new moon

i watched new moon on the twentieth of november at the 8:45 showing and i thought it was better than the first. it's improved from twilight but i had a huge problem with the camera work and the background score. first of all, it's kind of weird watching edward standing awkwardly in a corner while bella and jacob talk. they should've just cut him out. then, there were those slow motion scenes that had everyone in the theater cringing and laughing. oddly enough, every scene with the camera work being a fail had edward in them. also, carter burwell did a lot better with the twilight score than alexandre desplat with new moon. burwell's music was eerie and definitely defined twilight. if i were to listen to it on the radio, i'd be able to pick it out (not because i've listened to it 500 times already). yeah, i know desplat did the golden compass score and chris weitz directed that but honestly, who can listen to that on the radio and say, "hey, that's the golden compass!" if you're one of those people then i don't know you. so my point is that summit entertainment should have stayed consistent with the score because even though desplat's music was great, it is not twilight-like.

anyway, the acting skills have improved a lot and even though i like ashley greene, she needs to stop smiling in the melodramatic scenes because they aren't supposed to be funny. i thought kristen stewart has definitely improved as bella. taylor lautner is skilled. robert pattinson is starting to become a convincing edward cullen. the scene where he crushed the cell phone was brilliant.

overall, the special effects were convincing and weitz did a better job than catherine hardwicke but i still like twilight. i was surprised to find out that majority of women who like twilight actually prefer hardwicke's adaptation than weitz's. i can see where they're coming from. i'm a hardcore team edward fan and all of the edward and bella scenes were rushed. i didn't feel convinced about them but then again, i just have to read the book.

right now, i'm counting down the days until eclipse and i hope that david slade can accomplish making it into a worthy movie. it's just six months away.