far as the critics go, well the proof is in the ticket sales, because I dont see the mass craziness over this film letting up anytime soon. I LOVED this film sooooo much there are not words to describe how much. Well that's enough ranting lets see my favorite scenes well there were alot of them but one that sticking out in my head is when Alice comes back to Forks and Bella and Jake are in her living room and Bella ask's "your coming back?" and Alice says "as soon as you let the dog out"or something like that. I thought that was soooo funny. Also the beginning of the break up scene when Edward is in Bella's room taking her picture I cried and cried...... and then started all over again when she is just sitting in that chair while the months go by I totally lost it. I'm literally almost crying just thinking about it now..... The Wolf Pack and the Volturi were both AWSOME pretty much what I pictured in my head when reading the books. I think Chris said true to the fans I really apperciate that more than anything else. The critics can say what they want but bottom line is tickets sales will prove them DEAD WRONG !

Well said :)

ok here's my review...
New Moon was so much better than Twilight. the direction, acting, cgi...i was very impressed. I loved the ending. I don't know how many women jumped up like "WTF!? seriously!?" lol the Volturi were amazing (Team Demetri lmao). Also, def liked the the lack of the blue tint. that really irritated me in Twilight.
Overall CW's direction was AMAZING. Def need CW for Breaking Dawn.

just a couple downsides imo...
Alice's vision of Bella post transformation...i think the entire theater cracked up.lol...and occassionally the soundtrack may have taken away from performances. some of the scenes def didnt need the music reinforcement.

but like i said, CW for Breaking Dawn!

I agree with you.
I absolutely LOVED the movie.. I walked out of the theater going "I loved it!" rather than "I really wish that I loved it.. but it just wasn't good." like I did in Twilight.
The Score and the vision Alice had were some of the only complaints I had as well. All in all though, the amount of disappointment I had was close to none, whereas in Twilight, it was very high.

Team Chris Weitz for Breaking Dawn :)

Well, I have been reading all the posts. Some I agree with and some I don't. Like the old saying goes opinions are like a**holes, everyones got one, HA HA.

I will have to give out a cheer to everyone in the Owensboro KY Malco. It was so quiet through the important stuff, that you could hear a pin drop. It was awesome! OF course there were the moments of screams. Edward's first appearance and most definately when Jacob's shirt came off. OME! I think that boy might have a 12 pack going on there, throw all those other magazine cover men out the window. This boy puts you all to shame! Can't believe he is only 17.

The entire cast just blew me away. I was so proud of them all. The way all the one-liners were delivered, Exceptional!
Kristen, Taylor and Rob, I don't think I have ever seen a movie where each of the main characters performed so well. Each and every emotion that those three went through, you could see it on their faces and in their body language. I cried and laughed the whole time. It was absolutely wonderful!
The CGI, couldn't ask for anything better. I was blown away. Those wolves made me jump in a few places. I was thrilled!
Had to give some serious thought to the ending. When it switched to the black screen. The entire place was silent. I could not stop myself, it just slipped out. I cried "OH NO they didn't!" My daughter was embarrassed because everyone heard me, HA HA.
But....after reading others comments. I will have to agree that it does give a great opening to Eclipse.
I know each of us probably thought of things that we wished had been in the movie, or things that we wish had been done differently. Again this goes back to my first statement about opinions.
All in all, this is one Hale of a movie. I hope Summit thinks on all of this. If that many things were left out of this movie, there is no way in Hale that Breaking Dawn can be made into one movie. There is just way too much going on. They will need at least four hours to get that book onto the screen, if not more.

Come on guys, even with all of our little disappointments, you CAN NOT deny that this is one fan-freaking-tastic movie!

I hope I didn't ramble too much. I have been up since 5am yesterday, it is now after 10am and I have 6 1/2 more hours left at work. I am running on fumes and Red Bull.

