*some spoilers...i loved it! i saw it with my sister lana this weekend and i can't wait to go see it again with paul this week!
i don't care what the critics say - it was so fun to watch! besides, 1) do you ever notice how the critics mention "i haven't read the books but..." well, DUH. people are only seeing the movies BECAUSE of the books. they don't understand that the books are immensely popular on their own because people love the story and the characters and the movie is just a visual representation of that. and 2) most movie critics are dudes.
how it was better than the first one:- better hair, makeup, clothing etc. the vampires' eye contacts were so much more vibrant! their white makeup didn't look so chalky and their hair color looked better even though some of their wigs looked kinda fake. alice was so beautiful! her clothes were tons better and her hair wasn't all flipped out like in the first one.
- special effects. i thought the wolves looked pretty good and were horse-sized like in the book. the vampires running was so much better, too. blurry-too-fast-to-see running is infinitely better than stationary-torso-creepy-sped-up-legs running. edward sparkling in the sun was fantastic! it really did look like diamond faceted skin. so awesome. it really shows what a bigger movie budget can buy.
- bella didn't blink her eyes and bite her lips 5 million times like she does in the first one. i thought kristen stewart was more natural in this one.
things i loved:- the volturi! i loved their BRIGHT red eyes and their tower in italy was perfect. marcus and caius were so perfectly cast but aro was awesome! he was so crazy and perfect with his creepily calm voice. and i loved how dakota fanning looked as jane. "this may hurt just a little..."
- jasper! his flip-out scene at the birthday party was awesome and i loved at the end when they were voting and he said "it'd be nice to not want to kill you all the time." ha! i'm looking forward to his backstory in "eclipse."
- - mike! oh my crap, he was funny. after bella comes to sit with them for the first time in forever, mike is all "glad to see you're eating...gotta get some protein in there" as he pokes her, it's not funny just reading it but how he says is so funny. i love bella's human friends in forks.
- face punch! that fake movie title is hilarious and i loved the dialogue you heard while they were watching: "if you don't put down your gun, i'm gonna punch you in the face! if you BOTH don't put down YOUR guns, i'm gonna punch YOU both in YOUR faces!" ha.
- jacob vs mike! wasn't it so funny how they were sitting on either side of bella with their hands palm up on the armrests? i'm so glad they put that scene in.
- victoria's flaming hair! sooo much prettier than in twilight. (but how come she didn't talk?...)
- and hello, abs much? jacob looked so cut and buff that it looked fake. rediculous.
- the volturi and edward, bella and alice standing in the elevator with generic elevator music in the background. yeah, i imagine that would be a little awkward and tense.
- bella's visions of edward. genius! not only does she hear him like in the book, but she sees him too reprimanding her.
her cliff-dive was cool and i liked how they were side-by-side in the water. and oooh, didn't victoria look scary swimming towards her in the water?
- seeing a glimpse of bella as a vampire! their clothing looked kinda cheesey but seeing them run together and all sparkly was so cute! makes me excited for "breaking dawn"...if they ever announce that they're making it.
- the soundtrack! paul bought it for me before the movie came out and it's really so good. every song was composed or mixed differently specifically for the movie.
- i just thought the whole movie flowed really well and that chris weitz was really faithful to the fans and the book. yay!
things i didn't like:- um, did anyone notice that edward's nipples looked weird when he took off his shirt in italy? okay movie people, so you can cgi some sparkles onto his skin but you can't color-correct his nipples? that's great. (by the way, did you know edward's abs were painted on? ha. guess taylor lautner beat ya on that one rpatz).
- edward's pink lipstick in the beginning.
- the wolf pack actors were kinda stiff.
- person kicking my chair behind me during the whole movie. i mean, COME ON. how can you be an adult and kick someone's chair for 2 hours and be okay with it? SO RUDE.
- being sad that victoria would be a different actress in "eclipse."
- um, i really can't think of anything else...i just loved it the whole time!
things i still didn't like carried over from the first one:- rosalie. ha. was it just me or did she have SO MUCH makeup on and her wig was so fake-looking that she kinda looked like a transvestite? oooh, that's mean, i'm sorry. but she really had it caked on more than the rest of them.
- missing out on parts i loved from the book. i know they have to fit it into a 2-hour movie but don't you just wish they could make a 6-hour mini series of each movie? too much? okay, well maybe not 6 hours...but i would've liked to have seen edward and bella on the plane coming back from italy, the cullen reunion in the airport, bella ripping the radio out of her truck after the cullens have left...the list could go on.
i'd love to hear what you guys thought of new moon!