Thanking God that he sent Stephenie Meyer to all of us.
Peace, Love and Twilight to you all.

omg! this movie was soo amazing! i saw it yesterday and i was in awe. it was done so beautifully: Chris Weitz. Rob and kristen did phenomonal. sorry team jacob fans but i thought taylor didnt do all that great. everytime robsten would kiss i would get butterflies. it was the best movie i have ever seen(until eclipse comes around)!!!!! kristen: you go girl! she did an outstanding job. she really got into her character. ROB: you were (speechless) omg he was soo amazing. when kristen saves him! omg that part was the sweetest part of the whole movie(also in her room) well anyways the things he tells her when she saves him is just AHHH! this movie also had some funny parts to it too. it was so romantic when rob and kristen are with each other. it makes me wanna cry! lol the wolf pack people say some funny suff. well just letting u ppl know i give it 1000000% A++++++ wish it a longer movie!!!

posting this discussion while i'm sleeping.. tricky tricky..
thank god the chaos in my mind has settled.. a tiny bit..
actually a lot, since i have no clue what to say..
and holy eff, like 1000 comments.. that's insane.. i'd read them all but eclipse would be in theatres when i was done..

i really enjoyed the movie, i don't understand why ppl didn't like it? maybe cause it was changed from the book a lot?
i thought it was sorta weird how they switched the last few chapters around, but whatever i guess, i was kind of hoping they would have the scene where Bella cries and thinks shes still just dreaming of edward, but what can you do..

I LOVED THE ENDING.. It was PERFECT.. and I effing called it, I knew they would do it like that.. "Marry Me... *gasp*... BAM BLACK SCREEN" .. told my bf and he thought I was effing crazy.. silly bf, if youre gonna hang with the twi-hards you're gonna need to get used to the craziness

Also not to bag on the movie at all, but I thought the scene where Aro probes Alice's mind and he see Bella and Edward running through the forest in "Gossamer Couture" was really funny. I busted out laughing. It reminded me of Hansel and Gretel for some reason. Also ARO.....super, creepy, weird, amazing.At the end of the movie the was a universal.."Oh s!#@@$". My mom was so funny. She is like "Let' s go yo the 3am one."I mean she was like a little kid. So I have been up all night.

That's CLASSIC!

YEah...that scene was very "Jack & Jill".....Made me laugh too!!...

GOOD FOR YOUR MOMMA!!!! Live it up!!! Lord knows we've waited long enough!

so i saw it and i really liked it the performances were really good, especially with taylor, i think he did an amazing job, but the one thing i don't understand and maybe it's because i've read all four of the books more than 3 times but why in some review's they say it's to slow when in my opinion i think they should've kept it three hours like they originally intended because i thought that it was to fast paced, even though it was longer than 2 hours it still felt rushed to me the story just went to quickly, it kinda felt like it skipped to parts and other than that the only other part that bothered me was at the end of the movie when bella told jake that she loved him, that isn't suppose to happen till eclipse, but other than that the movie was really good, and i'm going to see it again later this afternoon, ooohhh, can't wait

ENTRANCE:

*frolics towards the post*

tee hee.. sorry.. I had to do that. ^_^

ok, I haven’t seen the posts of other people but here are some of my thoughts about the movie:

1. Kristen rocked it. Outstanding performance from her. way, WAY better than in Twilight. Proud of her!

2. Rob i’ve missed u there, which is good. WAY better performance from u too. I love the distraught look u gave the whole entire movie.

3. Taylor played Jacob very, very well. Im in awe. --- im still Team Edward though. tee hee.. ^_^

4. Billy Burke just stole the movie for me. he’s too awesome as Charlie.

5. The humans are awesome too! I didn’t feel Christian’s presence though.

6. I just love the cinematography. CW is just awesome on that part. the songs from the soundtrack are just all over, which I really loved. Though some of it I didn’t feel like it shouldn’t be there. But that’s just me.

7. The movie was funny! love, love, love the humor in it!

8. Way to include Harry in there. That’s nice.

9. I love the sparkling! WAY better in NM. ^_^

10. I love the CGI wolves than the wolf guys. Im sorry but I didn’t really feel the presence of the latter. But that’s just me again.

11. It’s lacking some lines that I think is important to be said, but then again it’s NOT the book right? ^_^

12. Alice was supposed to be like “I cant be near a werewolf” and yet Jacob is like in her face. Hmmm..

13. I love that they included the age banter. i miss "sure, sure" though...

14. Rachelle was awesome there despite the small scenes from her.

15. The ending for me is kinda off? That’s just me again.

16. Frolicking, frolicking, frolicking… ^_^

17. I cant think of anything else.. hehehehehe. So…

18. Overall the movie for me was too freaking GREAT!!! ^_^

*frolics out of the post*

hehehehehe ^_^